New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-25
| MR.CAPL1SLES PERPLEXITIES
COMMITTEES TO BE CONSTITUTED ANEW.
uARAssEp BY APPLICATIONS FOR cHAIRMANsHIPs-
THE SILVER QUESTION.
inv TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE

W,su1xGToy. Nov. 24.-Democratic Con-
eressmen who covet desirable Charmanships have be-
gun TO besicge Mr Carlisle personally and by letter. vi
course he Is obliged to consider the appeals maze 10
him although he Is only prospective Speaker ana VIII
not become in fact until nearly fortnight hence'
He realizes that the task Of comnttee-maSing TINS year
will be more difficult perplexing and disagreeabe thah
It was two years ago Then he was at the head OF
majority In opposition to tho President now OF one
charged with formulating and passing
measures recommended by Democratic
administrations Then he was permitted greater LATITUDE
OF choice. For example: Mr.. Carsle's committee Oh
Coinage I'm the XLvIIIth Congress was so constituted
"a TO array majority OF on the side OF the Bahu uc
lar This year. in all probability the committee VIII De
more moderate Mt Carlisle Will try to mako II oHe
that will reat the recommendation OF the President ana
secretary OF the Treasury with respect ana maor'P
of which can persuaded TO bring In Dill taVOrhg
Temporary suspension OF the silver dollar coinage lhee
ia good reason for saving that If tho words OF leading
Democrac Representatives have been heeted botn TIE
President and Mr. Manning have become impressed WIN
the that that the most that can DO expected from
the Democratic majority in the House, and that even
then the Administration must agree to certain other
notifications OF the law in favor Of silver
Mr. Carlisle finds that exactly onc-haf OF the Demo-
Gratis who were charmen of Committees in the last Con-
rres are not members OF the present. House. 80 that
tventy-seven new chairmen must be selected In a
nun,ber OF cases the 'mOrtaty" among tho Demo
cratic members Of committees has been EXCESSIVE The
chairman and seven other Democratic members OF the
Military Committee msslng. leaving only Mt. VOL
ford OF Kentucky. tho Chairman; two OF the Demo
cratic members of the Post ONCE Com
mttee are missing. whilo the Naval Com
mttee has lost It's Chairman and three OF lis
other Democratic In this Congress the Naval
Committee Will be one OF the most important IN the
House especially II 1t shall b charged with the duty OF
preparing the Naval Appropriation BILL as now seems
probabc Secretary whitney's estimates FOR tho Navy
have been made On liberal amounting It is said
10 more than 500 900 900. II Is doubtful whether Mr
Carlisle will favor large Appropriation although
there believe that he l. inclined to approve
larger expenditures on account OF the naval establish
ment than he was tw years ago The satisfactory COM
position Of the committee on Naval AnalrS be VIII mo
10 be- II task Of little difficulty. II apparent that Mr.
Carlisle favUrs the taking away from the Appropriations
Committee ~ four five Of The big general apprOprla
ton bills and that he expects II to be done.
MIR Rainfall csllr, 5 Mr.. Carlisle last week A
friend of the PENNSYLVANIA Representative Is authority
for statement that Mr.. Randall preached me sun
ject IN his conversation with the coming speaker Ah
declared That he should oppose INC pIupoS'on,i I
make the country understand what the result VIII ne
aud that Mr.. Carlisle rephrd IN substance, thar WINE
he hal not fully Considered the matter ~ all It's bearings
he believed majority OF the Huu-e 50 he In favor ~
the change which he thougnt would be made and that
As then advised he was himself Inclined to approve H.
The Committee on Rules VIII he appointed IS soon as
the House organized. or the members OF tho old
committee Mc-sr Carlisle aud Reed are down IN
favor OF tie change and sir Randall a. against ".
There are two vacancies In the committee IA II wa"
composed IN the last Congress or course u The aprro
pr1aiun bills he distributed The speaker will be
Obliged To OF the standing committees almost
entirely aud hen them 10y dratt~ from the APP
that committee. 800 49,
Tie new men in the House number about 800; but
the tik Of ASST ning them TO committees viii be less
perplc King than that of finding appropriate pces "r
ihc 10 Democrats serye IN the Last Congress. Tor
few them Will h. satisfied with anything less man
"a Craftsmanship or place near tue head OF Que oil the
leading committees.