Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-12-22
THE HOUSE COMMITTEES.
sPEcULATIoNs CONCERNING THE IMPORTANT
POSITIONS

POSITIONS.
The Speaker of the House is now at work ar
ranging the committees, and it is said will give
the list out for publication as soon AS il is COM
pleted, not waiting for Congress to meet
Nothing definite is known about the assign
ments SO far, none of the members having any
knowledge as to where they will go. There are
several of the Old members that 1t NAV reason
ably be assumed will retain their old chairman
ships, but Mr.. Carlisle has not taken the House
or any considerable portion of his party into
his confidence in this matter. The only men,
bers he is said to have consulted are Mcssrs
Morrison and Willis, and, of course, neither of
the two will speak upon the subject. The
Speaker has the greatest confidence in the
are spoken OF by the other members as Mr..
Carlisle's cabinet, not, however, in any carping
spirit, but in terms of approval.
COMING CHANGES.
Most of the committees are said to be out.
lined already, but there are some that cannot
be decided upon until pretty thorough survey
of the field has been made and the fitness of
each man carefully measured. The changes of
the rules involves many changes in the COM
mittees from what they were last Congress, and
the aim of the Speaker will be To assemble the
most cautious and judicious members upon
those committees that have charge of the APP
chairmen from some of the lesser committees,
and there will be quite a number of changes in
the way OF promotions.
MEMBERS on THE ANXIOUS BENCH.
There is considerable uneasness among the
members to know where they will be assigned.
Their anxiety has kept many in Washington
for the holiday recess. Had the committees
been announced before the adjournment it is
probable that most OF the members would have
gone nome to their families for their Christmas
dinners; but, under the existing circumstances,
only seventy-ive have taken adyantage OF this
opportunity. The remainder, or most of them,
Will STAY in the CITY The nf
however, is not shown by their attendance at
the Capitol to-day. Not more than ten were at
their desks in the House at any one time to-
day, and those who came stopped generally for
only a few minutes.
CAPITOL GOSSIP ABOUT THE CHAIRMANSHIPS.
1t is generally conceded that Mr.. Hewitt is
going to the head of the naval affairs commit
tee; both Townshend and Springer want the
post office committee: Gen. Bragg is spoken of
to succeed Gen. Rosecrans as chairman of the,
military committee. Forney was first spoken
OF for the place but it is understood that he pre-
iers to remain on the committee on appropria-
that committee instead of going at the head of
the Indian affairs, and Mr.. Welloorn, it is
thought, will retain that craftsmanship.
the post office committee. Nobody can
guess who will go to the head of the
committee on banking and currency, and that
committee is not SD much sought after for the
reason that the coinage, weights and measures
is given control of the currency which is now
most in question, and it is generally agreed
that Bland will be at the head OF it. There is
quite Il struggle after the foreign affairs COM
mittee, and there is much doubt about it, Of
course Mr.. Curtin, who made an excellent
chairman of the committee last Congress, will
expect reappointment, but Burnes Mo-, Bel
mont On. ", who was Curtin's antagonist in
and one o. two others, are said to be after the
place. The most of the other chairmen who
have been returned to this Congress will retain
their old places, it is thought, except in the
cases where they are promoted.