Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-10
HURRYING MATTERS.
SPEAKER REED AND THE COMMITTEES
he HAS ANNOUNCED.
WIZ the speaker lie Fair ?-Opinions--
Running Comment on tho Commit
teemen-Other Notes.
,Frou our Regular Correspondent.


w,en,scrox. December q.-Spoaser Reed IL
bprry,ng ma,,ors up very much in tho House
/ To-day no announced Gve Of the important CON-
,,,,eea ~ tho House aud e f. understood that he
win on Monday next namc GIL tho balance Of
tho committees This viii give legislation an
! early start II tho Republicans are disposed 70
he al all fair In the ruios 70 be adopted. II they
/ will giyo tho minority any rights hat VIII pro
| tcct from gac-law the rules soon 70 be brought
/ IN by the committee Will be adopted without
/ much debate II they carry VuI pony
( which has been h'utcd ~. ana Wb',h
| many rampant Radicals ue'Io uho4o -
| going 10 be n deadlock, win no GER
! taInty as 20 how long u VIII Iae| scte
/ rat prominent Democrats WeIo h-he" -
! morning II hoy thoneht-the speaHei nou.r 30
at all fnir IA bis ruling Mr. oales' o. hiauali'i
/ said that he DID not think Speaker hecs "ou.I
be ~ arbitrary IA many people seem 20 i.ni.
1he spoaser Ia the opinion oi UT. Oele,, ,na.ss
too much OF hs reputation 10 90 any ihlhE 10 y,
I gr0ssly unfair. lie Will, however 10 rtl.hs
party uan. aud the early start made on t,o i o
. nation Of the committees means INA. lA0 NO
/ publcans arc here for business.
/ some other Democratic mem bers DO not taAe
/ ns hopeful Wow. lhoy believe ihat At' 49, 70.
,vilt ie "A worse man IN the chair Than was Keller
! Of Ohio they tliuk thai tho nppo'nimeht on
/ fhs Elections Committee 90 early IN mo ets7ivh
means mat the Republicans Intend 70 start ~ =.
once on the contosied-elecuon case'' anu 'DA-
. they will do their almost 90 make C'N-
Portable working majority. u thercioIe
becomes the duty Of tho Democrats -
resist stouuy every movo male. IL VIII uc
I hard FOR tho Republicans 90 muster puoi '.,,
for tho adoption 81 tho rules, but ihey WIZ
+ probably get ono sooner or later The Demo-
Gratis can nllbustcr II tho rules are unfair au u
remains 10 be seen what sort q speaker M
/ Roed viii be when pa; 70 tho test.
ELECTIONS COMMITTEE.
The Election. Committee ls pretty strong one
20 far a. bofn parties Gre concerned. 10 -
headed by Rowcu OF Illinois, ana cooper OF
Quo ga also one ~ tho old inomOers VINO mas
lacp retained. UOuk % Tennessee u sun Oh
A. er1 he is q red hot partisan. Dazell q Penn
sylyauia d. a strong new meubef Oh me conn
mtiee that has been added. ne IL o uoiI' un-
haut, and able innn, ana VIII mlHo ,".L+'
hum when tho casos come bcfoTc iLo hvl-'
me Democrats are well reDresc1ied. lHey
havo Mr.. Crisp, OF Georgia, Who was cialr--
rron in fha last Congress-. Mr.. O'ferral ol
Virgiffr Mr Marsh OF Pennsylvania hr. Outh
waite Of ONO, ana Nr. Moore Of Texas All oi
these gentlemen have served before. =" ma
Democratic member OF TINS commune ~ ,it'
Ntke, u Illinois, who has been ih congress "'-
fore and IS o very able man. SIR frfra-i "a5
absent from the House to-day ON account Oh liz
I neas. lie Is not dangerously lli, however IT,.
/ As has been generally undcrttonl DIT. n'Ni"
7 lev Of ONO has been appointed CHAIRMAN %.
the Ways and Means Committee. by NHlue ol
his position Do becomes leader OF inc IhAl'it3.
