The Forrest City times., 1891-12-18
SENATE COMMITTEES.
THE LIST AS AGREED UPON BY THE REPUBLICAN, CAUCUS.
Senator Hoar Gets the Craftsmanship of the Judiciary commiffee Bee.ass
 ef Seniority in Service


 can Senatorial Caucus committee which was charged with the arrangement of the Republican representation upon the general committees, completed it's work this morning and reported to caucus which was called together before the Senate met The caucus considered the lists submitted and adjourned to meet tomorrow morning. without action upon the report
 As nearly as can be gathered from the expressions of many Senators the assignments made by the committee are generally satisfactory.
 The list includes the following:
 NIT. Aldrieh = Rules tchairmanl, finance, transportation routes to the seabord-
 NIT. Allison-Appropriations tchair- manJ, engrossed bills. finance. relations with Canada (seleeti.
 Mir. Cameron-Naval affairs (chair- manj, military affairs. quadr.- 5enten- niaI gselectl. five civilized tribes of h. dians lselectj, revolutionary claims
 Mir. Casey-Railroads tchairmanl. agriculture and forestry. transporta- tion routes to the se lboard. irrigation, transportation and sale of meat prod- uets (selectl. organization. conduct, and expenditures of the executive de partment-
 Mir. Cullom - Interstate commerce (chairrnaul. commerce. appropriations, quadri-centennial tselecti.
 Mir. Davis-Pensions fchairsnanl. foreign relations. territories, Pacific railroads gselectl.
 Mir. Jones of Nevada-To audit and control contingent expenses of the Sen ate tchairnanl, commerce, finance, mines and mining. Mir. McMillan-Distriet of Columbia gchairmanl. agriculture and forestry, postoffices and post-roads, education and labor.
 Mr. Manderson-Printing tchair- man., rules. military affairs, Indian affairs
 Mir. Morrill-Finance fchairmanl, public buildings and grounds, addi- tional accommodations for the library of Congress tselect), civil service and 
 1 retrenchment-
 NIT. Paddock Agriculture and forestry tchairmanl, audit and control contingent expenses of the Senate. pensions. public lands, Indian depreda- | tions lselectl. additional accommoda- tions for the library of Congrs ss select ] Mir. Peffer- Claims. examine the several branches of the civil service, census. improvement of Mississippi | river, railroads.
 Mr Pettigrew Quadri-centennial lselectl, chairman: Indian affairs. pub lie lands. railroads. improvement of Mis- sissippi river.
 I NIT. Plumb-Public lands lchairmanl, | appropriations, District of Columbia, | transportation and sale of meat pro | duets tselectl.
 ! Mir. Sawyer--Postoffices and post | roads (ehairmanl, commerce, revolu.
 tionary claims. investigate condition of Potomac river front of Washington l tselect).
 | MT. Sherrnan---F Foreign relations tchairman). finance, rules, quadri-cen- tennial (selectl. University of the
 United States select, investigate con | ditioa of the Potomac river front of | Washington (seleetl. Mr. Stanford---Public buildings and | grounds lchairmanl, education and | labor, fisheries, naval affairs, civil service and retrenehment Mir. Stockbridge--Fisheries fchair-
 man., naval affairs, railroads, census, | epidemic diseases, Indian affairs ! Mir. burn-Improvement of the
 Mississippi river (ehairmanl, commerce,
 education and labor, civil service and
 retrenchment, postoffices and post.
 roads, University of the United States ! (selectl.
 | Mir Wolcott-Civil service and re. | trenchment lehairmanl, District oi | Columbia, interstate commerce, post
 offices and post-roads. library. It is apparent from the above list that
 the Senators from the northwestern
 States have been well taken care of in
 the matter of chairmanships and places
 on important committees The name
 of Senator Kyle does not appear upon
 the Inst. although Senator Pleffer, his Alliance colleague, Is given four com
 mittee assignments Mir. Hoar, in accordance with his seniority, becomes chairman of the
 Judiciary committee, relinguishing his l place as chairman of the Committee on
 Privileges and Elections to which Mir. Teller succeeds.
 The three vacancies in the member ship of the Judiciary committee, result ing in the retirement of Messrs- Ed
 munds, Ingalls,, and Evarts. are filled
 by assignments of Messrs. Mitchell,
 Teller, and Platt. The places vacated
 by Messrs. Edmunds and Evarts on
 the Foreign Relations committee are
 assigned to Messrs. Hiscock and Davis.
 Mir. Quay succeeds Mir. Evarts as chairman of the Library committee. The Senate. | WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. ls.-The I Senate met this morning, and after q