The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-24
Attic nATloR'S CAPITAL.
CONGRESS PREPARING FOR WORK.
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS.
Cor. Of THE DEMOCRAT.j


/ Speaker Crisp has been i'll Wit
the grip but he is so nuaT MAXIM
the committee assignments tina;
be says he cannot enjoy the luxury
Of tsking TO bis bed until the trou>
blesome business il settled and lie
expects that it will be settled on We'd
nesdav. when Congress will take s
recess until the 9th OF Janasry.
The selection Of Northern men for
the chairmausnips Of both the Nay =
and Means and Appropriation cor
mittees, it being about settled that
Mr.. Springer Of Illinois, will have
the first, and AIR. Holman, of Indian :
the last, has made some dissatts>
faction, the argument feing msde
that one section should rot haT,
both. Bat Mr. Cr5p'o fcierds reply
by citing the fact that the South
has all three Of the democratic mem
bers Of the committee on Rules =
Crisp or McMilljn, aud Csthings-
which, they say ahoat equally divides
the power, so far as the control Of
legislation is concerned.
Representative Mills, who hss
been quite Ill, is now convaiescent.
II reply to q note from Speaker
Crisp tenOeIing him the second place
on the committee 81 Ways and
Means and asking which committee
Commerce or Po-tolfices-he prefer
red taking tie craftsmanship of, Mr..
Mills wrote asking not to be assign,
ed to tha Ways sand Means
com uittee and expire n .
a willingness to accept such othe
committee assignments as nay he
made for bin. The committee on
Commerce has been changed to the
committee On Interstate and Forei9u
Commerce, and it is thought Mr..
Mills will be its chairman.
The House Com mittee on Ru es
reported in favor Of increasing the
mbership of the " ays and Meano
com mittee from Is to Is and Of The
qnadro-cente1nj from 9 to II.
After accepting tins report, the
House, on motion Of Mr.. Springer,
voted to change The name Of the
last committe to that on the Coi>
umbian Exposition. The new rules
will not be reported until after the
recess. but it is not expected th.t
they will differ very materially from
those used in the Fiftieth Congress
when Mr. Carlisle was Speaker Of
the House.
Representative Enloe. Of Ten
nessee. offered a resolution, which
was referred to the Committee on
Rules, providing for the appointment
of Gem mittee Of five to Investigate
charges against the Pension Bureau,
Including tie notorious reratlng and
promotion Casee, which resulted in
the REMOVAL of "Corpore" IanreI;
The office brokerage, which got son
OF Commissioned Raum liz Lrouhl.:
The favoritIsm by which claims ct
certain attorneys are given pGefer~
enCc over those fled either by ia
dlIldual claimants OF other attorneys
and ''ali other N alters relatlng to
The conduct Of The Commissioner ia
tue matter or to the administration
Of bis office which 10 the judgment
of said committee, may coEduce to
tie honest, clear, just, economical
and efficient administration OF sal
Bureau. Tne adoptioa Of this reso
luton by the House may be rut
down IS q certainty.
Many members have gone sway
for the holidays as it was agreed
that nothing wOuId be donc at The
session OF The House 10 be held on
Wednesday except to announce the
committees.
The nomination of Stephen Il.
Elklns to be Secretary Of War and
of Nathan Golf to be one of The
Circuit Court judges Indicates
that the ADMINISTRATION hopes OF Sc
curing the electoral vote Of West
Virginia next yea; hut If the Sena,
tors and Repr from that
State know nything about II Mir.
Harrison Is indalging In bit vi
"raintow chasing"
Representative Culbortson OF
Texas, changed his mind after hav-
ing accepted and declioed the dem>
ocratic vacancy on the Interstate
Commerce commission. 1t is un-
ders TODD that he did 1t in Difference
10 the wishes Of the his Texa.
friends who want him TO be can
Ii1ate for the Sarata