The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-03-15
SNgA'TB REORGANIZATION.
= The Democratic Caucus Com
plete Their Labors.
COMMITTEES ANNOUNCED.
!. List OF the Democratic Members Of the
More Important Committees.
The Republicans Are Given Eleven Com
mittees, just the Number They Gave the
Democrats-Business VIII Now Move
Rapidly in the Upper House.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE Demo-
cratic caucus finished its labors oday.
SO far as the reorganization Of the COM
nittees Of the Senate is concerned. Dur
ing the session of the caucus the prevail
ing sentiment was in favor of speedy
reorganization of the clerical and execu-
tive forces of the Senate and the senti-
ment took tangible shape Immediately
after adjournment, when the caucus COM
mittee met for the purpose of considering
this subject. the important branch of
the work Of the majority is now well I'M
der way, and it is probable that by this
time next week the elective officers of the
Senate viii be changed. Either upon the
standing or select committees places will
be found as chairman for all new Demo-
cratic senators. The Republicans are
given eleven committees, Just the number
they gave the Democrats.
Following are the Democratic members
Of The more important committees:
Appropriations Cockrell, chairman;
Call, German, Blackburn and Brice.
Claims-Pasco, chairman; Villas, White,
Daniel and PETER.
Commerce-Ransom, chairman; Cooke,
Vest German, White of louisiana, White
OF Calf mia and Murphy of New York.
Examiners of the several branches OF
the civil serVice-Peffer, chairmans Gray
and Villas.
Finance - Voorhees,, chairman; Nc
Pherson, Harris, Vance, Vest and Jones
of Arkansas.
Fisheries-C Coke, chairman; Call, Ran
som, Gibson and Hill.
Foreign relations-Morgan, chairman;
Butler, Gray, Turpie and Daniel.
I,,,-,
hees, Mcpherson, Faulkner and PETER.
Indian affairs = Jones of Arkansas,
chairman, Morgan. Villas, Alien and
Roach.
Interstate commerce-Butler, chairman;
' German, Brice, White of Louisiana,
Camden and Lindsay.
Irrigation and reclamation of arid
Lands-White of California, chairman;
Kyle, Gibson, Roach and Beckwit1.
Naval Affairs-McPh chairman;
Butler, Blackburn and Camden.
Pensions-Palmer, chairman; Brice,
Villas, Camden and Caffrey.
Privileges and Elections-Vance, chair
man; Pugh, Gray, Turpie and Palmer.
PoStofflces and Post Roads-Colquitt
chairman; Villas, Irby, Mills, Hunton and
Hill.
Public Buildings and Gronnds-vest,
chairman; Daniel, Pasco, Brice and
Gordon.
Public Lands-Berry, chairman; Walt
hall, Pasco, Villas, Allen and Martin.
Railroads-Camden, chairman; Berry.
Gordon, Palmer, Martin, and BeckWith,
Relations with Canada-Murphy, chair
man; Pugh, Colquitt, Hunton and Mitch
su.
Rules-Blackburn, chairman; Harris
and German.
Observation-Disclosures chairman; Hill,
Bates, Gordon, Blackburn and White of
California
Transportation Routes to the Seaboard
-Irbv, chairman; George, Turpie, Cor
don and Hunton.
Pacific Railways Brice, chairman;
Morgan, Faulkner, White of Louisiana
and Murphy.
man: Kyle, White of Louisiana and
Cockrell.
Chairmen of the other committees are
as follows: Agriculture, George: Con-
tingent Expenses. White of Louisiana:
Census, Turpie; Civil Service. Call;
Coast Defenses, Gordon; District of Co.
lumbia, Harris; Education and Labor.
Kyle; Enrolled Bills, Reaffery; Improve
ment OF the Mississippi River, Bate; Ju-
dietary, Pugh; Library, Mills; Manufac-
ture, Gibson; Military Affairs. Waitfal:
Mines, Stewart; Expenditures of the Ex-
ecutive Department., Smith; Patents,
Gray; Printing, German; Privileges and
t1ecIlOuS. vance, REVISION OF LAWS, Dan
tel: to Establish a University of the
United States, Hunton; Quadro-Centen-
NAL. Villas; to Investigate the Geological
Survey, Martin; on National Banks,
Mitchell Of Wisconsin; on Forest Reser-
nations, Allen of Nebraska; to Investi-
gate Trespassers upon Indian Lands,
Roach.
The list is completed with the exception
Of the assignment of the senator from
Wyoming, and that place has been left
vacant until the member is sworn in. At
the conclusion of the caucus Mr.. German
sent copy of the list to the Republican
committee, which was in session.
The Republicans decline to give out
anything tonight, but will report to the
Republican caucus tomorrow. The COM
mittee changes will probably receive the
sanction of the Senate tomorrow by reso-
luton, and the old chairmen VIII then
give up the rooms they occupied and the
Democrats win be IN possession OF that
important branch Of the Senate. Nomin-
Rtions viii then be received and
promptly acted upon.
CABINET MEETINGS.