Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-24
NEW MEN AT FRONT.
Speaker Crisp Tries New Tim
Der for the Committees.
SPRINGER GIVEN A LEADING POST.

While Mills Is ReIegated Somewhat to
the Rear-General Shake-Up that Puts
New Blood on Its Mettle-A Coinage
Committee That Looks Very Argentif-
erous-Bynum Gets a Third Place on
the Military, and Holman Put Where
His Objections Will DO Most Good.
WASHINGTON, Dec 24.-The prediction
that Speaker Crisp in the make up of his
committees would do violence to the rule
of precedence as established by years of
practice was verified by the list as an
nounced yesterday. In the committee on
elections the rule is observed; Representa-
tive O'Ferrall, of Virginia, who was
second on the minority to Crisp himself
last congress, goes to the Read. Nils Haugen
of Wisconsin, is the first minority mem
her, being the first amoEg survivors on that
side. The committee on ways and means
Is badly shaken up, as was expected.
Springer in "A New Position.
Springer, who has not heretofore been
connected with the committee at all. is
chairman, and McAIillin holds second place.
his relative position on the minority last
members of the majority-Wilson, Mont
gomery, Whiting, Shively, Stevens, Coch-
ran, and Bryan-are all new men. Reed,
Burrows, Mckenna, and Payne have served
before, and Dalzell takes Bayne's place.
Dingley is transferred to the committee on
appropriations.
Wants to Keep Expenses Down.
Instead of promoting Foney, who head
ed the minority in the last congress,
Speaker Crisp has made Holman chairman
of the committee on appropriations, with
Forney second. All other Democratic
members are retained and c. X. Breckin-
ridge, Compton and O'Neill of Massachu-
setts added. Livingston represents the
Alliance membership. The new Republi-
can members are Bingham, Dingley and
Grout. Belden has been dropped. Outh-
waite Of Ohio is notable example of the
appointment of a chairman from outside
the old membership of the committee. He
is placed at the head of military affairs
and loses his place on the elections COM
mittee.
Bynum's Best Gift a Third Place.
General Wheeler, o: Alabama, the rank
ing member of the old committee. is second
on the list. David b. Culberson of Texas
goes 10 the nead OF the judiciary, Delng lhe
ranking member of the old minority; while
eN-Chairman r. b. Taylor of Ohio heads
the minority this year. Oates of Alabama
is second and Bynum of Indiana third.
This j. the best place Bynum gets. Had
Mills been elected speaker he would prob
ably have been chairman of ways and
means. Henry Bacon of New York, "A new
man, gets the chairmanship of the i'm
portant committee ON banking and cur
rency, instead of Covert of New \ Iork,
who did not vote for Crisp.
Mills Given an Important Place.
Mills is at the head of the new commit
tee on interstate and foreign commerce.
Charles ;. Baker. of New y ork, was chair
man of the committee on commerce, its
predecessor in the last congress. Coinage,
weights. and measures. as was expected,
will he presided over by Richard =. Bland,
and the membership of the committee in
dicates that if silver legislation is not
feature of this congress il will not be the
fault of the committee. The majority is
radically free silver.