The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-03-15
The SENATORIAL SLATE.
How Chairmanships Of the Com
mittees Have Been Awarded.
THE PoPULIsTs DULY RECOGNIZED.
The Republicans Given Chairmanships
Of Eleven Committees-The Elective
officers of the Senate May Not De
Changed Until Next Week.

The Republicans Given Chairmanships
of Eleven Committees-The Elective
officers OF the Senate May Not De
Changed Until Next Week.
WASHINGTON, March 15.-The Demo
cratic caucrSs finished its labors yesterday
so far rs the reorganization of the commit
tees of the senate are concerned. There
was prevailing sentiment in favor of a
speedy reorganization of the clerical and
executive force of the senate, and that
sentiment took tangible shape Immediately
after the adjournment of the caucus when
the caucus committee met In Mr.. Ransom's
room for the purpose of considering the
subject. 1t is probable that by this time
next week, II not earlier, the elective officers
of the senate will have been changed.
1t will be seen that the committee pro-
vided chairmanships for Senators PETER
and Kyle, the Populist members, and per-
mitted Mr.. Stewart to retain the chairman
ship of the committee on mines and min
ing, which he held under the Republican
organization. There was some debate over
this action and some opposition, but the in
fuence of the committe prevailed and the
silver senator from Nevada will not be dis
turbed. Either upon the standing or select
committees, places were found as chairmen
for all the new Democratic senators. The
Republicans are given eleven committees,
just as they gave the Democrats. The
official list as given out by Mr. German is
as follows,
| Finance, Voorhees,; agriculture, Georges;
appropriations, Cockrell; claims, Pasco;
commerce, Ransom; District of Columbia,
Harris; immigration, Hill; foreign rela-
tions, Morgan; Indian affairs, Jones ARK. J;
I interstate commerce, Butler; judiciary
! Pugh; military affairs, Walthall; mines
and mining, Stewart; naval Mcpherson;
patents, Gray; pensions, Palmer; post
Office, Colquitt; printing, German; priv
ileges and elections, Vance; public build
ings, Vest; public lands, Berry; railroads,
! Camden; relations with Canada, Murphy;
rules, Blackburn; territories, Faulkner;
I Pacific railroads, Brice; Indian depreda-
tions, Lindsay; quadro centennial, Villas;
! contingent expenses, Whites census, Turpie.
/ civil service, Call; coast defenses, Gordon:
!, education and labor, Kyle; enrolled bills
!, Caffrey; examination branches of civil
t service, PETER; fisheries, Coke; improve.
I ment of Mississippi river, Bate; irrigation,
!, White; library, Mills; manufactures, Glib
I SON; expenditures in executive depart
ments, Smith; revision of laws, Daniel
, transportation to tae seaboard, lrby; t.
establish University of the United States
Hunton; to investigate geological survey
y Martin; on national banks, Mitchell (Wis.)
= forestry reservation, Allen (Neb,); to i'll
0 vestigate trespass upon Indian lands
a Roach.
The Democratic majority of the financ
committee is composed of Senators Vooi
hees, Mcpherson, Vance, Harris. Vest an
Jones (Ark.), all of whom with the exceI
ton of Senator Mcpherson IN. j. are fire
: silver men. The committee Is, therefore
d not likely to report any bill looking to th
IS repeal Of the Sherman law, and the finar
e cial station will remain unchanged, so ia
e as new legislation for free silver is cor
y cerned, in the Fifty-third congress.
The south gets thirty-one Of the chat
y manships, the north and west thirteen ali
, the Populist senators four,
= The Republican committee which a
y ranged the minority representation on th
!. committees, presented ils report to the RI
d p tbiean caucus today.