, 1891-12-24
THE COM MITTEES.
Springer is Chairman of the
Ways and Means,
And Mr.. Mills is Only Con-
spicuous by His Absence.
Silver Dick" Bland Heads the
Coinage Committee.
WAYS aud Means Committee

WASHINGTON. Dec. 23.-The following
house committees have been announced:
Ways and means-William NJ. Springer
of | %liuois, chairman; Benton McMlllin
of Tennessee, II. G. Turner Of Georgia,
l. Wilson Of V est Virginia, A. b..
Montgomery of Kentucky. j. r. Whiting
of Michigan, b. j. Shively of Indiana.
w Bourke Cochran of New York. Moses
T Stevens OF Massachusetts, w j.
Bryan OF Nebraska, t. b. Reed Of Maine.
j U. Burrows of Michigan, Joseph Me
Kenna uf California, 5. f Payne of New
York, John Dalzell of Pennsylvania.
Appropriations
w. ). Holman, chairman; W. II. For
ney. j. b. Sayres, w G. Breckenridge OF
Kentucky. A. NJ. Dockery, VIM. Mulch
Ter, c. r. breckenridge of Arkansas,
Barnes Compton, j. ii. O'Neill Of Mas
sachusetts, l.. +. Livingstone, d. X.
Henderson, w. NJ. Cogswell, II. II.
Bingham, Nelson Dingley, w W. Groute.
Coinage. Weights and Measures
r.. Z. Bland, chairman; Charles Tracey,
j. II. Williams, C. b. Kilgorc, S. NJ.
Robinson, R. c. Pierce, j. A. Epps, j.
f. Williams Of Massachusetts, w. A Nc
Kcighau, II. II. B%artine. Abuer TAYLOR of
Illinois, 7 NJ. Stone of Pennsylvania,
NJ. \. johnson of North Dakota.
The following ar" chaIrmeu of the
respective committees named: Pacific
railroads, }. Il. Kelley; .leyees aud i'm
prOyemeut OF Mississippi river, l. NJ.
Robinson; elections. Charles Iofferall;
rivers and harbors. n. C. Blanchard;
foreign affairs. } II Blouut; military
affairs, j. II. 0uthSaite; post offices and
post roads, John S. Henderson; public
lands, T. c McRae; Indian affairs, S. W.
Pett; territories, j. a " ashiugton; rail
ways and canals, T. G. Catchiugs; Colum-
biau exposition, A. C. Dudrow; manuiGc-
lures, f. u. Cowles; public buildings and
grounds, D.. I'll. Bankhead; uer-
uel Fowler; agriculture. H.. IL. Hatch;
pensions, X. p. G. Wilson; naval affairs,
II. \. Herbert; patents, G ID. Tillmau;
enrolled bills. JIG Warwick; invalid pen.
siOns, A. NJ. Martin; printing, j. d.
Richards; claims, B. II. Bum; war
claims, f. f. B~cllzhOover; education, W.
|. Hayes; military, Edward Lane; library,
Amos j. Cummings; expenditures war
Department.. A. b. Montgomery; expend-
iturcs navy department, G. A. O'McLel
land; private land claims, A. p. Fitch;
expenditures state department, X. h.
Lester; expenditures on public buildings,
II. NJ. Noungmans: expenditures on de-
partment OF Justice. J.. NJ. Allen, revision
of the law. W. T. Ellis; reform in civi.
service, }. +. Andrews; irrigation of arid
land. s. ". II. Lauham; expenditure in
treasury department, j.. II. Brinckner.
ventilation and acoustics, G.. Stahlne ;keri
expenditures in postofice, W. &. Oates,
election of president and vice president,
j. l.. Chimamn; expenditures in depart
meut of agriculture. u. G. Edmunds;
expenditures in interior department, j.
w. Owens; immigration aud naturalizl-
ton, II Stumpf; eleventh census. w. f.
Wilcox: alcoholic liquor traffic, W. +.
Haynes; District OF Columbia, j. 3.
Hemphill.
OF the Democratic members of the ways
and means committee. all except Stevens OF
Massachusetts and Bryan of Nebraska.
who are in their first term in congress,
were members Of the fiItieth. and of these
all except Whitiue of Michigan are re-
corded as voting for the Mills bill on its
final InssaEr. Whiting made severaI
speeches upholling the tariff message OF
President Cleveland. and was probably
paired favorah!v TO the bill Springer.
the chairman. always voted for ttrifi
reform measures hut has by published
interviews recorded himself IN favor oil
the passage Of Il epecific bill to pus a lew
articles on the tr.r list and against the
general revision + the tariff bv the house
at this session. \ majority OF his Demo.
cratic colleapun- have stated in public
that they were in favor Of this line OF
policy at the present time. 4
Silver men arr well pleased with theC0u-
strurtiOD Of tho coinage committee and