The sun., 1893-03-12
LIVE WASHINGTON TOPICS.
TIE CAUCUS COMMITTEE PRACTICALLY
COMPLETES ITS WORK.

It Makes Changes In the Senate Cour,ittees
Made Necessary by the Election OF Demo-
cratic Senators from the Northern States
Mr.. Dockery Explains why tho saia-
ries OF Assistant Secretaries were Dockcd
WASHINGTON. March 11.-The Democratic
Caucus Committee. appointed to revise the
comm ittees OF tho Senate and assign Chair
mnnships resumed it's labors this morning at
IL o'clock The committee declined to permit
any interruptions in its work. The only occn-
sion when tho rule was broken to-day was
whom Senator Hill went to tho committee
room and sent in for Senator Ransom. The
two gentlemen went of together and remained
In conference for about fifteen minutes. The
lobby OF the conference room was thronged
with callers all day. but no one was permitted
to ac0uant the members OF tho committee
with his presence. and tho members did
not show themselves. having their lunch
served In tho room. Mr.. German was
the lmost sought for. but no one saw
him. At 4 p. M. tho committee had
practically finished its work. but declines to
give out any information relative to the results
Of its conferences. 1t is known. however. that
there has been no violent fractures OF tho ira
ditions Of the Senate by which the ranking
minority Senator becomes Chairman. Many
changes have. however. been made necessary.
as one Of the members OF tho committee said.
by reason OF the entrance into tho Senate OF
new Democratic members from tho Northern
States.
A glance at tho committee list Of the last
Senate shows how difficult 1t has been to
bring out a result satisfactory to oil. There
are forty standing committees Of the Senate.
and out OF this number tho ranking Demo-
lol - to- t,t~k,,
one Of these committees comes from Southern
States and only nine from the North. In the
the select committees tho same prepon-
derance from the South is seen. there
being eight from that section and but
one from the North. The election OF
Democratic Senators from Wisconsin. New
York. North Dakota. Wyoming. and California
has compelled the committee to make shift
o so n as to Gve these nsW
memhers and other men from the North their
tair share Of the good places. Or course In
hers the name OF tho same Senator ap-
pears in many cases on various committees.
having served in the senate for many year..
Despite all this. however it is understood that
aI to iG IN
ment Of Chairmen to the important commit
tees Of the Senate: although the general make
up OF the committees appears to nave very
materially chanEedt
The committee will hold another meeting on
ard make such corrections rs may be neces-
sary. II any nominations are sent to the Sen:
over until the committees have been fully re-
organized. and this will not. tho Caucus Com
mittee thinks be earlier than the middle OF
next week.
Representative Dockery OF Missouri makes
the following explanation OF the "docksd"
salaries OF Assistant Secretaries. &c in the
Anpropriotion hin for uayt nacal
when We came to frame the legislative
bill we found that number OF the department
officials were getting bonus in addition to
the amount authorized BY law as their sala-
ries. For instance. when Mr.. Hit was Az;
was added to tho salary without warrant OF
auest SM Mr. ans Wien the FIT e
been raised to $1,000 was not cut down. We
restored it its legal legal figure. $500: Thena
hayins s3;753 apr5epriated ior thsir I s,s!aTiss =,
There were other cases, including the solic-
itor OF the Treasury, and in each instance We
only three cases did we make exception. One
% was the pensI9n S Sommnlssioner. n VINO Is not ie-
responsibiiity attaching to the officc. that
tn" figure should not not be reduced The
er OF the Land oice and the - Public
Printer for both Of whom we appropriated tho
Sy aw Whe b W"s
G Sy the Senate nate we % found , that nll the figures
conference the House conferrees insisted
unon sompy,1G With the law md the senate
story. There was no secrecy about 1t. f"r the
Senators were fully aware OF what the House
committee had done and what tho House had
agreed to-.
The meeting OF the bar OF the Supreme Court
convened in the court room at noon to-day to
take steps to express the loss tho bar sus-
tanned In the death OF Justice Lamar was at
tended by a~large and distinguished gather
Ing. Vice. President Stevenson. by request.
called the meeting to order and named SEN
ator William +. Villas OF Wisconsin rs Chair
man. senator George in a brief speech moved
tho appointment OF a committee to prepare
resolutions expressive Of the sense OF loss the
bar felt at the death of the late Justice. The
Stevenson. Senators Walthall George. Gordon.
Stewart. and fuGh. General Gar
sippi .ipi and MessIs John iandoiph TucIer.
Bancroft Davis. William +. Earl. and J. NJ. Will
son The meeting adjourned until next ;.,S Sat, It.
presented and speeches made by Senators Vi
las, George sand Mitchell q Oregon, John Ran.
Allen OF Mississippi. and others.
Secretary Hoke Smith to-day revoked and
cancelled thu permits which were issued on
feU. ID lSL 10 the IlhckIoOt MllllHR company
and the Bitter Root Development Company OF
Mssoula county. Montana. e cut SO per cent;
of the timber on the public lands in that
county. The permit to the Blackfoot Milling
Company embraced about 1900 acres scat
tered through twelve townships. and that to
the Il, ol Bitter Root Comnany embraced about
to the opinion thnt tho granting Of such ex.
tensive timher-cutting privileges Is against
sneed,iy result in the total destruction OF tho
forests OF the West. His action. however, was
fastened by the receipt OF information that
fraud was practised In obtaining the permits
Secretary smith to-day ordered the tempo
Eyy, Tsry SUSPENSION of AL homestead entries in
representations made by Gov. Jones Of that
State. to the effect that the entries were being
made Of salt springs and saline lands. in yio-
iation & OF SeStiGn s . of the act admitting Ala
tion will be made. and the lands will remain
In suspension until all the facts are ascer-
BOSTON AND MAINE.
An Agreement for Close Trnmc Alliance
with the New Haven HOnd.