The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-15


Chandler, immigration; Cullom, interstate
commerce.; Davis pensions; Dawes, Indian
affairs; Dixon, patents; Dolph, coast de-
lenses; Frye, commerce.; Hale, census;
Hawley, military affairs; Higgins, manu-
features; Hiscock, organization and ex-
penditures executives departments; Hoar,
judiciary; Jones, of Nevada, contingent ex-
penses of the Senate; Mcmillan, District of
Columbia; Henderson, printing; Mitchell,
claims; Morrill,, finance; Paddock, agri-
culture and forestry: Pettigrew, quadro-
centennial; Platt, territories; Plumb, pub
lie land Powers, to examine the branches
of civil service; Proctor, to estab-
lish university of the United States;
Quay, library; Sanders, enrolled bills;
Sawyer, postoffices and post roads; Sher-
man, foreign relations; Shoup, Indian dep
relations; Squire, transportation routes
to the seaboard; Stanford, public buildings
and grounds; Stewart, mines and mining;
Stockbridge, fisheries: Teller, privileges
and elections; Warren, irrigation; Wash
burn, Improvement of the Mississippi river;
Wilson, revision of the laws Wolcott, civil
service and retrenchment.
i The majority membership of some OF the
important committees is as follows, chair
mans names being first:
F'inance-Morrill, Aldrich, Allison, His
cock, Jones, of Nevada, Sherman.
Rules-Aldrich, Henderson, Sherman.
Appropriateness lison, CuIlom, Dawes,
Hale, Plumb, Stewart.
Education and Labor-Carey, Hans
brough, Mcmillan, Washburn.
Railroads-Casey, Hawley, PETER, Pet
tigrew, Power, Stockbridge
immigration Chandler, Numbers, Hale
Proctor, Squire.
Interstate Commerce-Cullom, Chandler,
! Higgins, Hiscock, Wilson. Wolcott.
| Pensions-Dayis, Hansbrough, Shoup.
Indian Affairs-Dawes, Henderson, Pet
| tigrew, ckbridge.
| Wilson.
| Agricultural and Forestry Paddock,
Casey, FELTON,, Mcmillan, Warren.
| Territories-Platt Carey, Davis, Hans
brough, Shoup, Stewart
Public Lands-Plumb, Allen, Dolph,
Paddock, Pettigrew, Sanders.
Postoffices aud Roads-Sawyer, Dixon,
Mcmillan, Mitchell, Washburn.
Foreign notwithstanding, Davis
Dolph, Frye, Hiscock.
Indian depredations-Shoup, Allen,
Chandler, Paddock.
Public buildings and groupds-Stanford,
Carey, Morrill,, Squire.
Mines and mining-Stewart. FELTON,,
Jones, Power, Warren.
Privileges and elections-Teller, Chand-
Ter, Higgins, Hoar, Mitchell.
Irrigation-Warren, Casey, Dubois, Stew
! art
Improvement of the Mississippi River
Washburn, PETER, Pettigrew, Power.
| Civil service and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
colt, Dawes, Morrill,, Stanford, Washburn.
Senators from the northwestern states
were well taken care of. While FELTON,
and Dubois did not seoure charmanships,
they did get assignments to important
committees. FELTON, to agriculture and for
I@F@ a.
mines and mining, and quardO- centennial
Dubois to manufactures, enrolled bills,
immigration, irrigation, organization and
expenditures of executive department.
The name of Senator Kyle does not ap-
pear upon the list, although Senator
PETER, his Alliance colleagues is placed on
five committees, claims, census, improve
ment of the Mississippi river, railroads
examiner of civil service. 1t i.
la view Of ascertaining his pre-
ferences, but his response was
non-committal and he vaguely limited at ar
ex pectation that the Alliance Senators
would receive committee assignments from
both the Republican and Democratic eau
cuses. Doubt has also been cast upon hi:
soundness in Republican principles, so t
this time the Republican caucus has beer
unable to place him, although it may be to
morrow
In addition to the committee in the above
lists, western Senators have the following
assignments: Allen, relations with Can
ada, claims. woman suffrage; Carey, Pc
cidc railroad, patents; Dolph, commerce
relations with Canada, university of the
United States; Mitchell, transportation
routes to seaboard, Nicaraugan claims
Power, transportation routes to seabosrd
transportation and sale of meat products
. Sanders. OatentS private land claims
Shoup, pensions, foreign affairs; Squire
coast defenses, fisheries, public building
and grounds, university of the Unite
} States; Stanford, fisheries, naval affairs
, Stewart, claims, Nicarsguan claims; War
l rem, engrossed bills, woman Suffrage; Viii
son, quadro-centennial, organization an
expenditures of executive departments.