Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-12-18
THE SENATE
APPOINTS COMMITTEES AND GETS READY
FOR WORK.
Senator Turpis Makes the First Speech Of the
Session On his Bill 70 Have Senator's
Elected By the People-A List
Of he Assignments.

mittee this morning gave the hhlsnlnS
toucbes 10 the Democratic committee
list. and soon after il was approved Oy
the eaucus and given to Senator Cuuom
~ Add 10 the Republican assignment
list. The full committee list was pre-
sented 10 the Senate this afternoon
The caucus determined TO defer action
mon the assignment OF SenatorsHill and
Vance, until they take their seats. MI.
Henderson presided over the SENATE as
president pro TEN.
On motion of Mr.. Cullom, rule "A (tor
the appointment OF committees by pal
iot) was suspended, and 3 resolution was
offered by him for the appointment OF
the standing and select committees.
Mr.. Coekrell remarked that in the ao-
sepee Of Mr.. Vance mot yet sworn I'M
1he committee places that were Intend
cd for him and that will De assigned TO
him As soon as be takes his seat had
been temporarily assigned 70 his col
league CMr. RANSOM. So, too, the
places on committees, that would De as
signed 10 other Senators. That would
explain, be said, why so many commit
tee plaees were assigned 20 Mr.. Ransom
and other Democratic Senator'S The
resolution for the appointment OF CON-
mittees was then read and agreed TO-
They were as follows.
Agriculture-Mr. Paddock, chairman;
Messrs. McMilliR and George.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Allison, chairman,
CockreI, German and Blackburn.
Contingent Expenses OF the senate
Mr.. Jones New, chairman.
Cepc.1e-Hale chairman.
Civil Service and Observation-Disclosures.
Wolcott, chairman; among others Goruon
Claims-Mitchell, chairman, among 9TH
ers Faulkner, Villas and White.
Coast Defenses-DOlph, chairman.
Commerce-MeSsrs. Erie, chairman;
among others Quay, German and Kenna
District Of COlumbia-McMillin, chair
man; among others Ransom, Faulkner and
Barbour
EBgrossed Bills-Cockrell, chairman.
Education and LabOr-Carey, chairman,
among others, McMillin, George and Kyle.
Enrolled Bills-Sanders, chairman.
Epidemic Diseases-Harris, chairman.
Finance-Morrill, among others Sher-
man. Allison, Voorhees, and Carlisle.
FISHERIES StOckbridge, chairman.
Foreign Relations-Sherman, chairman,
others Morgan, Butler, kenna.
Immigration - Chandler, chairman,
among others Proctor, voorhees,, Cockrell
and Daniel.
Improvement Mississippi River-Wash-
burn. chairman, among others PETER, Bate
and Palmer.
Indian Affairs-Dawes, chairman, others
Danial. Villas and Henderson.
Interstate COmmerce-CulhOm, chair
man among others, HiscOck, German, and
Barbour.
Irrigation and Reclamation OF Arid Lands
Warren, chairman; among others, Stew
art, Brice any Kyle.
Judiciary chairman; others, Tel
Ter, Platt and Vest.
Libraray-QUay, chairman
Manufactures-Hi Higgins, chairman.
Military Affairs-HGwley, chairman;
among others, Cameron, Proctor, Cockrell
ard Palmer.
Mines and Mining-Stewart, chairman.
Nsval Affairs - Hawley, chairman;
among others, Hale, Mcpherson, Butler
and Blackburn.
Organization Conduit and Expenditures
Of tue Executive Observation-Disclosures,
chairman; among others, Proctor, Cockrell
and henna.
Patents-Dlxop, chairman.
Pensions-Davis, chairman; others, Villas
and Brice.
PostofRce and Post Roads-Sawyer,
chairman; among others, Brice, Irby and
Chiffon.
Henderson, chairman.
Private Land Claims-RanSom, chair
man: among others, Teller and Proctor.
Privileges and Elections-Teller, char
man; others, HOar, Mitchell and Gray,
Public Buildings and Grouuds-Stan-
ford, chairman; among others, Quay, Vest
and Brice.
Public Lands-Plumb, chairman.
Railroads-Casey, chairman.
Revision Of Laws Of United States-Wil-
son, chairman; among others, Plat, Proc
tor and Daniel.
Revolutionary ClaimS-Coke, chairman;
among others, Brice and Cameron.
Rules-Aldrich, chairman; among others,
Sherman, Blackburn.
Territories-Platt, chairman; Stewart,
Carlisle, Faulkner.
TRANSPORTATION Routes TO the Seaboard-
Squire, chairman.
Nicaraguan Claims Morgan, chairman.
Woman Suffrage-RansOm, chairman;
Carlisle, HOar, Quay.
Additional Accommodations for the Lii
brary Of CoDgreSs-V Oorhees, chairman.
On the Civilized Tribes of Indians
Butler chairman; Cameron and Teller.
On Transp rtation OF Meat Products
Vest, Chairman.
On Relations with Canada-Allen,
Chairman; Hoar, Allison, German and
Carlisle.
10 Establish the University Of the
United States-PrOctor, Chairman; Sher-
man, Butler.
Indian Depredations-Shoup, Chairman;
Faulkner, Carlisle.
Quadro- Centennial-Pe Chair
man; HiscOck, sherman, Vest, Kenna and |
Villas.
The President pro TEN. laid before the |
Senate the credentials Of SenatOr-elect |
Hill, of New York, and they were read and |
placed on file.
Mr. Turpie then proceeded to address |
the Senate in support Of the joint reso-
luton introduced by him on December !
10) proposing an amendment TO the con- |
stituti0n providing for the election Of |
United States Senators by direct vote |
OF the people Of the several States.
Mr.. Turpie said that in the course OF |
100 years the country had thrice waged |
war, once for the acknowledgements of |
commerce on the high seas, again for |
the security and amendment of the ma |
tiOnal frontier upon the south and west, |
and lastly for the supreme issues OF /
federal unity and the national life.
In the storm and stress attending |
these severe trials of the American |
form Of policy, parties might have /
erred, administrations might have /
failed aud faltered, but the people had |
stood firm and fast, not the rich, not |
the privileged, not the few favored by /
birth or fortune, their love and SER
vices would not have suficed, but the
many.
IL was those who had no rank and /
who belonged to no class, who had /
fought the battles OF the country, en-