Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-12-06
list Of senate Committees.


[Wis), Mcmillan, salisbury, Merrimon,
on Foreign Reiations-Messrs. Cameron
pa, Morton, Hamlin, Howe, Frelinghuy-
sen, Conkling, McCreery, Bogy, Eaton.
On Finance-Messrs. Sherman, Morrill,.
Frelinghuysen, Logan, Boutwell,, Jones
ON Appropriations Messrs. Window,
West, Sargent, Allison, Dorsey, Blaine,
Davis, Withers, Wallace.
On COmmerce-Messrs. Conkling, Spencer
Cameron wis., Burnside, Mcmillan, Dawes
Ransom, Dennis, Mcdonald.
On Manufactures - Messrs. Robertson,
Booth, Bruce. Wallace, Barnum.
On Agriculture-Messrs. Frelinghuysen,
Robertson, Harvey, Davis, Gordon.
On Military Affairs = Messrs. Logan,
Cameron (Pa), Spencer, Clayton, Wadleigh,
On Naval Affairs-Messrs. Cragin, An
thony, Sargent, Conover, Blaine, Norwood,
On the Judiciary-Messrs Edmunds, Conk-
ling, Frelinghuysen, Wright, Howe, Thur
man, Stevenson.
On Post Offices and Post Roads-Messrs.
R PaaIlna Ferry Dorsey; Jones New, Dawes,
On Public Lands-Messrs. Oglesby, Win
dom, Harvey, Hamilton, Paddock, Booth.
Kelly, Mcdonald, Jones fla.
man, Bayard, Bogy, Edmunds. Christiancy.
On Indian kfiairs-Messrs. Allison, Ogles-
by, Ingalls, Clayton, Dawes, Bogy, Nc
On Pensions - Messrs. ingalls,, Allison.
Hamilton, Bruce, Teller, Mcdonald, Withers
ON Revolutionary Claims-MeSsrs. Steven
son, Johnston, Goldthwaite, Wright, Patter-
On Claims = Messrs. Wright. Mitchell,
Wa1leigh. Mcmillan, Cameron wis, Teller,
Cockrell; Jones Fla, Price.
On the District of observation-disclosures. Spen-
Ger, Hitchcock, Dorsey, ingalls,, Robertson,
Me1rimOn, Barnum.
ON Patents - Messrs. Wadleigh, Booth.
Chaffee, Johnston. Herman.
Morrill,, Cameron (Pa.), Paddock, Cooper,
Whyte.
on observation-disclosures Hitchcock. Patter
son. Christiancy, Sharon, Chaffee, Cooper,
MaXey.
On Railroads Messrs. Hitchcock, Cragin,
Howe, Hamilton: Mitchell, Dawes, Ransom,
On Mines and Mining Messrs. Sargent,
Alcorn, Harvey, Sharon, Chaffee, Goldth-
ON the Revision of the Laws of the United
States - Messrs. Boutwell,, Alcorn, Chris
fancy, Wallace, Price.
On Education and Labor-Messrs. Patter-
son, Morton, Morrill,, Burnside, Bruce,
ON Civil Service and Retrenchment -
Messrs. Clayton, Wright, Oglesby, AIcorn,
Patterson, McCreery, Randolph.
To Audit and Control the Contingent Ex-
penses of the Senate-Messrs. Jones New,
Dawes, Dennis.
On Printing-Messrs. Anthony, Sherman,
salisbury.
On the Library-Messrs. Howe, Edmunds,
Ransom.
On Rules-Messrs. Ferry, Hamin, Mer-
rimon.
On Engrossed Bills-Messrs Bayard, With
On Enrolled Bills-Messrs. Conover, Ro-
bertson, Kelly.
SELECT COMMITTEES.
On the Levees of the Mississippi River
Messrs; Aleorn, Clayton, Harvey, Cooper,
COckrell.
To Examine the Several Branches OF the
ciyll Service -Messrs Harvey, Conkling,
Allison, Merrimon, Eaton.
On ITansportatiOn-R Routes 10 the Seaboartl.
MesSrs. Mitchell. Window, sherman. West.
ConOver, Burnside, Norwood, Davis, John-
stOn.
JOINT SELECT COMMITTEES.
On the Subject of Chinese immigration
ON the part of the Senate-Messrs. Morton.
sargent, Cooper On the part of the House
Messrs. Piper, Meade, Wilson.
To Prepare a Suitable Form of Govern
inent for the District of COlumbia-On the
part ofthe Senate-Messrs. Spencer, Window
Whyte ON the part of the House-Messrs
Clymer, Hunton, Hendee.
ON the Subject of the Relative Value of
Gold and Silver, and the Restoration of the
Double Standard of Gold and Silver, &c.-On
the part of the Senate-MeSSrs. Jones (Nev.l
Boutwell,, BOgy. ON the part of the House
Messrs. Gibson, Bland, Willard.
AMONG THE CALLERS at the White House
to-day were Senators sherman. Wright, AL
Garfield, Judge StoughtOn, Representatives
Wallace, Wood, White, Plat, Smith and
Phillips. The Secretaries of State. War and
Interior, and Gov. Mccormick also had in
terNlews win The President this afternoon.
EDWIN FIVE, the successor of Senator
Blaine in the House, is physically in striking
contrast with his Industrious predecessor. He
is small in stature, being but n few inches
over five feet in height. He looks TO be over
fifty years of age. and has a goodly sprink-
ling of gray hair. He occupies a seat on the
outer row, i'm the main aisle, on the west sec
ton OF seats.
PERsoNAL.-Senator Burnside now wears
a gray chnchilla worsted skull cap while in
the Senate chamber. .Ex-Speaker Blaine
says he feels like cat in a strange garnet in
the Senate. .Senator-elect Beck of Kentuc-
ky, is in the city, and was on the floor of the
Senate yesterday. Hon. w. T.. Orchird.
who formerly represented in Congress the
,ovIngton, KY, district, was on the floor of
the House to-day.
NoMINATIoNs-The President sent to the
Senate to-day a large number of nominations
of persons who were nominated during the
recess. Among them are Jonathan Tarbell
Miss, deputy first controller OF the Treasury;
Frank Money, La, general appraiser of
merchandise; James A. DumOnt, y. V, SUI
pervising inspector general OF steamboats,:
also, number of military and naval pro-
motions, Indian agents, land officers, dc.
SENATOR EDMUNDs' CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT-The following is the amend
ment which Senator Edmunds yesterday
gave notice he intends to offer to-day, if the
senate shall then take up his Joint resolu-
tion, reported favorably by the judiciary
committee last May providing n Constitu-
tional amendment to provide that the count
ing and declaration OF the result of the cleo
toral votes shall be performed by the United
States supreme Court. Add an additional
section 10 the proposed article, as follows:
"Section ,. This article shall, if ratified by
The legislatures of three-Gourths of the states,
ON or before February 1, 1877, operate upon
the opening and counting OF votes aud the
declaring the result by the Supreme Court
and in case of such ratification the President
of the Senate shall deliver all lists of votes,
certificates, packages and papers in his Dos
session relating to the election OF President
and Vice. President, for the term beginning
March 4, 1871, TO the presiding justice OF the
supreme, Court, to be proceeded with a. in
this article provided"
THE NEXT HoUSE--If the republicans
aext April at the Congressional election Sc
cure three members OF Congress from New
they will, they claim. have a
majority OF one in the next Congress. This
Is arrived at by adding TO the republicans
known TO be elected in all but the disputed
states the republican members declared
elected by the returning boards of Florida.
Louisiana and South Carolina. III those
States Shnull send al ia a..