The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-15
THE SENATE COMMITTEES.
Two of the Most Important Chairman :
ships Awarded to Washington.

Two of the Most Important Chairman :
ships Awarded to Washington.
WASHINGTON CITY. Dec. H.-4he Republican
senators of the caucus committee, which is
charged with the arrangement of the aepubli-
can representation upon senate committees,
completed its work this morning and reported
TO the caucus, which considered the list sub
mitted and adjourned to tomorrow morning
without action upon the report. The list shows
the following chairmen of the committees:
Aldrich, rules; Allen, relations with Canada:
Allison, appropriations; Cameron, naval affairs
Carey, education and labor: Casey, railroads /;
Chandler, immigration; CulloIn. interstate com
mefce; Davis, pensions; Dawes, Indian affairs
Dixon, patents, Dolph, coast defenses: Frye.
commerce; Hale, census; Hawley, military
affairs; Higgins, manufactures; Hiscock, or
sahlzhtlon ana expenditures executive depart
tingent expenses OF the senate; McMiIin. Dis
trlct Of Columbia; Manderson, printing;
Mitchell, claims; Morrill,, finance; Pad
dock, agriculture and forestry; Petit
grew, quadro centennial; Platt, ter
ritores; Plumb, public lands; Power, to ex-
anime branches of the civil service: Proctor, TO
Quay, library; Sanders, enrolled bills; Sawyer,
postofflces and post roads: sherman, foreign re-
latlons; shoup, Indian depredations; Squire
transportation routes to the seaboard; Stanford,
public buildings and grounds; Stewart, mines
ana mining; stockbridge, fisheries; Teller,
privileges aud elections; Warren, irrigation;
NaShDurn, Improvement Mississippi river;
Wilson, revision of laws; Wolcott civil service
and retrenchment.
AS nearly as can be gathered from the express
sions OF many senators, the assignments were
generally satisfactory. 1t was found impracti-
cable TO meet all the expectations of the new
senators, but the dissatisfaction existing is be-
lleved to be confined to less than half dozen
senators. Sanders and Power, of Montana
wished TO be assigned to the committee on ap-
propriations and finance, but the committee was
unable TO comply with these requests There
is no vacancy on the fnances committee, aud
but one ON the appropriations commit.
tee as at present organized. The caucus
committee assigned Senator Cullom to the va
caney on the appropriations committee, and, TO
meet the request of the Pacific coast senators
that they be gwen representation on that i'm
portant committee, added one TO the member
ship and assigned Senator Stewart to the new
place. Senator Pettigrew was assigned to the
Craftsmanship of the committee on quadro-cen-
tennial. Hoar, in accordance with his seniority
became chairman of the Judiciary committee
relinqushing his place chairman OF the COM
mlttee on privileges anda elections, to which
Teller succeeds. The three vacancies in
the membership of the judiciary committee,
resulting from the retirement of Edmunds In
gals and Eyarts, have been filled by the assign
ment OF Mitchell, Teller and Platt The places
vacated by Edmunds and Evarts on the foreign
relations committee have been assigned to His
cock and Davis. Quay succeeds Evarts as chair
man OF the library committee. stockbridge ha,
been assigned to the committees on naval AZ
fairs and Indian affairs, and retains his chair
manshlp of the committee on fisheries VOL
cott was given new place on the Interstate
commerce committee and retained as
Chairman of the committee on civil
service and retrencbment and as a
member OF the COMMITTEES on postoffices
and post roads and private land claims SEN
ator Proctor has been assigned to the military
committee, Senator Dubois, another new sen
stor, was assigned 10 membership on the com
mittee on irrigation, immigration. manufae-
lures, expenditures and on executive deuart-
ments- His colleague, Senator Shoup, was
given the chaiTmanshp of the committee on In
dian depredatons and place on the COMMITTEES
on Indian affairs. Senator Carey OF Wyoming
was given the Craftsmanship of the committee
Oh education and place ON the public build
iugs committee.
A majority Of The membership of some OF th.
important committees is as follows. the chair-
mans name FIRST;
Finaace-Morril. Aldrich, Allison, HiscocE.
Jones Of Nevada, sherman.
kuIes-Aldrieh, Mauderson, Sherman.
Experimentation Culiom, Dawes, Hale,
Plumb, stewart
Education and Labor-Casey, Hansbrough.
Mcmillan, Nashburn.
Rattroads--Casey. Hawley, PETER Pettigrew.
Power, etoo kbrldge.
immigration - Chandler. Chambers, Hale,
Proctor, squire.
Interstate Commerce-Cullom, Chandler Hip-
gins. Hiscock, Wilson, Wolcott.
Feasions-Dayis Hansbrough. Shoup.
Iadlaa AtAirs-Dawes, Manderson, Pettigrew
stock bridge.
Judleiary-Hoar, Mitchell, Plats, Teller, vii
suu.
Agricultural and Forestry Paddock. Casey.
FELTON,, Mcmillan, Warren.
Territories EkAtt. Casey. DAVIS. Hans
Sa0Up. stewart.
Public land. Plumb, Alien, Dolph, Paddock.
PcttigTeV, sanders.
Post ifces and Fostroads-Sawyer, Dixon, Nc
Milan. Mitchell, Nssh5urn.
Foreign rolatious-SAerman, Davis, poIph,
FRYE. Hscock.
Indian acprcdatsons -shonp, Allen, Chandler.
Paddock.
t'ualse buildings and grounds Stanford, Ca
ses. Merrill squire.
Mines 4a8 I.lalng-Stewart, FELTON,, Jones
Power Warren
tr.vilega, and elections-Teller, Chandler.
Higsius. Hoar, Mitchell
lfrisAtlou-N aTreu. casey, Dubois. stewart
Improvement of Mississippi r4yef-W ash burn.
PETER, Ftttictew, Power
,.rii service ami rctrenchmeuts- Wolcott.
Dawes. &0gT.ll, stanford, Nashburn
The senators from the Northwestern states
were a~u taken care of. While FELTON, and
DGaoss did not securc ChairgaaHshirs they did
get assignments TO important committees, Eel.
ton 20 agriculture and forestry, eyasl cCsenses.
epldy-.4c diseases. mines and mining and
qgadro-ceuteuaiAI and pubois 10 nAnufact-
greS. enrolled bills, imia grafton, irrigation
organization Aud expenditures Of executive de.
paTtmen-s-
In aIaltlon 70 the committees uaaed IN the
above i.s, Western senators have the following
Assignments.
Allea Relations with Canada, claims and
w0MkH suttyagc
taasx-I I-Acsac railroads. aud Iateuts
beipA-t toin5aercs relations wiki Canada aud
[ University OF tugttsf states.
A.JcEc..--I Trans peris.llJu. routes - scaboari
au1 NsvaEasuau claims
Power / FnIs QTtAslons routes l. seaooAgd and
sac - E.ea, pFU14Cts
~alsdeIs-- Patents AMI private land elalIua
~ANBp-- Pensions asGa t9galEn aas4r-.
stan lortl-F Fisheries Aad AAVs- GE4.Es
SIeN Art--ClAlfls and NIc4rseuau claims
s4alre-SoasI GeIeGsess nsasSlss, pubic build