Birmingham age-herald., 1894-12-07
Changes in the House Commit
 tees Made.
WHEELER GETS A GOOD PLACE
On the Ways and Means-Rail- road Pools Debated-Four
 Senate Bills Passed.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-Speaker Crisp today announced a number of committee removals and assignments, made necessary by the changes that have occurred in the membership of the house.
 The most important of them were tho as- signment of MT. Wheeler of Alabama to the committee on ways and means in place Of MT. Breckinridge of Arkansas, appointed minister to Russia; Mir. Sibley, democrat, of Pennsylvania, to the committee ou ap- propriations in place of MT. Compton i, democrat, of Maryland, appointed naval officer at Baltimore; Mir. Breckner, demo- crat, of Kentucky, to elections vice Mir. Paynter, democrat, of Kentucky, elected judge of the court of appeals of that state i; MT. Hicks, republican, of Pennsylvania, to public buildings and grounds; MT. Tracey, democrat, of New York, to mer- chant, marine and fisheries.
 The pension and Notifications appropri- ation bills for the year ending June 30 i, 1855, were reported to the house with noti- hcat1on that the former would be brought up next Wednesday and the letter when the railroad pooling bills have been dis pose
 Inc debate on the bill to so amend the interstate commerce law as 10 permit oi
 
 occupied the attention of the house until o'clock. Messrs. Cooper, democrat, of Florida, and Daniels, republican, of New York, spoke against the bill, and Messrs Gresham, democrat, of Texas; Morse, re- publican, of Massachusetts, and Reed. re- publican, of Maine, for it.
 MT. Cooper of Florida announced his Intention 10 offer as substitute for the committee bill measure which placed the pooling contracts absolutely under the con n a n nfAFc tai .,. sion, which should be empowered to mod fly or suspend them and whose actions should be final
 Mir. Cooper spoke for nearly two hours. He held the close attention of large uum- Der of members, and as he sat down was given considerable applause.
 At the close of the debate on the pooling bill the house adjourned.
 IN THE SENATE.
 The senate spent two hours in session to- day, transacted some business of m inor inn portance and adjourned until Monday.
 MT. Vest made an effort at the close of the proceedings to get up his cloture reso- lution for action, but he was cut off by Q motion 10 proceed to the consideration of executive business. He will probably be more successful on Monday next, whe- Mir. Blackburn, chairman of the committe, on rules, is expected to be present.
 MT. 1urpie occupied about an hour in the presentation of an argument in favor of making senetors elective by the people of each state instead of by the legislatures. He claimed that the proposed change would not disturb, in the slightest degree, the special relations existing between the senators and the people which they repre- sent, and that It's onIy object would be to have senators chosen by the suffrages of the whole people of a state instead of by the suffrages of very small minority. No action was taken on the resolution
 Four bills were passed: To exempt rom the payment of duties articles of foreign exhibitors at the Portland, Ore., Universal exposition; extending the time for the comm encement and completion of bridge across the Mississippi liver above New Or leans; to reimburse the Washington and Lee university at Lexington, Va. for in- juries done by United States troops during the war S17 ASA, and appropriating s20, 900 for the dedication of the ChickaEiauga q nd Chattanooga national park on tue two battlehelds on the 19.h and 20th of Sep- tembsr, 1895.
 Notices were given as follows:
 By Mir. Gordon, that he will call up on January the resolution in regard 10 the death of Senator Colquiit of Geor sia for the purpose of euiogy; by MT. Ra nsom, that on the Eth of January he will present a resolution in honor of the late Senator Vance of North Carolina; by Mr. Morgan, that he will ask the senate next Monday to take up the bill relating to the N caragua canal, and that he will submit some re- marks on the sutject; by Mir. Hunton, democrat, of Virginia, that on Thursday next he will move to take up the senate bill to establ a national university.
 conference report of the bill of last ses- sion for the purpose of printing aud bind ing and the distribution of public docu- meDts was presented and agreed to.
 After short executive session the sen- ate, at ? p. m., adjourned till Monday next.