Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-06
LET US RETURN THANKS.
THE MACHINERY OF THE NATIONAL
HOUSE IS COMPLETED.

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Smarter Now-OmcIaI Notes.
WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 6--The speaker
Of the house was ready with his committee
list when that body met Thursday, and in its
regular order the committees were an
nounced. The chairmeu and best known
members of the most important committees
are given below, the first name being that OF
the chairman;
Ways and Means Mills of Texas,
Breckenridge of Kentucky, Turner of
Georgia, Scott OF Pennsylvania, Bynum OF
Indiana, Kelley of Pennsylvania, Browne OF
Indiana, Reed Of Maine, Mckinley of Ohio,
Burrows OF Michigan, Mcmillan OF Tennessee
Appropriations Randall of Pennsylvania.
Barnes OF Missouri, Foran of Ohio, Rice Of
Minnesota, Cannon of Illinois, Ryan Of Kan
sas, Butterworth of Ohio, Long of Massachu-
setts McComas OF Maryland, ID. b. Hender-
son of Iowa.
undergraduates of Texas Collins OF
Massachusetts,, Beney of Ohio, Oates of Ala
bama, Glover OF Missouri, Buckalew OF Penn
sylvania, E. b. Taylor of Ohio, Caswell OF
Wisconsin, Adams Of Illinois, Fuller of Iowa.
Coinage. Weights, and Measures-Bland Of
Missouri, Norwood of Georgia, Hemphill OF
South Carolina, Wilson of Minnesota, Pay
son of Illinois, Wickham of Ohio.
Banking and Currency-Wilkins OF Ohio,
Howard of Indiana, Landes OF Illinois, Ding
ley of Maine, Brumm of Pennsylvania, Wood
burn Of Nevada
ommerce-Clardy Of Missouri, Crisp OF
Georgia, Tarsney OF Michigan, Wilson Of
Minnesota, O'Neill of Pennsy lvania, Durham
of Illinois, Anderson of Kansas.
Foreign Acknowledgement of New York,
McCreary of Kentucky, Norwood OF
Georgia. Hooker of Mississippi, Russell of
Massachusetts,, Chapman of Michigan, Phelps
of New Jersey, Hit of Illinois, Rockwell of
Massachusetts,, Morrow of California.
Rivers and Observation-Disclosures Of Louisi-
ana, Wise of Virginia, Fischer of Michigan,
Henderson of Illinois, Bayne of Pennsyl-
vania, Grosvenor Of Ohio, Stephenson OF
Wisconsin.
Agriculture-Hatch of Missouri, Stahl.
necker of New York, Morgan of Mississippi,
Whiting of Michigan, Funston of Kansas,
Laird of Nebraska, Conger of Iowa, Pugsiey
OF Ohio Dubois of Iowa.
Public Lands-Holman of Indiana, Laf-
foon of Kentucky, Stone of Missouri,
Wheeler of Alabama Payson of Illinois,
McKenna of California, Turner OF Kansas.
Voorhees, of Washington territory.
Territories-Springer Of Illinois, Barnes OF
Georgia, Cox of New York, Hayes Of Iowa,
Ford of Michigan, Struble OF Iowa, Dorsey
of Nebraska, Symes of Colorado, Warner
Missouri 4saaus S7z
Military -Tasssnend of Illinois,
| Tillman of South carolina, Hooker of Misss-
sippi, Ford Of Michigan, Robertson of Lou
sisana, Steele of Indiana, Laird OF Nebraska,
Cpt~heon'of Michigan, Gear of Iowa.
( Naval Affairs-Herbert Of Alabama, Wise
of Virginia, McAdoo of New Jer ey, Wit
| thorne.of Tennessee, Harmer of Pennsylva-
mia, Thomas of Illinois, Golf of West Vir-
i ginia, Boutelle Of Maine.
