The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-03-13
PLACES FOR SENATORS.
How the Members Have Been Placed
on the Committees.

WASHINGTON, March 12-In the Senate
today. Mr.. Platt.obtsined unanimous consent
to have suspended so much Of the rules as
required the standing committees to be
elected by ballot, requiring the election Of
the committee on expenditures Of public
monies, that committee to be represented by
one on the organization, conduct and ex-
penditures of the executive departments.
Mr.. Platt then offered a resolution which
was agreed to for the election OF standing
committees as follows:
Agriculture and Forestry-Messrs. Paddock,
Blair, Plumb, Higgins, Mcmillan, George, Glib
son. Jones of Arkansas Bate.
Appropriations Messrs. Allison, Dawes, Plumb,
Hale, Farwell, Beck, Corkrell, Call, German.
Contingent tExpenses-Messrs. Jones OF Nevada,
Census1Messrs. Hale, Merrill, Wilson Of lowe,
stockbridge, Davis, Berry, Blackburn, Blodgett,
Turpe.
son, Stanford, Washburn, Walthal, Wilson of
Cisims~Messrs spooner, Hoar, Mitchell, Hig-
gins, Waleott. Jones OF Arkansas, Wilson OF
Coast befences-Messrs. Dolph, Cameron,
Hawley, Hiscoek, Mcpherson, Hampton Reagan.
Commerce-Messrs. Frye, Jones Of Nevada,
D0lph, Cameron, Sawyer. Cnllom, Washburn.
Ransom. Coke. Vest. German, Kenna. Gibson.
Farwell, Mcmillan, Higgins, Harris, Vance, Dan
Education and Labor-Messrs. Blair. Wilson of
Louisiana, Stanford, Stewart. Washburn, George,
Engrossed Bills-Messrs. Farwell, Quay, Col
Epidemic Diseases-Messrs Harris, Hampton
Eustis, Berry, Hale Stockbridge, Marston.
To Examine the several branches OF Civil Ser
vce-Messrs. Higgins, Aldrich, Allison, Hamp-
Organization, Conduct and Expenditures of the
Executive Departments s-MeSsrs. HiscOck, Plumb,
sherman. Frye, spooner, Cockrell, Kenna, Glib
son, Barbour
Flnance-Messrs sherman. Jones of Nevada,
Allison, Aldrich, Hiscock. voorhees,, Beck, Nc
Pherson, Harris, Vance, morrill,.
Flsheries-Messrs. Stockbridse, Dawes, Stan
rd, Hampton. Blodgett.
Frye, Evarts, Dolph, Morgan, Brown, Payne, Eus-
tis.
Was burn, Farwell, Hawley. Marston, Eustis,
w lthall, Bate.
Indian Affars-Messrs. Dawes, Platt, Stock
bridge Manderson, Walc0st Morgan, Jones Of
Inter state Commerce-Messrs. Cnllom, PIatt
Blair, Wilson Of Iowa, Hiscock, Harris, German,
Jndiclary-Messrs Edmunds, Ingalls,, Hoar,
Wilson Of Iowa, Evarts Pugh, Coke, Vest,
Tibrary-Messrs Evarts Hoar voorhees,.
Manufacturers -Messrs. Mcmillan, Quay, Plat
C0lqutt, Blodgeit.
Manderson, Stewart, Davis, Cockrell, Hampton,
Walthall, Bate.
Mines and Mining-Messrs. Stewart Jones Of
Nevada, Mitchell, Teller Bate, Faulkner, Hearst.
Naval Ahairs-Messrs. Cameron, Hale, Stan
ford, Stoekbridge, Marston, Mcpherson, Butler,
Pateuts -Messrs Teller, Chace, Plat, Hiseock,
Gray kenna Reagan.
Pensi0ns-Messrs. Davis, Blair, Sawyer, Pad
dock, Marston, Turpe, Blodgett, Faulkner, Bar
bour.
Post-ofices and observation-disclosures. Sawyer
Chaee, Mitchell, Quay, Mcmillan, COlqultt, Wilson
of Maryland, Reagan, Blodgett.
Printing Messrs. Henderson, Hawley, Cor
man.
Private Land Claims-Messrs. Ransom, Col
quitt, Pasco, Edmunds, Stewart, ingalls,, Wal
colt.
Teller, Evarts, Spooner, Vance, Pugh, Quay. Tur-
Public Buildings and Grounds-Messrs Stan.
Public Lands-Messrs. Plumb. Blair, Dolph
Teller. Pad, eek, Morgan, Walthall, Berry. Paseo
RailrOads-Messrs. Mitchell, Sawyer, Hawley
Blackburn, Berry.
Revision Of Laws-Messrs. Wilson of Iowa,
Stanford, Teller, Wilson OF Maryland, Daniel.
Revolutionary Ciaims-Messrs. Coke, Pugh,
Hearst Chace, Morrill,.
Rules --Messrs. Aldrich. Sherman, Ingalls,,
Territories-Messrs. Platt, Cullom Manderson,
Stewart, Davis, Butler, Payne, Jones OF Arkan-
Transportation Routes to the Seaboard-Messrs.
Quay, Mitchell, Cullom, Dawes, Aldrich, Gibson,
Vest, George, Turpie.
The resolution was adopted. Mr.. Platt
then offered resolution appointing the fol-
lowing select committees:
Toinvestigate the condition Of the Potomac
river in front of Washington-Messrs Mcpherson,
Ransom, Barbour, Henderson, Spooner, Ed
munds
To inquire lno the claims Of citizens Of the
United States against Nicaragua-Messrs. Nor
gan, Wilson Of Maryland. Hearst, Hoar, Cameron.
On women suffrage-Messrs. Vance, Brown,
Beck, Blair, Chace. Fernald, Wolcott.
Additional accommodations Of the library Of
Congress-Messrs. voorhees,, Butler, Morrill,,
Evarts, Marston.
On the centennial constitution and discovery OF
America Messrs. Hiscock, Sherman, lHoar Haw-
ley, Voorhees,, Eustis. Colqutt.
On the five civilized tribes Of Indians-Messrs.
Butler Morgan, Dawes, Cameron, Teller.
On the President message transmitting the re-
port of the Pacific railroad commissioner-Messrs.
Frye, Dawes, Hiscock, Davis. Morgan. Butler,
Hearst
Relations with Canada-Messrs. Hoar, Allison
Hale, DOlph Pugh, Butler, Voorhees,.
On the the transportation and sale of meat pro-
duets-Messrs. Vest, Plumb, Manderson, Cullom,
Coke.
Irrigation and reclamation of arid lands
Messrs Stewart Allison, Plumb. Hiscock, Cor
man, Reagan, Jones, of Arkansas.