Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-09
CAPITOL TOPICS.
The New Men to Go on the Senate District
Committee.

The New Men to Go on the Senate District
Committee.
week or more will probably elapse before
the republican caucus committee of the Senate
announces the committee assignments.
but those people who are interested in
the makeup of the Senate committee on
the District of Columbia need not wait until
the final report is made. goodly number of
Senators have endeavored, and some of them
are still endeavoring to secure a place
on the District committee, but only
three can be gratified. Who these three
fortunate ones is practically settled today.
They are Senators Plumb of Kansas, Wolcott of
Colorado and Gallinger of New Hampshire.
These will fill the vacanies created by
the retirement of ingalls,, Spooner and FarwelL
lhe committee as reorganized will be fol-
lows: Senator Mcmillan of Michigan, chairman;
Senator Higgins of Delaware, Senator Plumb
OF Kansas, Senator Wolcott of Colorado, Sem
ator Gallinger of New Hampshire, Senator Har-
| ris of Tennessee, Senator Vance of North Caro-
lima, Senator Faulkner of West Virginia and
Senator Barbour of Virginia
TWO SPECIAL MESSAGES EXPECTED.
Two special executive messages are looked
for at the Capitol during this week. One Of
these will be devoted exclusively to the
worlds fair; the other will discuss interna-
tional relations with Chile. The worlds fair
message is expected TO be lengthy document,
IN which details as to the great exposition will
be dealt with.
SENATE COMMITTEES
The republican senatorial caucus committee
was at work this forenoon endeavoring to ar
range the committee membership. Fair
progress was made, and while the work was
not completed the committee feel confident
that they will be able to make a report salts
faa 20 wlxr al. a.
WHY REPRESENTATIVE HoAR DID NOT VOTE.
Mr.. Sherman Hoar of Massachusetts when
asked why he did not vote for Speaker on the
roll call yesterday said: LAST fall in an inter-
view which 1 had during our campaign i'm
Massachusetts stated that in the coming con-
test for the speakership would vote for no
candidate who would not promise to use his
influence, IL elected Speaker, against the con-
sideration of bad financial legislation and the
extension OF silver coinage When Mr.. Crisp
became the candidate of the party i
sent to him and asked him to give
me this promise, which he declined
to do. There was then nothing left for me to
do but to refrain from voting for him. Having
gone into the caucus 1 did not care to vote for
any one else but its nominee, but 1 could not
vote for him and keep my word. In my judg-
ment, however, he will do exactly what be re-
fused to promise to do namely. use his infiu-
ence as Speaker against the consideration of
measures looking 10 the extension OF the coin
age of silver. feel fairly sure that such will
be his action, but as could not get his promise
he could not get my vote"
A DIGEST OF ELECTION CASES
When the House committee on elections is
appointed and proceeds to consider the con-
tested election cases which will come before it
for the first time it will have as . basis digest
of the reports, testimony and legal questions
relative to elections which came before pre-
vious Congresses. This digest is intended by
Mr.. Chester H. Rowen, the clerk of the cleo
tions committee, who worked on IL during
the recess, to assist the members in reach
ing an impartial conclusion touching the
law and precedents applicable to any election
contest. The older members of the Senate are
familiar with election precedents, and when
ever any case comes up are for that reason
well informed on most Of the questions a issue,
and all important cases have been grouped
into one volume In the House, however, no
digest has heretofore been prepared,
owing in part to the greater number Of
contests and the voluminous testimony
taken in each, and - the complexion Of the
House changes frequently, the result has been
that members have often acted with only an
imperfect knowledge Of the laws and prece-
dents, the result being confusion and lack OF
anything like uniform policy In dealing with
eases involving ths rights Of nsnbsrs 10 thsir