St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-07
Speaker Carlisle Has His Committees
Ready and Will Spring Them on
the House To-day.
Curtin Displaying Much Anger Regarding
His Displacement on Foreign AZ
fairs BY Belmont.
The President Expresses His Views
Upon Tariif Revision TO Help
the Poor.
Silver. Mormons and Civil Service
Discussed in the Senate--House
Introducing Bills.
Carlisle,s work Finished.

Special 10 the Globe
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-Speaker Carlisle
again disappointed the house by falling to
make official announcement of the standing
and select committees. but he said tonight
he had completed the list and baniShed the
subject from his mind. and was only wait
ing for the completion of the call of states
for the Introduction of bills. 1t is under
stood Mr.. Curtin of Pennsylvania was re-
spOnsible for the failure TO make the list
public to-day. He had been confident he
would not be asked to surrender the com
mittee on foreign affairs to anybody, but
when he became convinced that Mr.. Bel
mont had supplanted him, he ex-
pressed his disgust in vigorous Ian
guage to his fellow members. As to
the Craftsmanship of the committee on bank
ing and currency, he said he would per-
emptorily decline it. He knew nothing
about the subjects that would come under
the jurisdiction of that committee and was
too old TO learn, if he desired to do so.
Later he managed to inform the speaker,
through friend, that he would not accept
the craftsmanship of banking and currency.
The speaker withheld the announcement of
committee assignments, and meantime Mr.
Curtin's personal friends tried 10 reconcile
him To the new adjustment of his commit
tee relations, but he was incOrrigibe He
went over to RandalFs seat and poured out
his grievances in the ear of the ex-speaker,
who appeared perfectly Indifferent to the
story of his disappointment. Perhaps
MIR. RANDALL REMEMBERED
that Mr.. Curtin. upon whose support he had
been accustomed to rely under all circum-
stances. recently deserted him i'm the contest
over the rules of the house. A Pennsylva-
MIA member says none of Mr.. Curtin's col
leagues are sorry that the ex-governor has
gotten into this predicament, because he
has gone out of his way during the past
summer to interfere with appointments de-
sired by colleagues in the other congress
sional districts. 1t is part of the political
gossip at the capital that Mr.. Curtin had
been so urgent and unreasonable i'm his de-
mands upon the cabinet officers, especially
upon Secretary Bayard. for patronage, that
it was thought advisable that he should not
be retained at the head of the COM
mittee on foreign affairs. That
committee holds delicate and confidential
relations with the department of state, and
the chairman might, if he chose to exercise
the power, seriously embarrass the pur-
poses of the secretary OF state. Mr. Car
Isle called Mr.. Springer TO the char again
to-day, and he held it almost to the close
of the day. while the speaker was in con-
sultatiOn with friends in respect to COM
mittees. 1t is inferred from Mr.. Carlisle's
remarks, quoted above, that he intends to
announce Mr.. Curtin as chairman of bank
ing and currency, and leave him to take the
responsibility of being without any chair
manship if he chooses to persist in declin-
ing. 1t is understood that few changes.
and none of them important, have been
made in the principal committee assign
ments heretofore noticed in these dis
patches