The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-08-25
THE HOUSE COMMITTEES.

THE HOUSE COMMITTEES.
On Monday Speaker Crisp announc-
ed the Committees of the House who
will control the legislative branch of
this department for the next two
years. As rule there were very few
surprises, the complexion of the var
ious assignments having been surmis
ed for the past two weeks. The speak
with the administration, as the APP
pointment of Hon. William L. Wilson,
of West Virginia, Chairman of the
Committee on Way and Means, one of
President Cleveland's most able lieu
tenants in tariff reform, will plainly
show. The selection of Mr.. Wilson
with such able hackers as McMillin,
of Tennessee Turner, Georgia {; Mont
gomery, of Kentucky; Whiting, of
Michigan; Cochran, of New York
Stevens, of Massachusetts Bryan, of
Nebraska {; Breckenridge, of Arkansas;
Bynum, of Indiana and Tarsney,
of Missouri; indicate that the friends
of tariff reform need have no cause
to fear the action of the House ON this
measure.
The committee on coinage, weights
and measures is still headed by Mr..
Bland, one of the free coinage leaders,
but to counterbalance this the friends
of honest money have Rayner, of
Maryland, Harter, of Ohio, and Tracy,
of New York, who will throttle any
act debasing our currency.
Mr.. Springer, who was the last lead
er of the House, has been made Chair
man of bankin. and currency, an i'm
portant committee at this time, al
though it was generally conceded he
would go to the head of foreign affairs.
Mr.. Geissenhaner, of New Jersey,
succeeds to the craftsmanship of I'M
migration, Col. Stump's old assign
ment. Mr.. Holman, 1.-The watch dog
of the treasury" who made such an
impecunious reputation in the last
House, is left off the appropriations
committee entirely being succeeded by
Mr.. Sayers, of Texas.
If the people who have schemes
they want to work through the COM
mittee imagine there is no watchdog
about in the absence of Judge Holman
they will be greatly fooled. Mr.. Say
ers is as much of an economist as Mr..
Holman, as every one knows who has
watched his career in the House and
on the appropria tions committee. He
is a man of somewhat broader views,
however, than Mr.. Holman, and his
admirers say he will apply the prun-
ing knife to appropriation bills with
more discretion than did his predeces-
sor.
Maryland did not receive lions
share of assignments but did as well
as could be expected for State hav-
ing only six representatives. Her
only craftsmanship is given to Mr..
Rusk, ON the committee of accounts,
who is also on the committee of the
District of Columbia. Mr.. Talbot
gets the place he desired ON naval af-
fairs and his six years of past expert
ence in the House, part of which time
he was On this committee, will enable
him to be of valuable assistance in
this important position. His record
IN ha caccioxo rnraliaf INDIAN
the present favorable circumstances,
will be one rejecting credit to his in
telligent constituency of the Second
Congressional District. He is also on
the committee ON levees and improve
ments on the Mississippi river.
Mr. Compton still has his old place
on the committee on appropriations
and also the election of President,
Vice President, Senators and Repre-
sentatives. To this committee will be
referred the proposed amendment to
the Constitution to provide for the
election of the Senators by a popular
vote.
Mr.. McKaig retains his same places
of the previous session, on the COIN
mittee of public grounds and build
ings and printing. Mr.. Brattan is
put on the committee on merchant
marine and fisheries and also has a
place on the militia committee.
On the whole Speaker Crisp has
shown great wisdom in his choice,
doubtless recognizing the fact that
the present session of Congress will
go down to posterity as one of the
most important in the history of the
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