Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-01-13
Does Tt Pay Wisconsin 20


Under the above caption there is
fznrnished The Sentinel a vigorous ar
zclewritten from this city and signed
Il II n, setting forth clearly and
ercibly how beautifully the Demo
e4ratic members from this state 'got
&8ft''in the distribution of places. In
E+dae following summary the way the
Wisconsin Democrats have been ig
a2ored is finely shown up:
Now let-us see what Democracy has
done and is likely to do for the state.
The Fifty-second congress is organ
1zed esd the committees are madeup
: &ftarAs5ge- next two years. The Demo
-sz.aSssare Fg3 an overwhelming MAORI
: ~ &7xrt how does the Badger state
t rare? Eight Of our nine members are
Democrats. Are any Of their names
S0und on the most prominent COM
znlittees OF the house? No. There is
act one on a committee OF the slight
est Importance to Wisconsin,, or for
that matter to anybody. Mr.. Bah
s-5ltt, of the First district, has place
son the Eleventh Cersus-a work, as
every body knows, which is now COM
zaleted and has passed into history,
Sc FAR as congress IS concerned. Ii
more money is required to complete
it, the Committee on Appropriation
will deal with it. Mr. Rabbits COM
sznittee will never meet. He has q
y-es5f7ce also on Private Land Claims;
$50 has Mr. Bushnell, which is all that
S7e has As matter of fact, the Pri-
gate Land court, created at the last
session Of congress, takes nearly all
7the work from this committee and
Ez155ie if anything is left for it to do, SO
shat it will probably haveno business
requiring it to meet. Mr.. Mitchell
a@9es to Military Affairs. This is inn
Eaortant, for we shall no doubt have
war and Wisconsin will veinterests
20 @be looked after. Mr.. Coburn is on
Education. Congress takes great IL
l1arest in schools, we all know, but it
{ IS doubtful if the committee will ever
4tsssve meeting. Mr.. Coburn has also
3 place on Immigration and Natural
iEIation. One or two bills have been
reported from this committee within
1.-The last ten or twelve years, and its
xzz1s4nbers may have a meeting, though
2t IS doubtful for the Judiciary COM
ssnlttee deals with thequestion of nat
Earalization. Mr.. Lynch is assigned
gED tie Committee on Indian Affairs.
sSGn2eWork may be done on this COM
EaGlttee II q member takes interest IN
she Indians, but not otherwise. Mr..
E.sSarEzgois on Pensions, but this does
a-Yot~ mean Invalid Pensions. II he
were on the latter committee hewOuld
ind something to do. The Commit
ae on Pensions Of which he is a
member, has only claims pertaining
&c the war of the revolution and the
S-Ear of 1912 referred to it, and has
nothing to do with the late war, so
air. Barwig can take things easy. He
Es however, member of the Commit
tee On Alcoholic Liquor Traffic This
may be of consequence, butif the COM
z~nittee ever holds session it will be
IS contrary to Democratic precedent.
Mr.. Brickner has place on the Inter
State and Foreign Commerce. a new
committee fixed up to heal the wound
sd affections OF poor Mills. Just what
expected of this committee does
aaot yet appear. But MIR. Brickner
mas more than this. Hecarries in his
gertfolio the only chairmanshipg given
20 Wisconsin. Let us not forget to
render thanks to the speaker from
Georgia, Il state of much less import
.ance than Wisconsin, for this conces-
SIGN in naming Mr.. Brickner as chair
nan of the Committee on Expendi-
lures of the Treasury Department.
This is one Of seven like committees,
sch having a. deDartment and If
9aey do their whole duty, they will
some day go in a body to the depart
za1ent to see if the secretary is in, ask
after his health and retire. The ex-
2enditures are all fixed and taken
e@are of by the Committee on Appro-
grlations, and the assignment to such
3 committee as given Mr.. Brickner is
zenly an empty honor.