The New York herald., 1877-10-30
FROM OUR REGULAR RESPONDENT

WASHINGTON Oct. 20, 1871
COMPLEXION OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THREE
COMMITTEES.
The three most important com nttees-n those
on Ways and Means, Banking and Currency Pacific
Railroads. been formed with reference The sew
sral public interests, us iollows:-Thc Ways and
Means Committee comprises nine simple revenue
:aril mcn-nnmeiy, Messrs. Wood. Tucker. Sayier,
Robbins Harris, Gibson Phelps, Garfield and Bur.
chard, and two protcctionists, Mcssrs. Kelley and
Banks.
Tho Banking and Currency Committee is made up
OF seven soft money and four hard money mon but
the soft money sub-dvidcd into the moderate
kind, ike the chairman, Mr.. Buckner, the cxtromc
infaonist like General Ewing and the silver remon-
etizationsts. Following the general distinction OF
hard and soft money men, the former are Mcssrs.
Hardenborg, Hart, Eames and Chittenden, ana the
latter Messrs Buckner, Ewing. Yeatcs, Hartzell Bell
. Fort and Phillips.
The Pacific RAILROAD Committee, which has thirteen
members, is mado up Of seven opposed subsidies in
gcncra-namely, Messrs. Potter, Morrison, Luttrcil,
Landers, Blair, Caswcll and Ricc-and six who are
credited with being friendly to the Texas Pacific
prise-numely, Messrs. Throckmorton, House, Chal-
mors, Elan, O'NeiI and Colo
A FLOOD OF BILLs--INDIcATIoNs OF PRO-
LoNGED SESSION. REVISION OF THE TARIFF
pREsAGED.
The gates were opened to-day and the long pcntup
1ood of bills poured into the House TO the number Of
between oiaht and hundred. or these there wcre
about fifty for the repeal OF tho resumption and
thc rcmonetization Of silver. This dclugc means
business. II indicates clearly that the House has
settled down to work and, with at tho
end OF the present week extending olcc-
ton day, will prolong the extra session and
merge IL into tho regular session IN Dccom-
Dor. In this pilo OF bills the tariff question
takcs conspicuous place. II will be remembered
that the last Congress felt itself too busy with the In
vostigaton business and the electoral question to
vote tho time TO a proper consideration OF this sub
ject, which is all the moro urgent now for this delay
bill, said to havo been carefully diGcsted In New
York, was introduced by Mr. u. A. Willis, tho dis
tipguishng features OF which n reduction OF
twenty-five per cent upon all imported goods
win tho exception Of such raw materials as those
which enter into uacturcs and the restoration of
tho tax tea and coIce tho abolition OF which II
has boon found mover Injured TO the benefit Of tho
consumers. Tho FREQ list Is TO bo enlarged and SIM
plncd by oxempting all articles not specifically
toned, and specific duties only to be imposed.
Salaries arc to be paid instead OF fees collected In
contraricty to tho 1ly soft money bills Mr.. wills also
rcintroduced his bard money Tor the funding
Of the grcenDaCks lntO u iour per cent DOnu.
THE LENGTH OF THE sEssIoN--sMALL Pres
pEcTs FOR AN ADJOURNMENT.
The House having adjourned until Wednesday tho
0rst thing order that day vii. bo tho reading
OF tho journal. which will occupy nearly the
whole day, tho titles OF the SAG bills intro
ducod to-day being part OF tho record.
This iurthcr settles tho talked adjournment
gross week. tho Army Appropriation bill will not
be ready to bo reported before Thursday next. ltis
Said that member has already resolution provid-
Ing that this extra shall adjourn from Thanks
giving Evo to the first Monday in December.
THE NEW YORK APPOINTMENTS AND THE
cHAIRMANsHIp OF THE COMMITTEE ON COM
MERGE.
In the executive session Of the Senate this After
noon tho nominations Of Mcssra Roosevelt, Merritt
and Prince to tho New York Custom House Offices
we're referred to tho Committee on Commerce, Of
which Senator ConkIng Is chairman, whereby, or
course, there is supposed to hang tale
THE NINTH CENSUS AND IT'S EryEcr on THE
rErnEsENTATIvE BRANCH OF CONGRESS.
Not thA lcas. important Of the bila introduced 70.