Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-07
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SPECULATION CONCERNING CAR
LISLES COMMITTEES.


ings in Detail.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-The air is full
of rumors regarding the appointment of
the members of the various House
committees. No definite statements are
/ given out even by those most intimately
! associated with the new Speaker. They
assert that they know nothing of his in
| tentiOns and that he has made no prom
/ ises. An old member said this morn
| ing that the new men were seeking
positions on the Ways and Means, Appro-
/ priatiOns and judiciary Committees, and,
! In fact, that they wanted to be connected
with all of the important committees. 1t
! is generally conceded by the Democratic
members of the House that Representative
| Morrison, of Illinois, will be given the
| ChaiTmanship of the Ways and Means.
| and Mr.. Randall that of the Appropri-
/ atiOns Committees. AS associates of Mr..
| Morrison on the Ways and Means Com
| mittee are mentioned the names of
| MessTs. Hewitt, of New York. Ran
| dolph Tucker, of Virginia, Curtin,
of Pennsylvania, Geddes, of Ohio.
! Herbert, of Alabama, Seymour, of Con-
necticut, or Maybury, of MICHIGAN, Cox.
| of New York, or Hurd. of Ohio. Demo-
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| KassOn, of Iowa, and Haskell, of Kansas,
| Republicans. The Democratic members
| of the House do not unanimously favor
/ Mr.. MOrrison's selection for the Ways
| and Means Craftsmanship, the ground of
/ the opposition being, as expressed by a
| protectiOnist, that his appointment closely
| following Carlisle's election to the
| Speakership, would precipitate the tariff
| issue for 1884, ''and," added the gentle
man, sit is not the province of the
| Speaker, nor for that matter of Congress
| either, to force political issues on the
] country"
The opinion is expressed that the Com
mittee on Elections Will be appointed at
an early date, possibly the first of next
/ week, while the others will not be an
! nOunced until short time prior to the
/ adjournment for the holidays. For the
| Craftsmanship of the Committee on Elec-
! tiOns, Mr.. Cobb, of Indiana, and T. H..
! Davis, of Missouri, are mentioned Mr..
! Reagan, of Texas, is spoken of for the
| Committee on Commerce. Perry Bel
! mont, of New York. is also mentioned in
connection with the Craftsmanship of the
same committee, if he does not get the
Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mr.. Cox, of New York, is considered as
the probable Chairman of the latter COM
mittee. 1t is thought probable that Mr..
! Hewitt, of New York, will be placed at
the head of the Committee on Naval AT
! fairs, position for which he is especially
well fitted, by reason of the prominent
/ part he has taken in the naval legislation
! Of recent years. Next to Mr.. Hewitt's
name, that of Leopold Morse, of Massa-
| chusetts, is Oftenest heard in connection
/ with the Naval Craftsmanship.
Mr.. Buckner, of Missouri, who was
/ Chairman of the Committee on Banking
and Currency, when the Democrats last
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| for the same position again. and Mr..
! Hatch. also OF Missouri, is spoken of as
| likely to be Chairman of the Committee
| on Agriculture.
Mr.. Tucker, of Virginia, because Of his
! long service in the House, it is believed
/ will be given the Judiciary Committee,
| though the friends of Mr.. Hurd, Of Ohio,
! say that he will be made Chairman of that
/ committee.
the rate of two or three hundred letters a
day. but is diligently keeping his own
| counsel in respect to his purposes.
A DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
The Democratic Senators held a eau
Gus this morning, Senator PendletOn
| presiding, to arrange their party's
membership of committees. No other
subject was discussed. Some feel
! ing was displayed in respect to the habit
/ of the older members of the Senate secur-
! ing the majority of the important places
on the committees to the exclusion
! of the younger members. A resolution
was introduced and carried, to appoint a
| committee of seven, which shall arrange
the minority membership of the commit
| tees of the Senate for the best in nterests of
all. and report their action at the next
| caucus. The committee as appointed by
the Chair is rs follows: Senators Harris,
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| gan and Call.
THE SENATE OFFICERS.
There will be another Republican eau
| Gus in a few days. 1t Will not, however,
! leading Republican Senators say) settle
the question of the reorganization of the
/ Senate officers. 1t Will only fix the COM
mittees of the Senate. The Republicans
are going very slowly about the substitu-
tiOn of Republicans for the present Demo-
cratic officers. The substitution will
| doubtless he made. but it may not be until
after the holidays. There are some Re-
publican Senators who are not satisfied
with the present caucus slate of proposed
new officers. The principal opposition is
to George c. GoI ham as Secretary.
The NEWS correspondent talked with
| five leading Republican Senators to-
| night. They admitted that there were
| differences, but claimed that they would
matter came up in caucus. The objec-
ton to GOrham, they claim, will melt
away as soon as it is made apparent to
the directors the part Gorham has taken
in yentilating the alleged Danville ''Out-
| rage
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.
Judge Thoman, of the Civil Service
| Commission, will conduct examinations
| at Cincinnati for local and general de-
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| vile on the 2lst instant. Examinations
for the general department service will
be held in the States of Tennessee, Ala
| bama, Mississippi, Georgia and Florida
| between January 20 and February 20,
1884. The Civil Service Commissioners
have determined to hold examinations in
TINS city for general department service
on the first and third Wednesdays of every
month for the convenience of residents of
remote States, in which such eXamina-
tiOns are not held, who may be in Wash
ingtOn.
WORK IN THE SENATE.
The Senators just pOuredin bills to-day.
They were in session but short time, but
managed to add good deal of proposed
legislation to the calendar. A large ma
iOrity of the measures introduced were
old. Very few new ones were put in, and
they were principally of an unimpOrtant
character. 1t is noticeable that in so
short time there have been more bills
and resolutions introduced which are
based upon the recommendations of the
Presidents message than for many years
previous. 1t is significant that there were
several new measures to-day relative to
the rights of cOlOred citizens.
MALONE CHARGED WITH FALSEHOOD.
There is a question of veracity between
Malone and the Congressional post office
authorities. Malone was criticised for
not appearing at recent Senatorial eau
Gus. He comes out to-day with an eX-
planatiOn. He says that the reason he
did not appear was because he did not re-
-ceive notice of a call for the caucus IN
time. The Congressional post officers
take issue with hIm. They say he re-
ceived notification of the caucus before
any other Senator.
ATKINS SPLEEN.
Gen. Atkins. of Tennessee, who was a
| candidate for Clerk of the House, is going
round declaring to Republican newspa-
pers that he was defeated by tricky and
! bulldOzing combination. consisting of
| Speaker Carlisle, Clerk Clark and a
number of Democratic members. Mr..
| Atkins is naturally sour man. He is
| more acetic since he was beaten. There
| is nothing but the bitterness of disappOint-
ment in his charges.
ROME AND DECATUR RAILROAD.
Senator Morgan introduced a bill grant
ing right of way over public lands from
Rome, Ca, to Decatur, Ala, to the Rome
and Decatur Railroad. 1t permits the
road to use the timber, earth and rock for