The herald., 1894-11-19
The Priority Rule Expected
to Obtain in Making
Selections.
REED WILL BE SPEAKER
Sway by Several Trusty Lieu.
tenants - Supplemental
Tariff Blllss
By the Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1S.-The house
committees which are expected to be Of
the greatest importance in the next
congress are the ones on ways and
means; appropriations; rules; banking
and currency; coinage; weights and
measures; rivers and harbors. and pub
lie buildings and grounds. The first
three named always head the list in the
order of importance. The others are
expected to assume Importance in the
next congress, because OF the special
conditions which will prevail during
that congress.
The banking committee will certainly
be one of the most important commit
tees on the list if there should be an
effort, as is limited there may be. to re-
wise the currency laws and change the
present system. The probability of an
effort to secure silver legislation and the
probability that the Republican party
when it comes into power in the house,
will want TO formulate policy on this
question. will have the effect also OF ad-
vancing the coinage committee to .
position of first rank.
The rivers and harbors and public
buildings committee will have the deli
cate task of providing for public im-
prOvements 80 far as a committee of the
house can accomplish this work. With
SO many new men as there will be on
the Republican side in the congress, and
all OF them feeling it will be necessary
for them to make q showing to their
constituents. there will naturally be
al nj a fo~ a - -
for postoffice buildings, custom houses
and river and harbor improvements.
While the Republican party has al
ways shown a disposition towards libsf-
ality in public improvement. there 10
a probability OF an effort to hold their
miscellaneous appropriations az low a.
possible. The low condition of the
treasury, and the fact that presidential
election will be so near at hand. will
prove strong arguments in this dire0-
tion, as will the possibil of a presi-
Dental veto.
The Repu ublicans at present have six
of the IL members of the rivers and
harbors committee and all their mem
bers have been reelected except Mr..
Henderson of Illinois. With Henderson
out OF the way, Hermann of Oregon
takes first place in the Republican
membership OF the committee, with
Stephens Of Michigan, Hooker of New
York. Grosvenor of OHIO aud Reyburn
of Pennsylvania following in the order
named. 1t cannot, of course, be known
whether the speaker will follow the sen.
iority rule. II he should, Mr.. Hermann
would become the chairman.
Mr.. Miliken of Maine leads the Re-
publican mem bership in the committee
on public buildings, and the chances
are if Mr.. Reed becomes speaker, Mr..
Milliken will be chairman of this COM
mittee. Mr.. Morse Of Massachusetts ia
the only Republican member of the
committee returned.
Only three of the old Republican
members OF the committee on banking
and currency are reelected. They are
Messrs. Walker of Massachusetts, Rus
eel Of Connecticut and johnson of In
diana, Mr.. Walker is the senior mem~
ber and his chancee for the chairman
ship are the best.
OF the six present Republican memo
bere of the committee ON coinage
weights and measures, five have been
reelected to the Fifty-fourth congress.
They are in the order named: Stone o3
Pennsylvania. johnson of North Dakota
Dingler of Maine, Hager OF Iowa ana
Aldrich OF Illinois. Mr.. Stone would
naturally become chairman of the COM
mittee if he desired the place.
In the natural order of events Hon. J.
G. Burrows OF Michigan would become
chairman of the ways and means COM
mittee, with Mr. Reed in the speaker
chair, and there ia little doubt that he
will be given this important post which
carries 18th 1.-THE Repu blican leadership
ON the floor OF the house. if he fails in
his ambition to succeed Senator Patton
in the senate. With Reed in the speak,
er's chair and Mr.. Burrows in the sen.
ate there would be only three Repub>
lican members of the present commits
tee to choose from, these being Messrs.
Payne of New York, Dazell OF Pennsyl.
vania and Hopkins OF Illinoi0.
Mr.. Henderson OF Iowa is the rank.
ing Republican member OF the appro.
priations committee, with Messrs. Cogs.
we'll of Massachusetts, Bingham OF
Connecticut, Dinsley OF Maine, SGrout
of Vermont and Cannon of Illinoia
coming in the order named. 1t ;s possi.
Bile neither Cannon nor Henderson will
get the place, for in the event of Bur.
rows becoming chairman Of the ways
and means committee the probabilities
are strong that the east would demand
the chairmanship of the next impor~
tance, which would be the sppropriA-