Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-25

T,rnsr of Kentucky, wemplc, CUT
hsrtson OF Kentucky, James, Atkin.
ION. Hatch of Michigan.
pnhlic lands. Cobb, Scales, Oats,
shaw. Lewis, Henly, Van
Eaton. Bedford, Straight, Ander-
son Payson. Brentz Of Wash
Ioc,on TERRITORY.
Indian affairs-Wellborn, Graves
Stevens. Peck, Pearce, Finerty, SKIN
ner of North Carolina, Smith, Pinne.
George, Perkins, Nelson, Onray of
Arizona.
Territories Evans of South Caro-
lima. Pryor, Arnot Hardeinan, Lam
ham, Alexander, Carleton, Foran, ).
ID. Taylor of Ohio, Kellogg, Johnson,
Lawrence, Struble, Post of wyoming
territory.
Manufactures Bagley, j. ID. Wise
of Virginia, Mitchell, Caldwell, Crisp,
Lewis, Brewer of New Jersey, Mackey,
Ellwood, Campbell. ,---
Mints and mining--Warner OF Ien-
nessee, Cassidy, Alexander, Skinner OF
North Carolina, Mills of Texas, Wood,
Stevens, Drifting, Cul5ertson OF Ken
tacky, O'Itara, Singster of Idaho
Ievees aud improvements Of the
Mississippi river = King, Dunn
O'Neill OF Illinois, Post, Campbell,
Jones of Wisconsin,, Henly, Thomas,
]. S. Wise of Virginia, Hewey, Whit
ing.
Militia-Covington, McAdoo, Peel,
Boyle, BaIlentyne, Strait, horey, Val
entine, Cutcheen. -
Claims-McMiilau Dowd, Tillmnn,
Warner of New Mexico, Ray of New
Hampshire, Price. Ochiltrec, Elwood,
Brown of Pennsylvania, Ray OF New
York.
War claims-Geddes, Jones of Wis
consin, Stone, Tulley, Rogers of New
York, Weller, Terrell. Kellogg, Ear
hart, Rowell, Bowen.
Revision of laws-0ates, Buc man,
Mcclellan, Hill, Clay, Ward, Hemp
hill. Brown of Pennsylvania, Bayne,
Spooner, McComas.
Special to the Gazette.
Washington, December II. - The
great majority of members have left
the city for the holidays, and not more
than ninety were present to-day when
the journal was read. Extreme silence
prevailed when the clerk began read
ing the names of the committeeman.
Carlisle looked pale and worn, aud sat
quietly in the speakers chair while
the reading was in progress. Nearly
an hour elapsed before the end was
reached, and the adjournment resolu-
tlon adopted. WelIborn Aof Texas is
chairman of Indian affairs and Reagan
chairman of he commerce committee.
Other members of the Texas dele
CATION are placed as follows: Han
cock, third place on the
appropriations committee. Culherson.
second on Judiciary; Miller, third on
banking and currency; Lanham, sixth
on coinage weights and measures;
Ochiltree, seventh on agriculture;
Stewart, fourth on foreign affairs;
Jones twelfth on postoilices and post
roads; L,nham, third on territories;
Miller, third on mines and mining;
Throckmorton, seventh on Pacific rail-
roads, Jones, ninth on pensions; Ochil- |
tree fourth on claims; Throckmorton,
eighth on American ship-huilding and ,
ship-owuing. The leading commit
tees were provided with chairmen rs
formerly predicted, with the eXcep-
ton of foreign affairs, which was given |
TO Curtin of Pennsylvania, instead OF
Sunset Cox. The latter is much dis
satisfied, and says he will not serve.
The committees, on the whole, give |
'sHh 7iffA'i'Alf gnu 'A'' l'tNA'N'i''s' - ~ /
in accordance with the views of the |
controlling element of the Democratic
party.
SENATE.
Washington, December COCK
rell presented memorial from the
manufacturers and bust
ness men of st. Louis, opposing the re-
peal of the vaporizing law, which per-
III
wines for the purpose of making vine
gar without payment of United States
yaX.
After executive session the senate
to January 9TH.
CONFIRMATION.
The senate confirmed Royal NJ.
Johnson as surveyor general of Ari-
IONA.
GALV ESTON.