Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-04
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the makeup of committees in the
legislature. In the senate Mr. Bled-
soc is on the committee of finance,
ways and means, usually regarded
as the most important committee in
either house, and also on the commit
tee on banks, on federal relations, on
public roads and railroads, on chari-
table institutions and on the commit
tee on agriculture manufactures and
mines. Mr.. Clapp, who asked to be
excused from heavy committee work,
is nevertheless on the committee on
claims, on the judiciary, on banks,
on federal relations and on the
committee on tippling and tip
pling houses. Mr.. Hanson is on
the committee on education and com
mon schools, internal improvements,
penitentiary and enrolled bills, Of
which he is chairman. In the house
Mr.. Mathes is chairman of the com
mittee on finance, ways and means,
and member of the committees on
penitentiary, enrolled bills, charitable
institutions, chairman of the commit
tee on rules, and also a member of the
select committee instructed to visit
Knoxville and investigate the affairs
Of the East Tennessee University,
and to consider and report upon the
proper disposal to be made of the
Lyons farm property, bought few
years ago by the State as a site for
branch of the insane asylum Mr.
Maccabe is a member of the judiciary,
charitable institutions, interpretations,
commerce and retrenchment commit
tees. Mr.. League is member of the
judiciary committee and on banks,
tipping and tipping houses, and in
corporations. Mr.. Ramsey is on the
committees on internal improvements,
public roads, public grounds and
buildings, elections and sanitary
affairs. Mr.. Roosa is on the commit
tees on penitentiary, public grounds
and buildings, agriculture and manu-
factpres, and immigration. Mr.
Brinkley is on the committees on
banks, interpretations, and is chairman
of the committee on commerce. Mr..
Smith is chairman of the sanitary com
mittee, and member of the committee
on charitable institutions and incor-
porations, and is a member of the select
committee appointed under a joint
resolution to investigate the State
debt question, going back to its origin
and authorized to send for persons and
papers and to sit during the recess of
the legislature. Shelby county sends
ten members to the legislature, or one
tenth of the whole body. 1t will be
seen from the above statement that
our present representatives have been
assigned important places on the lead
ing committees where much of the
real quiet and effective work of legis-
lation is done. Our delegation
has been united upon the
measures intended to give re-
lief to Memphis, and have there
fore been enabled to work straightfor
ward for common purpose, and to
accomplish more in the shape of prac-
tical results in so short a time than we
have ever known before The people
cannot fail to see the great advantage
of sending to the legislature a harmo-
nious working delegation Shelby
county has been well treated by the
rest of the State and by Governor
Marks in promptly passing such unus-
ual measures Of relief as our unfortun,
ate condition seemed to require. Let
us not forget this debt of gratitude
when better days come, but stand
ready to bear our share of the common
burdens of the government and tC
make an earnest effort to dispose Of
the troublesome and vexatiOus ques.
tions which have been forced into
State politics, in a manner honorable
to ourselves and satisfactorily to the
World