Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-03-21
STANDING COMMITTEES.

STANDING COMMITTEES.
List Of the Senate Standing Committees ~
Agreed To.
WASHINGTON, March 13--In the Senate
yesterday Mr.. Platt presented the list Of
standing committees, which was agreed
to as follows: s.
Agriculture and Forestry: Paddock, Blair.
Plumb. Higgins Mcmillan, George, Gibson.
Jones, Of Arkansas. land Bate =. -
Appropriations: Allison, Dawes, Plumb, Halo.
Farwell, Berk Cockren. Call and German
Contingent Expenses: Jones, Of Nevada; Pad
dock and,Vance.. .e.s
Census: Hale NORTH. Wilson. OF Iowa;
Stockbrdge, Davis, Berry, Blackburn, Blodgett
Civil Service and Retrenchment: Chace.
Dawes, Henderson,. Stanford, Washburn,
Walthall, Wilson. Of Maryland; Berry ana
Brown. a
Claims: spooner Hoar. Mitchell. Higgins.
Wofcott. Jones, Of Arkansas; Wilson, of Mary
land: Pasco and Faulkner.
Coast Defense: Dolph, Cameron, Hawley,
Hiscoch. Mcpherson. Hampton and Reagan
Commerce: Frye, Jones' of Navada; Dolpn,
Cameron, Sawyer, Cullom Washburn, Ran
SOM Coke, Vest German Ken q and Gibson.
District Of Columbia: Ingalls,. .Spooner. Far
well Mcmillan, Higgins, Harris, Vance, Daniel
and Faulkner ~
Education and Labor: Blair. Wilson, OF
Iowa: Stanford. Stewart. Washburn, George,
Pugh, Payne and Barbour.
Engrossed Bills: Farwell Quay and Colquitt
Epidemic Diseases: Harris, Hampton, Gus
, It's Berry, Hale, Stockbridge and Marston.
To Examine the Several Branches OF the
Civil Service: Higgins, Aldrich, Allison, Hamp-
ton and Quay. 9til = III; sn
Organization, Conduct and Expenditures Of
the Executive Departments: Hiscock, Plumb.
Sherman, Frye, SpoOner, Cockrell, Kenna, Glib
> son and Barbour. .s-.s'uss
Finance: Morrill,, Sherman. Jones, OF Ne
vada; Allison. }Aldrich, Hiscoclk voorhees,.
Beck, MCPHERSON Harris and Vance.
). Fisheries: Stockbridge.., Dawes, Stanford
Hampton and Biodgett.s
Foreign Relations: Sherman, Edmunds.
Frye. Evarts, Dolph, Morgan, Brown. Payne
Improvement of the Mississippi River: Wash
burn. Farwell, Hawley, Marston, Eustis, Walt
hall and Bate.
IS Indian Affairs: Dawes, Plat. stockbridge,
Henderson, Wolcott, Morgan. Jones, OF Arkan-
sas Hearst and Daniel.
Interstate Commerce: Cuilom, Plat, Blair,
Wilson, of. Iowa; Htscock, Harris. German,
Reagan and Barbour. B
Judiciary: Edmunds ingalls,, Hoar, Wilson,
OF Iowa; Evarts, Pugh, Coke, Vest and George.
& Library: Evarts. Hoar and Vporhees.
Z Manufactures: MCMILLAN Quay. Piatt. Col
quit and Bodgett.
= Military Affairs: Hawley, Cameron, Mander-
son, Stewart Davis, CockreA, Hampton, Walt.
hall and Bate.
Mines and Mining: Stewart. Jones. Of Me-
vada; Mitchell Teller. Bate, Faulkner and
Naval AFFAIRS: Cameron. Hale. Stanford.
Stockbridge, Marston, Mcpherson, Butler,
Blackburn and Gray.
Patents: Teller, Chace. Plat, Hiscock, Gray.
Pensions: Davis. Blair, Sawyer Paddock.
Marston. Turpie. Blodgett, Faulkner and Bar
bour. fi
Post-ofaces and Post-roads: Sawyer. Chace.
hell McAf Co1~ <~F
Maryland; Rea an and Blodgett -.es
l. Printing: Manderson. Hawley and German.
Private Land Claims: Ransom, ColQuitt,
Pasco, Edmunds, Stewart Ingalls, and Wolcott
Privileges and ELECTIONS: Hoar, Frye, Teller.
Evarts, Spooner. Vance, Pugh Gray and Turpie
Public Buildings and Grounds: Stanford,
Morrill,, Spooner, Quay, Vest, Daniel and Pasco.
Public Lands: Plumb, Blair, Dolph Teller.
Paddock Morgan, Walthall Perry and Pasco
/; Railroads: Mitchell. Sawyer, Hawley, Stock
bridge, Wolcott Marston, Brown, Kenna,
2 Blackburn ana Berry,.
! Revision OF Laws Wilson, OF Iowa: Stanford,
! Teller, Wilson, OF Maryland, and Daniel.
l. Revolutionary Claims: Coke, Pugh. Hearst,
| Chace and Morrill, 4
Rules; Aldrich. Sherman. Ingalls,, Harris and
| Blackburn y = Ia ~.
art, Davis, Butler. Payne. Jones, of Arkansas,
/ and Blackburn ifi-r-i ~
| Transportation Routes to Seaboard: Quay,
. Mitchell, Cullom. Dawes, Aldrich, Gibson, Vest,
George and Turpie .- rr. a1
! Mr.. Plat offered resolution appointing
the following select committees:
To Investigate the Condition of the Potomac
| River Front of Washington: Mcpherson, Ran
SON. BARBOUR, Henderson. Spooner, Edmunds.
| To Inquire Into Claims Of Citizens of the
United States Against Nicaragua: Morgan,
Wilson. OF Maryland; Hearst. Hoar and Cam
eron. =
ION Woman Suffrage: Vance, Brown, Beck,
Blair. Chace, Farwell and Wolcott. 49,
| Additional Accommodations for the Library
of Congress: voorhees,. Butler, Morrill, Evarts
| and Marston. sf ftt.5 f8f
I Discovery of America Hiscoclk. Sherman,
Hoar, Hawley. Voorhees,, Eustis and Colquitt i.
| On the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians: But
I Ter, Morgan, Dawes Cameron and Teller.
On the Presidents Message Transmitting the
| Report OF the Pacific Railway Commission:
Frye. Dawes, Hiscock. Davis, Morgan, Butler
and Hearst. ~ 9 1>'tl 5itiir'tf
Relations with Canada Hoar. Allison, Hale,
| Dolph, Pugh, Butler and Voorhees,.
On the Transportation and Sale OF Meat
| Products: Vest, Plumb, Henderson. Cullom
| Irrigation and Reclamation OF Arid Lands
| Stewart, Allison, Plumb. Hiscock, German,
Reagan and Jones. of Arkansas. gr
|
| EnlarRing the Navy.
| WASHINGTON. March 13.-Unless unfore-
soon obstacles are Encountered, within a
few months after the beginning of the next
fiscal year-July 1-contracts will have
| been let for the construction Of new war
vessefs, which will, in the aggregate, in
| crease the tonnage of the navy by nearly
1900 tons. Although the majority Of the
| new vessels will be small crafts compared