The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-11-24
IN THE NEXT CONGRESS
Prob able Distribution Of I'm.
portant Chairmanships.
BASED ON REED BEING SPEAKER

Hsrmaan to Have the Craftsmanship Of
the kissrs ssd Hsrbsvs. and Burrows
the Wsys sad Msaas Chstssasa ship
The Appropriations In Doubt.
wAsHisGroS, November 20. 49, The
House Committees which are expected
to lie Of the greatest importance in the
next Congress are those on Ways and
Means. Appropriations. Rules, Banking
and Currency. Coinage. Weights and
Measures, Rivers and Hssbors, and Pub
lie Baiidinxs aud Grounds. Tie first
three named always head the lie, ia Of
der OF Importance. The others arc ex-
pse.ed To assume importance in the next
Congress because Of tho special condI.
tons which will prevail during tina,
Congress. The Banking Cosnmitiee will
certainly b- one OF thc most important
committees ON the list, il there should
be an effort, - Is 10 hintsi thsse may he,
10 revise tho currency laws and change
tho present system. The probability Of
All effort To SEIZURE silver legislation and
the further probability that the Repub.
ilcAn part! shen IL comss into power in
House may want To formulate . policy
ON this question, will have the effect also
OF advancing the Coinage Committee To
. position ot tho tfss rsnk. The Rivers
and ifait-ofs and Public BuiIdihgs Cotn.
mitsr~s will have tho drsieat1 task Of
prov ding fos public Improvements, 90
Tar ~ the committees OF tho House can
accomplish this work.
With - maay nes men ~ there will
10 GA tho Republican sad- OF Compress.
and all OF them feeling that il ~ili he
necessary fos them 10 make . shos Inc
to their constituents. there will natural.
~ t- . pretty general e.Ansos Tor APP
populations tor POSSIBILITIES buildings, cue
totn' hoas-s and river asd hasuos lu,.
pruyrmcnss- Willis the Republican
party has always shosn . die poe lAon to-
ward iib@fAlity IN public itnpro, nscnts,
thrse 10 probability Of an cftos, To bold
their misertianeous appropriations rs
io~ ~ possible. The loo condition o.
tho Treasury and the TACT tina; q Pr-si. |
dcnsisl erection viii be 60 near al hand
vii prove ssoux zssumsbts IN this iii |
scrtson. 10 Will the fasssihsllsy OF fwsl- |
dental Veto The kspaGilrahs al pee
eni have eix Of the seventeen nsrn,l-fs
OF tn. Rivers and Hsfbots Comnltirr,
elected ~1rrps ii1nirsson ot Illinois
With iirnsisrsoa oct Of tho way iirf-
mann o. or~gon takes hrss ptarr 10 The
krpubilS.n tp-sah-rship Of the co.n-
mites. with Bssph ms Of Michiean.
H"ph~f OF Sew York. osussraos ot Ohio.
and Hoy barn os nnsyivzaia follow Ins
To tbs order named. itcAnnos. al cours~.
30 known WHISTLER the nr1s Speaker vail
!nlisv the seniority rule. II he shoa!d,
Hermann woald bssrosnr Chairman.
MilliArn Of Mainc irsds the Rrputs
l.can iasmh-sship 81 the Com niii~c on
rablic Bassdiass. AMI th. csiann~s arc, Il
Reed h~cpmrs spesscf. Miiltksa ~tll TO
made ChairmAn al this committees,
Moss~ Of Massachusetts, 10 tho only To-
publicAn rnsmt-r OF tho COMMITTEES rc-
taru~d. Ouly three of Tho old Rspnts-
liran aasmhrfs Of ,bp COMMITTEES ON
Ranking aud Currency arc rc'slrrtssi.
They Arc Walker Of Massachusetts,, kps-
coli Of Coanrctiepi and Jobn.pa OF In
diana. walker 10 the senior tnernt~r.
and bic chances tas tho Chsifmsnship
arc tho h~ss. ~ the sits prc~~n, Erpat-
lirAn tnemhprs OF tho Cotniniitr~ on
Coinasr. Weights and Measures Eve hare
hscn f~-~l~csri 10 the fitty.loufth Con.
srrss. Thcy arc In the osyies named:
rakota, psnglcy os Mains. iissct u
Iowa AMI Aldr,eh OF illinois,. stone
uoaij naturally become Chairman oi
tho committee II he desired tho place.
In III. natural orict o! events bnr-
ruvs Of Michigan will become Chairman
oi tho Ways aud Means Committee.
With Re~d In tbs Speakers chair there
10 little doubt THAI he ~ill te given this
important post, which carries With II
tho Republican leadership on tho floor
Of tho iIpase. u he fails In his ambition
TO sucrrc.t senator Patton in the Senate.
With Reed In the Speakers chair AMI
BuTrows In the senate there would lie
only ;hfre Republican mcmtrrs Of the
present eommtt,ce left tn ehopsr from.
thrs~ h~,ng Payne ot New York. palrrll
Of Fcnnsylvania and tiopkin. Of Illinois.
Henderson of Iowa /. the ranking Re-
publican member ot the appropriations
Committee. with Cor~wril 81 Massaehu.
s"'ts, bingham Of Pennsylvania. Ding.
lev ot Maine. Grout Of Vermont aud
Cannon OF Illinois coming In The order
named. II 10 possible that neither Cam
non nor Henderson will be given tho
Chairmabship in the event Of Burrows
becoming Chairman OF the Ways and
Means Committee, the probabilities are
strong that the las, would demand the
Chsitmanship Of the nex, most impor-
tant committed. which would he the Ap.
preparations. In that contingency Ccss.
we'll chances for being promoted to the
head Of the COMMITTEES would he excel.
lent, II Reed becomes Speaker Of the
House. the Republican membership ri
the Committee on Rules will probably
To composed Of himself and the Chair
men OF the Appropriation. and Way.
and Means Committees. He pursued
this plan in the Fifty.frst Congress. and
there is reason 90 believe that he would
revive Il rather than initiate Crisp's pol.
ICY OF bistrihnt,n, Tho haoora