The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-14
THE SENATE COMMITTEES.
Sherman Positively Declines to Serve oi
the Finance Committee.

Sherman Positively Declines to Serve on
the Finance Committee.
WASHINGTON CITY, March IA In tho
senate, Friday, Cameron, of Pennsylvania
submitted resolution embodying q list of
the standing and select committees for the
Forty-ninth congress. The important
changes are as follows: A new committee
of seven On coast defenses is created
with Dolph as chairman, and Cam
sron, Sewell, Hawley, Maxey, Ne
Pherson ani Fair as members
On appropriations, Malone succeeds Logan
and German succeeds Ransom Ransom
takes the place of Bayard as chairman of
private land claims. Pike succeeds Cameron
of Wisconsin as chairman of the committee
an claims. The only change in the com
mittee On finance is the substitution
OF Vance for Bayard. Bowen sue
ceeds Sewell as chairman on enrolled bills.
Sewen succeeds Logan as chairman of
military affairs. Sabin succeeds Cullom as
chairman of the committee to examine the
several branches of the civil service, and
Cullom succeeds Wilson as chairman of the
committee on the expenditures Of public
money. Wilson succeeds Conger upon the
committee on revision of the laws, and Con
ger succeeds Hill as chairman of post
offices and post roads. The other
changes on the postotfice committee are the
substitution Of Chace. Colquitt and Wilson,
of Maryland, for Palmer, Groome and Jack
son. Upon naval affairs, Riddleberger and
Blackburn succeed Malone and Farley
Teller is made chairman of mines and min
ing in place of Bowen. The changes upon
public buildings and ground are the substi-
tuition of Spooner for Cameron of Wiscon-
sin. and the addition of Stanford and Cam
den. Upon public lands Teller succeeds Hill,
Cockerell succeeds Walker, and Walthall
succeeds Slater. On the committee on rules,
Blackburn succeeds Pendleton. Mcpherson
is made chairman of the committee to in
vestigate the condition of the Potomac river
front. The judiciary committee is made up
as follows; Edmunds, ingalls,, Mcmillan,
Hoar, Wilson of Iowa, Evarts, Pugh, Coke,
Vest and jackson. The resolution was
adopted.
Sherman, addressing the chair, said
that he wished to decline to serve on the
finance committee. Harris suggested that
the usual method was to ask to be excused.
Sherman retorted that he saw no necessity
for asking to be excused, that he positively
decline to serve.
Ingalls, submitted a resolution which was
laid over, calling on the president for all in
formation in his possession respecting the in
vasion of the Oklahome lands and what, il
any, action had been taken in regard
thereto
Beck announced that Ransom was excused
from further service on the appropriations
committee at his own request-the work
being too labarious for the good of the
senator's health. Miller of California asked
to be, and was excused, from service OF ths
naval committee, and his colleague, Stai
ford, will fill the vacancy thus created
At 1890 p m. the senate went into execu-
tive session, and few minutes later i'd
journed until Monday.
When asked for his reasons for declining
to serve on the committee on finance Ssna-
tor Sherman replied that he would make
his apologies to his constituents. The gos-
sips say that the real reason Sherman de-
clined to serve is because of feeling that
he has not received proper consieera-
tion at the hands of Chairman
Morrill,. When Fessenden retired
from the Craftsmanship of the committee
Sherman succeeded him, but upon his re
''' .aate, Sherman yielded the po