Public Buildings and Grounds-Dibble OF
South Carolina, Sowden of Pennsylvania,
McShane of Nebraska, MiIlikon of Maine,
Kennedy of Ohio, Post of Illinois
District of Columba-Hemphill of South
| Carolina, Campbell of Ohio, Compton Of
| Maryland Heard of Missouri, Rowell Of Hill
nois Romeis of Ohio, Brewer of Michigan.
| Postofflces and Post Roads-Blount OF
Georgia, Dockery of Missouri, Ermentrout
of Pennsylvania. Anderson Of Illinois, Guen-
Their of Wisconsin, Peters of Kansas, Lind of
| Minnesota, Game of Utah.
Pacific Railroads Cultivate of Ohio Grain
| of Texas, Collins of Massachusetts, Holmes
| of Iowa, Hovey of Indiana, Mason of ILL
| nois
| Merchant Marine and Fisheries-Dunn of
| Arkansas Mcmillan of Tennessee, Morse of
| Massachusetts, Springer of Illinois, Hatch Of
Missouri, Macdonald of Minnesota, Dingley
of Maine, Hopkins Of Illinois, Clarke of Wis
| consin.
| Indian AGairs-Peel Of Arkansas, Shively
| of Indiana, Hudd of Wisconsin, McShaHe OF
| Nebraska, Perkins of Kansas, Nelson of Min
nesota, LaFollette of Wisconsin, Allen oil
Michigan, Clifford of Dakota
Observation-Disclosures of Georgia, Grain OF
| Texae, Buckalew of Pennsylvania, Lane
| - UIinois DsnoppaII nj Mirhi0an Il n Tav
lor of Ohio White of Indiana.
| Labor-O'Neill of Missouri, Tarsney Of
| Michigan, Felix Campbell of New York,
Gambler of Georgia, Bound of Pennsylvania,
| Plumb of Illinois, Haugen Of Wisconsin.
| Militia-McAdoo of New Jersey, Forney OF
| Alabama, Sowden of Pennsylvania Seney Of
| Ohio, Blanchard of Louisiana, Owen of Indi-
ana, Mccormick of Pennsylvania.
Patents-Wsaver of Iowa, Tillman Of South
| Carolina, Lane of Illinois, Smith of Wiscon'
| sin.
Invalid Psnsions-Matson of Indiana, Chip
man of Michigan, Lane Of Illinois, Morrill, oil
Kansas, Spooner of Rhode Island, Thompson
| of Ohio.
| Railroads and Confederation of Flor
ida, Hayes of Iowa, Plumb of Illinois.
mathematician of New York, By
mum of Indiana, Grouse of Ohio, Smith OF
| Wisconsin.
| Mines and Mining-O'Ferrall of Virginia,
| Foran of Ohio, Gambler of Georgia, Neal Of
Tennessee, Whitney Of Michigan, Gest Of
| Illinois
Levees and improvements Of the Missis
| sippi River-Catchings Of Mississippi, Tars
ney of Michigan, Lawler of Illinois, Morrill,
| of Kansas
| Pensions-Bliss of New York, Hutton Of
Missouri, Carlton of Georgia, Russell of Mis-
sissippi, Struble Of Iowa, Finley of Ken
lucky.
Private Land Claims-McCreary Of Ken
lucky, Weaver of Iowa, Dorsey of Nebraska
| Thomas of Wisconsin, Wickham of Ohio
| Gest of Illinois
| Reform in the Civil Service-Clements o.
Georgia, Anderson of Iowa, Bayne of Penn
sylvania, Hopkins of Illinois, Spooner oil
| Rhode Island.
| Election of President and Vice President
! Ermentrout of Pennsylvania, Lawler of Hi
| nois, Baker of Illinois, Osborne OF Pennsyl
| vania, Brown Of Ohio.
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic.. E. Campbell
| of Ohio, Bland of Missouri, Anderson of IL
linois, Cheadle of Indiana
Following are the chairmen OF the commit
tees not enumerated above: Claims, Doughh-
erty of Florida; revision of the laws, Oates o
| Alabama; expenditures in state, treasury
war, navy, postoffice, interior and justice de
partments, respectively, Morse of Massachu
sets, Wheeler of Alabama, Laffoon of Ken
lucky, Scott OF Pennsylvania, Dockery Of
| Missouri, Hudd of Wisconsin, and Cowles Of
| North Carolina; expenditures on public
buildings T. j. Campbell of New York
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