The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-25
While the Assignments Cause Some Bitter
ness Among Democratic, They Fairly
Represent the Party.
MFR. Springer Swearing Mad Because
of His Disappointment,
While Mr.. Cox Declines to Accept the Chair
manship of Naval Affairs-Full List
of Assignments.
ANALYZING THE LIST.
The Division of Chairmanships and Mem
bership Among the Sections.

bership Among the Sections.
| Special to the Indianapolis Journal
| WASHINGTON, Dec. M.-While there is con-
siderable individual grumbling among the
Democrats, the general verdict is that Mr.
Carlisle has made the committees SO as to
fairly represent his party. The committee
on ways and means is strongly for revenue
reform, and its construction was directed by
Mr.. Morrison with the evident purpose to re-
| port and push low tariff bill. On this COM
mittee nine members are taken from the
South and West, two from New York, and
one each from Pennsylvania and Massachu-
setts.
| On the committee on appropriations, thir-
teen members are from the South and West
Messrs Randall and Hutchins being the only
members east of the Allegheny mountains,
The committee on banking and currency
has nine members from the South and West
| two from Pennsylvania, and one each from
New York and Maine. Mr.. Buckner of Mis-
souri,, and Mr.. Dingiey, of Maine,
and Messrs. Ermentrout and Brumm,
of Pennsylvania, are the only mem
bers who have had previous service
with this committee. 1t is believed the COM
mittee is so constructed that legislation for
the national banks will not receive much
| favor.
| In sectional division, the South has twenty
eight chairmen, exclusive OF the rules, of
which the Speaker is the head and the North
twenty-five OF these twenty-five the West
has twelve, New York seven, Pennsylvania
four, and Massachusetts and Connecticut
one each. Missouri gets five chairmen, Illi-
nois four, Mississippi, Tennessee. Ohio and
Indiana three each, Virginia, Kentucky,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama and Texas two each. The commit
tee on coinage is so constructed that the bills
to limit further coinage of silver will have
| little chance to get to the House through its
agency. The committees on Pacific rail-
roads and public lands will not do much to
serve the subsidy roads, and will probably
regard with favor measures to restore un-
earned public lands to the public domain.
The creation of committees on rivers
and harbors and ship-building will
relieve the committee of commerce
| from the consideration of all questions
| touching Improvements of rivers and har7
bors and the restoration of merchant marine
| The interstate commerce question will oc-
cupy greater portion Of the time of the
committee on commerce, and its member
| ship therefore was taken largely from the
| West and Southwest. The committee on
lship-bniIding is entirely composed OF men,
bers from the seaeoast States except Mr.
Deustera of Wisconsin, who was selected to
| represent the northern lakes It is worthy
oflnotice that the Speaker has returned to
| what was the practice several years ago and
given no member of the ways and means or
appropriations service any other commit
| tee. In this particular the present commit
tees throughout the entire list are in re-
| markable contrast with the last Congress.
Notwithstanding the general fairness ex-
| hibited by the Speaker there is great deal
of personal bitterness. The New York
delegation would not agree on Cox or Bel
mont for the head OF foreign affairs, so the
| Speaker gave this place to Mr.. Curtin, of
Pennsylvania, and placed Mr.. Cox first on
the naval affairs. Although this is consid-
cred a desirable craftsmanship, Mr.. Cox tele-
STdpIf6u lEOm NeW OIh, UeCflu1IlS 10 accept
it.
Mr.. Springer is furious because he was
given nothing better than first place on the
mmittee on expenditures in the Depart
ment of Justice, and considering his prom
inence and long service in the House it
would seem that he had just cause to COM
plain. He attributes his bad treatment to
Mr.. Morrison.
The Ohio Democrats are particularly dis
turbed by the placing of Mr.. Hurd on the
ways and means committee The Demo-
cratic party of Ohio, in convention, and by
their speakers on the stump during
the last campaign in that State, denounced
the reduction made on wool in the tariff
law of last session charged this reduction
against the Republicans, and made pledges
to have the duty restored upon the assem-
bling of this Congress. In selecting Mr..
Hurd for the ways and means committee
the Speaker did so against the protest of the
Ohio delegation. Mr.. Hurds views on the
tariff approach nearer free trade than of any
man in Congress save Mr.. Mill, of Texas, and
he is pronounced in favor of further reduc-
ton of the duty on wool.
The Indiana members Jared very WE'LL Mr..
Cobb is chairman of the committee on public
lands, Mr.. Matson ofinvalid pensions, and Mr..
Stockslager of public buildings and grounds,
each of these being an important commit
tee. Mr. Lowrey is on elections and private
land claims Messrs. Holman and Calkins
are on appropriations, Mr.. Lamb on foreign
affairs Mr.. Ward on postoffices and revision