The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-12-26
CRISP NAMED SPRINGER
ILLINOIS GETS THE WAYS AND
MEANS cAAlRMANSHlP.

Crisp Names His Committees, and Then
Goes Home Feeling Very siolk-Milla'
Friends Indignant because Of Their
Favorite's Treatment.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.-Speaker Crisp left
Washington last night for his home In Ameri-
Gus, Ga, where lN will spend the holidays.
While not seriously i'll, Mr. Crisp Is still quite
weak, the result Of bad cold and recent
hard work. The speaker has appointed his
son clerk TO the speakers table, vice Edwin
T. Goodwin. Young Crisp resigned his po.
sition as clerk In one of the executive de-
partments Tuesday. Before Speaker Crisp
left the city he announced his long looked
for committee appointments. As every one
expected, William NJ. Springer was made
chairman Of the ways and means committee.
Mills was given several important places,
but none TO compare in Importance with the
ways and means berth. The veteran Indi.
ana congressman, William M. Holman was
named as chairman Of the important appro-
priations committee.
The Mills men are very bitter at the treat
ment their leader has received, and are
not placated by the small places given to
the Mills supporters. The southern men
severely criticise the fact that the north has
three-fourths of the important committee
places. They say that the speaker, in his
anxiety to be fair, went too far, and
snubbed the south unnecessarily.
Tho Important Committees,
The following is the list of the principal
house committees, as announced by Speaker
Crisp:
Ways and Means-William NJ. Springer, MI
nois chairman; Benton Mcmillan, Tennessee,
| H. G. Turner, Georgia; W. L. Wilson, West
Virginia; A. b. Montgomery, Ken lucky; ], R.
| Whiting, Michigan; b. +. Shiveley, Indiana;
| W. BOurke Cochran, New York; Moses T.
Stevens, Massachusetts,; W. J. Bryan, Ne
braska; I. B. Reed, Maine; J. G. Burrows,
Michigan Joseph McKenna California; s. E.
Payne, New York; John Dalzell, Pennsylvania.
Approprlations-W. s Holman, chairman; W.
H. Forney, J. d. Sayres, w. g. Breckenridge, A.
M. Dookery, William Mutchler, G. r. Brec1n-
| ridge, Barnes Compton, J. II. O'Neil, L. f.
Livingston, d. B. Henderson, William Cogs-
well, H. II. Bingham, Nelson Dingley, W. W.
| Grout.
Coinage, Weights and Measures-K. H. Bland,
chairman; Charles Tracy J, r. Williams, c. B.
| Kilgore, s. M. Robinson, Rice Pierce, j. F.
Epes, G. F. Williams, W. A. McKeighan II. II.
Bartine, Abner Taylor, T. w Stone, NJ. N,
johnson.
Interstate and Foreign Commerce-R. Q.
Mills, chairmani q. d. WISE Andrew Price,
Isador Rayner, g. H. Brickner, T. j. Geary,
| q. W. HOuk, 8. II. Mallory, Josiah Patterson,
]. ]. O'Neil, Charles o'Neill, John Lind, O. s.
Randall, Bellamy Storer, J, Il. Ketcham.
Foreign Affars-J. H. Blount, chairman; j.
B. McCreary, Q, E. Hooker, L. E. Chapman, A.
P. Fitch j. r. Andrews, B, t. Cable Isador
Rayner 7. J. Geary, r. r. Hit, A. @. Harmer,
James O'Donnell, John Sanford
ElectiOng-C Charles II. O'Ferrail. chairman. l..
W. Moore, ]. E. Cobb, T. II. Paynter, Jason D.
Brown, D. N. Lockwood, T. g. Lawson, N. p.
Gillespie, George Johnstone, Nils Haugen, A.
A. Taylor, r. E. Doan, H. NJ, johnson, John e.
Rsyburn, O. d. Clark.
Postoffces and Post Roads-John s. Hender.
son, chairman; J. II. Blount, b. A Enloe, X. P,
Q. Wilson, e. ]. Dunphy, J. d. Anderson, L. V.
Brookshire, j. O. Kyle, J. NJ. Pattison, j. Q.
Crosby, A. j. Hopkins, j. A. Caldwell, j. L.
Wilson, C. A. Bergen, E. F. Loud, John T.
Cutting.
Agriculture-w. H. Hatch chairman; Clarke
Lewis, 8 B. Alexander, H. NJ Youmans @. W,
Shell, W. s. FormAn, F. E. White, Anthony
Caminetti, Charles L. Moses, J. p Long, E. H,
Funston, z. H. Wilson ]. L. Jolley, Daniel
Waugh, H. p. Cheatham.
