St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-24
CRISPS Committees,
The Speaker Announces the
Positions for the New
Congress.
Members From the Northwest
Have Been Fairly Well
Placed.
Analysis Of the Shuttle Of
Names as They Appear on
the List.
FIR. Crisp Disregarded Old
Preeedents in Organizing
His Forces.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-ln the make
up of the house committees, as an
nounced today, the Northwest states
fare as well, perhaps, as could be ex-
pected. Had Mills been chosen speaker,
Of course Hall and Iarres, of Mime
sofa, would have received better places.
a craftsmanship of minor committees
has been given to Iowa, Minnesota and
Wisconsin.
Hayes, of Iowa. is chairman of the
committee on education; Brickner, of
Wisconsin, of expenditures in the treas
urv; while Castle, of Minnesota; John
son, Of North Dakota; Lind, of Min
nesOta; Perkins, of Iowa, and
Haugen, of Wisconsin, are mem
bers of leading committees. Halvor-
sen, Alliance representative from
Minnesota, is on two good committees.
Haugen takes his old position on the
elections committee. Lind is again a
member of the committee on commerce,
and johnson, on coinage, weights and
measures, VIII have a chance to show
his ability.
Jolley, of South Dakota, and Picker
are satisfied with being placed on sew
eral important committees. Picker will
have a chance to do good work for the
Dakotas on the irrigation committee,
and JOlley can watch the farmers in
terests on the agricultural committee,
of which HalyOrsen is also member
DolIIver, of Iowa, is placed on several
committees.
Northwestern members, however,
would no doubt have been better
pleased If some Northwestern men had
been placed on the river and harbor and
public buildings and grounds.
: Old Rules DIsregarded.
The prediction that Speaker Crisp
would do violence to the rule of pre-
cedence as established by years Of prac-
tlce was verified. In the committee on
elections the old rule is observed
O'FerraIl. OF Virginia, who was second
IN the minority to Crisp himself in the
last congress. goes to the head. Nils
Haugen. of WISCONSIN,, is the minority
leader, being the first among survivors
on that side
OF the ten Democratic members of
the ways and means committee. all eX-
cept Mr.. Stephens, of Massachusetts,,
and MIR Bryan, of Nebraska, who are
in their first term of congress, were
members Of the Fiftieth congress, and
of those eight members all except Mr.
Whiting. of Michigan. are recorded as
voting for the Mills bill on its final
passage. Mr.. Whiting made several
speeches favOring the clauses Of the bill
relating to wool and salt and uphOlding
the tariff message of PRECEDENT CleVe-
land. He is one of fourteen members
recorded as mot voting on the final
passage of the bill, and was probably
paired in favor Of the bill.
The five Republican members Of the
committee of course all voted against
the Mills bill and in favor of the Nc
kinley bill in the last congress. Mr.
DalZell, of Pennsylvania, is the new
member Of the committee from the Re
publican side Of the house, and McSsrs.
McMillin, Turner and Wilson CIV. Val
are the Democratic members who have
III recent years been identified with
tariff reform as members of the commit
tee. The three Democratic members
last named aided in framing the Mills
bill.
Location in ChairHl anShips.
In his formation of committees the
speaker has apparently been careful TO
appOrtlOn the chairmanShipS as nearly
equally as may be among the various
sections of the country, having regard.
however, to the legislative experience
and ability Of the members whom he
has chosen TO Superintend. and to a
great extent determine, the business
which will come before the house of
representatives. While the South Sc
cures majority of the chairmanships,
the majority is so small that it can cas-
lily be attributed to the longer services
rendered by the Southern members
the great body of the Northern Demo-
cratic representatives being new tillerS
of the soil Of legislation.
According to states, the chairman
ships are distributed as follows: Vir-
ginla 2, Illinois ), Indiana 3, Missouri 4,
Georgia 3, including committee of rules,
OF which the speaker is eX-OfTiciO chair
man: Alabama 3, North Carolina 8, Ar
kansas ?, Texas 3, New York 4. Louis
lana 2, New Jersey l, Pennsylvania ?.
Iowa l, South Carolina 2, Kentucky 2.
Tennessee 2, Mississippi ,, Rhode Is
land l, Wisconsin !, Ohio 8, Massachu-
sets l, Michigan 2, Connecticut l, Mary
land 8, Minnesota l.
Specific Tariff Bills.
Mr.. Springer, the chairman. has al
ways voted for tariff reform measures.
but has, by published interviews, re
corded himself as in favor of passing
specific bills to put q few articles on
the free list and against Il general re-
vision of the tariff 10y the house at this
session. a majority OF his Democratic
colleagues have stated in public that
they were III favor of this line of policy
at the present time. Mr.. Dingley is
transferred to the committee on apprO-
priations. Instead of promoting Mr..
tOrney, who headed the minority in the
last congress, Speaker Crisp hos made
MI Holman chairman of the committee
on appropriations, Mr.. FOrnev second.
AL other Democratic members are re-
tanned and Messrs. Breckenridge,C Comm
ton and O'Neill, Of Massachusetts.
added. Livingston represents the Alli-
ance membership.
Mr.. Cultivate. of OHIO, is notable
example of the appointment of chair
man from outside the old membership
Of the committee. He is placed at the
head OF military affairs and loses his
place IN the elections committee. David
j. CulbersOn, of Texas, goes to the head
of the judiciary, being the ranking
member of the old minority. Mr.. Oates,
of Alabama, is second, and Bynum. of
Indiana. third. This is the best place
Bynum gets. Henry Bacon, of New
York, a new man, gets the chairman
ship Of the committee on banking and
currency, instead of Covert, of New
York, who did not vote for Crisp.
BIand's Committee.
An inquiry INTO the records of the
house committee on coinage, weight,
and measures shows that by past ute