The daily gazette., 1878-12-19
THIRD EDITION
WASHINGTON.
Composition Of the Blaine Investigating
Committee.

Committee.
WASHINGTON, Dec. IS, 1S7S.-The
republican Senators will hold caucus
tomorrow morning to de ermine who OF
their number shall constitute the repub-
lican members of the select committee To
be appointed under the Blaine resolu-
ton. The committee is to be composed
of five republicans and four democrats
The democrats have named as their rep
resen' atives on the committee Senators
Bayard, Wallace, Garland and Morga b.
1t Is gen rally understood that Senator
Hoar will be the chairman OF the COM
mittee. Il is not certain that the demo-
crats named will all serve.
THE YELLOW FEVER COMM IssIoN-Ex-
PERTs AGREED UPON.
The House Joint Comm ttee on Epi-
demic di,eases appointed to visit the
South and ascertain the cause of the late
yellow fever outbreak, met this morning
and formally agieed upon the following
named persons to be the experts TO ac-
company, in heir Southern tour of ip-
vestigation, the subcommittee appoint
ed for that purpose:-
Dr. j. NJ. Woodwork, Supern' endent
of the Marine Hospital service, Washing
ton, ID. O.; DR.. Cochrane, Of Mobile,
Ala; DIR. William Selden, of Norfolk,
Va; Colonel Thomas 5. Hardee, of the
United States Army; DR.. Samuel A,
Green, of Boston; DR.. w. II. Randall, OF
Philadelphia DIR. Jacob ). Mosher, of
New York; DIR. w. ii. Mursey, OF Gin
cinnatl; DIR. II. w. Mitchell, of Memphis;
DIR. l.. A. Falligunt, of Savannah, Ga;
DIR. Stanford, +. Chaille, of New Or
leans.
\ The members of the subcommittee
10 visit New Orleans and vicinity aud
Memphis and vicinity, on the part of the
House, will probably be appointed to-day
THE POTTER COMMITTEE.
The Potter Committee to-day agreed
that the subcommittee TO. continue the
investigation in Louisiana shall consist
of Chairman Potter, General Cox, o
Ohio, and probably one more democratic
mem ber, if another of the majority will
consent TO serve. They will start for New
Orleans soon after Congress adiourns for
the holiday recess, and expect TO finisl
their abors within a week after their ar
rival in New Orleans.
THE STANDARD SILVER DOLLAR.
The House Committee on Banking anC
Currency to-day heard Representativ,
Burcbard, of Illinois, in advocacy of hi,
bill to prohibit any discrimination by
national banks against the standard sil
yer dollar.
Representative Chittenien, the New
York member of the committee, mad,
an argument in reply to MIR. Burchard
and the subject was then taken under al
visement tor action by the commit
tee
General Ewing, of Ohio, submitted a.
a substitute for Mr.. BurChard's and al
9th er pending bills relative , the silve
dollar new measure embracing thre,
Propositions
FirSt-That any national bank which
discrimI mates against the standard slve
dollar shall be placed in liquidati on an
have its circulating notes withdrawn b
the government.
Second- To make United State note
and standard silver dollars interchang,
able at the Treasury
Third-To provide for the exchange a
the mints of standard silver dollars fo
trade dollars and the recoinage of tn
latter into standard dollars, with a pr
hibition against further coinage OF traC
dollars of tbe present weight and I'm
.ss.
The committee adjourned untl afte
the holiday recess without taking an
action.