Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-12-19
WASHINGTON.

position VINO naQ not uOne so In tnelr
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 as
thinker; he knows that it will he
impossible to so arrange the commit
tee assignments that all the demo-
cratic members 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 equitable distribution
of the chairmanships and places upon
the important committees between
the various sections of the country,
believing that no Representative will
allow his personal 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
given a 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
important committees may be heard,
but about the only thing that every
body seems to be agreed upon is that
the Ways and Means committee,
which deals with tariff matters, will
be dominated by Northern and West
ern 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 rea-
sons being given why he will not !;
one of them being that there is an
extra session of the Texas LegisIa-
ture in the Spring, he Will be a can
didate for the unexpired term in the
Senate of ex-senator Reagan-now
being temporarily filed by Senator
Chilton-and that II he is elected he
will at once resign his seat in the
House. But there are those who
think that that is just the reason
why ne should take the chairman
ship. They argue that for Mr.. Crisp
to tender this important place to Mr..
Mills and for him to accept it would
show that no bad blood was left by
the hot fight for the nomination, and
that the committee could be so made
up that the next democrat on the
committee could from the first take
up the hard work of the chairman
and that in the event of the election
of Mr.. Mills to the Senate this gentle
man might be made chairman.
Resolutions providing for an in
vestigatiOn of the Pension Office will
shortly be offered in the House by
Representative Cooper, of Indiana,
and Enloe, of Tennessee. The latter
gentleman says that his resolution
will be 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 in the machine. Mr.,
Cooper is particularly interested in
going for Gen. Raum, he being of the
opinion that the investigation by the
last Congress was not as impartial as
it might have been. Both resolu.
tions will not be adopted, but the
probabilities favor the adoption of g
resolution that will be acceptable tC
both gentlemen.
Gen. Forney of Alabama, who was
the senior democratic member of the
House Committee on Appropriations
in the last Congress, has, on account
of his age and somewhat failing
health, declined the Craftsmanship O.
that committee, which was rendered
him by Speaker Crisp. 1t is believed
here that Representative Holman, O
Indiana, will, in the interest Of gen
eral retrenchment in appropriations
be put at the head of that Com
nittee.
Speaker Crisp pleased those mem
bers who wished to get the cash fol
their mileage before Christmas by
announcing at the short session Oft
House held on Saturday, previous t.
the adjournment until Wednesday
the membership Of Committee OF
Accounts and that on Mileage, as fol
lows: AccOunts-Rusk Md Coop
er (Ind.,) Dickerson (Ky.,) Nose