New-York tribune., 1886-01-09
NOT PLEASED WITH THE DEAL.
HOW THgY ARE DIsTRiBUTRD-THE LIONS SHARE
GIVEN TO THR SOUTHERN STATES.
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HOW THY ARE DIsTRBUTRD-THE LIONS SHARE
GIVEN TO THR SOUTHERN STATES.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-Certain Democratic
leaders striving the impression that there
Is less dissatisfaction than usual" with the House
committee assignments; but their task is hard one
Representatives who feel that they have been unfairly
treated do not care at this time publicly 10 eApiesS
their dissatisfaction but it goes hard with man VINO
thinks that he knows all that is to bs learned ABOUT
subject to see preferred before him men who' as
he believes, know little nothing apout
1t. The trnth is that not sinco tne
appointment Of committees by Speaker Keller mas 'ne
dissatisfaction been great now among the members
OF the majority. The committees which VIII DO most
likely to suffer from this state OF feeling are tnOse o
Coinage and Ways and Means the former for specia
and latter because Of resen ,nent toWaru
Chairman Morrison, Is regarded by Democrats rs
having carried matters with high hand. Curioosiy
enough. there general disposition TO excuse inc
Speaker and to lay all the blame on Colonel Morisohs
shoulders The burden made mono the lighter oy the
impression that Democratic member has accepted
place on the Ways and Means Committee with the under
standing that he is simply to keep 1t warm for Mr.
Hurd. Of Ohio, who expects to obtain tho seat 10
which Mr. Romeis elected aud which he now oc-
cupies
The dissatisfaction account OF assignments Is con-
fined to Democrats. None Of the Republicans seem TO
have expected much and all well enough batisned
with the places gwen them. One or two sight errors
crept into the paragraph showing where the New YORK
Representatives are placed. Mr. Millsrd Is member Of
Offices and Post Roads and not of Alcoholic Liquor
Traffic and Mr. johnson is member Of Commerce as
well OF Expenditures In the War Department.
The number OF standing and select com mittecs or the
House Is ffy-two. The chairmanshps OF those commit
have been geographically distributed by Speaker
Carlisle fellows: To the eleven States which formed
the socalled Southern Confederaey, twenty.four to
,,at-. xEna4 ,.f. nd nj "a
Western States Illinois, Indiana. Iowa, Michigan. Ohio
and Wisconsin, twelve to the remaining eighteen
States, The seven chairmanshps last mentioned
awarded to the three States Of Connecticut New
York and Pennsylyania-one to Connecticut, fohr 10
New-York and two 10 Pennsylvania Only three OF the
ohairmanships allotted to the three States
named are OF any special Importance ihe
have eighty Representatives in Congress or trac
ton less than 20 per cent OF the whoie
Presidential electors or less than 20 per cent OF all te
votes east IN that year.
An examination OF the list In detail shows that the
important committees are distributed as foi,q%s es;
Roads; Virginia. Judiciary and District Of Conmbiai
Texas, Indian Affairs. Commerce and Paci1o kafoals
Alabama, AfGrsind Revision OF the Laws south
Carolina. Pnbiic Buildings and Education; L9uisiana
Levees aud Improvements OF the MISSISSIPPI EVeri
form in tue Ciyi Service; Arkansas American Ship
ping Tennessee Election OF President and Vce-Ptesi
In the second group Kentucky has Rivers and Har
bors, Private Land Caiins aud Rules Missouri. Coin
all. In the third group Illinois receives Ways and
Means and Claims; Indiana, Public Lands and In
valid Pensions; Michigan. Pensions Ohio. Territories
aud War Claims; Wisconsin, Military Ahairs-egnt
in all. In the fourth group Connecticut
received Patents: New-York, Foreign Affairs Peapsy
vsmia Appropriations and Banking and CnTreney-iour
in ali.
It should remembered that by the change in
the rules six OF the general appropriation bills were
taken away from the Appropriations Committee and dis
trbuted among the Committees Indian Affairs Naval
Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Military Affairs and
Post Offices and Post Roads respectively; ana
should be forgotten that the apprnpra, ous for
Rivers HarbOTs and for Agriculture are under the
supervision OF Committees Rivers and Harbors
and Agriculture respectively. These comparisons. per
haps. may be regarded sectional but they are pro-
voked by an examination OF Speaker Cariise's list