New-York tribune., 1879-04-11
THE UOrsE COMMITTEES.
ANNOUNCEMENT POSTPONED UNTIL Io-DAi-r"o0
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ENCOURAGEMENT POSTPONED UNTIL To-DAY-PRoB-
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WASHINGTON, April 10-Speaker Randall ex-
pected TO have announced the committees OF the
House at o'clock this afternoon but so many
changes In them have been made necessary by the
action of the House yesterday, In IN
creasing the membership of several OF the
more important. and by the dissatisfaction OF GER
tain Representatives who wish the places to
which they had been assigned, the COM
pleted list was not placed in the
hands of the copysts until 1t was too
late to Law them before the House to-day. The
Speaker still declined to give any information In re-
gard to the committees except to say that many OF
the "guesses" which newspaper cores
pondents have INDUCED in during the last
three or four days are in the man
correct The following information in regard TO
the constitution Of some Of the more important
committees though not obtained from the Speaker,
is believed to be substantially correcti
Frank Hurd, of Ohio, will probably be chairman
of the Committee on Elections. Mr.. Hurd preferred
the Craftsmanship of the Committee on the state OF
the Law Regulating the Counting of the Eiec-
toral Vote, but the Speaker preferred to place
him at the head Of the Elections Committee, ana he
has probably concluded to accept that place. Mt.
Fernando Wood will remain chairman of the Com
mittee on Ways and Means Mr.. Morrison will have
an important place upon that committee as Will
also Mr.. Buckner. The Greenbackers will be given
a place on this committee. Mr.. Atkins will remain
chairman of the Committee on Appropr ations, and
will have associated with him Mess Blackburn,
Blount Singleton, Clymer and Sparks. The Green
hackers will have a representative on this COM
mittee.
General Hawley will probably ta.e Mr.. Hale's
place on the Appropriations Committee, and Mr..
Garfield or Mr.. Frye, Charles Fosters.
General Ewing or Mr.. Blackburn will be chair
man of the Committee on Banking and Currency.
The place was offered to Mr.. Blackburn soon
after Speaker Randalps election, but he de-
clined it. 1t has been reported to-day that,
in view of the action of the Democratic caucus
Yesterday, he has consented to act
The following chairmanships are believed to
be substantially correct: Pacific Railroads, Nc
Lane; Claims, Bright /. Commerce. Reagan; Post
Offices and Post Roads Money; District of Columb
Bouck; Judiciary, Knott. He will nave associated
with him Hurd and Harrison of Virginia The
Speakers first intention was to appoint General
Bragg chairman OF the Committee on war Clalps,
but so much opposition has been made to this
by the Southern Democrats that he will prob
ably appoint some other Northern man, in
Affairs Scales: Military Affairs, General Bragg.
less he should be placed at the head of the Commit
tee ON War Claims General Joseph f. Johnston
Military Affairs; Naval Affairs, WhltthOrne Foreign
Affairs s. S. Cox; Territories, Mudrow Railroads
and Canals, Caball Mines and Mining. Davis
of North Caroina Education and Labor, Goode,
Revision of the Laws, John I. Harris THIS com
mittee, it is expected, will report some important
legislation during the present Congress.
Coinage, Alexander H. Stephens Patents,
ings and Grounds, Cooke; Expenditures
in the Treasury Department, Finley-atit successor
to the immortal Glover; Accounts, Mcmahon;
Leyies of the Mississippi River. Robertsonj Epi-
demc Diseases, Casey Young; Census, Mills; LII
brary Hooker,