The National tribune., 1893-03-16
CONGRESS.
Work of the Senate in EXtraOrdi-
nary Session.

TO await the assignment OF SSuatofo w Coti-
mittees. the fact that the Democrats having
now the control of that body making it neees-
sary to reconstruct all the committees. The
Democratic steering committee 2" has been at
work for the past week making assignments,
and they have had rather hard time to
please everybody. new committee has been
formed out of the old Committee on the Presi-
dents Message Transmitting the Report OF the
Pacific Railway Commission. This committee
is now officially known as the Committee on
Pacific Railways, and Senator Brice is named
ms its Chairman.
Free-silver Senators are much alarmed at the
cosnllcxion of the Committee on Finance.
They have the Chairman in the person OF Sem
ator Voorhees, il is true, but Senators vest ana
Jones of Arkansas have been added to The
committed Senator Jones, of course is a free
silver man. but he and his friends fear that
Senator Vest may be captured by the opposl-
ton. In this case the anti-slver men might
have a majority of the Committee on FINANCE
and il would be possible to favorably report
bill repeating the Sherman silver purchase
act All the Senators realize that this VIII be
The great question at the next legislative
session of Congress.
The following is said to be the Democratic
makeup of the various committees determined
upon by the steering committee, ana the
list will be presented to both the Democratic
and Republican caucuscs in few days for their
assignments of Senators on the committees. and
the Democratic caucus will consider the assign
ments. and may possibly make some changes
Here is the list, the first man named being the
Chairman of the Committee:
Agriculture and Forestry-George, Jones, of
Arkansas; Bate and PETER.
Appropriations - Cockreil, Call, German,
Blackbur and Brice
CIaims-Pasco, Villas, White, OF Louisiana,
daniel and PETER
Commerce. Ransom. Coke, Vest, German,
White of Louisiana; White, of California, and
Murphy.
District of Columbia-Harris, Faulkner, Glib
son, and Hunton.
Education and Iabor-kyle, George, Hun
ton. Lindsay, and Murphy.
Enrolled Bills-CaTrey and ColQuiit.
Examine the Several Branches of the Civil
Service-Peffer, Gray, and Villas.
Finanee-Noorhees, Mcpherson, Harris,
Vance. Vest, and Jones. of Arkansas.
Fisheries--Ceke, Call, Ransom, Gibson, and
Hill
Foreign Relations-Morgan, Butler, Gray,
Immigration-Hil voorhees,. Mcpherson,
Faulkner, and PETER.
Improvement of the Mississippi and its
Tributaries-Bate, Walthal Palmer, and
PETER.
Indian Afairs-Jones, of Arkansas; Morgan.
Villas, Allen, and Roach.
Interstate Commerce - Butler, German,
Brice, White, of Louisiana; Camden, and
Lindsay.
Irrigation and Reclamation Of Arid Lands
White of California; Kyle Gibson, Roach, and
Beckwth.
Judiciary-Pugh, George, Coke, Villas, Hill,
and Lindsay
Lbrary-Mills and Voorhees,.
il,son, Smith. and CaErey.
Military Afairs-Waithall, Cockrell, Bate,
Palmer. and Mitchell.
Naval Acknowledgement, Butler, Black
burn, and Camden.
Organization Condition. and Expenditures
of the Executive Departments-Smith, Cock
reli, Hill Wsithall, and Caffrey.
Pensons-Paimer, Brice, Villas Camden, and
Caffrey.
Postoffices and Post Roads-Colquitt, Villas,
Irby, Mills, Hunton. and Hin.
Privileges ana Electons-Nance Pugh,
Gray, Turpie. and Palmer.
Public Buildings aud Grounds-Test, Daniel,
Pasco Bricc. and Gordon.
Public Lands-Berry, walthall, Pasco, Villas.
Alien. and Martin.
isairoads-Cam den, Berry Gordon, Palmer
Martin and Beckwth.
Relations with Canada-Murphy, Pugh, Col
oG;t, Huuton. and Mitchell.
Revision of the Laws of the United States
Daniel, Call, and Lindsey.
Rnes-Blackh burn, Harris, and German.
MISUNDERSTANDING, Hill, Bate, Gordon,
Black burn, and White Of California
Transportation Routes to the Seaboard-Irby,
George, Turpie, Gordon, and Hunton.
Pacific Railways-Brice, Morgan, Faulkner.
White, of Louisiana, and Murphy.
Indian Observation-Disclosures, Faulkner,
Kyle, White, of Louisiana, and Cockrell.
Quadro-Ceutennial-Y Colquitt, Vest,
Gray, Daniel Gibson, and Lindsey.
IN Tr,r tba Gco c..
tin, Jones, of Arkansas and Beckwith.
To Investigate Trespasses upon Cherokee
Lands-Roach and Butler.
The Committee on the Employment of
Armed Bodies of Men for Private Purposes"
has been dropped from the list. The Com
mittee on Forest Reservations will be increased
10 five. The Committee TO Investigate the Con-
dition Of Potomac River Front at Washington
and TO inquire isto all claims Of citizens of the
United States against the Government of
Nicaragua will have Republican Chairmen
The first party fight occurred in the Senate
on Monday, March 13. Tie Republicans have,
30 far, taken the initiative in determining
what legislation should be considered at this
extra session, but Senator Cockrell of Missouri,
on Monday gave the leaders Of that party no.
tlce that this could no longer continue and
that the Democrats would decide that question
Mr.. Henderson offered a resolution restricting
the business of the session to action upon nomi-
NATIONS, 10 winch Mr.. Hale proposed a sUbsti-
tute which included treaties. Both these reso-
buttons were considered at Mondays session.
MIR. Henderson, however, modified his reso-
luton TO read THAT il is the sense of the
Senate that at this extraordinary session bust
ness transacted shall be confined to the consid-
GRAFTON of treaties and other Executive matters
and those requiring the action of the Senate
only"
Mr.. Cockrell placed his objection TO The rcso.
luton upon the ground that the Constitution
was broad enough 10 determine what policy
the Senate should follow. He thought the Sen
ale possessed every power and right which it
would possess IL the House had been called
with II. There was no necessity of the Senate
saying 1T would not consider certain legislation,
as il was able day by day 70 take care of the
question OF what policy il should pursue. and il
was ehild's play to undertake TO bind the SEN
ste in advance.
Mr.. Teller reminded the Republican Senators
that Democratic Executive had called the
Senate IN extraordinary session, and suggested
that ii was rather unbecoming in them TO in
teriere with the course of business If the
Democrats did not want anything done, he
would be glad to have that policy made known
aud il would be agreeable TO him. lie himself
wanted TO Introduce resolution touching the
International Monetary Conference, and want
Cd TO have, If possible, an expression of opinion
by the Senate upon il. He wanted the Senate
20 express an opinion as TO whether il was bet.
TEL 10 have the International Monetary Confer
ence reassemble or not. because he had dis.
covered, through the debates in the English
Parliament. that the English people claimed