Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-13
THE SENATE.
The Arrangements of she Various
Committees Completed.

THE SENATE.
The Arrangement of the Various
Committees Completed.
WASHINGTON, March 12-In the con-
tinued absence of the Vice-President,
Ingalls, acted as presiding officer of the
Senate.
At 12:15 Platt obtained unanimous
consent to have suspended SO much of
the rules as require that Standing Com
mittees be elected by ballot, and as re-
quire the election of the Committee on
Expenditures of Public Moneys; that
the Committee be represented by one
for Organization, Conduct and Expendi-
lures of the Executive Departments.
Platt then offered resolution [agreed
to- for election of standing committees.
The leading committees follow:
Agriculture and Forestry-Paddock
Blair, Plumb, Higgins, Mcmillan,
George, Gibson, Jones of Arkansas, and
Bate.
propriations-Allison Dawes, Plumb,
Hale, Farwell, Beck, Cockrell, Call and
German.
Civil Service and Retire nchment-
Oh ace, Dawes, Henderson, Stanford,
Washburn, ,Walthall, Wilson OF Maryland,
Berry and Brown.
Coast Defenses-Dolph, Cameron,
Hawley, Hiscoek, Mcpherson, Hampton
and Reagan.
Finance-Morrill, Sherman, Jones of
Nevada, Allison, Aldrich, Hiscock, Voor-
hees, Beck, Mcpherson, Harris, Vance.
Fisheries-Stockbridge, Dawes, Stan
ford, Hampton and Blodgett.
Foreign Relations = Sherman, Ed
munds, Frye, Evarts, Dolph, Morgan,
Brown, Payne and Eustis.
State Commerce-Cullom,P Platt, Blair,
Wilson of Iowa, Hiscock, Harris, German,
Reagan and Barbour.
Military Affairs-Hawley, Cameron,
Henderson, Stewart, Davis, Cockrell,
Hampton, Walthall and Bate.
Mines and Mining-Stewart, Jones of
Nevada, Mitchell, Teller, Bate, Faulkner
and Hearst.
Naval Affairs-Cameron, Hale, Stan
ford, Stockbridge, Marston, Mcpherson,
Butler, Blackburn and Gray.
Privileges and Elections-Ho Frye,
Teller, Evarts, Spooner, Vance, Pugh,
Quay and Turpie.
Public Lands-Plumb, Blair. Doph,
Teller, Paddock, Morgan, Walthall,
Berry and Pascoe.
Railroads-Mitchell, Sawyer, Hawley,
stockbridge, Wolcott, Morston, Brown,
Kenna, Blackburn and Berry.
Territories-Platt,C Cullom, Manderson,
Stewart, Davis, Butler, Payne, Jones, of
Arkansas, and Blackburn.
The following are the Western mem
bers OF the committees named: Claims
Mitchell, Wolcett; Contingent Expenses
Jones: Commentators and Dolph;
Education and Labor - Stanford and
Stewart Indian Wolcott and
Hearst; Private Land Claims-Stewart
and Wolcott; Public Buildings and
Grounds-Stanford Revision of Laws
Stanford. The report was adopted.
THE SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
WASHINGTON, March 12.-1n the SEN
ate the following special committees
were appointed;
To Inquire into the Claims of Citizens
of the United States against Nicaragua
Morgan, Wilson of Missouri, Hearst,
Hoar and Cameron.
On the Presidents Message Transmit
ting the Report of the Pacific Railway
Commission-Frye, Dawes, Hiscock.
Davis, Morgan, Butler and Hearst.
On Relations with Canada-Hoar,
Allison, Hale, Dolph, Pugh, Butler and
Voorhees,.
On Irrigation and Reclamation of
Arid Lands--Stewart, Alliaon, Plumb,
Hiscock, German, Reagan and Jones of
Arkansas.
On Centennial of Constitution and
Discovery of America-Hiscock, Sher-
man, Hoar, Hawley, Voorhees,, Eustis
and Colquitt.
On the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians
Butler, Morgan, Dawes, Cameron and
Teller.
Claims-Spooner, Hoard, Mitchell,
Higgins, Wolcott,, Jones of Arkansas,
Wilson of Maryland, Pasco and Faulkner.
Contingent Expenses-Jones of New
ada, Paddock, Vance.
Census-Hale, Morrill,, Wilson of
Iowa, Stockbridge, Davis, Berry, Black
barn, Blodgett, Turpie.
Commerce-Frye, Jones of Nevada,
Dolph, Cameron, Sawyer, Cullom, Wash
burn, Ransom, Coke, Vest, German,
Kenn and Gibson.
District of Columbia-Ingalls, spooner, |
Farwell, 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.
Eustis, Berry, Hale, Stockbridge and
Marston.
To examine the several branches of
he civil service-Higgins, Aldrich, ALI
ION, Hampton and Quay.
Organization, conduct and expendi-
ures of the Executive departments
Sherman, Frye, Spooner, Cockrell,
xenna, Gibson and Barbour.
Improvement of the Mississippi river
Nashburn, Farwell, Hawley, Marston.
Gustis, Waltham and Bate.
Indian affairs-Dawes, Platt, Stock
,ridge, Manderson, Wolcott, Morgan,
ones of Arkansas, Hearst and Daniel.
Judiciary-E6munds, Ingalls,, Hoar, .
wilson of Iowa, Evarts, Pugh, Coke, !
yest and George.
Library-Evarts, Hoar and Voorhees,. $
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Quay, Platt, )
)oIquitt and Blodgett.
Patents-Teller, Chace, Platt, Hiscock, q
Tray, Kenna and Reagan.
Pensions-Davis, Blair, Sawyer, Pad
ock, Marston, Turpie, Blodgett, Faux
or and Barbonr.
Postofice and Postroads = Sawyer, !