The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-01-01
THE NEW COMMITTEES.
He-N the Chair1H anships Are Distributed
Tariff Reform and Free silver.

Tariff Reform and Free silver.
WAsHINGTOS, Dec. 24.-According to
states the chairmanships of the house
| committees are distributed as fol-
lows: Virginia ,, Illinois 3, In
diana ,, Missouri !, Georgia :,
Including che committee on rules,
of which the speaker Is ex-officic
chairman; Alabama 3, North Carolina
,, Arkansas :, Texas :, New York I,
! Louisiana ,, New jersey I, Pennsvl-
vania ,, Iowa :, South Carolina ,, Ken
/ lucky ;, Tennessee >, Mississippi ,,
. Rhode Island l, Wisc1T in l. Ohio 3,
Massachusetts I, Michigan ., ConDecti-
cut l, Maryland 3, Minnesota l.
OF the zen democratic members Of
the new ways and meas committee of
the house all except Mr.. Stevens. of
Massachusetts, and Mr.. Bryan, OF Ne
braska, y no are in their first term in
congress- We're memb er7 of the Fifteth
congress and of these eight all except
Mr.. Whiting. OF Michigan. are recorded
as voting Cor the Mills bill on final pas
sage. NJ Ghiting made several speeches
favorinc the clauses Of the bill relating
70 wool glf salt uphG ding the tariff
message et President Cleveland. but
was one OF fourteen ne N bers recorded
as not vot ing on the final passage of
the bill and was prCE IDLY pared in
favor of the bill. The five republican
mem bers 81 the comm ttee, OF course.
voted against the Mills bill and in
favor of the Mckinley bill in the last
congress.
Mr. Dalzell. of Pennsylvania, is the
new membe of the committee from the
re Do blican side OF the house and Nessrs.
McMillin, Turner and Wilson of West
Virginia are the democratic mem bers
who have in recent years been identi-
fed with tariff reform az mem bers of
the committee. The three democratic
member last named aided In framing
the Mills bill.
Mr.. Springer. the chairman, has al
ways voted for tariff reform measures,
but kas by published interviews re-
corded himself as in favor of passing
spacifse bills 10 put the few articles on
the fee list and against a general re-
vision Of the tariff by the house at this
session majority of his democratic
colleagues have stated in public that
they were in favor of this line Of policy
at the present time.
The silver men are very well pleased
with. the construction of the coinage
committee and regard it as significant
of the speakers purpose TO afford an
opportunity for the passage of a free !
coinage measure. The chairman. Mr.. |
Bland, is the most prominent demo |
cratic advocate of silver in the house |
Silver men strongly urged upon the |
speaker the selection of Mr. Bartine. |
of Nevada. as the leader Of the repub- |
lean minority on the committee be- |
cause Of his efforts the past congress in |
benaf of free coinage, and regard |
the fact that Mr.. Bartine heads the list |
II republican members IS another in |
dication o: the speakers friendliness !
toward liberal silver po icy Ole of |
the silver mel on the committee said /
yesterday tina. he had heard some init
nations that Mr.. Johnson, Of North |
Dakota, was not TO he classed as a free
coinage man. but though without posi-
tive information on the subject, he ex-
pressed the belief that Mr.. johnson
was favorable to free coinage. Mr..
himself could not be foucd.