Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-25
COMMENT ON THE COMMITTEES.

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souri,, Post Oflice; Mr.. Young OF Tennessee,
Interior; Mr.. Belmont of New York, Public
Buildings.
COMMENT ON THE COMMITTEES.
Special to the Neaos.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.-Of course ev-
erybOdy is not pleased with Mr.. Carlisle's
committees, which were announced to-
day. 1t would have been impossible to
please all. Many unsatisfied members
could be mentioned, but the fact is ap-
parent that almost everyb body is satisfied.
The complexion of the committees re-
fleets fully the principles upon which Mr..
Carlisle was elected. There is no spirit
favorable to mOnopolies in them. The
Ways and Means Committee is strong for
tarlif reform. The Appropriations Com
mittee means economy in handling the
public money. The Banking and Com
merce Committee is not hostile to
the silver or banking interests. The
Commerce Committee is composed of
men in favor of government regulation
OF Interstate commerce to prevent
Its control by railroads. The new
Committee on Rivers and Harbors is made
up with view to discriminating literally
in works of that character The Public
Land Committee is against the interests
of railroads who have forfeited land
grants. The Pacific railroads will have
no show of controlling the Pacific Rail.
roads Committee. The Pension Commit
tee will be found to be hard to handle by
pension agents and other schemers OF that
character who desire to rad the Treas
ury. The Election Committee. with Mr..
Turner, of Georgia, at its head, is strong,
and composed OF able men. So is the Ju-
dietary Committee. OF the minor COM
mittees, that on Expenditures in the De-
partment of Justice is put together with
view to investigating that department..
In fact, the general verdict is that Mr..
Carlisle has given to the House an excep-
tionally good and strong committee or
ganization. There are grumblers, of
course. Mr.. Springer. who is at the head
of the Committee on Expenditures in the
Department of Justice, Is mad. He says
that it amounts to nothing. He also saws
that MIR. Morrison, out of personal feel
ing, kept him from being placed higher.
Mr. Morrison says that he did nothing
aimed at the interests of Mr.. Springer.
He is evidently correct in his state
ment. There is no evidence any,
where of any personal feeling enter
ing into the work of committee
making. Mr.. Randall says this. He also
says that he is greatly pleased with the
way Pennsylvania has been treated. He
says: ''lf l had been made Speaker |
would not have dared do as much for nv
State as Mr.. Carlisle has" Ohio is not
satisfied Her members think that they
ought to have gotten more Chairman
ships. But very few others have the same
opinion, however. 1t cannot be said that
Kentucky has been unduly favored. Mr.
Cox is wrathy, and says that he will not
serve where he is placed. He wanted
the Craftsmanship of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs. He is not so mad be-
cause he did not get it as because
he was not put on that committee at all,
while Perry Belmont is given its second
place. That committee, by the way, is
not made up with Il special view to twist
ing the British lions tail. The Georgia
members are satisfied. The South is
treated very well indeed. OutOf "a Chair
manships she gets 30. In short, it may be
said that the House will enter upon its
work in the best sort of shape, and with
but very little bad feeling among the
Democrats growing out of pique. The Re
publican members are very well satisfied
with the way the minority has been
placed. Those who have been looking
forward hopefully to Democratic blum
dering at this session cannot find much
encouragement in the way the committees
have been organized.
By tie Aasociated Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.-There is about
the usual diversity in the views expressed
by Congressman tonight with regard to
the composition Of the House Committees
as announced by the Speaker to-day. The
general opinion, however, seems to be
that the assignments TO places, have as
rule, been made with fairness and Justice
and with view to efficient work, and the
general feeling therefore is one of satsfac-
ton. Representative Wills, of Kentucky,
whose relations with Mr.. Carlisle are
known to be intimate, says that in max
ing up the committees the Speaker
paid the most regard to the character
and experience Of the men to be
placed, and that there was no
intention or desire to punish anybody
for the part taken by him in the Speaker
ship contesh AS a proof of the latter
assertion Mr.. Willis refers to the fact that
Mr.. Randall and a number of his prOmi.
nent supporters have been given import
ant Chairmanships, and that all the MEM
bers of the New York delegation occupy
committee places of responsibility. The
members of the Ways and Means Com
mittee generally declined to-day to express
any opinion as to the policy which that
committee would adopt or the work it
would undertake to do. Mr.. Morrison, its
Chairman, said in reply to questions
upon this point that the makeup of
the committee indicated what the policy
would be. but he declined to
go into details or to express himself more
definitely upon the subject. A prominent
Conservative Democratic Representative
from New England said. in reply to ques-
tiOns, that he preferred to wait little be-
fore talking much about the organization
of the Ways and Means Committee, He
would say, however, that the composition
of the committee was not in accordance
with conservative ideas on the tariff ques-
tion. Most of its members were not men
of moderate views, and the selection of
such men was, he thought, at variance
with the sentiments expressed by Mr.. Car
Isle in his speech accepting the
office of Speaker. Another Eastern
Representative said that in bis opinion
the committee would be found strongly in
favor of ultimate free trade, majority of
its members being in accord with its
Chairman, Mr.. Morrison, on that ques-
tion. How far it would be likely to 90 in
carrying out its policy was question on
which speculation at present was useless.
He thought that in view of the approach
ing Presidential election policy would
forbid radical measures. A majority of
the Democratic members of the House
seem to be contented with the places
assigned them, but a few, among
them Mr.. Springer, of Illinois,
express loud dissatisfaction. The latter,
it is said, expected to be made Chairman
which he occupied in the Forty-sixth
Congress, but he was not even made a
member OF that committee, or given any
other position which he regarded as in
keeping with his experience and long
service as a member of the House. The
reason, it is said, why Mr.. Springer was
not given place on the Elections Com
mittee was that he was known to be un-
friendly to Mr.. Manning, Of Mississippi.
upon whose case that committee would
have TO pass Judgment and make report.
Mr.. Springer himself attributes his ex-
cluSion, as ne regards it, from all inn
portant committees to the hostility of Mr..
Morrison.
Mr.. Morrison, on the other hand, declares
that he had nothing whatever to do with
the assignment of the places to Mr..
Springer. 1t is understood that Mr.. Cox.
of New York, is another of the dissatisfied
ones, and that he has telegraphed his re-
fusal to accept the Chairmanship of the
Committee on Naval Affairs, to which he
was assigned.
In the distribution of the Chairmanships
of the committees New York leads off
with seven, followed by Missouri with
five, Pennsylvania four, Illinois four,
Kentucky, Mississippi, Indiana, Tennes-
see and Ohio three each. Georgia, Vir-
ginia, Texas, South Carolina, North Caro-
lima and Alabama two each, and Cali
fornia, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada. Mas
sachusetts, Maryland and Connecticut
with one each. New York is represented
on some of the more important commit
tees. as fOllOwsi Ways and Means two
nIocoa AnnrOnriafiOns one JudIeiarv