The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-11-19


oeed senator Patton the Michigan Con-
gresham win Probably Head the Ways
and Means Committee.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-The house com
mittces which are expected to be of the
greatest Importance in the next congress
are those on the ways and means, appro-
priatiuns, rules, banking and currency,
coinage weights and measures, rivers and
harbors and public buildings and grounds.
The first three named always head the list
TN order Of Importance. The others are ex-
pected to assume Importance i'm the next
congress because of the especial conditions
which will prevail during that congress.
The banking committee will certainly
be one Of the most important committees
in the entire list If there should be an
effort, as is limited there may be, to revise
the currency laws and change the present
system. Such legislation rs this would
place the committee dealing with it along
side Of the ways and means committee.
The probability of an effort to secure silver
legislation, and the probability that the
Republican party when 1t comes into
power in the house will want to formulate
policy in this question will have the
tllttl blHO VI advancing bllN NpillARt tbll-
mittee to position of first rank.
The river and harbor and public build
ings committees will have the delicate
task of providing for public improvements
so far as a committee of the house can ac-
complish this work. With so many new
men as there will be on the Republican
side in the next congress, and all of them
feeling that it will be necessary for them
to make a showing to their constituents,
there will naturally be pretty general
clamor for postofice buildings, custom
houses and riverand harbor improvements.
While the Republican party has always
shown a disposition towards libcrality i'm
public improvements, there is probabil-
ity of an effort to hold their miscellaneous
appropriations as low rs possible.
The Republicans at present have six of
the seventeen members Of the committee
on rivers and harbors, and all of their
members 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 Stephenson of
Michigan. Hooker of New York, Grosve-
nor Of Ohio and Reyburn Of Pennsylvania
following in the order named. 1t cannot,
of course be known whether the next
speaker viii follow the seniority rule. If
he should Mr. Hermann would become
chairman
Mr.. Milliken, Of Maine, heads the Re
publican membership of the committee on
public buildings, and the chances are that
if Mr.. Reed becomes speaker Mr.. Millikcn
will be chairman Of this committee. Mr.
Morse, of Massachusetts, is the only other
Republican member Of the committee re
turned
Only three Of the old Republican mem
bers of the committee on banking and cur
rency are re elected. They are Messrs.
Walker of Massachusetts, Russell of Con
necticut and johnson of Indiana. Mr..
Walker is the senior Republican member,
and his chances of securing the chairman
ship would be the best
OF the six present Republican members
of the committee on coinage, weights and
measures five have been reelected to the
Fifty-iourth congress. They are, i'm the
order named: Stone Of Pennsylvania,
johnson Of North Dakota, Dnglay Of
Maine Hager of Iowa and Aldrich OF Uli-
nois Mr.. Stone would naturally become
chairman of the committee but it is sug-
gested that i'm case of Mr. Reeds becoming
speaker he might have personal policy
with reference to silver which he would
want to pursue, and i'm that event might
want Mr. Dinglcy, of his own state, as the
leader OF this committee.
In the natural order Of events Hon J. C.
Burrows, Of Michigan, win become chair
man Of the ways and means committee
with Mr., Reed in the speakers chair and
there is little doubt that he will be given
this important post, which carries with it
the Republican leadership on the floor of
the housed he fails i'm his ambition to
| succeed Senator Patton to his seat i'm the
senate. With Mr. Reed in the Speakers
chair, and Mr.. Burrows in the senate
there would be only three Republican
members Of the present committee left TO
! choose from, these being Messrs Payne of
New York Dalzell of Pennsylvania and
Hopkins of Illinois.
d. b. Henderson, of Iowa, is the ranking
Republican member of the appropriations
committee, with Cogsweu of Massachu-
setts, Bingham of Pennsylvania, Dinglcy
Of Maine, Grout Of Vermont and Cannon
of Illinois coming i'm the order named.
There is likely Co be a conflict between the
first and last named of this lisU. While
Henderson is now the ranking Republican
member of the committee, Cannon was
will probably ask ito have his old place
| back. It is possible that neither Cannon
| or Henderson viii get the place, i0r iu the
event OF Burrows becoming chairman Of
| the ways and means committee the prob
abilities arc strong that the eost would de-
lnand the Craftsmanship of the next most
| important, which would be that Of upmo-
! priations. lu that contingency General
CogHwell's chances for being promoted 10
| the head of the committee would be excel
/ lent.
If Mr. Reed becomes speaker of the
| house the Republican membership Of tine
committee on rules win probably be COM
posed of himself and the chairman of che
appropriations and ways and means COM
mittees He pursued this plan in the Eff
ty-hr5t congress, and there is reason Co bee
lieye that ne would revive it rather than
/ Initiate Mr.. Crisp by more generally dis
tributing the honors
On Tour of Inspection
CHICAGO, Nov. Colonel Thomas G..
LaWler, cOmmander-in-chiefO of the GuInd