The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-10
THE FORTY FOURTH CONGRESS-.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.--At the opening
of the Senate the following Standing
Committees were announced:
Privileges and Elections Morton,
Chairman; Logan, Mitchell, Wadleigh.
Cameron of Wisconsin, Mcmillan, Sauls-
bury, Merrimon, Cooper.
Foreign Acknowledgment Of Penn
sylyania, Chairman; Morton, Hamlin,
Howe, Frellnghuysen, Conkling, Nc
Creery, Bogy, Eaton.
Finance--Sherman Chairman; Morrill,
OF Vermont, Ferry. Frelinghuysen, Lo-
gan, Boutwell,, Jones Of Nevada, Bayard,
Herman.
Appropriations = Morrill, OF Maine,
Chairman; Window, West, Sargent,
Allison, Dorsey, Davis. Withers, Wal
lace.
Commerce - ConkHng, Chairman; |;
Spencer, Boutwell,, Cameron of Wiscon-
sin, Burnside, McMillen, Ransom, Den
mis- and Mcdonald.
Manutaetures-Rober Chairman;
Booth, Bruce, English and Wallace.
Agriculture - Frelinghuysen, Chair
man; Robertson, Harvey, Davis and
Jordan.
Military Affairs - Logan, Chairman
Cameron ofPennsylyania,S Spencer, Clay
ton, Wadieigh, Burnside, Gordon, Ran
dolph and Cockrell.
Naval Affairs-Cragin, Chairman;
Anthony, Morrill, of Maine, Sargent,
Conover, Norwood and White.
Judiciary-Edmunds, Chairman; ;Conk-
ling, Frelinghuysen, Wright, Howe,
Thurman and Stevenson.
Post-offices Sand Post-roads-Hamlin,
yada, Dawes, Mackey and KEYS.
Public Lands--Oglesby, Chairman
Window, harvey, Hamilton, Paddock,
Booth, Kelly, Mcdonald, and Jones oi
Florida.
Private Land Ciaims-Thurman, Chair.
man; Bayard, Bogy, Edmunds and Chris.
tiancy.
Indian Affairs--Allison, Chairman
Oglesby, morrill, of Maine, ingalls,, Clay.
ton, Bogy and McCreery.
| Pensions-Ingalls, Chairman; Allison
Hamilton, Booth, Bruce, Mcdonald
| Withers.
| Chairman; Johnston, Goldthwaite, Nor
rill of Vermont, Wright.
| Claims-Wright, Chairman; Mitchell
| Wadleigh, Christiancy, Mcmillan, Cam
eron Of Wisconsin, Caperton, Cockrell
Jones of Florida.
District of Columbia-Speneer, Chair
man; Hitchcock, Dorsey, Ingalls,. Robert
son, Merrimon, English.
| Patents--W adleigh, Chairman; Win
dom, Dawes, Johnston, Herman.
Public Buildings and Grounds-Mor
rill, OF Vermont, Chairman; Cameron o
Pennsylvania, Paddock, Cooper, Whyte
Observation-Disclosures, Chairman; Ora
gin, Patterson, Christiancy, Sharon
Cooper, Maxey.
Kailroads-West, Chairman; Hitch
cock, Cragin, Howe. Hamilton, Mitchell
Dawes, Ransom, Kelly, Caperton, Eaton
Hamilton, Aicorn, Harvey, Sharon, Gold
rhwaite, Randolph.
Revision OF Laws of the United States
Boutwell,, Chairman; Alcorn, Chris
tiancy, Caperton, Wallace.
Education and Labor = Patterson
Chairman; Morton@ M orrill Of Vermont
Burnside, Bruce, Sharon, Gordon, Maxey
Civil Service and Retrenchment-
Clayton, Chairman; Wright. Oglesby
Alcorn, Patterson, McCreery, Randolph
To Audit and Control Contingent Ex
penses of the Senate-Jones OF Nevada
Chairman; Dawes, Dennis.
Printing-Anthony, Chairman; Shel
man, Salisbury.
, Library-Howe, Chairman; Edmundi
: Ransom.
On Rules-Ferry, Chairman; Hamlir
| MerrimOn.
4 Engrossed Bills--Bayard, Chairman
Witbers and Anthony.
Enrolled Bills-Conoyer, Chairman
Robertson and Kelly.
On the Leyees of the Mississippi Rive
, --Alcorn, Chairman; Clayton, Harve,
Cooper and Cockrell.
70 Examine Several Branches Of th
'tCivil Service--Boutwell, Chairman
I; Conkling, Allison, Merrimon and Eatol
On transportation Routes to the Sci
board - Window, Chairman; Sherman
: West, Conover, Mitchell, Burnside, No
I wood, Davis and Johnston.
Mr.. Bayard expressed his regrets tn;
upon the Committee on Finance I'll
minority had not been allowed q ia
representation. Bills and resolution
u presented yesterday were taken fro
the table and presented to the prop
q committees. Various resolutions al
? memorials of minor Importance wei
presented and referred. MIR. Conklir
introduced bill amending the act CT
It ating the Geneva Award Tribunal, ar
Il Mr.. Sherman bill extending the tin
y for the adjudicature OF claims under II
# award. Mr.. ingalls, introduced bill
g amend the act OF July %, 1864, to aid
constructing railroad and telegral
t lines from the Missouri river to Il
Pacific ocean. A bill was introduced
Mr.. Bayard authorizing the payment
n duties on imports in LegaLtender al
: National Bank Notes, and referred
t the Committee ON Finance. A mott
y to cnange the rule of the Senate in II
Q erence to the introduction OF bills WI
made and referred.