The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-24
CRISP'S COMMITTEE LIST.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT FULFnLs
TEE NEWS PREDICTIONS,


The Coinage Committees Majority
Pronounced Advocates of Free Coin
age of Silver-The Sentiment of the
Ways and Means Committee in Favo,
of Tariff Reform.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-Speaker Crisr
came out of hiding Just before noon to-day
went up to the capitol, announced his com.
mittees and hurried away again with the
remark, when asked II he had anything to
say in explanation Of his committee ap-
pointments: "No; the committees speak for
themselves" The speaker made no
change whatever in his committees this
morning. The list az prepared last night
so fully expressed his ideas in regard TO II
that he saw no occasion for a change. and
the men who had beon trying to make him
change gave over their efforts yesterday.
NO SURPRISES.
The new leaders whom the speaker has
created out of his lieutenants in the late
contest had given practically all of the
speakers important committee appoint
ments to the press at one time or another
during the past ten days, 50 that when the
members learned, as they did yesterday,
that the speaker was not to be moved by
any of the appeals made to him by the
party leaders, who thought he was making
grave mistakes, they ceased to expect any
startling surprises when the announcement
should be made to-day. AS q matter of fact
the half Of the House which remained here
to listen to the reading of the committee list
had really no surprises at all. except as to
some Of the minor places to which the old
leaders Of the House were relegated.
THE NEW LEADERS.
Mr.. Springer, oarnation in button-hole
and smile on face, ia spite of the fact that
Mr.. MoMillin had been officially designated
as the titular leader, was formally added to
the new leadership. as was the astute Mr..
Holman and the persistent Mr.. Bland. The
rest of the ways and means committee, of
the appropriations committee and of the
committee on coinage. as given in these dis
patches, were duly announced. So were the
chairmen indicated In advance for all the
important committees OF course the read
ing of the list was listened to with interest,
for everybody wanted to know just what
places every member got, but after 1t was
all over, there being, of course, no public
sign of approval or disapproval, the com
ment which was heard among members of
all sections on the floor really contained
nothing very new.
The speakers humor peeps out in the Sc
lection of J. Logan Chipman, the cleverest
of Michigan's congressman. as chairman of
the committee on the election of President
and Vice President, to which will be re-
ferred so much of the Presidents message
as relates to "Michiganization." and force
bill legislation. MIR. Chipman's report, pros
vided he reports at all on the subject, will
be an interesting one.
POLICY OF THE COMMITTEES.
By the associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.--An inquiry into
the records of the members of the House
committee on coinage, weights and meas
ures shows that by past utterauces or votes,
in or out Of congress, eight out of the thir-
teen members of the committee have de-
clared in favor Of free coinage, while three
OF the other members have been outspoken
against free coinage and the fourth is said
by his friends to be unquestionably against
free coinage, though his record is unknown,
he not having been In congress. The
members in favor of free coinage are
AonSES. Dldllu, w Ol lltluOlb, hlLROT6
of Texas, Robertson Of Louisiana, Pierce of
Tennessee, Eppes of Virginia, Nc
Keighan of Nebraska and Bartine
of Nevada. Those opposed are
MesSrs. Tracey of New York, Williams of
Massachusetts, Taylor of Illinois aud Stone
of Pennsylvania. OF tie free coinage men,
bers Messrs.- Bland, Williams Of Illinois,
Kilgore, Robertson, Pierce of Tennessee and
Bartine were in the last congress, and re-
nOrAad IN oft
OF the free coinage bill.
THE NEW MEMBERS.
OF the new free coinage members, Mr..
Eppes of Virginia was elected on a free
coinage platform; MIR. McKeighan came
here as an independent, elected largely by
alliance votes, and committed to free coin-
age of silver. Mr.. Johnson OF North Da-
kota, the fifth man in the anti-free coinage
list, not in the last congress.
Of the anti-free coinage members of
the committee, Messrs. Tracey and Taylor
OF Illinois were in the last congress, and as
members of the coinage committee worked
and voted against free silver
Mr.. Williams of Massachusetts takes the
place on the committee formerly held by
MIR. Walker OF Massachusetts, who, though
IN the present congress- was not given an
opportunity to serve on his old committee.
Mr. Williams, like his predecessor, how
Ill oFeIs Is a sLrOug anLl-1reeSllVer man,
n The fourth man placed in the anti-free
coinage list is Mr.. Stone Of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Stone was not in the last congress,
he is not in the city, but his
friends say he is undoubtedly
81 against free silver. Mr.. Wilcox of Con-
nectlcut is the one democratic voting mem
Der OF the committee Ia the last congress
who was reelected, but who is not on the
committee this time. He voted against
Tree coinage. MIR. Vaux Of Pennsylvania
was not reelected, and Mr.. Joseph of New
mexico, being a delegate, had no vote.
SILVER MEN PLEASED.
The silver men are very well pleased with
the constitution of the coinage committee,
and regard it as significant of the speakers
purpose to afford opportunity for the pas
sage OF free coinage measure Chairman
Dlano Is the most pronounced demo-
cratic advocate of silver in the
house. The silver men strongly
urged upon the speaker the selection
" Mr. Bartine OF Nevada as the leader OF
me republican minority on the committee
because of his efforts In the last congress in
Denalf Of free coinage. and they regard the
lact that Mr. Bartine heads the list of re-
publican members as another indication
oi the speakers friendliness toward a liberal
eiiver policy. One of the silver men on the
commlttee said this afternoon that he had
heard some intimations that Mr.. johnson of
M North Dakota was not to be classed as free
coinage man, but though without positive
nIormation on the subject he expressed the
elIeI tnat Mr: johnson was favorable to