Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-09

committees which they would much more
prefer, they will nc doubt waive all right
they may have to the craftsmanship of this
committee. Edmund N Morrill, who has
just been elected governor of Kansas, was
chairman in the Fifty-first Congress.
The remaining committees are not Of sc
much Importance, although number OF
them are considered good and will nc
doubt, be sought after. There Is accounts
which would be likely to go to Mr. Post OF
Illinois; agriculture, which would go to
Hainer of Nebraska, II Apsley should waive
his seniority in favor of the other com
mittee. If the seniority plan should be car
ried out In all places, the following might
be placed at the head of the committees
named, being the senior member OF the
present committees elected to the next Con-
grss, and leaving off those who would be
likely to select or are in line for better COM
mittees:
Possible Chairmen.
Claims. Cooper of Wisconsin; District of
Columbia, Harmer of Pennsylvania; educa-
ton, Thomas of Michigan; election Of Presi-
dent and Vice President, Johnson of North
Dakota; enrolled bills, Hager of Iowa; inn
migration and naturalization, Gillet of New
York; irrigation of arid lands, Doolittle OF
Washington; labor, McCleary of Minnesota
levees OF the Mississippi Marsh of Illinois;
library, Adams Of Pennsylvania; manu-
factures, Chicsering Of New York; mer-
chant marine and fisheries, Gillett of Mas
sachusetts; mileage, Mahon of Pennsyl-
vania; militia, Wright of Massachusetts,;
mines and mining, Cousins of Iowa; Pacific
railroads, Smith of Illinois; patents, Draper
of Massachusetts,; pensions, Loudenslager
of New Jersey; printing, Broderick of
Kansas; railways and canals, Wanger of
Pennsylvania; reform in the civil service,
Russell of Connecticut; revision of the
laws, johnson of Indiana; ventilation and
acoustics, Linton Of Michigan; war claims,
Avery OF Michigan.
There are, besides these, a number of
committees which are such in name only,
and which give the member a clerk at a
little larger salary than he would now re-
ceive as clerk to an individual member.
1t is not at all probable that the list as
given will be followed, but these are the
men whose seniority would entitle them to
the places, were other considerations not
to intervene. According to this list no
place is made for Mr. Babcock, chairman
Of the campaign committee, and there is no
doubt but that he will be either given a
chairmanship or a place on some important
committee which he desires.
The Committee on Rules.
There Is some speculation as to how the
Speaker would organize the committee on
rules. No doubt If Mr. Burrows remains a
member Of the House he will be a member
of the committee on rules, as we'll chair
Mr. Reed selected before, in addition to the
chairman of the committee on ways and
means for a member Of the committee on
rules. the chairman of the committee on
appropriations. and the senior members of
the minority of these committees for the
other two members of the committee Be
fore the close of the Congress, however
this last selection was broken by the Sc
lection of Mr.. Blount of Georgia and Mr.
McMillin OF Tennessee. When Carlisle
went to the Senate and Randall died Mills
would pot serve on the committee, and
Reed took the next member, who was Nc
Milln. There Is no doubt but that Mr.. Crisp
will be made head of the minority cf the
ways and means committee and will be
member of the committee on rules, but
whether the other democratic members on
rules will be Catchings or the senior men,
Der of the committee on appropriation, Mr.
Sayres, is merely speculative, az well as
who would be the second member with
Burrows 1t is possible that Mr.. Cannon
will get the place on rules and will not be
made chairman of the committee ON ap-
propriatfons. He has been a member of
that committee. 1t is one of the strongest
and most important In the Horse, for under
the Reed rules, which were practically
adopted by the democratic House. the COM
mittee on rules dominates the House and
its business.