New-York tribune., 1875-12-22
WASHINGTON.
THE sOUTTS BIG SHARE.

rwxNrY-Two HOUSE CHAIRMANsHIPs GWEN TO
THAT rsEcTIoN-NEw-ENGLAND GETS NOT ONE
INDIGNATION OF NORTHERN DEMOCRATS
IBYsIELEGRAPR TO THE TRIBUNEl
WASHINGTON Dec. 21.-The excitement over the
appointment of the Committees and disappoih',
ments of the members continues quite unapa'eu
among those who remain in the city. An ahnysiso
the list tends rather to increase than 10 apa'e us
content, 1t is found that out of 33 WORKING COM
mittees of the House, which, in their fuii eycie'
brace the enrire business of the country, the
Southern or late Slave States have ~ OF
their ohairmanships, embracing such import
ant committees as those Elections, Judl-
ciarv Commerce. Pacific Railroad, POSt-Omce
Naval Affairs, Railways and Canals, forelgh
Affairs. Claims, Revision of the Laws, Educatioh
and Labor District of Columbia, Patents, ana many
others Ncw-England, with ten Democratic mem
bers. does not receive a chairmanship of any kind
whatever, big OF little. New-York receives two
those of the Banking and Currency and Clvh ser
yico Committees. New-Jersey receives notllne
Pennsylvania receives those OF Appropriations anu
Invalid Pensions, and yet New-England ana the
three states Just named have well nigh as large
population as the Is late Slave States, with far
larger proportion of old and experienced Democratic
members. The fact that about the same population
that gets four chairmanships in the North and East
get % in the South puts great many teeth on cage
among the Northern Democracy; and II is about as
had for The West and Northwest, where only seven
,hairmanships in all are given to Ohio, Indiana,
illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota
Nebraska, Kansas, Nevada, California and oregon
indeed the last named eight States do not
have single chairmanshp, over 100000 OF peo-
ole not being represented at the head OF any com
uittee The Southern States have about one-third
Of the population of the whole country to-day, ana
Ihey get two-thirds of the charmanshlps and it is
yery hard to make. Northern and Western Demo-
,rats contented with such dispensation. Gen.
Banks elected by the Democratic party as an lnde-
eendent, is grossly sighted. He was for several
vears Chairman of Foreign Affairs and in the second
,ession of the XLIId Congress, after he had vgor-
Dusly supported MIR. Greeley, Republican House,
by vote, continued him in his Craftsmanship. Now
he is not only deposed from his chairmanshp. but is
subor hnated on the Committee to Charles James
Faulkner of West Virginia, of whom nothing more
need be SAID in this connection. Mr.. Chittenden of
New-YOrk is another independent who Is most con-
spicuously snubbed. Indeed the independent men,
bers, whose course aided the Democracy, are less
kindly treated by that party than they have been
by the Republicans whom they hurt 1t is no ex-
aggeraton to say that the discomfort with the COM
mittee assignments is widespread general ana bit
ter among a large class of Northern Democrats.
Among Republicans there is very little feeling, as
they consider themselves outsiders, with no rights
which Democrats are disposed to respect. In gen.
eral however leading Republicans have been fairly
treated though il is thought that Mr.. Kasson has
ground for complaint in not being retained on the
Ways aud Means the Appropriations Committee,
OIL both of which he has had many years experience