Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-11-19
The Important Committees Of the Next
Congress Forecast.
EXPERIENCED MEN ARE SCARCE.
The Banking Committee Will
Very Likely Be Brought For
ward by Currency Legislation.
The Republican Disposition to
Make Liberal Appropriations
Will Likely Give Way to
Policy.

pected to be Of the greatest importance
iu the next Congress are those on the
Ways and Means. Appropriations,
Rules, Banking and Currency, Coinage,
Weights and Measures, Rivers and Har-
bors and Public Buildings and Grounds.
The first three named always head the
list In order Of Importance. The others
are expected TO assume importance in
the next Congress because Of the esps-
cial conditions which will prevail dur
inR that Congress.
The Banking Committee will certain
" be one OF the most important Com
mittess in the entire list, II there should
be an effort, as is hlnted there may De,
TO
TO REVISE THE CURRENCY LAWS
and change the present system. Such
legislation as this would lift the Com
mittee dealing with IL from its present
place Of insiguiticaace and place IL for
the time along with the Na7s and
Means Committee. The probability OF
an effort % secure silver legislation, aud
the probability that the Republican
party, when il comes into power to the
House, will want 10 formulate a policy
10 this question, will have the effect
also OF a1Vaucing the COINAGE Commit
tee TO q position OF first rank.
The River and HarOOr and Public
Building Committees will have the deli
cate task OF providing for public i'm
urovements so far as a Committee Of the
House can accomplish this work. Win
so many new men as there will be on
the Republican side, in Congress, and
all Of them feeling that il will be neces-
sary for them TO
MAXI A SHOWING TO THEIR C0NsTIT-
UENTs,
there will naturally be a pretty general
clamor for appropriations for postolics
buildings, custom houses, aud river and
barbor improvements. WAiis the Re-
Uublican party has always shown dis
position towards Ji0eralitY 10 public i'm
provements, there is a probability Of an
effort to hold their miscellaneous apprO-
priatIons a. low as possible.
The low condition Of the treasury aud
the fact that a Presidential election
will be so near a. hand vii. prove strong
arguments in this direction, as will the
possibility OF Presidentla. veto.
The Republicans al present have SIX
of the seventeen members OF the Com
mittee 90 Rivers and Harb0rs, and all
their members hava been reelected ex-
cept Mr.. Henderson, Of Illinois With
Henderson out Of the way Hermann,
OF Oregon, taxes first place in the Re
publican meu oership OF the Com mitIee,
with Stephenson, OF Michigan, Hooker,
OF New York. GrosvsuOr, Of OHIO, and
Reyourn, OF Pennsylvania, following 10
the order ramed. 1t cannot, OF course,
be known whether the next Speaker
will follow
TIE SENIORITY RULE;
Il be should, Mr.. Hermann would be
come Chairman.
Mr.. Miiken, Of Maine, heads the Re-
publican mem Oership OF the Committee
on Public Buildings, aud the chances
sre thatif Mr.. Reed becomes Speaker,
Mr.. Muuseu will be Chairman OF this
Committee. Mr.. Morse. OF Ms,sachu-
sstts, is the only other Republican mem
Der O! the Committee returned.
OnIy three Of the old Republican
members Of the Committee on Banking
aud Currency are reelected. They sre
Messrs. Walker, OF Massachusetts, Rus
sell. Of Connecticut, and Johnson, OF
Indiana Mr.. Walker is the senior Re-
publican member. de has. from the
beginning Of his Congressional career,
taken an active interest in
FINANCIAL QUESTIONS,
aud bis chances OF securing the chair
mauship would be TIE best.
OF the SIX present Republican mem
bers OF the Committee on Coinage,
We zhts sni Measures, I've have been
reelected 20 the Fifty-fourih Congress-.
They are 10 order named: stone, Of
Johnson. OF North D4ko-
"A. D.cgley. OF Maine; Hager, Of Iowa,
and Aldrich, OF Illinois. Mr. Stone
would naturally become Chairman Of
the Com uit;ee, but it is suggested that
10 case OF Mr.. Reeds becoming Speaker,
be might have 3 personal policy wiki
reference 70 silver which be would
want 10 pursue. aud, in inzt event,
ight want Ar. DiuEley, OF MS Own
State, as the .eaier on tdis Committee.
IN the uaturai order OF events, Hon.
J. c. Burrows, OF MicaiEAu, vii be-
come Caairuan OF toe Ways and Means
Committee. with Mr Reed 10 the SPEAK
sr's chair, but there is little doubt that
he will be given this important post,
which carries with 70 the Republican
leadership 90 TIE f0Or OF the House II
he fails in his ambition % succeed sen
stor Patton 70 bis sezt 10 tie Senate.
Wlth Mr.. Reed 10 tie Speakers chair.
aut SIR Burrows In the Senate, there
would Be o1lY three Republican mem
5e-s o. the present Committee % choose
from. these being AsssrS. Paine, Oi
New YORK; UaiIsIi, o. Pennsylvania,
and Hopkins, Of IIioois.
% 3 Henderson, CT Iowa, is the
ranking Republican member Of
rHE APPRoPRIATIoSs COMMITTEE,
with Msssrs. C0zsvell, OF Nsssach1-
sets: Bingham, Of Psnnsyivanis; Ding
.ey, OF Maine; GrOut, OF Vermont and
CsnnOu, of IlliuOis. coming in the order
named. There is likely 20 be conflict
between the hrss and last named Of This
list While Henderson is now the
rankirg Republican member OF the Con-
nittse. Caunon was Chairman il the
Fifsy-Erst Congress. aR1 viii probably
asked 70 have his nld place 5acZ. l. is
possible ihst nsltksr Cannon or Hen
derson wiz A-xst The place, for in the