Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-08-24
COMMITTEES.
Speaker Crisp Announces His Sc
lections to the House.
4 SURPRISE FOR MIR. SPRINGER.
Supplanted by Wilson on the Ways and
Means COMMUNICATIONS Set
Aside by Sayres-The
List.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22-The interest
in the financial discussion was dwarfed
yesterday in the greater interest that
everyone felt in the announcement of
the committees. The speaker had kept
his intentions so secret that surprises
were expected. but no one was pre-
pared for the radical changes made in
the personnel of some of the important
committees Springer, of Illinois, gives
way to Wilson, of West Virginia, on
the ways and means committee, and
Springer is now chairman of the COM
mittee on banking and currency. Hol-
man, of Indiana, the venerable watch
dog of the treasury" is deposed from
the committee on appropriations in
favor of Sayres, of Texas, and goes into
committee on Indian affairs. Bland, OF
Missouri, is reta -nes at the head of the
committee on coinage, but the free coin
age people are disappointed at the COM
mittee being changed SO as to leave
much doubt whether the free coinage
people are not in the minority and
whether the financial policy of the adj
mihistration may not find majority
in the committee.
The committee on banking and cur
rency is said to be opposed to free coin
age. The removal of Holman from the
appropriation committee is said to
mean more liberal appropriation list
in the Fifty-third congress. The friends
of the Indiana economist are displeased
and say they will take stand will
Holman in forcing the democratic party
to live up to its platform of economy
in the appropriations.
The removal of Springer from the
ways and means committee gives this
important Craftsmanship to the south.
Holman'S successor is also southern
man. Every other democratic member
of this committee who is in this con-
gress is retained. The only new repub-
ican member is Gear, of Iowa, one of
the staunchest supporters of the McKin-
ley bill in the last congress.
The list of the more important com
mittees is as follows:
Ways and means Wilson of West Virginia.
chairman; McMillin of Tennessee, Turner of
Georgia, Mon tgomery OF kentucky, w hitting OF
Michigan, Cochran of New York. Stevens of
Massachusetts Bryan OF Nebraska, Breckin-
ridge of Arkansas, B mum of Indiana. TarSney
of Missouri Reed of Maine Burrows of Michi
gan, Payne OF New York Dllzeil of Pennsyi-
vania, Hopkins of Illinois, Gear OF Iowa
Coinage, weights and meaSures-Bland of
Missouri. chairman; Tracy of New York, Kill
gore of Texas, Epstein OF Virginia, Stone OF
Kentucky, Allen of Massachusetts,, Bankhead
of Alabama Rarner of Maryland Harter of
Ohio. Coffee of Wyoming. McKeighan of Ne
raska, c. w. Stone of Pennsylvania, johnson
of Ohio. Dingley of Maine Sweet of Idaho,
Hagen Of Iowa, Aldrich of Illinois, Rawlins of
Utah.
Banking and currencv-Springer of Illinois,
chairman; Sperry of Connecticut, Cox of Ten
nessee, Cobb of Missouri. Culberson of Texas,
E1is OF Kentucky, Cobb of Alabama, Warner
Johnson
Georgia, Hall Of Missouri, Walker of Massa-
chusetts, Brosus of Penns ylvania, Henderson
of Illinois, Russell of Connecticut Haugen OF
Wisconsin, johnson of Indiana
Appropria tions-SayerS of Texas, chsirman;
Breckenridge of Kentucky, Dockery of Mis-
souri, Campton of Indiana ONeil of Massa-
Tennessee, Robertson OF Louisiana, Brookshire
of Indiana, Williams OF Mississippi, Coombs of
New York, Henderson of Iowa. Cogswen of
Massachusetts,. Bingham of Pennsylvania,
Dingley of Maine, Grout of Vermont, Cannon
of Illinois.
Interstate and foreign commerce-Wise of
Virginia, chairman; Price of Louisiana. Brick
Of Wisconsin. Geary of California, Honk OF
Tennessee, Mallory of Florida, Patterson of
Tennessee. Caruth Of Kentucky, Durborrow OF
Illinois. Brawley of South Carolina, Bartlett of
New York, O'Neill, of Pennsyl vania, Randall of
Massachusetts, Storer of Ohio, Belden OF New
York, Hepburn of Iowa, Fletcher of Minnesota
Rivers and harborS-Blanchard of Louisiana,
chairman: Catchings of Mississippi, Lester of
Georgia, Clarke of Alabama, Jones OF Virginia,
Page of Rhode Island Anderson OF West Vir-
ginia, Causey of Delaware, Caminetu of Cali
iornia, McCulloch OF Arkansas, Barnes OF Wis
consin, Henderson of Illinois, Hermann of Ore
gon. Stephenson Of Michigan, Hooker Of New
York, Grosvenor of Ohio. Reyburn Of Penn
sylvania
Foreign affairs-McCreary. of Kentucky.
chairman; Hooker of Mississippi, Fitch of
New York. Ravner of MARYLAND. Geary Of Cali
fornia, Price of Iowa, Tucker OF Virginia Dens-
more of Arkansas, Everett OF Massachusetts,
Hit of Illinois, Harmer OF PENNSYLVANIA Storer
of Ohio. Blair of New Hampshire, Draper of
Massachusetts, and Voorhees, of New York.
Committee on pensions-Moses of Georgia,
HARM IN; Henderson of North Carolina, Jones
Virginia, Houlz of Ohio, SnodgraSs of Ten
nessee, Taylor of Indiana, Isle of Kentucky,
Clark of Missouri Baker of Kansas Louden-
slayer of New Jersey, Lucas of South Dakota.
White of Ohio Tawney OF Minnesota
Committee on invalid pensIons-Ma OF
Indiana, chairman: F IAN of Missouri Hare OF
Ohio. McLettrick of Massachusetts. Baldwin OF
Minnesota, Graham of New York Med )naid
of Illinois, Erdman o. PennsY1vaai Fielder OF
New Jersey. Taylor Of Tennessee, Pickler, OF
South Dakota, LaceY of Iowa Apseley OF Mas
sachusetts, Meikeljohn OF Nebraska. Strong OF
Ohio.
Elections-O'FerraIl Of Virginia, chairman:
Brown of Indiana, Payton of Kentucky. Lock
wood of New York, Lawson of Georgia. Hayes
of Iowa, Patterson Of Tennessee. benson OF
Alabama, Woodland Of North Carolina, Taylor
New York. McFaii OF Mass lchusetts, Thomas
of Michigan, Wheeler of Illinois
The craftsmanship of the other com
mittees were as follows:
Merchant marine and fsheries-Fithian o.
Illinois
Agr;culture-Hatch OF Missouri
Military affairs -Outhwaite Of Oaio
Naval affairs-Cummings of New York
Post offices and post roads-Hendsrson o,
North Carolina
Iic Ian 4 Arkansas
Indian afairS-Ho..n3n Of 1udi INA
Territorie s-Wheeler Of Alabama
Railways and canalS-Cl tchingS Of MfSSiS
sippi
Private land characterization of West Viz
ginia
Manufactures Page of Rhode Island
Mines and mining -Wea:x, TX OF Michigan
Public buildings and grSInds -BanShead o
AlabamA
Pacific railwags-Reily OF Penns Tlvania
Levees and improvements OF the Mississippi
Allen of Mississippi
Educaticn-Enloe of Tennessee
Labor-McG ann of Illinois
Miliiia-Forman of Illinois
Patents-Covert of New York
Invalid pensiols-Martin Of Indiana
Pensions Moses OF Georgia
Claims-runn of North Carolina
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