The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-03-21
XLvI CONGRESS--IST SESSION.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Marca 20.
The following is complete list of committees OF
the Senate of the Forty. Sixth Congress;
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Privileges and Elections salisbury chairman;
Hill ga }, Herman Bailey, Houston, Vance, Came
ron (Wis) Huar, ingalls,.
Foreign Relations-Eatou (charman); Johnston,
Pendleton, Hamlin, Conklibg, Kirkwood, Carpen-
ter.
Finance-Bayard (charman), Herman, Wallace,
VOORHEES,, Beck, Morrill,, Ferry, Jones CNev) Ali
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of West Virginia Chair
mani. wthers, Beck, Wallace, Eaton, Window, ALI
SON, B aine, Booth.
Commerce-Gordon (chairman), Ransom. Ran
doiph, Hereford, Coke, Conkling, Mcmillan, Jones
Nanufae tures-Grover (chairman), Mcpherson,
Williams, Rollins and Dawes.
Agriculture Johnston (chairm any, Davis Nv. Va.),
Hampton, Slater, Padd ok. Sharon aod doar.
Mi itar' Enthusiastically (ch .irmsn), Cockrell
Maxey, Grover, Hampton. Burnside, Plumb, Came
\ Naval Aaairs~McPherson chairman, whyte,
Jones (Fla) Vance, Farley, Anthony. Blaine, Came
Judiciary Thurman (cha'rman), Mcdonald, Bay
ard, carload, Lamar, Davis Qli), Edmunds, Conk-
Pos.offces and Post Roads-Maxey (chairmar).
Sausbur, , Bailey, Houston, Farley, Groome Ferry.
PUBLIC Lsn,s-McDonald chairman. Jones tFla.)
Booth and Hill (Col1
Private Land Claims -Edmunds chairman), ALI
eon, WiuuOuu, DdVls GLIB ana Jonas.
Indian Atfars-Coke chairman), PendletoD,
walker, Slater, Williams, Allison, Ingalls, and Lo-
gan
Pensions withers chairman, Mcpherson,
Groome, Call. Farley, Ingalls,. Kellogg and Platt
RevolutignaIy Claims-AnthopYy y, tsaairman),
Caims-Cockrell (chairman), Hereford, Harris,
Groome, Houston, Mcmillan, Cameron (Wis). Tel
Ter and Hoar.
District of Columtia-Harris (chairman,) whyte,
Wi'hers, Butler, Vance, Ipgas. Rollins, Dawes and
Mcmillan.
Patenta-Kernan (chairman), Coke, Slater, Call,
Public Buildings and Grounds-Jones of Florida
Territories Garland (cbarman), Butler, Vest
Slater Saunders. Kellogg: Logan.
Rail- oade-Ransom (chairman) Lamar, Eaton
Grover, Wilkins, Pendeton, Jonas, Dawes, Teller
Mines and "ining-Hereford (chairm any Gordon
Mcdonald, Farley, Cameron penny, Plumb, Hill
Revision Of Law,Waller tchairmanh Herman
Education and Labor-Bailey (chai-man) Gordon
Maxey, Randolph, Burnside, Morrill,, Bruce Sha
ron.
Civil Service and Observation-Disclosures CHAIR
oau9 Whyte. Beck, Walker, Teller, Chandler, kol
To audit and control the contingent expenses Of the
SenatemHill Of Georgia (charman) Davis NV. Val
Prntng-Whyte (chairman), Ransom, Anthony.
Lib ary-vootbees chairman Ransom, Edmunds
R1es-Morgan (chalrman}, Cockrell, Blaine
Engrossed Bills-Conkling (chairmaD), Jones (Nev.
| Wthers
Enrolled Bills Bruce (chairman,) Call, Rollins.
Improvement of The Mississippi River aud it
observation-disclosures ,chairman:, Cockrell, Harris
Transport tattoo Routes to the Seaboard -Becl
(chai, man. Johns on. Voorhees,. Hampton, Came
ron (Wis.I Cameron penny, Window.
SELECT COMMITTEES.
To examine the several branches of the civil servic
Vest (chairman). Eaton, Gordon, Logan, daullin.
TO take into consideration the state of the law re
spec ing ascertainng and declaration OF the result
aolnc s,f d. n
/ United States Morgan (chairman) Baya d. Thur
| nan, Johnston, Garland. Davis Gill;, Edmunds
10 inSes igste the finance reports. books and &C
counts OF the Treasury observation-disclosures OF Yves
Virginia (chsirman), Beck, Whyte. ingalls, an!
Dawes (and it. is provided that such COMMITTEES sba.
| luton OF Now 10 1877. creating the original commit
tee on that subject
| Messrs. Peadleton (chairman). Morgan. Herman,
Harris, Davis of ILL.,, Morrill, aud Cameron OF Wis.
10 investigate and report the best means OF pre-
| venting the Introduction and spread of epidemic
diseases Messfs. Harris fchairman). Lamar, gar
| land. Jones, Paddock. Sharon and Platt.
ton Messrs Wallace (caairmanS, Bailey, Garland
Mcdonald. Kernan, Teller, Cameron Of Wis.,, Kirk
wood aud Hoar, (and it is provided that such cou
conferred by the revolutions OF Dec. d l9, 1873,
creating the original committee, and Of Feb. a. 1879
adding to such powers).
70 examine into the circumstances connected will
| the removal of the Northern Cheyeones from the
sioux reserva ion to Indian territory-Messrs, Kirk
WOOD (cbarm any Dawes, Plumb, Coke and Bailey.
To inquire into claims OF citizens of the United
States against the government of Ni"aragua-Messrs
Hampton hairman). ConAling, lakewood, EatoI
/ and Morgan.
Af'er prayer Mr.. Wallace moved to adjourn. HI
withdrew the motion at he request of MIR. Anthem!
who moved that when the Senate adjourns it be t,
Monday. This was disagreed to and the Senate ad
| journed till tomorrow.
The My Democratic Senators absent this morning
were Gordon, who is Ill, and Wade Hampton wht
has not yet arrived from South Carolina.
HOU-E.
| MIR. McMahOn called up the petition of certain
citizens of Cincinnati relative to the election of But
torw nth aud Young of Ohio.
The debate which allowed was principally con-
tined TO the discussion of the respectabty of tbt
memoriaists.
| resolution was adopted referring the Who'll
matter to a select committee, with leave to si
during recess, etc.. and directing the committee Il
inquire into the operation of the supervisors law
Cincinnati at the last election.
The House then adjourned.