The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-01
NATIONAL CAPT tai.
Christmas at the Capliai-honors 10
The Herald Representative.
Judge Reagan no, Quite Satisfied Will
tho Construction
or his Cemml itee- Galveston In Rather
n had Nay.
yo'amc OF Business Soda, Events.

WAsmsaroS, Dec. 20 Tsp cial oor"s. /
psnd.ict. l-Chfs 'uas he's come aud goir'
SAT- nli l. quot tais cold, Gear mnfninf. /
The little ons slept alter this mornihg' tue
small boys urr cricE,f, are cxnau'lrd' t"1
egg-nog oowi, of NirsinA origin, seh'P.y'
and the turkey bird IL at ease. Tho DAY
here was drsary, oiizzng overhead ana
slushy from melting snu~ beneath the isS''
Yet THIS did no, pruhioii u thfong oi peo'
pie from The gay pavement, anu ic0fes OF
s,ishs iro.i lhr streets.
During ST ,rnOnn
va uuAuEEp
with much az rcei- ~ CAHs ~ my room
b. 6enstOr CJse, Juute hrHBAh, mn
% ia Wulinorn, Representative Blackburn,
| vi Kentucky, And Others. Co iviviei auee
dOl.s, etc. were iuduigcd H., aud ms pony
! lcul situation freely discussed.
There 10 general regiet WIN our ueieg'-
! tioa that Texas N not repre- sshltu on the
Rivers sand hafbors Committee. Tue hppre'
! nrnsion is that We viii GoLs quence iaie
BADLY In the app roprntions uhl' uANvs
| ton can now SIT down by the SEA ana rum
! mate over her action ia sending nere Con-
/ gre ssmHn Ochillrre, who has Been heiegaisu
| 10 an ayr cultural committee, queer past
| Tor oue VINO rel reseuis SAND lsiahd III one
section aud u grszing region Ia another
! section OF his vast district, had sue han
democrat here, he would certainly nave
| been ass Rued the needed posts.
| Judge Reagan is not entirely satisfied YET
with The com plexlon of his committee. IL
| is not sufficiently ant!-fa lrJHd 10 snt ms
J determined purposeoi pushing ihfougn us
bill, though ne hopes Tor oet'ef
outcome than he has reason 10
| ...f las ia A m m 10 A IS
sututed.
Sena,or Coke will probably seek position
| on the Rivers aud Haroors senate committee
# IL snail be brai ohed, and IN his way he
may, in part. remedy he ugly Condition OF
things in the house. La doing TINS, now
ever, he will sacrifice his personal prefer
snces In another matter, Tor the good 81 DIS
state. .
| | assume you have scanned and now COM
! pr.hend the value OF the COMMITTEES Us OF
gsnized by the speaker. The ways ana
| M.nus coLnmitt,e mean tHrin reform ui'
equivocsiIy, with decided arm toward lrse
| trade as tar az practic iblu, Just anu Judi
ctuus. or the eight democru =, seven may
be Iullv depended upon TO follow MoTrison
and Hurd in strong assaults against the
tariff. Mr.. Hewitt, who d"Een years ago
was classed smo & tbs modefa Q pro &c Ion.
ISIS. will doubtless act with the above, ana
a. he will have the easing vote MS positisn
|
the country's taxes.
The numte and prominence OF
| SOUTHERN MEMBERS.
on these mmittees continue 10 excite com
me- mt In this section. | hbd, alter careful
review OF the. list. that the states north IL
Mason and Dixon's line ret twenty-five
Chairman SHIPS, aud those sou!h OF IL Bes
twenty nine Il them. -
In the oistrb nlion of chairmansblps New
York leads off with seven, followed by Mi,-
souri, with FIVE, Pennsylvania four, Illinois
four. Kentucky, Msslsslppi, Indiana, Ten
nessee and Onio Ihree each; Georgia, Nlr'
piuia. Texas, South CaroluB, tn Csto-
,i.n and Alabama two each, and California.
Florida, Louisians, Nevada, Massachusetts,
Maryland and Connecticut win one eaon'
New York 10 represented on some OF the
more important committees as iolcws:
Ways and Means, two places AppForria,.
lions, one; judi larry, one; Banking ana
Currency, ont; Coinage, ,onei Cimmefce,
one; Foreign Affairs. Two; Naval Affairs,
ONT; Rivers and Harbors, one; Postofbces,
one; Pacific Railroads, one ana Education,
one Pennsy lvania has places on I'm IMPORTANT
commitlees, as follows: Elections, two;
WAYS and deans one; Appropriations one;
Commerce, two; Foreign Atfeils, one; Ma.
val Affairs, one; Rivers and Han bors, one
Postoffices, one; Pacific Railroads, one, ana
Education, one. limos has one place on
Ways and Means, two on Appropriations
one each on Judiciary, BauRing aud Cur
renew, Commerce Foreig Affairs, Naval
Affairs. P0stoffices and Pacific Railroads,
aud tso on Pubic Lands. OHIO ee.s two
places Oh Elections, two on Ways and Means,
two on Appropriations, two ON Posiuihces,
TWO on Education, and one each on Judici-
ary, Banking ard Currency, Rivers and
II ROO ., and Pacific Railroads. Indiana Is
represented on the more imporlsnt commit
.r,.p har mr. go
judiciary, two on Appropriations, one on
Foreign Affairs, two Oh Postofiices and one
on Pubic LaUds. MhssacbustLis ects Que
place on Wa, and Meaus, one ON Judiciary
one on Commerce. one on Foreign A Tia rs,
one on Naval Affairs, and one on Rivers
. aud Harbors. Missouri gets one place on
T. ,ec,ions. one on appropriations, one on
: Banking ard Currency, one on Coinage, one
on Commerce and one on Pos Offices.
There is a vsst amount OF business for
these committees TO do. Every year this
increases Alraiy. in seventeen days,
from December 3 10 December 30, thers
: nave b?en introduced In this congress more
measures proposing legislation than had
been presented In the whole two years OF
5 anv congress prior to and including The
. thiriy-nnth congress which closed March
4, 1867. In that entire congress, 2,Sos oiiis
aud ioiut resolutions were presented.
, In The seventeen DAYS Of the pr,s.nt SEES.
sion 2,72s bills and joint resolutions have
been introduced for the consideration Of the
, iorly-sighth congress. By hard work aud
/. commendable activity the forces in charge
OF the document rooms OF the senate and
, house nave met the demands male upon
them resulting from this unparalleled rush
OF business, and have Kept pace with the
immpnsc supplies of doeumen,s turned out
bv the government printing Office.
ne following table shows the relative
: number OF measures of the several classes
which we're introduced 10 congress before
, the war began, during the war, during ths
, "reconstruction'' period, and decade lsiel
3 Cnclnding the centennial perioo). for thu
r purpose oil comparison with The last (orty-
sryentb) congress, aud the first seventeen
DAYS OF present (,or,y -eightb) congress: