The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-22
Only Friends ofthe Speaker to Be Given Places
of Honor on the Cominittees-Springer to
Be Rewarded and Bynum Snubbed.
Diplomates and Naval officers Puzzled
Over the Movements of War Ships.
Something In the Wind or Uncle Sans Cruisers
Would Not Be Hurrying to Chili-Dis-
eascd Horse Meat Sold for Choice Beef.
Furnishing HIS ENEMIES.

Speaker Crisp Will See that Miils's Friends
Get Few Committee Chairmanships.
Special 20 the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 21.-"Speaker Crisp is
going to reward his friends and punish his
enemies in the makeup of committees"
said one of his most intimate friends to-day.
The exclamation is undoubtedly true. After
all, Springer. of Illinois, is to be the head
of the committee on ways and means. The
most desperate efforts of David B. Hill.
Senator German and others to induce Crisp
not to overlook Mr.. Mills have failed, and
the Georgia Speaker will pay the Illinois
candidate for the speakership. who with
drew at the critical moment and made it
possible 20 elect Crisp. 1t is believed that
the other Democratic members of the
committee OH ways and means will
be as follows: McMillin of Tennessee,
Turner of Georgia. Wilson of West Vir-
ginia, Whiting of Michigan. Montgomery
of Kentucky. Shively of Indiana, Stevens
of Massachusetts,, johnson of OHIO and
Bryan of Nebraska. Ex-Speaker Reed Will
head the Republican membership of the
committee. and next to him will be Bur-
rows of Michigan. and McKenna of Cali
fOrnia. 1t is unimportant who the other
two Republican members may be, for the
majority will rule with an iron hand.
Mr.. Bynum of Indiana, who has been q
rather prominent member of the commit
tee on ways and means, had his political
head fairly chopped off with q meat-ax for
having supported Mills. Bynum has not
even had an intimation upon which COM
mittee he will be assigned, although he
hoped to be returned TO the ways and
means, as chairman of which committee he
would have been had Mills been elected
Speaker. There is sharprivalry between By
mum and Shively for tho nomination for the
governorship of Indiana. and knowing this,
Crisp, in furnishing Bynum for having sup
ported Mills, places him down to point OF
eIeyating Shiyely. 1t is likely Bynum will
be entirely lost sight Of In the committee
assignments.
Those who are wise as to the chairma n
ships of the committees. which are TO be
out exception Crisp has been unrelenting
In his punishment of the Mills men. Outh-
waite. of Ohio. will be the head of military
affairs; Blount. of Georgia, foreign affairs;
bly, Catchings. of Mississippi, judiciary. Ex-
Governor McCreary, of Kentucky, has been
the most distinguished Democratic member
of the committee Or foreign affairs for
many years, ana mas Dcen lt6 c0dlrDAD, so
that he confidently expected to be returned
to the head OF that committee. but he sup
ported Mills and is relegated to the rear.
Another thing speaker Crisp intends to 90.
which will make the South fairly
howl with rage He says he
OF the ex-confederates in prominent com
mittee positions General Wheeler. of
Alabama, fully expected to be chairman of
military affairs, but although he was
Crisp man be is turned down. In his re-
fusal to recognize any prominent ex-con-
federates it Is believed Crisp is acting on
the instructions OF Hill and German. who
do not want TO endanger tho Ill viii of the
Northern Democrats who were faithful to
the Union thirty years ago.
1t is stated tonight that the committee
on elections will be made up as follows:
OFerrall of Virginia chairman; Moore of
Texas. Jason Brown of Indiana, Cobb of
Alabama. Lockwood of New York, John
ston of South Carolina, Gillespie of Penn
sylysnia, Ellis of Kentucky, Lawson of
Georgia, Democrats; Haugen of Wisconsin,
johnson of Indiana, Reyburn of Pennsyl-
yania. A.. Tay ior of Tennessee. Cnld well of
Ohio, and Clark of Wyoming, Republicans
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