The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-08
THE HOUSE COMMITTEES.
FULL MEMBERSHIP OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT or TAEM.
Morrison Heads the Ways and Means,
Randall for Appropriation. Bland on
Coinage, and Cobb, Public Lands
Other Capital News.

resumed and bills and resolutions were in
troiucsd ard referred as follows: To repeal
the internal revenue tax on tobacco: to levy
a tax on oleonarge.ine and 10 collect the same
through the internal revenue bureau; for
tie creation Of o commission TO examine tie
subject OF alcoholic liquor traffic; TO- the
admission Of tie state OF Dakota
!o.. admission of the state OF Washington, TO
forfeit uuearned Northern Pacific land
grant, for the constitution Of the HenRepin
canal, TO prohibit the use of railroad and
telegraph passes by members of congress
and judiciary. Bills for the erection of
public buildings were introduced as follows:
Oshkosh. milwaukee,, Superior and Eau
Claire, Wis; Bay City and Kalamazoo,
Mich.
Among the bills sent to the Clerk Wednes-
day were measures for the free coinage of
the silver dollar, to limit it, and 10 suspend
it; to force national banks to keep large
reserve Of silver; to retire the trade dollar,
and to direct the calling in of 50,C00, 900 in
per cent bonds, payment to be made in
coin of standard value
The speaker then announced the commit
tees, after reading which the house at $50
p IN adjourned until Monday. The most
important of the committees as anna1nced
are as follows.
Ways and Means-Morrison of Illinois,
Mills of Texas, Hewitt of New York, Nc
MILAN Of Tennessee, Harris OF Georgia,
Breckenridge of Arkansas, Maybury Of
Michigan Breckenridge of Kentucky, Kelly
Of Pennsylvania, Hiscock OF New York,
Reed of Maine, Mckinley of Ohio,
Appropriations Randall of Pennsylvania,
Forpey of Alabama, Holman OF Indiana,
Townshend OF Illinois, Burns of Missouri,
Cabell of Virginia. Lefevre OF Ohio, Adams
of New York, Wilson OF West Virginia,
Cannon of Illinois, Ryan of Kansas, Butter
worth Of Ohio, Long of Massachusetts,, Nc
Comas of Maryland, Henderson of Iowa
Banking and Currency-Curtin of Penn
sylvania, Miller of Texas, Gambler Of
Georgia, wilkins of Ohio, Arnet of New
York, Snyder of Virginia, Howard of In
diana, Hutton OF Missouri, Ding
lsy OF Maine, Brumm of Penn
sylvania, Adanas of Illinois, Brady of Vir-
ginia, Woodburn of Nevada
Coinage, Weights and Measures-Bland
of Missouri, Lanham of Texas, Seymour
Connecticut, Hemphil of South Carolina,
Norwood OF Georgia, Scott OF Pennsylvania.
McCreary Of Kentucky ,'Bynum of Indiana,
James OF New York, Rockwell of Massa-
ehusetts, Little of Ohio FELTON, of Cali
fornia, Fuller OF Iowa, Foole of Montana.
Judiciary-Tucker of Virginia, Ham
mond of Georgia, Culbertson of Texas,
Collins of Massachusetts,, Seney OF Ohio,
Cakes of Alabama, Eaton of Illinois, Rogers
of Arkansas, Beuuatt OF North Carolina,
E. B. Taylor of Ohio, Parker OF New York,
Ranney, of MASSACHUSETTS, Hepburn of Iowa,
Stewart of Vermont, Taswell of Wisconsin
Foreign Affairs-Belmont of New York,
Clements of Georgia, Cox of North Caro-
lima, Singleton of Mississippi, Worthington
of Illinois, Daniel of Virginia, McCreary of
Kentucky, Grain OF Texas, Rice of Massa-
chusetts, Waite of Connecticut. ketcham of
New York, Phelps of New Jersey, Hit of
Illinois
Military Affairs-Bragg Of Wisconsin,
Wheeler of Alabama, Wolford of Kentucky,
Ermentraut Of Pennsylvania. Dorgan Of
South Carolina, Findlay of Mary land Niele of
New York, Andersen Of Ohio, Steele of In
diana, Laird OF Nebraska, McCutcheon Of
Michigan. Houk of Tennessee, Ncgley of
Pennsylvania, Cary OF Wyoming
Naval Affairs - Herbert OF Alabama.
Hewitt of New York, Wise of Virginia,
Ballantyne of Tennessee, McAdoo of New
Jersey. Norwood of Georgia. Lore of Della
ware, Sayres of Texas. Hammer Of Pannsvl-
vania. Thomas of Illinois gofT Of Wayt Viz
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