Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-11
CONGRESS AND ITS WORK
S24 BILLS INTRODUCED IN THE
LOWER HOUSE.

o@4 BILLS INTRODUCED IN THE
LOWER HOUSE.
Interesting Proceedings in Both Bodies
The Composition of the Senate Com
mittees in FuIl-IOrrisOn Promises to
Protect the Rice and Sugar Interests
Georgia and Florida Bills.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1O.-This was res
direction day in Congress. The Senate
did not do as much body snatching as the
House, for it adjourned rather early: but
1t managed to bring forth from their
graves many Of the old cOrpses of the last
and preceding Congresses. A large num-
Der of bills were introduced in that body.
With but rare exceptions they were all
old ones. In the House the amount of
resurrecting that was done conveyed the
impression that the Congressional Gabriel
must have blown his horn. 1t was the
first call of the States and Territories for
the introduction of bills and joint resolu-
tiOns this session. The whole list was
not gone through, but no member OF any
delegation whose State was called failed
to jump on his feet with a handful of bills.
Gen. ROsecrans, of California, took the
cake in number. He put in SO bills, or. as
he said after the House adjourned, 81
got IN the fun deck and the little Joker
too" The other members We're not far
behind Gen. ROsecrans. Many of them
were very good seconds to him. In fact,
the record was very high down through
all the States called. Nearly all of this
avalanche was reprint. Bills which have
been introduced in Congress annually for
the past ten years were to be seen. There
they were, yellow with age, but as
imposing i'll verbIage as ever. II
there is a question of any interest
whatever in this country, it was the sub
ject of one or more bills. 1t is yet to be
found out that there were numberless
bills on subjects which are of no interest
whatever to anybody in the country.
The Printing Clerk said as he waded
through the tons of bills: ~ am renewing
old acquaintance. l knew most all of
these fellows of old. have known many
of them for years. There are very few of
them with whom l am not on speaking
terms.' The number of bills and resOlu-
tiOns put in the House was S24.
The list of States was reached
alphabetically no further down than Mas
sachuSetts. There are many large States
to be called tomorrow. The number will
be fully as large then as to-day. At about
O'Clock a motion to adjourn was made,
but members loaded with bills wanted to
be fired off and the thing dragged along
for three-quarters of an hour more. The
petition box was filled. They were prin-
cipally petitions for private claims. The
majority of them have been rejected one
or more times by Congress, but they bob
up again. To-day was a great day in the
House for numbering the calendar with
dead material.
THE SENATE COMMITTEES.
In the organization of the Senate COM
mittees. announced to-day, it is to be
noticed that both Malone and Riddle
berger get chairmanships. The latter is
made Chairman of the Committee on
Manufactures, and the former of the Com
mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
In addition to this they get good places
on other important committees.
OF the Georgia Senators. Mr.. Brown is
on the following committees: Foreign
Relations, District of Columbia and Rail-
roads, and Mr.. Colquitt on Manufactures,
Private Land Claims, Pensions and En-
rolled Bills. Mr.. Jones, Of Florida, is
Chairman of the Committee on Revolu-
tiOnary Claims, and also a member
of the following committees: Naval At
fairs, Public Buildings, Privileges and
Elections, Woman Suffrage, and
Grounds. Mr.. Call is on the
following committees: Patents, Edu-
cation and Labor and Engrossed Bills. In
II
other Democrats get chairmanships, as
follows: Mr.. Bayard the Committee on
Private Land Claims; Mr.. Harris the
| Committee to Investigate the Introduce
tion and Spread of Epidemic Diseases;
Mr.. Maxey the Select Committee on
Claims OF the United States Citizens
against Nicaragua, and Mr.. NOrhees the
Joint Select Committee on the Congress
siOnal Library.
The following is a complete list of the
Senate committees, as arranged by the
Republican and Democratic caucuses and
appointed to-day by the Senate:
STANDING COMMITTEES.
