The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-17

Soeuos lselec1), cnalrman; revision {
laws, immigration, military affairs
private land claims, organization con
duct and expenditures of the execntiv
department. '
Quay-Library, chairman con,
merce, public buildings and grounds
woman suffrage Select
Sanders-Enrolled bills, chairman
irrigation, claims public lands
patents, private land claims.
SaWyer-Post office and post
roads, chairman; commerce, pen.
slons, revolutionary claims, investi.
gate condition Potomac river from
Washington (select.)
Sherman-Foreign relations. chair.
man; finance, rules, quadro. Centennial
lselect), University of the United
States (select), investigate condition
Potomac river front Washington
(select.) WIZ
Shoup-Indian depredations(selech
chairman, pensions, territories, Indian
affairs.
Squire-Transportation routes TO
seaboard, chairman; coast defenses
immigration, fisheries, public build,
lngs and grounds, University of the
United States.
Stanford-Public buildings and
grounds, chairman; education and
labor, fisheries, naval affairs, civil
service and retrenchment.
SteWart-Mines and mining, chair
man; appropriations, territories irri-
cation, claims, Nicaraguan claims (se-
lect)
Observation-Disclosures chairman;
naval affairs, railroads, census, cpl
demic diseases, Indian affairs.
Teller-Privileges and elections,
chairman; judiciary, five civilized
tribes Indians (select), agriculture and
forestry.
acknowledgements of the
Mississippi river, chairman; conf
merce, education and labor, civil SER
vice and retrenchment, postotfice and
post roads, University of the United
States Select.
Naturalization of laws, chair
man; interstate commerce, judiciary,
quadro-centennial (select), organiza-
ton, conduct and expenditures of the
executive department.
Senator Wolcott-Civil service and
retrenchment, chairman; District of
Columbia, interstate commerce, post
office and pest roads, library.
1t is apparent from the list that the
senators from the Northwestern
states have been well taken care of.
The name of Senator Kyle does not
appear upon the list, although Sena-
tor PETER, his Alliance colleague, is
given four committee assignments, 1t
Is learned that Senator Kyle was APP
preached with q view to ascertaining
MS preferences, but his response was
n-committal. Doubt also has been
cast upon his soundness in Republican
so the Republican caucus
las been unable to place him although |
t may do so tomorrow,
THE HOUSE. !
Speaker Crisp spent the day TT the
capitol seeing members of congress
md attending to his correspondence.
lie has ascertained The wishes of a
.reat number of the members Of the
House. The character of the comit-
zee on rules hos not been decided, and
he proposition to make it up without
'eference 20 the chairmanships Of the
Ways and means and appropriations
s still under discussion. There seems
to be q strong probability that the
plan will prevail. The Star says:
1t is not true that it has been defi-
nitely settled that Springer is to go
to the head of the committee on ways
and means, but it il entirely proba-
BILE that he will, being the most prom
inent of the northern Democrats, from
among whom the chairman OF this
committee will probably be selected.
1t is probable that Mills, Mcmillan
and Wilson of West Virginia will be
appointed on the committee, with
one each from New England,
New York, Ohio, the South and the
far West. The committee will prob
ablv be increased to fifteen. 1t is
practically settled that Holman will
90 to the head of the committee on
appropriations. 1t is said that Hemp
hill may 90 on the appropriations ana
in that event Heard of Missouri IS TO
he the chairman of the House district
committee.
In the Senate today PETER of Kan
sas introduced by request a bill pro-
yiding for the taking of special sup,
elementary census of the United
States for The purpose of asking each
person, firm, association and corpora
ton questions relative to their prop
erty, debts, etc.
Representative Enloe Of Tennessee
has determined to offer a resolution
looking to the further investigation o.
Commissioner Raum's administraa
ton of the pension bureau and vii
seek an appointment on the specia
committee of inquiry.
FRUSTRATED BY LA GRIPPE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-Justice'
Brown and Lamar Of the Supreme
Court of the United States are conflne,'
to their homes with attacks OF IL
grippe.
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Alliance Lecturers at Work