The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-20

the tidbits Of the House. Harmer was turned
S,;S TIC third psss ssS p n r.
% 5 az asS ieS A''a
re So@%isses, on MInss and MInIps; Nj;
Meed Jumped him With Thomas III Carter OF
nsHsr besn Land 81 shs
sa Sssa Sssa M asst
osBoRNE cHEADLE. AND BREWER
Gen; Edwin 8 ogsbog1s Of i, Pe n,n
a.n Bsn He
stlSn 81 precsdent was The butcnery p Joseph
GhsiImanship' q the Committee on Claims.
The the PLACE t. william g laid
had M s%s sno sSs S,5SS
sSapYstn Of the House., in the face S''1 q
st shs tail end d ths eo%%itsee in !hs prsesd;
rans n so!n mgr to Ss as
Neither Kerr nor Bowden got smell Of Reeds
ss v WAS Gn%s The Com
o! the committee. Those who were over
81 sf 81 % Ssea
oSo wss next * tf s
The, Both were set 9sid9 to give place TO Gen.
wac afterward salved by the, Speaker. except
REEDS SECTIONAL LINE.
So much for the record Of Mr.. Speaker Reed.
he left the beaten track only thirteen times.
HIS s s.a'ppo9intTents. howeverwere almost purely
al Se And s
although there were twenty-five Southern Re:
a In he list h House sds 2.
ships The eceeesriS nH aasS Ge u fennessee
q q
Browne. and Featherston. the oniy. Repubil.
se ThS g h I'd ssn Ys H ss sm r.
Union war record in East Tennessee had
sm h Rssps in he MSS nea anS long
TSs iel%se ssn snst sSs
irs% The Wey
and the latter e that Of the Committee on Ex-
peved poes o
Committee on Claims and in TIC one on
ehair@snship. But this was not ali; There
Of the House. and none Of the three reached q
oommtttee Of commanding influence; Such
The s1 ne any ~
Force bill The South under his rule. failed
entirely to receive its dues according to pre-
LIGHT FOR CRISP.
These facts throw q flood Of light over the
PEELED e disssssrq Precedent sven more Than
hts pEEe a Upless ne e does So thirty,
viii rsesvS
least Important committees. The figures look
tie
Mason and pixon's line. and only lis from
South 9fi II precedent is to be strictly fol-
lowed the Chairmen Of committees will be:
Of 1isS.m.
n Banking and Currency-James ". Covert Of New
p Soin.gsa , Weights and Ne.sures-R'chard Parks
ana q Grain of Lou
Merchant Marine and Fisheries-AmosJ. Cummings
Ass,cuiture.wiinam Henry Hatch Of Missouri.
EoEs,gn Anairs-James B NeGrsaIy q Kentucky
TsTSs Ct Ct A:Ss%s
FssS ssss & Indiana
sss%
Public Buildings and Grounds~ohn Il. Ssnfssad of
S;ssss ess 3. x..
s.sssn. c.sP Ct
IiHtis-Chsries stewart Of TeIas.
& ;ss'a S:;ss.
Claims-Charles II. Mansur of Missouri
war Claims-wlIliam J. Stone Of Ksntucky;. -
District of coumbia-John J. Hemphin of South
Revision Of tho Laws-Thomas F. Maensr of New
Expenses State Departmeut-0eorse H. Brickner OF
Expenses Treasury Departmsns-Joseph H.outhwaits
Kxpsnses Navy Observation-Disclosures A. o. Mcclellan
EIpenses Post once OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES McMinn
Expenses interior Department-Jsmes W. Owens Of
..spenses Department. of Jusics-John C. rarsney of
Expenses Department of Agriculture-J. Logan Chip
= EsSen.s: Public Buildinss-Joseph H. oNeil of Mas
xs:Ss5yssS; ,s. E:yss Of low.
iiSr.iy-Nobody Issieeted;
Reform IN the civil sefvcs-John B. Anderson OF West
Klscton Of President yiesprs.!aent. and Congress.
Ssn.a.SJe: sPl*s wa:s,ss,on Tsnps..es
INDIAN Oepredati0ns-JOhn u. Allen or mississippi.
Ventilation and AcOustics-Jonn Alexander Buchanan
Alcoholic Trafnc-Clark Lewis OF Mississippi.
Irrigation Arid Lands-saniuel W. T. Lanham Of
Texas
Immisr ion-wilia,n c. Oates Of Alabama.
HOW TERM OF SERVICE oPERATEs
Now let US look at the term Of service OF the
Chairmen under precedent. independent OF
tssaf fhe a
represent % years Of SERVICE in the House:
aggfegate 282 years of service OF the ITO
Northsrn Democrats In the House forty were were
seyenty-six were reelected, INCLUDING those
eress. The seventy-six reelected from the
south. :, however. represent exactly 6Oo
elected from the North have had an OK
perience Of only no years. In other words. li5
800 years Of active service IL the House while
periepce Of only $50 years The % Democrats
from New York represent only forty; four years
credited with seventy-four years. The four
teen from Ohio represent ten years. and the
fOurtaen from Missouri 8fxtY-oiQht years The