On PriruegeS and Electi0nS-Messrs.
HOar. Cameron of Wisconsin, Sherman,
Frye, Lapham, Salisbury, Vance, Pugh
and Jonas.
.Approprjati0ns- -Messrs. Allison, Logan,
Dawes, Plumb. Hale, Beck, Ransom,
Cockrell and Call.
Foreign ReIdtiORS-Messrs, Miller of
| California, Sherman, Lapham, Edmunds,
Wilson, Morgan, PendletOn, Vance and
Brown.
Finance - Messrs. Morrill,, Sherman,
| Jones of Nevada, Allison, Aldrich, Miller
of New York, Bayard, Voorhees,, Beck,
| Mcpherson and Harris.
Conlmerce-Messrs. Mcmillan, Jones of
Nevada, Conger of Michigan, Frye, Miller
of New York, Ransom. Coke, Farley and
Vest.
Manufactures - Messrs. Riddleberger,
Sabin, Dolph, Williams and Colquitt.
Agriculture = Messrs. Miller of New
York, Blair, Plumb, NanWyck, George,
Williams and Fair.
Military AtdirS-Messrs. Logan. Cam
eron of Pennsylvania, Harrison, Sewell,
Hawley, COckrell, MaXey, Hampton and
Camden.
NardL Afd,rS-Messrs. Cameron of
Pennsylvania, Anthony, Hale, Malone,
Miller of California, Mcpherson, Jones
of Florida, Farley and Butler.
Judicidrg-Messrs. Edmunds, Logan,
| Ingalls,, Mcmillan, Hoar, Garland, Bay
ard, Lamar and Pugh.
Public LdndS-Messrs. Plumb, Hill,
Blair. Van Wyck, DOlph, Walker, Nor
gan, Slater and Gibson.
Indian AfdirS-Messrs. Dawes, ingalls,,
Harrison, Cameron of Wisconsin, Bowen,
| Coke, Walker. .Slater and German.
PrIcdte Land CldinlS-Messrs. Ed
munds, Henderson, Bayard, Chairman;
Jones and COlquitt.
Pensions-Messrs. Mitchell, Blair, Van
Wyck. Cullom, Sabin, Slater, Jackson,
Camden and Colquitt.
Post Offices and Post ROddS-Messrs.
Hill, Sawyer, Malone, Palmer. Wilson,
| Maxey, salisbury, GrOome and Jackson.
Revolutionary CldiDlS-Messrs. Jones of
Florida, Garland, Williams, Anthsny
and Mcmillan.
CIdimS-Messrs. Cameron of WiscOn-
sin, Hoar, Pike, Dolph, Henderson, Jack
son, George, Gibson and Kenna.
District Of Columbid-Messrs. Ingalls,,
Aldrich, Riddleberger, Pike, Palmer, Har-
ris, Vance, Brown and German.
Education and LdbOr-Messrs. Blair,
Malone, Miller of New York, Aldrich,
Butler, George, Call, Pugh and Groome.
PdtentS-Messrs. Platt, Hoar, Mitchell,
Lapham, Coke, Call and Camden.
Grill Service and Retrenchment-Mess
Hawley, Dawes, Mitchell. Miller of Cali
fornia, Pike, Walker, Williams, Lamar
and Mcpherson.
Messrs. Harrison, Platt,
Conger, Manderson, Butler, Garland and
Vest.
RailrOadS-Messrs. Sawyer, Hawley,
| Sewell, Sabin, Riddleberger, Cullom,
Lamar, Williams, Jonas, Brown and
Kenna.
Contingent ErpenSeS-Messrs. Jones of
Nevada, Platt and Vance.
Enqr0SSed BHLS-Messrs. Salisbury,
Call and Allison.
RUles-Messrs. Frye, Sherman, In
gals. Harris and PendletOn.
lFsnae and Viq;n1- -MaSSrc WilSon