Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-18
WORD WAR BEGUN,
Two Western Senators Make
Long Speeches on Their
Particular Hobbies.
TURPTE AT THE START
Talks of the Election of Senators by
Vote of the People.
MR.. STEWART ON FREE COINAGE.
New Bills Continue to Pour Into the Hop
per Of the Senate.
TURPIE AT THE START
MR.. STEWART ON FREE COINAGE.
THE COMMITTEES FINALLY ARRANGED

Manderson to-day presided over the Senate
as President pro tenn. On motion of Mr.
Cullom, rule "a, for the appointment o
committees by ballots, was suspended, anC
q resolution was offered bv him for the ap
pointment of the standing and select com
mittees.
Mr. Cockreu remarked that in the alb
sence of Mr.. Vance (not yet sworn in) thu
committee places that were intended fol
him, and that will be assigned to him a!
soon as he takes his seat, had been temper
arily assigned to his colleague, Mr.. Ransom
So, too, the places on committees that woulC
be assigned to Mr.. Hill, of New York, wher
he TODD his seat, we're temporarily assigned
to other Senators That would explain, hC
said, why so many committee places were
assigned to Mr. Ransom and other Demo
cratic Senators. Senator Hill Will serve OF
the following committees: Interstate Com
merce, Territories, Immigration Relations
Expenditures in the Public Departments
Senator Vance will retain the committed
places which he occupied in the last Con
gress, as follows: Woman Suffrage. Chair
man; Contingent Expenses OF the Senate
Finance, District of Columbia, and Priyi.
leges and Elections.
The New Senate Committees.
The resolution for the appointment of
committees was then read and agreed to.
They were as follows:
observation-disclosures, Chairman: McMil-
lin, Casey, Warren, FELTON,, George, Gibson
Ua.), Jones lark. J, and Bate.
pnropriations-Allison. Chairman: Hale,
Dawes, Plumb, Cullom. Stewart, Cockrell,
Gail, Gorman and Blackburn.
Contingent Expenses of the Senate-Jones
(Nev.), Chairman: Paddock and Ransom.
Census-Hale, Chairman; Stockbridge,
Dixon, Hansbrough, PETER Berry, Black
burn. Blodgett ana Turpie.
Civil Service and Retrenchment-Wo OIL
colt, Chairman: Dawes, stanford, Wash
bura, Morrill,, Waithall, Call, Gordon and
1rby.
Ciaims-MitcheIl. Chairman: Allen, Stew
art. Sanders, PETER. Pasco, Faulkner, Villas
and White.
Coast Defenses-Dolph, Chairman; Haw-
ley, Squire, Higgins, FELTON,, Berry, Gordon,
Chiffon and Irby.
COmmerce-frye, Chairman: Jones (Nev.),
DOlph, Sawyer. Cullom, Washburn, Quay,
Ransom. Coke, Vest, German, kenna, Glib
son (La.).
District of Columbia-Messrs. McMillin,
Chairman: Higgins. Plumb Wolcott, Calm
ger. Hansbrough, Harris. Ransom, Faulkner,
Barbour and Gibson (Md.(.
Engrossed BIls-Cockrell, chairman; Alli-
son and Warren.
Education and Labor-Carey; ,y;,,! Chairman;
Drough, George, Pugh, Barbour ana Kyle.
Enrolled Bills-Sanders, Chairman; Dubois
and Colquitt.
Epidemic Diseases = Harris, Chairman;
Berry, White, Irby, Stockbridge. Gallinger
and FELTON,.
Examine the Several Branches of the
Civil Seryice-Power, Chairman; Gallinger,
Fmance-Morrill. Chairman; Sherman,
Jones (Nev.), Allison, Aldrich, Hiscock,
Voorhees,, Mcpherson, Harris, Ransom and
Carlisle.
Stanford. Squire. Power, Blodgett, Call, Ran
som and Gibson (Md.).
sherman in Important Place.
Foreign Relations-Sherman. Chairman,
Frye, Dolph, Davis, Hiscock, Morgan, But-
Ter. Kenna and Gray.
Immigration-Chandle Chairman: Hale,
Squire, Proctor, Dubois Voorhees,, McPher-
son, Daniel and Cockrell.
Improv ement of the Mississippi River and
Its Tributsries-Washburn, Chairman; Pet
tigrew, Power, PETER, Walthall, Bate and
Palmer.
