The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-03
THE HOUSE COMMITTEES.
MORE PHOTOGRAPHS OF TIM NEW
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MORE PHOTOGRAPHS OF TIM MrN
WHO SHAPE LEGIsLATIOM
Cengrsssasa CuaM,ags weiehing tie Chair.
ne. Selected b. the New speahsr-A
I-esisisaa Major, Jersey Cois.ei. a.A .
1Gissouri aenersi-Privats niount ana
Mr.. Outhwaite-An Alabama Colonel and
Private Headerson-rwo Arkaasans
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2-Coneress reassembies
on the 9th. but II will be fortnight or moro
before the machinery Of legislation IN the
House really begins to move. The committees
are appointed. but rs yet there is no work for
than. The Committee on Rules has not
finished Its work. 1t will probably begin by
dividing the Presidents message among the
0ommitteea The revenue part OF 1t will 60 to
the Ways and Means. the Gillian section to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs. the coinage
paragraph to Silver-Dolar Bland and his
squad. and so on until nothing isleft. No bills
have as yet been introduced into the House.
As fast as introduced they are referred to the
various committees These committees. how
ever. can do nothing with them until
they arc printed 1t will take several
days to print several thousand bills. When
they roach the committees they are divided
! among sub-committees who frequently refer
thcm to the heads OF departments for infor-
nation and suggestions. The opposition OF
Cabinet officers to proposed measures is apt to
prove fatal. After thorough investigation the
subcommittee report back to the full COM
mittees with favorable or uniavorable recon-
mendntions. The full committee either ac-
cepts or rejects a report. II It Is accepted
the bill goes to the House and Is placed upon
the calendar where It comes up or Is called up
cppcfInrattpn Nndar fho r1laa II tho
usual raft Of bills had boon introduced before
the holidays they might have been printed
during the recess and have been ready for the
action OF the committees as soon rs Congress
reassemblos. As 1t is. weeks may elapss be-
fore the House fairly gets to work.
The rnpidity Of legislation depends greatly
upon the Chairmen Of Committees. II Chair
man holds his associates in committees well
in hand. he secures speedy reports. The bills
nrst reported to tho House the soonest secure
consideration. As the session lengthens. a
Chairman. unless his committee Is privileged.
must DO watchful. wary. and alert to get any
of his work before the House. An opportunity
once lost never returns. The morning hour
slips by with almost battling rapidty. A
Chairman must have his bag ready. or the
train will move on without It 1t is their power
In legislation that gives Chairmen OF Commit
tees due prominence. not only In the House.
Out DelOEe tne country. a iuCtHeE ueSCEIptiou
OF the Chairmen selected by Speaker Crisp
must therefore prove interesting.
MAJOR BLANCHARD OF THE RIVERS AND HARDoRs
Next to the committee OF which Roger O.
Mills is Chairman Is the Committee on Rivers
and Hnrbors. Its head is Major Newton c.
Blanchard Of Shreveport. La He was Chair
man OF the same committee in the Fiftieth
Congress. and at the head Of the Democratic
minority OF It in Tom Reeds Congress. So.
although warm advocate OF Mr.. Crisp for
Speaker. he assumes his place on tho commit
tee by the Congressional law Of gravitation.
The Major entered Congress when he was 81
years old. He has served ten years. and had
gathered much political experience before he
appeared in Washington. A graduate OF the
law department OF the University Of Louisiana
In 1870. he took un active part in rescuing the
State from the fanGs Of the carpet baggers and
scalawagers. He was Chairman Of tho Demo-
cratic Committee Of Caddo parish when Eliza
Pinkston and John Sherman buncoed the State
out OF her electoral vote in 1S76-T. Two years
later Major Blanchard was Chairman OF the
Committee on Federal Relations In the State
Constitutional Convention. He was an aide
de-camp for both Gov. Witt and Gov. Nc
Emery. The Major was born in Louisiana. He
Is Of the average height and rather slender in
physique. His eyes are blue and his features
lC NtATb AOWIHS duUuCu WHlSkoES
and has brown hair. An able and pleasing
speaker. he fastens the attention Of the House
when he rises. He has been the Secretary OF
s House Democratic caucuses for years. His
voice Is as clear and silvery as the tone Of q
bell. Tho only trace Of q Southern accent is
his pronunciation OF the word TO-" He makes
It toe" st s-
Toe be or not toe be r
would be his rendition OF Hamlets soliloquy
FT L. 4 III.
z Mississippi are in the same boat. while Crisp.
Ash. Caruth. and Carlisle use the word like
perennial Yankees.
Major Blanchard may have hard time in
pressing a River and Harbor bill this session.
The spirit of economy is in the atmosphere as
: usual when Presidential election is ut hand.
Last year. however. the Republicans saw fit to
pass no River and Harbor bill. This will be
$aor Il IS wse a1d po S
Z thoroughly understanding the business OF the
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the only, test with him. Harl ors and rivers
that really need apMopriatiomsS VIII undSuDt-
conflicting Interests: He can afford to be i!;;;;
eral utter. u not before. election. and he will
5 never DO extravagant.
COL sAM FOWLER OF NEW JERSEY.
Tho ninth committee on the House list is
sam FsMsr aaf Es1tad it, Ss Gs
onel Is graduate Of Princeton. This is his
SECOND term. Senator wi1ton OF New Jersey
tells u laughable story OF the way In which one
q OF SANS constituents received the news Of his
go sam Fowler has been made Chairman OF
the Oomulltte on Merchant Mhrne and Fish
cries. oh p he observed. We'll. that's tho
worst ever heard. He may know something
about the merchant Eart OF II. and be can talk
caught hsn In all his life"
ycAIlister Bearing. and IL as handsome aud as
fearless of sharks ms Hermann ,Oelrlchs., lis
has broyD eyes. u dark noustache, black hair.
t21ah nose. q tnddy c2mplsxiop. aHd an
dfsws tho fire Of the lorgnettes In tho ladies
SgalIsfy This !. bis first appearance In the
cOinmltteo 10 which hs has been assigned.
Tom .bssI placed him tent on the GoDnt IT,.
on yspu(aeluTos nDd last on ths Committee
On vaelilnteD ana A. 'ustics. ran. Will feel
Marine. While Gsy.r active IN debate. CDi,
yywlsr \: regarded a.. g,pn ii foresight and
eblIift. ~ Has u wonderful capacity iof work.
He endurance ~ mst,slDus. Ten ~ the
DvlpDers VI bis soipipift.s arc trom the ~,
esTlor VI the country. yni only three cID have
ebHpf ls,lDs. Among DtI,s1 tbilgS., tiiis e.,,p.
1sdvs VI Wssk4. IL ", tho eoyillIties tl,at NJ.
ppHA1 Frss bbtp DlIi " this Ii0yss IN ~. W.
tfSxl (naxf.ns. Md "A sIilLflIH bounty tlIl La