Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-25
:. COMMITTEE cHAIRMEN
In the National House of Representa-
tiHes-Mest Kirglnia Gets None.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.-The following
Is list of the chief house committees:
Ways and means--Springer, Of Hi
nois.
MISREPRESENTATION of Indiana.
Elections-O. F .erral, of Virginia.
Judiciary ulberson, of Texas.
Coinage, weights and measures
Bland, of Missouri.
Interstate and foreign commerce
Mills, of Texas.
Rivers and arbors-Blanchard, of
Louisiana.
Merchant marine-Fowler, of New
Jersey.
Agriculture-Hat of Missouri.
Foreign Affairs Blount, of Georgia.
Military affairs-Outhwai of Ohio.
Naval affairs Herbert, of Alabama
Public lands-McRea, of Arkansas.
Postoffices and post roads-Henderson,
of North Carolina.
Pacific Enthusiastically, of Pennsyl-
vania.
Banking and currency-Bacon, of New
York.
Indian affairs-Peel, of Arkansas.
Territories - Washington, of Ten
nessee.
Railways and canals-Catchings, of
Mississippi,
Mountaineering, of Rhode Island.
Mines and mining OF North
Carolina
Public buildings and grounds-Bank-
head, of Alabama.
Levees and improvements of the Mis-
sissippi river-Robertson of Louisiana.
ducation-Hayes, of Iowa.
Labor-Tarsney, of Missouri.
Militia--Lane, of Illinois.
Patents illman, of South Carolina.
Invalid pensions Martin, of Indiana.
Pensions-W Wilson, of Missouri.
Burns, of New York.
War claims-Be ltzhoover, of Pennsyl-
vania.
Private land claims-Fitch, Of New
York.
Library-Cummings, of New York.
Printing Richardson, of Tennessee.
Reform in the civil service-Andrews,
of Massachusetts,
Revision of the laws-Ellis, Of Ken
lucky.
Election of president-Chipman, of
Michigan.
Alcoholic liquor trafic-Haynes, Of
Ohio.
Irrigation-Lanham of Texas.
Immigration-Stump, of Maryland.
Columbian exposition-DurborroW, Of
Illinois.
Expenditures in department of agri-
culture-Edmunds, of Virginia.
Expenditures in interior department.
Owens, of Ohio.
Expenditures in department of agri-
culture-Allen, Of Mississippi.
Expenditures in thenavy department.
Mcclellan, of Indiana.
How the States Jared.
Missouri and New York get four chair
manships each; Alabama, Illinois, lndi-
ana, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio
and Texas, three each; Arkansas Ken
lucky, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi,
New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee
and Virginia, Pennsylvania, two each;
and Connections, Iowa, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, Rhode Island and
Wisconsin, one each.
Missouri, as the banner Democratic
stau tis win SS00urtessa Democratic mem
berf and no Republican ones, leadsa all in
the importance Of her four chairman
SHIPS of coinage, agriculture, labor and
pensions, Ohio and Illinois also send
Fourteen Democrats to this congress
along with half as many Republicans.
Illinois fares very we'll indeed in the
matter of chairmanships, getting that
of the Columbian exposition, of course
also, that of ways and means, the lead
ing committee in the house, and that OF
militia.
Ohio chairmanships are not of the
/ &Svct raoToly ThaU military hmm
traffic and interior department expenses
Kentucky gets law revision, and Con
gresham Montgomery a minor com
mittee.
Indiana can't complain with her Hol
man at the head of appropriation com
nittee and with invalid pension ant
uavy expenditures besides.
Tennessee fares passably well with tn
territories and printing chairmanships.
West Virginia is left out in the cold.