Indian Atfairs-Dawes, Chairman; Platt
Stockbridge. Henderson, Prttigrew, Shoup,
Morgan. Jones ARK. J, Daniel and Villas.
Interstate Commerce-Cullom, Chairman;
Wilson, Hiscock, Chandler, Wolcott, Hig
gins. Harris, German, Jones (Arkarsas),
Barbour and Colquitt.
Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands
Warren, Chairman; Stewart, Casey. Sand
ers, Dubois, Jones (Ark.), Brice, Kyle and
Gibson (Md.).
Judiciars-Hoar, Chairman: Wilson, Teller
Platt Mitchell, Pugh, Coke, Vest and George.
Library-Quay Chairman; Woleott and
Voorhees,.
Manufactures-Higgins, Chairman; Dubois,
Gallinger, Blodgett and Gibson, (Md).
Military Affairs - Hawley, Chairman;
Cameron, Manderson, Davis, Proctor, Cock
rel, Walthall, Bate and Palmer.
md MinirN Stat ri TTpi irr1ao N.
Jones, (Ney.) }, Power. Warren, FELTON,, Bate,
Call, Chiffon and Irby.
Naval Afiairs-Cameron, Chairman; Hale,
Stanford, Stockbridge, Mcpherson, Butler
Blackburn and Gibson, CLa).
Organization, Conduct and Expenditures
of the Executive Departments-Hiscock
Chairman: Casey, Wilson, Proctor, Dubois,
Cockrell, Kenna, German and Blackburn.
Patents-Dixon, Chairman; Platt, Sanders.
Carey, Gray, Chiffon and Kyle.
Pensions-Davis, Chairman: Sawyer, Pad
dock, Shoup, Hansbrough, Gallinger, Turpie,
Blodgett Palmer, Villas and Brice.
wanamaker's Able Assistants.
Postoffices and Postroads-Sawyer, Chair
man: Mitchell, McMillin, Wolcott Dixon,
Washburn, Colquitt, Blodgett, Brice, Irby
Chiffon.
Printing-Manderson, Chairman; Hawley
and German.
Private Land Claims-Ransom, Chairman;
Colqu1tt, Pasco, Teller, Sanders and Proc
tor.
Privileges and Elections-Teller, Chair
man: Hoar. Mitchell, Chandler, Higgins,
Ransom, Pugh, Gray and Turpie.
Public Buildings and Grounds-Stanford,
Chairman; Morrill,, Quay, Squire, Carey, Vest,
Daniel. Pasco and Brice.
Public Lands-PIumb, Chairman; Dolph,
Paddock, Allen, Pettigrew, Sanders, Nor
gan, Walthall, Berry, Pasco and White.
Railroads Casey, Chairman; Hswley,
burn, Berry, Bate. Gordon and Palmer.
Revision OF the LAWS of the United States
Chairman; Plat, Proctor, Daniel
and Call.
Revolutionary Clafms-Colle, Chairman;
Pugh, Brice, Cameron and Sawyer.
Rules-Aldrich, Chairman; Sherman, Man.
derson, Harris and Blackburn.
Davis, Carey, Shoup, Hansbrough, Jones
Ark, Carlisle, Faulkner. Gordon and Nc
Pherson.
TRANSPORTATION Routes to the Seaboard-
Squire, Chairman; Mitchell, Aldrich, Casey,
Gallinger, Gibson (La.), George, Turpie and
Gordon.
Composition of the Select Com nittees.
To Investigate the Condition of the Poto-
mac River Front of Neutrality-suspicious.
son, Chairman; Ransom, Harbour Sawyer,
Sherman and Frye.
Nicaraguan Claims-Morgan, Chairman;
Palmer, White, Stewart and Mitchell.
Woman Suffrage-RansOm, Chairman: Car
isle, George, Hoar, Allen, Quay and War
zen.
Additional Accommodations for the Lii
Drary of Congress-Voorhees, Chairman;
Butler Morrill,, Dixon and Paddock.
On the Presidents Message Transmitting
he Report of the Pacific Railway Commis-
Chairman: Dawes, Hiscock,
Davis, Carey, Morgan, Turpie, Faulkner and
White.
On the Civilized Tribes of ADMINISTRATOR,
yhairman; Pasco, Dawes, Cameron and
Teller.
On Transportation of Meat Products
Vest, Chairman: Coke, Plumb, Power and
casey.
On Relations With Canada-Allen, Chair
nan: Hoar, Allison, Hale, Dolph, Pugh, ,Voor-
lens lInrnh1nn and carlisle