Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-21
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COMMITTEES

Mr.. BlOunt Longing for the Foreign
Ahairs Chairmanship-OppO to
FRANK III. Hurd's Selection on the
Ways and Means COmmittee-The nav
In Senate and House.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20.-A number of
representatives who profess to have
knowledge of Speaker Carlisle's inten-
tons, give the supposed makeup of the
ways and Means Committee today as
loIloWs; Messrs. Morrison, Chairman.
tucker, Hewitt, Mills, Hurd, Blackburn.
blount' Eaton, Kelley. KassOn, McKin-
ley, Hiscock and Anderson. Some doubt
is expressed, however, as to the appoint
ment OF Mr.. Anderson, of Kansas. One
or two of those known to have been Sc
lected assert that he should be chosen be-
cause he is from the same State as Mr..
haskell, who would have been a member
had he lived
The Craftsmanship of the Foreign AE
fairs Committee is not vet determined ON
Messrs. Cox and Belmont are still promi-
nently spoken of for it. Mr.. Blount saws
that he is entitled to it as he was
the hrst Democrat on the Committee
during the last Congress. A number of
chalrmanshlps are predicted as follows:
Appropriations, Mr.. Randall; Elections.
Mr.. Springer; Judiciary, Mr., Tucker:
banking and Currency, Mr. Buckner:
Navy, Mr.. Hewitt or Mr.. Morse; Military.
Mr.. R0scrans; American Shipping, Mr..
Belmont; Public Buildings, Mr.. Converse:
Commerce. Mr.. Reagan: Education. Mr.
Willis; Labor, Mr.. O'Neil; District of Co.
lumbia, Mr.. Barbour; Pacific Railroads.
Mr.. ThrockmOrton; Public Lands. Mr..
Blackburn or Mr.. Cobb; Rivers and Har-
Mr
Roads, Mr.. Mooney; War Claims, Mr.
Holman; Patents, Mr.. Vance; Invalid
Tensions, Mr.. Watson; Agriculture, Mr..
Hatch.
The Star tonight SAYS: ssThe Demo-
cratic members of the Ohio delegation are
dissatisfied at the supposed intention of
Speaker Carlisle to select from their num-
Der for the WAYS and Means Committee
Frank II. Hurd, the only prominent Dem
ocrat In the State who opposed the Ohio
PLATFORM upon which they were elected.
They say that if Mr.. Carlisle places Hurd
on the Ways and Means Committee.
standing as he does the only absolute free
trader in the Ohio delegation. he will
place himself in the position of antagon-
izing the Ohio PLATFORM adopted as it has
been by five other States besides Ohio.
and representing the principles of con-
seryatiYe Democrats throughout the
country. They say that such an action
on his part would injure the party in the
next campaign in Ohio and the other
States as well.''
POOL AGAINST SKINNER.
Formal notice of contest for the seat in
the House as Representative of the First
North Carolina district was to-day served
by Charles G. Pool against Thomas G.
Skinner, the sitting member, the con-
testant basing his claim on the following
grounds:
First. That the proclamation of the Gov
ernor calling the election directed it to be
held in the district established bv the Iegisla-
ture at its session beginning last January
which district included the county of Cartaret
and did not include the county of BERTHE
whereas the election should have been held in
the district as II consisted previous to the re-
apportiOnment: that estimating the vote of
BERTHE county from the record for the past ten
years ii would have given majority of not
less than 800 against the contested: thatit was
detached from the First district by the Legis-
lature for the known reason that it would give
such a majority.
Second. That in certain precincts named in
Pitt county frauds and irregularities were
perpetFated and votes were thrown out upon
frivolous preteXts, changing the result of the
election. The contestant AYERS that if the
frauds and irregularities be corrected and the
vote counted as it was cast, or meant to be
east, it will appear that he, and not the con-
testee, is entitled to the seat in question.
SENATE COMBINATIONS.
Among the Postmasters confirmed bv
the Senate to-day were the following:
Henry l.. Gudger, Asheville, n. c.; j. W.
Beemer, Berryville, Va; j. w. Long.
Norfolk, Va; d. L. Young, WinOna, Miss.
r. B. Love. Trenton, Tenn; Rasselas
Boyd, Kosciusko, Miss; Henry Kerna-
CHAN, Brandon, Miss; Ed. W. Speer,
Orlando, Fla; Lee l.. Ayres, Winchester
Tenn; w. 7. Green, Clarksville, Tenn.
Alexander 5. Ashbury, Roanoke, Va; H.
r. Benjamin. Tampa, Fla. Among the
other combinations were William ID.
Warner, of South Carolina, as Consul at
Dusseldorf; Beckford Mackay. of South
Carolina, as Consul at Rio Grande del Sui;
George Holmes. as Collector of Customs
at Beaufort, ). c.; James d. Bowie, as
Collector of Customs at Petersburg, Va:
Henry Deb. Clay, as Collector of Customs
at Yorktown, Va.
Branded PEACHES.
Senator Browns bill, introduced to-day,
provides fol the repeal of all laws pro-
hibiting the distillation of apples or
peaches into brandy, or the manufacture
of wine or brandy from grades by the
producer or owner of the fruit. or by any
distilles who acts as his agent, or who
distills fruit and receives part of said
fruit in payment of his services; and pro-
vides also for leaving the question of tax
alton of such products to the States.