Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-08
THE SENATE CAUCUSES.
SHERMAN APPOINTS A COMMITTEE
ON ASsIGNMENTs.

The Probable Changes in Committees-Not
Very Many of Them to He Made--Peffer
TO BE Given a Chance-Blair Hard to
Replace.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-[Specidl] when
the Senate adjourned to-day the Republican
members Immediately took seats in the
reception room, and proceeded in caucus to
provide for the Encouragement of commit
tees. Senator Sherman, the presiding officer
of the caucus, was authorized to appoint a
committee of nine to make the assignments
and report at subsequent caucus. He
asked time to select The nine, and the meet
ing adjourned.
Later in the dav Senator Sherman an
nounced the committee 1t is as follows:
Cullom, Chairman; Cameron, Plumb,
Sawyer, Hale, Hawley, Teller, Michel and
Carey.
There is great struggle going on both
for committee places and for rooms Aside
from few of the leading committees, the
Senators are likely to choose their assign
ments in accordance with the rooms, the OBJ
ject being not to get room in the Maltby
House, but to stay in the Capitol
The Consideration OF Help
Another thing to be considered is the
help to BIZ had The leading committees
have clerks and messengers who draw fair
salaries all the year, and act as private
secretaries to the Senators. The smaller
committees have only session clerks, who
are also secretaries to the Senators, tor the
most of these committees are purely orna-
mental Every Senator has secretary, SO
that chairmanship is advantageous only
because room, which is Senator's private
Office goes with the craftsmanship.
There will be no changes on Finance, the
leading committee of the Senate, and but
one on Appropriations, the second in i'm
portauce For Farwell's place on the lat
ter committee there are many candidates,
but the first question to be settled is local
itv. The West is already represented by
Allison, the Chairman, and Plumb, while
the East has Dawes and Hale. If the Mid
die States get the place it is likely to go to
Senator Mcmillan, of Michigan.
PETER to Get a Birth.
The vacancy on Agriculture caused by
the retirement of Blair is likely to 60 to
PETER.
The hard-working Committee on Claims
will have Mitchell for its chairman, and the
vacancy thus caused at the head of Rail-
roads will be filled by Casey.
There are no changes on Commerce. Sena-
atnr Mcmillan jumps three places to the
head of the District of Columbia, ingalls,
old committee The other vacancies will
probably be filled by Plumb and Gallinger,
the latter having been on the corresponding
committee in the House.
Blair's retirement leaves a very large
vacancy at the head of Education and
Labor, and there seems to be no we'll
developed crank to fill the hole. The fact
that the new west entrance to the Capitol is
to rnn through Blair's old rooms is an
added reason why the place is likely to go
begging.
Only a Few Other Changes.
Senator Stockbridge keeps the fisheries,
but takes the cosy room of the railroads.
This will be the programme unless the
Michigan Senator should happen to 60 the
Library Committee, for which he is work
ing in common with Dixon, Higgins and
Wolcott, the latter having the best show.
That archaic statesman. George Frisbie
81 oar, will desert Privileges and Elections
to occupy Mr.. Edmunds' old place at the
head of the Judiciary. This will bring
Teller to the craftsmanship of Privileges
and Elections, and will give Platt Patents,
is he wants it. The fact that most of the
territories have been made into States may
lead the Connecticut Senator to prefer
change of committee. These are all the
changes that are likely to occur on the
majority side of the committees.