The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-08-23
OF THE SENTINEL,

Speaker Crisp gave the members Of the
house a general shaking UP when he an
nounced the standing committees today.
Some of the older members IN point Of
service holding the choice chairmanships
were changed around to places where the
duties of their new positions will be
quite unfamiliar. Mr.. Springer Of Illi-
nois suffers the worst in this respect, al
though Mr. Holman of Indiana. in be-
ing deposed from appropriations and put
at the head of Indian affairs, has expert
enced change. When asked for state
ment as to the reasons which impelled
the speaker to depose him from the
craftsmanship of the ways and means
committee, Mr. Springer said: ITO say
that 1 am surprised at my deposition
from the craftsmanship of the ways and
means committee and appointed as
chairman of the committee on banking
and currency is only feeble expression
of the truth. I have had no intimation
from the speaker whatever as to his fail
ure to reappoint or Of his intention to
make me chairman of the other commit
tee. go from the work to which have
given the best study OF my life to COM
mittee the business of which / have
given but little attention heretofore. 1
know nothing Of the motives of the
speaker or Of the object that he had in
view He has assured me that he de-
sired to do that which he thought was
best for the country and the democratic
party. I hope he is not mistaken, but
opinions may differ. I do not care to
make a further statement at this time"
The speaker had kept his intentions so
ar
but no one was prepared for the radical
changes made in the personnel of some
Of the important committees.
Bland of Missouri is retained at the
head of the committee on coinage, but
the free coinage people are disappoint-
ed in the committee being so changed
as to leave much doubt whether the free
coinage people are not in a minority
and whether the financial policy of the
administration may not find a majority
in the committee.
Congressman Tracey of New York,
who is an administration man and sec
ond on the committee, claims that the
speaker has deferred to the repeating
element to such an extent as to make
the committee mildly free coinage in
stead of radically free coinage" and in
sists that, counting Kilgore Of Texas
with the free coinage men, the commit
tee will only stand to for free coin
age. Chairman Bland, when asked to-
night for an opinion as to how his COM
mittee stands very Enthusiastically re-
piled: 'T don't know. You cannot tell
how a fellow stands nowadays Ac-
cording to the way they used to stand
we would have a majority of one for
free coinage. But how they stand now
God Almighty only knows
The committee on banking and cur
rency is said to be opposed to free coin
age IL to 6.
The removal Of Mr.. Holman from the
head of the appropriations committee is
interpreted by some to mean that the
speaker favors more liberal appropria-
tions in the Fffty-third congress. The
friends of the Indiana economist are dis
pleased and assert that they will take
a stand with Holman in forcing the dem
ocratic party to live up to its platform
of economy in the appropriations"
The removal Of Mr. Springer from the
ways and means committee gives this
important craftsmanship of the house to
the South. Holman's successor is also
a southern man; but, aside from this,
the makeup Of the committee on ways
and means does not indicate any essen
tial change from the policy Of the last
congress. Every other democrat mem
Der of this committee who is in this
congress Is retained, the new ones be-
ing Breckenridge Of Arkansas, Bynum
Of Indiana and Tarsney of Missouri The
only new republican member is Goar of
Iowa-one of the staunchest supporters
of the Mckinley policy and the McKin-
ley bill in the Fifty-first congress.
Indiana Assignments.
The assignments of Indiana on the
committees are as follows:
Bynum-Ways and means.
Martin-1nvaltd pensions, chairman.
Cooper-Irrigation of arid lands, chair
man; district Of Columbia.
observation-disclosures
Brown-Elections, expenditures in the de-
partment Of justice.
Holman-Indian affairs, chairman.
demonstrating and currency and re-
BretzNMiiitary affairs and public build
ings and grounds.
McNagny-War claims and expenditures
in the treasury department.
Hammond-Claims and ventilation and
acoustics.
Waugh-Elections.
Taylor = Pensions and reform OF civil
service.
Conn-Manufactures.
The Divisions.
Thirty-two chairmanships go to the
South and tWeuty-three to The North