Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-04

u placed at the head Of an important com
niittee.
The committees we're as follows:
1. Eli Salisbury, Democrat Chairman
privileges and elections.
2. w. W. Eaton, Democrat, Chairman
/ foreign relations.
3. Thomas +. Bayard, Democrat, chair
man finance.
4. Henry G. Davis, Democrat, chairman
appropriations.
= !. Matt w. Ransom, Democrat, chair
man commerce.
6. F. Randolf, Democrat, chairman
Z. J.. r.. Mcpherson, Democrat, chair
man naval affairs.
8. Allen G. Thurman, Democrat, chair
man judiciary.
o. S. b. Maxey, Democrat, chairman
postoniLes and postroads.
10. j. Il. Mcdonald, Democrat, chair
man public lands.
+ II. Richard Coke, Democrat, chairman
Indian affairs.
~. f. NJ. Cockrell, Democrat, chair
man claims.
10. |. G. Harris, Democrat, chairman
District OF Columbia.
IA. A. IL. Garland, Democrat, chairman
territories.
i 10. l.. Q. @. Lamar, Democrat, chair
man railroads, and so on, through the
entire list Of committees, showing two
important facts; !. That Senator Maxey
was made chairman of the committee on
posto1ices and postroads by the Demo-
Gratis. 2. That so far from being "the
only Democratic chairman OF standing
committee of the senate being at the
head of the committee Gu postofllces and
postroads" as glibly asserted by Judge
Terrell, that all the leading chairman
| ships Of committees were then held by
Democrats, all of which was surely
known to man so well posted as Mr.. Ter
rell. See Congressional Directory, For
ty-sixth congress, pages 70 to 81.
Now as to the "spelling down.: 1t is
well known to every man who knows
anything Of the political history Of the |
country (and whatever may be said OF |
Judge Terrell he Is not ignorant) that
the Republicans by the aid OF Malone,
Wddleberger and David Davis organized !
tle senate committee In the Forty-seyenth |
congress. The chairmanships of some
minor committees OF no political inn
poftance were left according to a uni
versal custom TO the disposal of the
minority, but all of the important com
mittees were and are yet filed by ma
1ority of the party holding the majority In
the senate
The chairmanships of senate commit
tees In the Forty-seventh congress were
parceled out by the Republicans as fol-
lows:
|. Geo. i. Hoar, Republican, chair
man privileges and elections; Salisbury.
Democrat, went sixth.
2 w. b. Allison, Republican, chairman
~ !
crat, went sixth.
3. VIM. Window, Republican, chair ;
man foreign relations; Eaton's term hay- :
liz expired, Johnson, who was second, ,
vent sixth
4. j. s. Morrill,, Republican, chairman !
lnancei Thos. +. Bayard, Democrat, went
seventh. !
8. S. j. r. McMlllon, Republican, !
chairman commerce; Ransom, Democrat, :
vent sixth. |
3. John A. Logan, Republican, chair :
nan military affairs Randolph's term a
avlng expired, CoclSrell, Democrat, be- :
ng second, went sixth. =
T. D. ID. Cameron, Republican, chair !,
nan naval affairs; Mcpherson, Demo- y
rat, went sixth
3, Geo.fF Edmunds, Republican, chair :
nan judiciary; Thurman and McDonald's :
erms having expired, the remaining
Democrats on this committee went below :,
II the Republicans. y
3. Thos. w. Ferry Republican, chair y
ian postoflices and post.roads, Maxey, :,
Democrat, went sixth. ~
10. z. u. Plumb, Republican, chairman II
uolic lands; Democrats went below all e
epublicans. v
- Henry L. Dawes, Republican, .,
iAlrinan indian afslrs; Il. Coke, Demo. i.
~ Cameron, chairman claims; 10 10
..nocrats went below all Republicans. n,
l8, j. j. Ingalls,, Republican, chairman =
district OF Columbia; /. G Harris, Dem
orat, went sixth. 81
II. A. Sanders, Republican, chairman
arritorlesi all Democrats went below H
republicans. sc
10. VIM. p. Kellogg, Republican, chair N
IAN railroads. l.. g. c. Lamar went fr
lxth. n
See Congressional Directory Forty te
eventh congress, pages 81 to 81. b,
How any man in the face of this record hi
ould stand before an intelligent audience &c
nd say that Senator Maxey was the only W
Democratic chairman Of standing COM gi
iiitee, and hence the only one 'spelled
WV w tliV NvpuDllCduh upon TeOTBdul- 81
alton, Is past finding out. Three OF the
len who are inefficient according to Col. III
errelps rule, because "spelled down. al
y the Republicans, are now in President oil
leveland's cabinet--Bayard, Lamar and @
arland-snd we imagine that Senator d
laxey Is quite content to be In the same
oat with such as those--with Coke, n,
au'sbury, Harris and others-who were
oelled down. -
In this perversion of the record Col. sh
errelPs object was doubtless TO create w
he Impression upon his hearers that Gen vt
IaXey was losing influence In the senate,
as going down Instead OF up, aud for 4,
nat reason should be displaced by some
ne more efficient. w
In the same speech, after disposlng of ~
enator Maxey, Mr.. Terrell gives his a,
Jews on the educational bin. Senator no
Iaxey's position upon that question il 80
ell understood, lie both spoke and
Dted against the Blair bill, which rs oo
early unconstitutional, as Mr.. Terrell -.
limits hut the senator fayors the APP r..
roprlation OF the proceeds OF the public III
a. A.