The venerable Mr. Kelley. ~ lcnh'yi .h' uA B
/ hoeu shovet aside. lie was com promised WIN
. and made chairman % TIE Committee on Maii"-
. facturcs lie has been told that this committee
/
all matters pertaining 70 trusts VIII ~
sent Z, mat committee. NJ Kelley pro-
/ fos-es 10 be satisfied. He possibly may De-. IA
ST.. he hes simply boon hool~nbe1. mo
/ soeator ms NOT done a great denl Tor INC party
I iu uniting The Ohio man 90 iie hfal pl mo
{ Wats and Means Committee. MI M'hlNi"5 ~
not d good drbater. he is poor orc. he H.-'
develop. There is certainty room lor lmpi0l a.
menL lie has always been manuscript
spcaser Interruptions he mas oi'','t to o,'i
has declined fO engage IN ot-b-i u
t..sg l. lfal 81. D. "a
oreskcr n De does not polish up De- WIZ 'o H
sorry failure aa leader u he l- 20 % t"'
Ing Mir. Mckinley is dlgnihed man o. n'ui
gouif apUe4raucc. lie d. usually feI1 ''+l 'f'.'''
aud he ia treated with great re poet Oh to.n -to7
of tho House twin d. interesting ~ "a'ch "l'
career in This Courrea tlo g"lH we 'hili
b Prn1-yiyania but for Nr koly'. advanced aye.
burrows of Michigan Is the only pihri N'p-'.4
3 eau ou TIC present c0iuinll4te VINO nAa .,
; before. Nayno, hlnfley hch' NA'i ~ HD'
JaeDlleita, and Gear are all new mon ON ODDS
committed. General ON Browne, ol lhl'aNN'
has been droppai. lie mas been on tAc coNil.''
tee for mnuy years. Ills noaiih Us sLaI'fti '-ii4
ha Nlu rot Jo az mach use to the htp4Dlicai''
: lie. via not attend the sessions roguitIil'
, DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATION.
Tho Dororratg are represented on ne Ways
npd Means by Ma-.rs. Carlisle, hiil., hcllil.lh'
, Breckinrdge az Arkansas. ana il'N.I o'
Nork brcckinrlsr vi hen,lo>5 ,'.,r,i,.o..
- TINS was donc az BUS own request Two il,il
- Kentucky could uut go 0n thr c.mihit're' Au4 p.
- etpnped ASIDE i0r lIr. Carlisle, ~ course. DUST
5 vat AR Flower, Of Now ork was I1t on on7
know. unless he mals q hard hfAi i9 stt ou.
Ills assignment 90 this committee l'lle u w.
yOssIbla for Ar. Wilson oi M'7l 'Hti.Nl .tl'
I i,vuurn OF Maryland. or hr. Turner az htDiFh,
10 get on Tire committee on Wficn they "tuia
have preferred 10 soNe. Mc--i-. bNnhm hhl
ky,taoT have boon put on Nhuuiacf uto- 90 Siuf'-
; roii.h % 3orse. Of Massachuscfts. is on no same
+. committee. This s. NOT The cymulslrv '-o 4A'-
Y ter wanted 70 ~ on.
Mr.. CANNON.
I Mr.. Common, Of Illinois, gets the chairman'hil
7 Of APPROXIMATIONS. Ho deserved H. hoL "Al!
8 rscsaFe lo stood i'm line for the promotion ti
20 be.qllse ue Is an anIo man ami has bad great
70 experience ~ this work. ie IS popular Oh Doll
aldo. ~ the House. "a @ falr-niulc, man gene
rally. aud nobody hai any lIeA I'D, -. H"..',, M
r cent uut u the honor when was c.ul'i I'l 'i i'
today. BuucrWortn, NcO cnas, nul hthA'i
/ son 81 iowa arc iha Dihtr ol4 Atli'
of the committee who VIII serve htalu
l. Poters, Coe-woil, Bclden, Morrow, ani bfr"ti
"a are AM new 10 the committee. They are mon oil
% good average strength. The bemDrlau5 l'eiH
j. bers of Tue committee axe hHhuai, n. ,..''
