The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-08-31
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE.
They Give General Satisfaction to Nearly
Every Ono


WAsHINGToN, Aug. 22.-The COM
;n'.IeeS u; as announced by Speaker Crisp
IN the llOuse yesterday morning give
general satisfaction to the members
mere are not more than half a dozen
dlSsatlslied ones. OF course MIR Sorin.
ger Is disappointed because he was not
again placed at the head of the com
m'ttee on ways and means. but his an.
polntment to the chairmanshin or
banking and currency was we'll re
ceiVed Oy the House, and MIR. Springer
VIII prooaDly DO good work in his new
asstsnment. His financial views agree
Mi.ii s Ciiose Oh the administration, and
| Mr.. Cleveland and MIR. Carlisle are
throughly satisfied.
,,e Inc appointment OF Mr.. Wilson, of
WeSC Virginia, as chairman OF the
colninlttee on ways and means was
probably made at the request of Mr.,
Cleveland. The President is an ad.
mlrer OF Mr.. Wilson's ability and be .
ileVes him to be the best posted man
In mo llouse on the tariff question.
lis views are in the thorough accord
with those of Mr.. Cleveland and the
Carift olll, reported by the committee
under MIR. Wilson, Will be Just what
the administration wants. The onIy
change made in the ways and means
committee is the removal Of Mr.. Sprig-
ner. MIR. Bynum, OF Indiana, succeeds
MT. Shlyely, who is not a mem Der of
this Congress. Mr.. breckenridge, of
Arkansas, who was removed from this
committee two years ago, is reinStated
ana Mr.. Tarspey, of Missouri, is added.
Every member of the House, except
Mr. llollnan, is thoroughly delighted
Win the appointment of Mr.. Sayers, Of
IexaS, as chairman of the committee
ADDrOnrlHtinnQ Dl
peculiar ideas of economy managed to
retard, rather than advance, business
IN the last House, and 1t is necessary.
on account OF his age, to place young
er man at the head of this committee.
Indeed, Mr. llolman's ideas of econo.
my have not been at all satisfactory
to the Democratic leaders. lie would
ngnC tOr hOllrS over an appropriation
or a few dollars, whereas it it happened
TO be IN the millions it would 60
through without his opposition.
Mr. Holman has been made chairman
or the committee on Indian affairs,
which meaus that the poor Indian is
10 be given no showing whatever by
this Congress. If "poor Lo" is fortu.
nate enough to get even a half supply
Of blankets he will be in luck. The
chances are that he will get none, but
have to clothG himself in the leaves of
the forest. Naturally, the army officers
are delighted at the appointment of
Mr. Holman to the head of this COM
mittee. For they hold that if the In
dian will not go to war over this econ
omist being placed in charge of his ra.
tlons and blankets he will never fight
again. But they believe he will fight
and this will give them opportunity to
see more active service in the field
Already there is talk about the capital
or the Indians preparing for a ghost
dance and the army officers are cele-
bratlnY the prospect of war at the
Army and Navy Club here tonight.
Mr. BlandS succeeds himself as chair
man OF the committee ON coinage,
weights and measures and that com
mlttee IS organized just as it was IN
the last Congress. IL has majority
OF Tree coinage, ana Should it nave
to deal with this question it will
Certhlnly bring in Il tree Coinage bill,
Although there has been much
comment about the Speakers
position on the silver question.
the fact that he has made this commit
tee Il free coinage committed is an indi-
cation that he holds the same views eX-
pressed by his vote on this question in
the last Congress, when he decided a
Tie in the House by casting his vote
with the free coinage men. The high:
est compliment pad TO any New York
member by the Speaker was the APP
pointment Of the Hon. Amos j. Cum
mings as chairman of the committee
on naval aifalrs.-ColumbiaJ Journal.