Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-15

ign, Coast Defenses, Railroads, Quadro-
Centennial (select).
of Columbia, Privileges and Elections, Inter
state Commerce, Coast Defenses.
New York's Man Gets His Share.
Hiscock-Organization, Conduct and Ex.
penditures in the Executive Departments,
Chairman; Finance, Interstate Commerce,
Quadro-C (select), Foreign Rela-
tions, Pacific Railroads (selectl.
Hoar-Judiciary, Chairman; Privileges and
Elections, Relations With Canada (select),
Woman Suffrage (select).
Jones, of Nevada-To audit and control
contingent expenses Of the Senate, CHAIR
man; Commerce, Finance, Mines and MIN
ing:
McMillan-Districto of Columbia, Chairman
Agriculture and Forestry, Postoffices ana
Postroads Education and Labor.
,Manderson-Printing, Chairman; huieS'
Mitchell - Claims, Chairman: judiciary,
Postoffices and Postroads, Transportation
Routes to the Seaboard, Privileges and Elec-
tions, Nicaraguan Claims (select).
Morrill-Finsnce, Chairman; Public Bulio-
1ngs and Grounds, Additional Accomm0ua,,
tions for Library of Congress (select), civil
Service and Retrenchment.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and Fores Try,
Chairman; Audit and Control Contingent
Expenses of the Senate. Pensions, Pupilc
Lands, Indian Depredations (select) Add
tional Accommodations for the Library OF
Peffer-Claims. Examine the several
Branches of the Civil Service, Census. I'M
provemept of Mississippi River, Railroads;
Observation-Disclosures Centennial (selectl,
Chairman; Indian Affairs, Public Lanos,
Railroads, Improvement Of the MISSISSIPPI
River.
Not Very Much for Platt
Platt-Territories, Chairman; Judiciary,
Patents, Revision of the Laws.
Plumb-Public Lands, Chairman; Appro-
priations, District of Columbia, Transporta-
ton and Sale of Meat Products (select).
of the civil service, Chairman; railroads.
transportation, routes to the Seaboard,
transportation and sale of meat products
(select), mines and mining; Improvement OF
the Mississippi river.
Proctor-Establish the University of the
United States (select), Chairman; revision
OF the laws, immigration, military aHalrs,
private land claims, organization, conduct
and expenditures of the executive depart
ments.
Quay - Library, Chairman; commerce,
public buildings and grounds, woman suf-
frage (select).
Sanders-Enrolled bills Chairman; irriga-
tion, claims. public lands, patents, private
land claims.
Sawyer-Postofilces and Post Roads, Chair
man: Commerce, Pensions, Revolutionary
Claims. Investigate Condition of Potomac
River Front of Washington (select).
Sherman-Foreign Relations, Chairman;
University of the United States (selectl: In
vestigate Condition of the Potomac River
Front of Washington (select):
Shoup-Indian Depredations (select),
Chairman; Pensions, Territories, Indian Al
fairs.
Squire-Transportatio Routes to the Sea-
board, Chairman: Coast Defenses, Immigra-
ton, Fisheries, Public Buildings ana
(select)
stanford-Public Buildings and Grounds,
Chairman; Education and Labor, Fisheries,
Naval Affairs, Civil Service and Retrench-
ment.
stewart Boss of Mining Affairs.
stewart-Mfnes and Mining, Chairman;
Territories. Irrigation,
Claims, Nicaraguan Claims (select.)
Observation-Disclosures, Chairman; Naval
Affairs. Railroads. Census, Epidemic Dis
eases, Indian Affairs.
Teller-Privileges and Elections, Chair
man; Judiciary, Five Civilized Tribes of In
dians (select), Private Land Claims.
NATURALIZATION Chairman: Engrossed
Bills, Mines and Mining, Woman Suffrage
(select), Agriculture and Forestry.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of the Missfs-
sippi River, Chairman: Commerce, Educa-
tion and Labor, Civil Service and Retrench-
ment, Postoffices and Postroads, Univer-
sitv of the United States (select).
wilson-Revision of the Laws, Chairman;
Commerce, Judiciary, Quadro-
Centennial tselect), Organization, Conducs
and Expenditures of the Executive Depart
ments
Wolcott-Civil Service and Retrennment,
Chairman; District of Columbia, Interstate
Commerce, Postofices and Postroads,
1t is apparent from the above list that the
Senators from the Northwestern States have
been well taken care of in the matter of
and places on important COM
mittees. While Messrs. FELTON,, Dubois
md Hansbrough do not secure chairman
ships, they do get assignments to commit
tees that originate large part of the i'm
portant legislation of Congress. The name
Of Senator Kyle does not appear upon
the list, although Senator Peffer, his
Alliance colleague, is given four COM
mittee assignments. It is learned
that Senator Kyle was approached with
view to ascertaining his preferences, but
that his response was non-committal and
vaguely limited at an expectation that the
Alliance Senators would receive committee
assignments from both the Republican and
Democratic caucuses. Doubt has also been
cast upon his soundness in Republican prin-
,iples, so that up to this time the Repub-
ican caucus has been unable to place him,
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