Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-12-27
The House Committees.

The anxiously awaited announcement OF
the House Committees came last Saturday,
but il was not until the very last minute.
Speaker Reed kept back the list as long as
possible, in order to gire himself the op-
portznity Of making changes in il, should
they become necessary. But after the
dav's business was done, and the House
ready to adjourn for the Christmas holi-
dxrs. there ~Rs no further occasion to de-
lsv the announcement, which was made
several weeks earlier than has been the
practice Of the last few Congresses
The result of the Speakers labors is, as
a~hole. admired. or course there are o
few individual members who are not per
fecsly satisfied with their own assignments
hut even these are willing to agree that
perhaps the men who got the places for
which fhey were contending had the bet
ter claim to them
The PENNSYLVANIA members are all well
pleased with the assignments made them.
No less than seven chairmanships are
distributed among the::delegation from this
State. Mr. Bingham of Philadelphia, gets
the Committee on Postofices and Post
roads, for which he is peculiarly adapted
On account of his long service a. one Of it,
members and the study he has given to
the subject coming within the range OF its
work. Mr.. Mccormick, Of williamsport,
In equally well suited in his selection TO be
mt the head of the Committee on Railways
and Canals
NJ Dalrell, Of Piitsburg. gets what he
wanted, the chairmanship Of the Pacific
Railroads. He will introduce the same
funding bill which was before the last
Congress. Mr.. Scranton, of Scranton, be-
ing new member, is specially honored IN
eetting q chairmanship, even though but a
small one, that of Expenditures in the
State Department Mr.. Atkinson Of Mif-
fintown, gets a private room as chairman
Of Expenses in the Treasury Department,
and Mr.. Yardley another, as the head OF
the Committee on Expenses in the War
Department
Mr.. o'Niel, Of Philadelphia, is in some
measure compensated for the loss Of the
ehairmanship of the Committee on Com
merce, which he desired, by securing the
6rxt place on the Library Committee. The
other assignments Of Pennsylvania mem
bers are a. follows:
Mccormick, Judiciary, Education; Town
send, Of New Brighton, Rivers and Har-
bors; Wright. Of Susquehanna, Banking,
and Currency; Mutchler, Of Easton, Coir-
age, Weights and measures, Private Land
Claias; yNeill, Of Philadelphia, Com
merre; Bingham, Philadelphia, Merchant
Marine and Fisheries, and Eleventh Cen
sus: Brosius. Of Lancaster, Agriculture,
Militia and Private Land Claims; Scran-
ton. Of Scranton, Foreign Affairs; Osborne,
Of wilkesbarre, Military Affairs. Labor;
Watson, Of Warren, Naval Affairs, Public
Lands; Harmer, Of Philadelphia. Indian
Affairs, Expenditures Of Interier Depart
uent: Rife, Of Middletown, Territories,
Indian Depreciation Claims; Reilly, of
Pottsville, Mines and Mining; Darlington,
Of West Chester, Public Buildings and
Grounds; Scull, Of Somerset, Levees, and
improvement Of the Mississippi River; Pen
sions: Cnlbertson, Of Girard, Patents War
Claims; Craig, Of Brookville, Invalid Pen
dons, Expenditures OF Postofiice Depart
ncnt; Ray, of Waynesburg, Claims, Ex-
penditures Of the Navy Department; Mash
of York, War Claims; Atkinson, Of Miffiin-
town, District Of Columbia, Expenditures
- Public Buildings; Yardley, Of Doyles-
town, Revision Of the Laws; Bayne, Of
Allegheny, Reform in the Civil Service;
Dalzell, Of Pittsburg, Elections, Buckalew,
sf Bloomsbury, Election Of President and
Vice President Kelly, of Philadelphia,
manufactures; Randall, Of Philadelphia,
Appropriations, Drummer, of Reading,
Private Land Claims.