The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-22

ASlllNGTOS, )cC. .l.-'lhe speaker
is going to reward his friends and pun
ish his cncmics in tho makeup OF com.
mittces," said one OF his most intimate
friends to-day. The exclamation is
undoubtedly true. After all, Springer,
OF Illinois, is to be tho head OF the COM
mittec on ways and means. The most
desperate efforts Of David'B. IIill, Sena-
tor German and others TO induce Mr..
Crisp 10 not overlook Mr.. Mills have
failed and tho Georgia speaker will pay
the Illinois candidate for the speaker
ship who withdrew at tho critical mo-
ment and made it possible to elect
Crisp. 1t is believed that the other
Democratic members OF the committee
on ways and means will be as follows:
McAlillin, oil Tennessee; Turner, OF
Georgia; Wilson, OF West Virginia;
Whiting, OF Michigan; Montgomery, OF
Kentucky; Shively, OF Indiana; Stevens,
OF massachusetts,; Johnson, OF Ohio,
and Bryan, OF Nebraska. Ex.Spcakcr
Reed will head the Republican mcm-
bershlp OF. the committee, and next to
him will be Burrows, of Michigan, and
Mcl\enna, OF California. 1t is unim-
pore!nt who tho other two Republican
members may be. for the majority will
rule with an iron hand.
BYSUN PUNISHED.
Mr.. Bynum, OF Indiana, who has been
nrathcr prominent member OF the com
mitteo OH ways and means. had his
political head fairly chopped off with
meat axe ior having supported Mills.
Bynum has not even had an intimation
upon which committee he will be as
signed, although he hoped 10 be re-
turned TO the ways and means, as chair
man OF which committee he would hay,
been had Mills been elected speaker.
There is sharp rivalry between Bynum
and shsTely for tho nomination for the
govcrnorship OF Indiana, and knowing
this Crisp, i'll Furnishing ByEum for hay
ing supported Mills, places him down to
point OF humiliation in committee as
signmcnts by clcvating Shivcly. 1t is
likely Bynum will be entirely loss sight
OF in the committee assignments. Those
who arc wise as to the chair,nanahp OF
on Wednesday, say that without cxcep-
ton Crisp has been unrclontirg in his
punishment OF the Mills mon. Outh-
waite, OF Ohio, will be the head oil mill
tary affairs. Blount, OF Georgia. foreign
affairs; O'Farrell, OF Virginia, elections.
and probably Catchings, OF Mississippi,
Judiciary. Ex-Goycrnor McCrcary, OF
Kentucky, has been the most distin-
guishcd member OF the committee on
foreign affairs for many wears, and has
been its chairman, so that he confident
Unexpected TO be returned to the headof
that committee, but he supported Mills
and is relegatcd to the rear.
PLAYING FOR THE NORTHERN VOTE.
Another thing Speaker Crisp iutcncs
to do, which will make the South farly
howl with rage. He says he docs not
intend 10 place many OF tho ex-Con-
iedcratcs in prominent committee
positions, General Wheeler, OF Ala
bama, fully expected TO be chairman OF
military affairs, but, although he was IL
Crisp man, he is turned down. In his
refusal to recognize any prominent OK
Confederatcs it is believed Crisp is
acting ON the instructions OF Hill and
German who do not want to engcnder
the i'll will Of tho northern Democrats
who were faithful to tho Union thirty
years ago.
SENATOR PLUMBS SEAT.
Within less thun two hours after tho
death OF SeDator Plumb yesterday SEN
ator Warren, OF Wyoming, had mailed
letter to Doorlieeper Bassctt, apply
ing Tor tho dead Senator's desk, which
was a very desirable one. The Kansas
Senator occupied desk and chair in
tho very centre of tho outside row next
the main aisle, where he could have
easy cgress and ingress, and could
see and be heard from any point in the
chamber Tho cagerness with which
Senators pounce upon the seats OF their
dead Conferces makes one almost shud-
der. Quite 4 number OF letters were
mailed yesterday to Bassctt asking for
Plumb's scat--so many, in TACT, that the
postmarks on tho envelopes had to be
consulted as to priority OF aiIillatiou.
Senator Warren fortunately carried his
letter to the city postofRce himself,
thereby securing an immediate post
mark, O'Clock, when the death oc-
Cured just after u; and so hc gets the
vacant chair.
KlLLED ny HIS CONSTITUENTS.
Died IRON overwork, would be the
verdict OF 4 jury were coroner's in
quest to be hold upon the late Senator
Preston B. Plumb, OF Kansas" said
Senator Manderson, OF Nebraska, this
oitoruOnp SoN ator Man Icrcon ,,p