The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-23
TELEGRAPHIC NEVIS
THE OsEEIITTEE3.
a Good Dea, or Dissatisfaction
Over Their Consultation.

New York, 2l-Morning papers. 3
most without exception, call attention
the dissatisfaction which exists with Il
make up of Xiefer's committees. TT
discomfort seems chiefly to be in the Yves
though New Workers feel they have bee
left out in the cold.
The Worlds Washington saws:
will be observed that Pennsylvania b,
three mem bers of the ways and mean
and New York none. Current CONNER
upon this fact is unfavora bic. but m
architecture Of the committee on com
merce is still more peculiar. A cbaiI
manshlp goes to the Pacific coast. in IN
IpeTsoD of Page, of California, and IN
Iempiye state is well nigh without
representation on it. Perhaps the orea
systems Of rivers on the Poetic slope i
to De improved. Perhaps there is a Dur
pose to lift that vast section of IN
country beyond the Rocky Mountain
into sudden Atlantic commercial inter
est. AT all events the committee are
liable to be liberia! with the public
money.
HcrGLd'S Washington on the same
subject: New York gets six cbsir,naps
SHIPS, but only one of them is of the least
consequence, that on appropriations.
OHIO gets five, OF which the patents is the
only important one. Wisconsin gets
three important ones, foreign affairs. pub
Tic lands and Pacific railroads Califor.
MIA, with only two republican memb ers,
gets two chairmanships, both Of the kind
often sought after, commerce and private
land claims These are specimens of
helfer's committee appointments, and to
understand them in part it is necessary TO
know that Robson was the best friend
OF heifer in the caucus. The Peunsyl-
VAnla members went over to him in
body, and insured his nomination, and
the Wisconsin and CaliforniS members
were his earliest and most staunch adj
hereats.
The Worlds Washington Interviewed
notabilites on the committees. Mr.. Psee.
Of California, said: 81 think the Speaker
has done the best under the circum-
stances he could have done. He has had
a great many friends and a great many
to consider, and has done rs well
as could be expected. With more time
he might have doLe better. As to the
number of Republicans Pennsylvania has
on the ways and means committee, will
say that Pennsylvania is a great state,
having eighteen republican representa-
tlVes, and ught to have the principal
on the ways and means
There is one bill in which [
am greatly interested, and which will re-
celVe my warm support | refer 10 the
bill reported from the committee on edu-
cation relating to Chinese. Tn provid-
ng Of suitab Bile legislation 10 this direc.
ion Is one of the greatest demands of the
Pacific Coast.
Trlba1ae'S Washington: One promi-
lent western mem Der remarked rather
bitterly that Page, of California, who
obtained the chairmanship, aad HAZE !
on and Pound, Of Wisconsin, whe were
oDspiciously favored, should be cred ted |
o General keiter's 'speakership debts" |
md not counted a. representatives. OF the
vest.
Washington, %. = Democrats are
really disguised with the committee
assignments, no attention having been
aid to their claim 10 the order of pre-
rdence MOcey talks Of declining TO
erve on the pOstoffce com mittee because
Springer leads him in position, whereas
e should be frat. Democrats claim toe
lections committee is in ths intere;t of
outhern republican contest&ntc, having
hre9 southern members, and they ex-
ect the summary unseating of demo-
rats to follow, unless filibustering pre-
ents, and this course is threatened.
The Washington Post (dem.) editorally
avs. concerning Speaker Keifer's COM
littees, that many of them are not only
lcOngruous, but or minslly partisan. 1t
condemns him for having
My one straight out democrat on the
.ections committee, and chsracterizes the
rays and means committee as simply
rutally protectsve, but otherwise with
ut form and sense. 1t says the appro-
riatioLs committee is at least LIBERAL,
nd on the whole more intelligently de-
lsed than the others, but argues that the
emOcrsts should have been given seven
f the fifteen members, instead of six.
he Post also says that the strongest !
ON mittees have been given to the east,
nd that the pretended fight for Keifer as
western man was either fraud or else {
le substantial facts Of his victory
ave baen battered away. In its news
)iumns, concerning outside comments
q the committees, the Post says: The (
ppointment of Page as chairman Of the
I'M mittee on commerce is alleged TO be
! tte f4So- of corporations and monopo-
e. and that in support of this allegation
g is said 10 have some connection with
huntington and the Pacific Railroads.
: is also charged that Keifsr, in his
ak cup Of the comrnittees, has shown :
is sUbordinstion to the stalwert power. l
be Post adds: This is noticeable in
e fact that Rosecranz is not placed on
e military committee, where his expe-
ence would have been most valuable,
1t General Grant is and always has been
tier against Kosecranz, and Spec ker
eifer had no choice in the matter.
The NgtionaL Republican says:
osaker Keller has well performed
. difficult task, snd eOunsels
| persons who feel inclined to grumble
imagine themselves in the Speakers
ace and see whether they
uld have done better. The
epat6lscam also editoriaIly remarks;
ne selection of Page, of Cali
rnia, as chairman Of the committee on
mmerce, is most excellent one and
q fitting recognition by the Speaker of
e great commercial interests Of the
acifc Coast which in common with the
interests of the whole country
III be properly cared for. We eongrat-
ate the Speaker and the Pacific Coast
Mr.. Pages selection.
Chicago, %. = Times Washington:
ne composition of the railroad and
committees will be studied
tn care, Already 1t is complained that