The state chronicle., 1891-12-24

canals, y. T.. CODD, the ranking
member. was set aside; W.H. Hatch
goes to the head of his old commit
tee on agriculture, succeeding Mr..
Funston, of Kansas, the only Kan
sas member of the fifty-frst Con-
gress that was reelected. At the
head of foreign affairs is J. H.
Blount, of Georgia; Mr.. j. B. Nc
Creary, of Kentucky, was the rank
ing member. He now gets second
place. Hilary A. Herbert, of Ala
bama, is again at the head of the
committee on naval affairs, where he
served in the fiftieth Congress. NC.
Blanchard, Louisiana, goes to head
of rivers and harbcrs from the head
of the minority in last Congress.
Samuel Fowler supplants A. j.
Cummins as chairman of the COM
mittee on merchant marine and
fisheries which he would have had
under the rule of promotion, but
instead Cummins goes to the COM
mittee on library. Mr.. Blount by
the same rule would have been en-
titled to the Craftsmanship of the
committee on postoffices and post
roads. He goes to foreign affairs and
John S. Henderson, of North Caro-
lima, new man, will be at the head
of the postoffice committee. G.. H.
Page, of Rhode of Island, at the
head of the committee on manufac-
lures, is a new man. Mr.. Bynum, of
Indiana, was the ranking member
of the minority in last Congress.
W. H. H. Cowles, of North Caro-
lima, also takes new service at the
head of the committee on mines and
mining. j. H. Bankhead, of Ala
bama, chairman of the committee on
public buildings and grounds, has
had service on that committee, hav-
ing been the ranking minority mem
Der last. Congress. j. B. Riley, of
Pennsylvania, goes from foot to head
of the committee on Pacific rail-
roads passing over Crane, of Texas,
Cooper, Of Indiana, and O'Neill, of
Massachusetts. Messrs. Hayes, of
Iowa, and Tarsney, of Missouri, of
the committee on education and la
Dor, respectively, are new men. Mr..
Caruth, who was ranking member Of
minority committee on education is
placed second on the list. He
wants to be excused from service.
Cooper, of South Carolina, goes at
the head of patents having led the
minority in the committee of the
last congress. The ranking Demo-
cratic members of the old commit
tees on pensions and invalid pen
slons were from the South and the
speaker took new men for these po-
sltions, Messrs. Wilson, of Mis-
souri,, and Martin, of Indiana, the
latter served in the war being only
l6 years old when he enlisted. John
+. Andrews, of Massachusetts.
served on the committee of the last
congress or reform in the civil SER
vice and is entitled to promotion
to be Chairman. The selection
OF MIR. Stump, of Meryland, to be
chairman of the committee on emi-
grafton and naturalization gives the
committee the services of man
qualified for the place by thorough
study OF the question in the 5lst
Congress. The North gets 81
chalrmanships, and the South 26.
All the committees governing mat
ters relating to transportation have
chalrmen from the South, inter-
state and foreign commerce, rivers
and harbors, railways and canals,
levees and improvements Of the
Mississippi river. Mr.. Hall of Penn
sylvania has no committee assign
ment. His name was on the com
mlttee on war claims, but was
scratched out. AS there is def
cheney of one place on that commit
tee he will probably be restored.
The count of names show that the
speaker surpassed the membership
allowed by the resolution of the com.
mittee on rules on the following COM.
mittees: Indian affairs; Pacific rail.
roads; territories and mining; irri.
cation; and postoffices. This came
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