Savers. Clements, brccuuriige Oh hcniHcAs'
"a and Dockers Jhc lr5t four served ~ tho iia
Congress and the last two ara new. nIech Iu
v ridge was on Ways and Means ana DOCK
ery on Post-Onices Tho Mssouiiah 4
ono of the beir-posted aud most cncreeih
men In the House. 10 has pul moro nv"
a ana valuable postal laws INTO ths s.i.u
i. through his GXcrtI0u3 than any man lti i"s'' l'
- CONGRESS- Alr. UOckery is hno presiding OH
. Ger and during the last Congress welded lh'
"a gaycl on many important occasions.
" Mr. B0wden, oi the Virginia dcecauoh. Wh'
y, could have q cnairmenship IN OIL pt""unil %
y wore he 10 ASK 10, preicrs 20 90 on me haFh.t.
q faIf- committee. lie Trunks ihi' WON. "r 900.
10 tho Interest Of his constituents, ana pas ma
"a formal request 60 Dos 6s-igned To- 'A' |oIH
There - q nuvy-yard 40 Norfolk, ana h'
wants g. l0 In position 10 nave IL 81
= what he THINKS Il ought 10 nave J,
Il ma Wv OF recognition. II be should %
an The committee his chances would Dc he.iei
r II Mr. BoWdsn goes on this committee W. "-ao
OF Richmond, Wlll, % course. O. cIoNd' '1'
l. Mr. Browne, Of the Virginia delesailou' t j
ID understood. wants 10 be placed on me comm
n tae ON Rivers aad Harb1f3. This is Hn9.nt
committee on which Mr.. Wise served "a nc Jas
Mr.. brown. Of tho North Carolina delegation
j. ia the only kppub!ran rom taat state WHO cAi
n expect Il Craftsmanship Ii VIII DO sihhn one
D, Ia tho last Congress he served on NhI ,iHi,ii
II aud FxDeudituros in the state department. h'
70 mag cef one 81 these cnairmanship-. me otht
ID two Republican mcmbers from North Oaioiih'
u aro new nemhcr5 and they can hopo ior yer
10 little this Congress Ia the way oil COM in'''0 d.
SENATOR DANIEL.
Anonr the bills introduced by Senator DAME
II today wore the following:
N no settie tho claims between tho United state
IA aud certain States, including Tie ciAiIh OIL III
To provide for paying certain advances mod
II 10 the United states by The siales Of ~AI yam
and Virginia. ,,.-- - m
Point railway , .., ,
d TO provide for holding OF regular terms @
Dlstict and Circuit Courts for tho " esterh Die
% trict Of Virginia r.,
% For tho relief q J. Henry Riges. OF Lynch
burg: Reuben Ragland. OF fetersOurg an
John Tyler who was private secretary 10 Fres'
For erection Of public buildings at Roanok
city 10000. Norfolk SitnoO; for me c1.eneio
- Of mo bulldiuc at Lynchburf, and Tor ne ln
~ rroyement ana enlargement u the building
\ Petersburg ,,,,. .,.
u Senator Ransom introduced bill 20 increas
the appropriation for the public bulldog a. W Il
mington, \. C., to t3J0.JOO.
2 CAPE CHARLES CITY,
Tho Secretary Of War sent 10 the House to-da
a letter containing report OF ihc contemplate
fmprovemonis al Cape Charles CITY, va. IN
= Engineer says that tue project includes sisn
= change IN the plan OF entrance al merry
stone inlet and an Increase 81 width th
proposed entrance 10 Do decidedly tnfOW
10 tho southwark by widening u lun
nel-shaped Ia that direction, both piers 10 .
carried out /, 900 feet in prolonga ion OF The OF
IN piers as far as the edge OF Cherryalone III
- iet. ending in Twelve feet Of water. The IN
~ movement would cost sl42,3tl Colonel Oraghi
"A docs not approve OF the proposed survey lot 10