Railways and Canals-r. c. Catchings chair.
man; P, G. Lester, W. II. Cate, II. W. Bentley,
F. Z. Beltzhoover, ]. W. Causey, S. W. Cobb
Kittel Halvorson, John Davis c. s. Randall, @
A. Bergen, J. A. T, Hull, E. F, Loud.
| Chairmanships,
The chairmanships of the other com.
mittees are as follows:
Judiciary D. L. Culberson; banking and
: currency, Henry Bacon; rivers and harbors,
N. G. Blanchard; merchant marine and fisher
les, Samuel Fowler; military affairs, ]. II
Outhwaite; naval affairs H. A. Herbert
agriculture, W. H. Hatch; public lands, T. @.
McRae; Indian affairs, s. W, Peet; territories,
]. II. Washington; manufacturers G. H. Page
|
ings and grounds j. H. Bankhead; Pacific
railroads, J. B. Reilly; levees and improve
ments of Mississippi river, s. NJ. Robinsoni
education, W. l. Hayes; labor, J. O.
Tarsneyi militia, Edward Lane; patents, @. D
Tflman; invalid pensions A. N. Martin
: pensions, R. P. @. Wilson; claims, b. H. Bum
war claims, F. e. Beltzhoover private land
claims A. P. Fitch; District Of Columbia, j.
Hemphill; revision Of laws, W. 7. Ellis ex
penditures state department r. E. Lester; ex
penditures in treasury department, @. H
, Brickner; expenditures war department A. B
Montgomery expenditures navy department
} @. A o. Mcclellan; expenditures in postOfict
department w. q. Oates; expenditures in in
, terror department, j. W, Owens; expenditures
department Of Justice, ]. NJ Allen; expendi
lures in department Of agriculture; p. @. Ed
munds; expenditures on public buildings, II
NJ. Youmans; library, Amos j. Cummings
I printing, J. d. Ricbardson enrolled bills, j. G
. Warwick; election Of president and vice presi
dent, ]. l.. Chippan; eleventh census, W. F
, WILCOX ventilation and acoustics, W, G
stahlnecker; alcoholic liquor traffic, W. E
Haynes; irrigation of arid lands, s. W. T. Ian
ham; immigration and naturalization, H
Z Stump.
Precedent Thrust Aside.
The prediction that Speaker Crisp, in max
ing up his committees, would do violence
to the rule of precedence as established by
years of practice was verified by the list a.
/ announced.
, Speaker Crisp made better time inthe
announcement of his committees thar
either Mr.. Carlisle or Mr.. Reed The for
mer did not announce his list in the Fiftietl
congress until Jan. 5; Mr. Reed on Dec. 81
! But in the latter case congress met Dec.
so that Speaker Reed consumed nineteeI
days in making up his list while Mr.. CrisI
completed the job in sixteen days. The an
; nouncement of the house committees neces
! sarily disappointed some members, bu
there is no more than the usual fault find
ing over the result. Mr.. CIisp's friends ar,
much pleased in pointing out that tht
speaker in his selections gave good places t,
i some who did not support him for speaker
5 The committees on ways and means ON ap
0 preparations, and on coinage weights ant
measures are supposed TO reflect the policy
9 OF the house as to those matters most i'm
Y pOrtant TO the Democratic party.
3 The ways and means committee repre-
sents every section of the country, but It 4
t pointed TO as nm indication of progressive
, tariff reform policy that the most advanced
tariff reformers Of the several sections havI
a been selected TO constitute the committee
Q The committee on appropriations is regard
a ed as very strong, and it is believed 70 indi
0 cate that policy of strict economy is goinl
TO be followed.
There is some difference of opinion as h
the meaning Of the construction Of the coin
age committee A majority Of its member
are known to favor free coinage, and from
this it is inferred by most persons at frs
!. blush that it means that free coinage bill
b, Is to be passed Il is said, however, tina
the free coinage men ON the committee hay
:, beer selected with view TO their conserva
81 tism and Judgment, and that the interest O
!, the Democratic party win stand first befor
\ all things.
! Proceedings In the Senate.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Ex-senator Quay IN
Q troduced bill fixing the pension of soldier
who have contracted total deafness in tn
b service OF the United States at seyenty-tw
dollars per month, and for all lesser de
I. grees pension on the same ratio. Senate
Turpie introduced a bill appropriatiu
a ~. s T