Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-03-20

failure of the last Congress to make
appropriations for the support &
the army and for Legislative, Elk
ecutive and Judicial expenses Of the
Government for the next fiscal year:
and,
"WHEREAs, This will be best pro
NOTED by confning the Legislation
at this session to making provisions
for the objects aforesaid, and by
early adjournment /; therefore, be 1t
"Resotved, That all bills and
joint-resoIutions, excepting those
for the aforesaid purpose, shall be
referred to the appropriate com
mittees and not reported until the
next December session.
At caucus of Z publican Sen
ators this morning, the personnel of
the minority representation on the
Senate Commit cs was arranged and
the list returned to the Chairman
Of the Democratic caucus, By whom
1t will be offered to the Senate for
adoption this afternoon. Three
ohairmanships Of the standing COM
mittees are accorded to the Repub~
licans, (viz. Revolutionary Claims,
Private Land Claims and Engrossei
bills) were assigned by the caucus
t, Senators Anthony, Edmunds and
COnkEnr resneafiyelv.
The following is a list of the
communities of the Senate of the
Forty sixth Congress, appointed to
day:
Privileges and EIections-Sauls-
bury, Chairman Hill, Of Georgia,
Herman, ingalls,, Houston, Vance
Cameron, of Wisconsin,, Hoar and
Bailey.
Foreign Relations-EAton, Chair
man: Johnston, Morgan, Hill, Of
Georgia, Pendleton, Hamlin, Conk
ling, Kirkwood and Carpenter.
Finance--Bayard, Chairman !;
Herman, Wallace, Voorhees,, Beck,
Morrill,, Ferry, Jones, of Nevada,
and Allison.
Appropriations-Dayis, of West
Virginia, Chairman; Withers, Beck,
Wallace, Eaton, Window, Allison,
Blaine and Booth.
Commerce-Gordon, Chairman;
Rs neom, Randolph, Hereford,
Coke, Conkling, Mcmillan, Jones,
oe Nevada, and Chandler.
Manufac ures = Grover, Chairs
man; Mcpherson, Williams, Rol-
Inns, and Dawes,
Agriculture - Johnston, Chair
man Davis, of West Va, Hamp
ton, Slater, Paddock, Sharon, and
Hoar.
Military Affairs - Mcpherson,
Chairman Whyte, Jones, of Fla,
Vance, Farley, Anthony, Blaine,
Cameron, of Pennsylvania, and
Chandler.
Judici9ry-Thurmau, Chairman
Mcdonald, Bayard, Garland, La
mar, Davis, Of Illinois, Adams,
and Carpenter.
Postoffices and Postroads-Max
cy, Chairman salisbury, Bailey,
Houston, Farley, Groome, Ferry,
Hamlin, and Kirk wood.
Public Lands-McDonald, Chair
man; Jones. Of Florida, Grover,
/ Jefferson, Walker. Plumb, Pad
dock, Booth, and Hill, of Colorado
Private Land Claims-Edmunds,
Chairman Allison, Window, Davis
of Illinois. ana Jonas.
Indian Aflairs-Coke, Chairman;
Pendieton, Walker, Slater, Viii
liams, Allison, Ingalls,, Saunders
an1 Logan.
Pensions-Witbers, Chairman
SIC Pherson, Groome Call, Far
ley, Ingalls,, Kellogg and Plat.
Revolutionary Claims-Anthony,
C. airman; Dawes, Mcmillan, Jones
,f Florida and Hill of Georgia.
Claims = Cockrell, Chairman;
hereford, Harris, Groome, H0us-
on, Mcmillan, Cameron of Wis
Teller ald Il ar.
District Of Columbia-Harris, |
Chairman; Whyte, Wiohers, Butler, !
, ance, Ingalls,, Rollins, Dawes and
Mcmillan.
Patents = Kernan. Chairman; |
Coke, Slater, Booth, Hoar and |
olatt.
Public Buildings and Grounds /
ones, Of Florida, Chairman; Sauls /
Jury, Vest, Dawes and Morrill,.
Tcrritories-Garland, Chairman;
Butler, Vest, Slater, Saunders, Kel- /
ogs and Logan.
It,ailroad3-Ransom, Chairman
AM, Eaton, Grover, Williams,
'cndleGon, Jonas, Dawes, Teller,
aund ; 5 and Window.
Mines and Mining-Hereford,
chairman; Gordon, Mcdonald,
-Iley, Cameron, of Pennsylvania,
Plumb, and Hill, of Colorado.
Revision of Laws-Wallace,
yhairman ; Herman, Davis, of Ill,
Iosr and Mcmillan.
Education and Labor--Baily,