Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-14
SENATORIAL COMMITTEES
SHERMAN WASHES HIS HANDS
OF THE FINANCES.
Considerable Speculation by His Point

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OF THE FINANCES.
Considerable Speculation by HIs Point
Blank Refusal of Membership-Feel-
ing Against Morrill and Aldrich Hinted
at as His Reasons-LORan no Longer
in the Military Craftsmanship.
WASHINGTON, March 19.-In the Sem
ate to-day Mr.. Cameron offered a resolu-
tion naming the Chairmen and members
of the Senate committees, as agreed upon
by the caucuses, and asked its immediate
consideration. This was agreed to. The
important changes are as follows:
A new committee of seven members on
Coast Defenses is createdAsvith Mr.. Dolph
as Chairman, and Messrs. Cameron of
Wisconsin, Sewell, Hawley, Maxey, Nc
PhersOn and Fair as members.
On the Appropriations Committee Mr..
Malone succeeds Mr.. Logan and Mr.. Cor
man succeeds Mr.. Ransom.
Mr.. Ransom takes the place of Mr..
Bayard as Chairman of the Private Land
Claims Committee.
Mr.. Pike succeeds Mr.. Cameron, of Wis
consin, as Chairman of the Committee on
Claims.
The only change of the Committee on
Finance is the substitution of MIR. Vance
for Mr.. Bay
Mr.. Bowen succeeds Mr.. SewelI as
Chairman of the Committee on Enrolled
Bills.
LOGAN'S LOSS.
Mr.. Sewell succeeds Mr.. Logan as Chair
man of the Military Affairs Committee.
Mr.. Sabdn succeeds Mr.. Cullom as
Chairman of the committee to examine
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Mr.. CullOm succeeds Mr.. Wilson as
Chairman Of the Committee on Expendi-
lures of Public Money.
Mr.. wilson succeeds Mr.. Conger upon
the Committee upon Revision of the Laws.
Mr.. COnger succeeds Mr.. Hill on post
offices. The other changes in the Post
once Committee are the substitution of
Messrs. Chace, Colquitt and Wilson, of
Maryland, TOR Messrs. Palmer Groome
and Jackson.
Upon the Committee on Naval Affairs
Messrs Riddleberger and Blackburn sue
ceed Messrs Malone and Farley.
Mr.. Teller is made Chairman of the
Committee on Mines and Mining in place
of Mr.. Bowen.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
The changes upon the Public Buildings
and Grounds Committee are the substitu-
tlon of Mr.. Spo0ner for Mr.. Cameron of
Wisconsin, and the addition of Messrs.
Stanford and Camden.
Upon the Public Lands Committee MIR.
Teller succeeds Mr.. Hill.
Mr.. COckrell succeeds Mr.. Walker and
Mr.. Walthall succeeds Mr.. Slater.
On the Committee on Rules Mr.. Black
burn succeeds Mr.. Pendleton.
Mr.. Mcpherson is made Chairman Of
the committee to investigate the con-
ditiOn of the Potomac river front.
The Judiciary Committee is made up
as follows: Mr.. Edmunds Chairman,
and Messrs. Ingalls,, Mcmillan. Hoar,
Wilson of Iowa, EYarts, Pugh, Coke,
Vest and Jackson.
Places are left open in seven of the
committees for successors of Messrs. Bay
ard and Garland, namely, In the Com
mittees on Claims, Epidemic Diseases,
Fisheries, Patents, Revision of the Laws,
Tenth Census and Examination of the
Several Branches of the Civil Service.
SHERMAN RATHER CURT.
Senator Sherman declined to serve upon
the Committee on Finance. Senator
Harris suggested it was the usual form to
ask the Senate to excuse him.
Mr.. Sherman-I don't think that it is
necessary to ask to excuse me from SER
vice. respectfully decline.
MIR. Morrill, hope that no action will
Mr.. Beck asked leave to say that the
retirement of Senator Ransom from the
Committee on Appropriations was at that
gentleman's request. He had felt that
the work which the Appropriations Com
mittee was called upon to perform in con-
sidering large appropriation bills during
the closing hours of the session was more
than his health was equal to, and his
fellow Senators in the minority had ac-
OlIIQG0p6 in x1yifh
sHERMAN's REASONS.
In the absence of any authentic infor-
nation, gossip is busy over the rumored
reasons for Senator Sherman's declination
to serve upon the Finance Committee.
To an Associated Press reporter
who asked Mr.. sherman for
his reasons to-day, he said
''If Ihave any apologies to make will
make them to my constituents" The
report of two years ago that Mr.. Sherman
wished to be restored to the Chairman
ship of the Committee on Finance, from
which he withdrew to become Secretary
of the Treasury, is revived, and it is said
that some personal ill-feeling existed be-
tween himself and Senator Morrill,, the
present Chairman of the committee, in
consequence.
ALDRICH'S PART IN THE MUDDLE.
Mr.. Morrill, was asked in regard to the
matter to-day, but replied that he had
nothing to say, but he added that so far
as he knew the relations between MIR.
Sherman and himself were cordial.
There is said to be feeling which is not
entirely cordial between Mr.. Sherman
and Mr.. Aldrich, and rumor alludes in
definitely to demand or request, said to
have been made by the former that the
latter should be removed from the Finance
Committee, in default of which he (Sher-
man) would no longer serve. This can
not be traced to any authentic source, but
on the other hand none who should know
the facts are found to deny it.
sHERMAN's CAUCUS REASON.
1t can be said that when the subject of
Mr.. Sherman's retirement was referred to
in caucus the other day the colloquy
which ensued between Mr.. Sherman and
Mr.. Morrill, was kindly in tone, each pro-
Tossing sincere personal esteem for the
other. The only reason brought forward
there for the retirement of Mr.. Sherman
was his belief that the interests of his
constituents were not fairly considered
In the action of the committee upon the
wool tariff. Mr.. Sherman asked then to
be relieved from further service, but the
caucus by a formal vote declined to
relieve him. The misunderstanding
between Mr.. Sherman and Mr.. AL
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the action of the committee respecting
the tariff, and has been revived and posi-
bly, increased by the controversy over the
refunding and national bank measures, in
respect 20 which the two were advocates
of widely different courses of procedure.
1t is likely that nothing further will be
heard of the matter until the next ses-
sion, as the committee will have nothing
to do beyond the consideration of the
nominations during the present session.
Proceedings of the Senate.