Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-01-08
our WASHINGTON LETTER.


,''rt l"dt i- satisfied would be- as grea I
e ul-stht,Wrut ~ that made hv the
l,'w1hhrtu- lu saving that the dlssat
is'a, .i"n g. great enough to cause seri-
"u- di--'ntion IN the party. That
th,rt BE- -uu" dissatisfaction is true,
iut ~ 0. httl'. Of any greater than that
Vhi,h always follows the action OF n
u,W Speaker. aud unprciuliced men
agrrc that Mr.. Crisp has not shown a
dh-po-itiun tu punish those VIII" voted
avatu-i him. tu any marked extent, 10y
putting them un obscure committees
oi ,ouf-, tonne of the gentlemen who
dli not get just the places they want
"a will charge that the reason OF it
Wa. their opposition To- Mr.. Crisp's
nomination iu the caucus. BY the
time Congress ~. assemblies on the 9TH
ui January, 1t - not probable that any
traces of disappointment will bc visi-
il". aud Il WIS the expectation that
such would be- the ease which caused
Mr. Cfi.p to work night and day, al
though al enough 10 hc in bed, in
ofd'r Ia announce the committees be-
fore the Christmas adjournment.
\ glance ut the list Of Committee
,halrmrn below will show that all sec
tiou- ARE we'll represented: Elections
-o'frrmll. Na), WAYS and Means
Springer OlD, Appropfiations-lIol-
man tlnd). ludiciary-Culbertson
tic,). Banking aud Currcncy-Bacon
~ -. Coinage, Weights and
Mcasurcs-lllnnd tMo), Interstate and
Foreign Commcrcc-Mills (Tex.),
River. and lIarhor,-Elanchar U a. },
Merchant Marine and fishcries-Fowl-
cr u -. Agriculturc-lIatch (Mo.),
For, ign Blount (Ga }. Military
Ailair--Outhwaitc tO), Naval Affairs
Herbert (Nh), ro-toilices-IIender-
son (N e., Public lands--McRae
tAtk). Indian AiIairs-Peol (Ark., }
Territories 49, Washington (Tcnn.) },
Railways and Canals-Catchings
(MissJ. Mountaineering Or. I.),
Mines and Mining-Cowles IN. c.,
Public buildings and grounds-Bank
head tNla), Pacific Riley
lU A, L",ec- aud improvements in
| Mis-i-sIlpi tiNcr-Rohius, (La) }, Ed
uration-llHNcs Oh), Private land
claims-tit,h o. ". Lahor-Taraney
tM"). Mii,l,a-Lanc Ull). Patents
lillman O.. e.. Invalid pensions
| Martin tlud }. rcnsions-Wilsun (Mo),
tlaims--llunn (N. c., War claims
h"lighooyer CPa). District of Column
bia-llemphill O.. c., Revision of laws
Ellis tky). Expenditures State de-
paftmcni-l.0-tcr (Ga). Expenditures
rcasury Observation-Disclosures. Wis,
Expenditures War drpartment-M Mont
geometry. Ny, Expenditures Navy de-
partmen,-McClcIland. Ind, Expendi-
lures IN rustoilicc department-Oatcs,
Ala, Expenditures Interior depart
neut-Owens. .. Expenditures De-
partment ui Justicc-Allen, Miss, Ex-
pondiiurcs of Department of Agricul-
tufc -Edmunds. Va. Expenditures for
public huildlngs-Ioumans, Mich, Lii
brary--Cummings. n. Y, Printing
Riehafd-on, Tenn, Enrolled bills
Warwick, o.. Reform in the civil SER
yice--Andrcw, Mass, Election of Pres
ident and Vice President-Chapman,
Mich. Ccnsus-wilcox, Conn, Venti-
lstion aud Observation-Disclosures, n.
y. Alcoholic liquor trafIic-Haynes,
O., lrrigation-Lanham, Tex, Immi-
grafton aud naturalization-Stump,
Md. Columbian Exposition-Durbor-
row. III, Accounts-Rtisk, Nd, Mile.
age--Castle. MINI.
Membership OF the Ways and Means
aud Appropriation Committees is con-
sldercd equal to a minor chairmanship.
Following are the Democratic men,
hers exclusive of the chairmen, of
those two committees; Ways and
Mcans-McMillin, Tenn, Turner, Ga,
Wilson. W. Va, Montgomery, KY,
Whiting. Mich. Shiveley, Ind, Cock.
ran, y. Y. stevens. Mass, Bryant,
Nehr Appropriations-Forney, Ala,
sayer-, Tex, Breckenridge, KY, Comp
ton. Md. ONcill, Mass, Livingstone,
Ga.
A. iar ~ the formation OF the com
mittces can indicate the policy of the
Democratic party in the House OF Rep.
re-eutaliyes. the outlook is most de-
cidedly favorable to tarill-rcform and a
marked retTcnchmcnt in public ex-
pendi,urcs. The tariff policy is to at
tack the Mckinley bill in detail by re-
pealing the most obnoxious of its
schedules. II the Republican Senate
refuses tn agree To this or the Republi.
can President votoes IL. should it pass
the senate, the people will know where
Ia place the blame.
Although the committee on Coinage
contains nine members. including its
chairman, who favor the free coinage
oi silver against four who are opposed
90 II, there is no certainty that free
coinage hill will be reported from the
Committee One Of the members said
10 your correspondent: 1--WE favor
the free coinage Of silver, but we shall
do nothing that "A majority OF the
party ia Congress does not fully en-
dofse "
senator sherman has re-introduce,
the Nicaragua canal 100000 ,OOt
schcme in the Senate.
II looks now very much as if tn,
United states would have to give Chill
.care. II il does not actually go {,
war with her. II is either that or
square back-down, unless there is de
eided change very soon.