, 1877-11-22

tho most ancmn pledge OF secrecy E1-IJn0r-
keeper Fitz!rlgI,--"bl:.er man Than old t'rant" "
ecEtions. Col. I}oy.l will do wt]l to make th1e
matter ~ conspicuous that the Detnncrats NJ
tho Cnnimtlsre Sf Ee ashamed longer I" snn-
@ r. ffff liz jarisrton ii c te II" 7 cttee as ss
on AteDnnts IS entlc,t, n'Il secrecy tmroscd nF'-
on that Committee cnutot run tlIto this Con
grcss; and, II Chairman Roberts tlocs not re-
The burden ot this conrca1ment of frn,n,, there
arc those who will nnfrrtake to do 1t. 1ne
blackburn md Its rahtfng crow'l have cTfc,t
themselves hoar.r with shouts ri frniNl 1t h
possible for the Committee on Accounts to give
them new subject.
u. F. afarsh, Tenth District Mcp.), is na-
signed to p,sitiou u, tile Committee on Mill
strsnst Il ar.s eaee,cat ~s Iesor S' .. on so' te
Mntecr aolicr Turing tue War. Norsh Is tho
1nust modest cf thc 1litno!s men. In thc
matter Ut Ills biography In tho Congressional
Directory, he gives TO bis w'olc career oniy two
1sos,ert n. Knapp, Eleventh District (,em,},
!sa lnettthcr Of tho Committees on Cnnnxrt
WcfQlts nnd Measures, aiM1 on the Mlrsiss!ppi
l.eyccs. In the latter place lie will e tallcsl
upon snof, to define hts position with respect to
tic great scheme Of s1lss!sstnpi-Flycr improve
tncnta. It Is understood that that CunlIIttte
~as organized III the Interests VI thnt schcne 1t
1~9 utlSNA TN A!EIa+
hcra Of the House who are tho must committed
tu ths teIle1ne, including Casey Young, Of Ten.
tcstec, who Is tho auttInr nf the $50 HN, 0D BILL.
william N. spr.nscr, ,iSi TWaiftn District t,etn.)
ts member of tho important Committee OIL
Elcctiutlk, and ChaIrn,nt Ut the Committee IN
Expenditures IN ts1e STATE Department. fic was
Chairman Of this latter Committee during the
ordinate Cont'!ltce, he 'nallagal, by great In
lstfy ami hts s's.ll for uiuMsIng. % make II IL
Committee of mtIeh Importance. AIr. Springer
attained tho reputation list Congress 0f being
letter informed o1, the teci'lc:,a rules and par
fian'cntary machinery. Of the ilu.tsr than any
other new utcnttcr. Ilo Is Il useful ,nenl,cr;
nnd tho sercr..st crttlcs1u tpon lin Is, that
there Is grcat deal oi bo''scu about him.
Thomas F. Upton, ipn: Thlpiseutt District ttep.,
Is assigned tn y place un tho Committee on Man.
ufartures. TIpton IL by pro!cssEon n lawyer,
and dues not secn @rutn tho record he has nia'lG
public, to hnvu ever been engaged III Hlanufnc'
turing pursuits.
.loscph s. Cannon, Fourteenth District tRcp,,.
retntns his old PLACE ,fnon the POST -Ot'icc Conf
rittec. tfa,i the Republicans t'a the orgailza-
haso received the designation as Chairman 1t
this Committee. 1Ie ts thoroughly vcrseu IN all
Iost-Ol!fcc matters, al1t has taken the highest
ra''k upon TINT COMMITTEES.
John Il. Eden, Fifteenth District {Dcn,. J, Is
Chairman Df the Committee on War Clatnlp, rs
hn was IN tho Inst Congress- mud H. atso n1c.1t-
ter III tho Committee upon Expenditures IN tho
Department Of Jastlcv. Slf. Eden'h principal
Committee ls one Of yrry difficult auu harassng
detail.
srAnKs. ...-
William a. J. Sparks, Sixteenth District
{Dcnt.) Is member Of the Committee or APP
on Expenditures IN tho interior Department.
Mr. SpnCss Is better treated ti,an nny other
member Of tho Illinois Democratic delegation.
This Is attributed BY ainrrlson's friends TO the
spoken advocate Of Kandail's election as
speaker, and utterly refused to give my sup
purt 10 Atorris0I's tnndidaey. Sparks Inns been
rewarded by what Is considered equivalent to
I've Ghnsrnanshtps,a position M ,sp Appro
equivalent to q Chalrmnnship. Verify, tho
laborcr Ia worthy OF his l,ro. Sparks' rccOr1 In
thu last Con9ress would scarcely have given
him thls tl1sttnctfot OIL Ills own merits, ~ 1t
cannot bc sald that he earned for himself any
very great distinction.
MonAnoN.
William r. Morrison. Seventeenth District
fDetn.l, Is Chairman Of the Committee Oh
Public Lands and \ member Ut tho Committee
On Pacific tsal'roads, Mt. Morrison was tlcposed
frum his Chairmanship Of the Committee of
Ways and Means on account Of Ills opposition to
Randall, and Was assigned To the Chairnlnnshp
Of the Publlc Latua Comtnitscc, In which he
taste. lie feels this ci,atigc Of fortune quito
kccnly. and does not hesitate to freely express
hts optnlun OIL the aubjcct Of 3tr. Ieandall's
Mcthols Of dealing with defeated candidates.
u&nT1ELt.
William Hartzell, Eighteenth District (Dcsn.),
ta d member ot tho Committees Oh Banking and
Currency, and OIL Public Expenditures. ftnrt-
1cll represents tho Cairo District.
Richard W. Townshcnd, Nineteenth District
{Dsn..}, las not received from Speaker Randall