The weekly tribune., 1893-08-25
THE COMMITTEES.
Radical Changes Made in the Per
sonnel Of Some Of the Impor-
tant Committees.
The Committee on Coinage Is so Con.
stituted that There Is Some Doubt
as to Its Position on Silver.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-Interes in
the financial discussion in the house was
dwarfed today by the greater interest
every one felt in the announcement of
the standing committees by Speaker
crisp No one was prepared for the
radical changes N ade in the personnel
In some of tho important committees.
Springer of Illinois gives way to Wilson
of West Virginia as chairman Of the
ways and means committee, and the
llilnoisian given the craftsmanship of
the committee on banking and currency
Holman Of Indiana. the venerable
watch dog of the treasury" is deposed
from the committee on appropriations
in favor of Sayers of Texas. and is given
the head Of the committee on Indian af
fairs.
Bland of Missouri is retained as the
head of the committee on coinage, but
the free coinage people are disappointed
IN the committee being SO changed as
to leave much doubt as to whether the
free coinage people are in the 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 second on the committee
claims the speaker deferred to the re-
pealing element to such an extent as to
make the committee mildly free coin
age, instead of radically free coinage,
and insists on counting Kilgore of Texas
with the free coinage men. The COM
mittee will stand only nine to eight for
free coinage.
The committee on banking and cur
rency is said to be opposed to free coin
age, eleven to six. The removal of Hol.
man from the head of the appropriations
committee Is interpreted by some to
mean that the speaker favors more lb-
eral appropriations in the FIfty-Third
congress. The removal of Springer from
the ways and means committee gives
TINS important Craftsmanship to the
south. But 1t is said that this make IN
OF TIE committee on ways and means
does not indicate any essential change
from the policy of the last congress.
me charmen of the different COM
mlttees are as follows:
Elcction-O Farrell Virginia
Ways and Means Wilson, West Vir-
ginia.
Appropriations-Sayres. Texas.
Judiciary Texas.
Coinage. Weights and Measures
Bland Missouri.
banking and Currency - Springer,
Illinois.
Invalid Pensions Martin. Indiana.
Pensions-Moses. Georgia.
Slaims-Bunn. North Carolina.
ltevislon OF Laws-Ellis, Kentucky.
Foreign Atfairs-McCreary. Kentucky. |
Inter state and Foreign Commerce
Wise. Virginia
Rivers and IIarbors - Blanchard
Louisiana.
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Fithian. Illinois.
Hatch Missouri.
Military Atfairs-Outhwaite Ohio.
Naval Atfairs-Cummlngs New York.
Postoiiices and Post Roads-Hender
son. North Carolina
Public Lands-McRae. Arkansas.
Indian Holman, Indiana.
Observation-Disclosures, Alabama.
Railroads and Lands -Catchings, Mis-
sissipri
Private Land Claims Pendleton,
West Virginia
Page. Rhode Island.
Mines and Mining Weadock. Mich
igan.
Public Buildings and Grounds-Bank-
mead. Alabama,
Leyees and improvements of the Mis-.
sissippi River Allen, Mississippi
Education--Enioe Tennessee.
Labor McGann, Illinois.
Militia-Forman, Illinois.
Patents-Covert, New York. {
Public Buildings Crane. Texas. {
Printing Richardson, Tennessee.
Civil Service-Deforest, Connecticut. 8
Election of President and Vice -Presi- i
lent Fitch, New York. /
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic -- English. I
New Jersey. /
Irrigation of Arid Lands Cooper. In /
tiana. \
Immigration and Observation-Disclosures I
enhauer, New Jersey.
The membership of the coinage COM
nittee is as follows, Bland. Missouri;
-raey' New ork: kllgore, Texas; Epes, ,
irgina; stone. New York: Allen. Mis- y
lsslppi; Bankhead Alabama: Raynor. II
'laryland; llartcr Ohio; Colleen Wyo- I
ming: Mckeighar. Nebraska; Stone. .
H. johnson. North Da- y
ota: Dingle!. Maine; Sweet. Idaho. u
lager Iowa, Aldrich, Illinois; Rawhus, y
tab. a
Ways and Means Committee Wilson. 3
Vest Virginia; McMillin. Tennessee: /
.erne!. Georgia; Whiting Michigan: "
otkrau. New York; Stevens. Nassa-
Nusetts; BRYAN. Nebraska; Rrecker-
iEr, Arkansas. Ryuum. Indiana; lars
". Missouri; k2ri, Maine: Burrows. IN
.rolGan: Payne. New York: pa'.eI. :,
ems, wanna; Hopkins, Illinois, Gear. ~
WA, Montgomery, keuturky ''
Chicago Cattle Market r.
t.,'NrN. AuS. ~ Special ~ the
..., NJ. rnr fN.,Vr~., s.l,, ..-,, ~