Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-12-24
WASH INGTON LETTER.
rFrom our regular Correspondent.

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Speaker Crisp may have made some
promises before his election as Speak
er-few men ever occupied the pO-
sition who had not done so in their
canvass for votes, but he has made
few, if any, promises since his election,
He let's the other fellows do the talk
ing while he does double duty think
ino:he knows that it will he impossible
to so arrange the committee assign
ments that all the Democratic MEM
bers of the House will be pleased, and,
if those who enjoy his confidence may
be relied upon, he will devote himself
principally to the task of making all
equitable distribution of the chair
manships and places upon the impor
tant committees between the various
sections of the country; believing that
no Representative will allow his per-
sonal disappointment to make him
angry when he sees that his section Is
fully represented. 1t is now almost
certain that the lists of committees
will not be announced until after the
Christmas recess, and it is expected
that Speaker Crisp will, after all the
members have been chance to be
heard, retire to his home in Georgia,
or to some other place, where he can
devote his time during the recess to
making up the committees.
All sorts of gossip about the CHAIR
manships and the makeup of the i'm
portant committees may be heard, but
about the only thing that everybody
seems to be agreed upon IS that the
Ways and Means committee, which
deals with tariff matters, will be
dominated by northern and western
members, whoever its chairman may
be. The general opinion is that Mr.
Mills can have the craftsmanship Of
this committee if he wishes it, but
some of his close friends say that he
will not take the place, several reasons
being given why he will not; one OF
them being that if there is an extra
session of the Texas Legislature in the
spring he will be candidate for the
unexpired term in the Senate of ex
Senator Reagan-now temporarily De;
ing filled by Senator Chllton-ahd
that if he is elected he will at once re-
sign his seat in the House. But there
are those who think that tha Is just
the reason why he should take the
chairmanship. They argue that for
Mr.. Crisp to tender this important
place to Mr.. Mills and for him to az
cept it would show that no bad blood
was left by the hot fight for the nom
ination, and that the committee could
be SO made up that the next Democrat
on the cOmmitte could from the first
take up the hard work OF the chalr-
man and that in the event of the cleo
ton of Mr.. Mills to the Senate this
gentleman might be made chairman
Resolutions providing for an ihvesti-
CATION of tie Pension office will snort
" be offered in the House by Repre-,
sentatives Cooper, of Indiana, ana
Enloe, of Tennessee. The latter gen
tieman says that his resolution VIII oe
for an investigation of the methods
used and is intended to save some OF
the taxpayers money that now goes
through leaks which he thinks are III
the machine. Mr.. Cooper is partlcu-
larly interested in going FOR zen.
Raum, he being of the opinion that
the investigation by the last Congress
was not as Impartial as it might nave
been. Both resolutions will not he
adopted, but the probabilities favoi
the adoption of q resolution that VIII
be acceptable to both gentleman.
Gen. Forney, of Alabama, who was
the senior Democratic member or the
House Committee on Appropriations
in the last Congress, has, on account OF
his age and somewhat failing health
declined the chairmanshlp OF thai
committee, which was rendered hiu
nv Speaker Crisp. 1t is believed here
that Representative Holman, OF IN
diana, will, in the interest of genera
retrenchment in appropriations, bt
mt al the head of that committee.
Speaker Crisp pleased those mem
hers who wished to get the cash fol
the mileage befSre Christmas by an
nouucing at the short session of the
Huuse held on Saturday, previous tc
the adjournment until "Wednesday
the membership Of Committee on
Accounts aud that on mileage, as fol-
lows: Accounts-Busk (Md), Cooper
Ind)., Dickerson (Ky), Moses, Is. CO.
s3terley, (Iowa), Pearson, (Ohio)
Ouackenbush, IN. ~, Gri-wold, Pa.
aid Cutting. (Cal.) MlIeage-Castle
Mimi, Crawford, IN. ca, Kendall
fKy.), Caldwell, (Ohio) and Flick
(I0wa).
Rrpresentatiye CuIbertson, of Tex
AZ. one of the best fitted men In pubic
life for the position, has decided TO ac
cept the Democratic vacancy on th'
Interstate commerce Commission
which Mr.. Harrison rendered 70 hin
some time ago His nomination VII
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