Evening journal., 1894-11-19
COMMIT TEE FORECAST.
Some Effects Of the Republican
Influx Into the New House.
SHOULD REED BECOME SPEAKER

Important Committees That on Banking
win Cut Quite Figure.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. The house com.
mittees which are expected to DO OF the
greatest Importance in the next congress
are those on tho ways and means, apDro-
priations, rules, banking ana currency,
coinage. weights and measures, rivers and
harbors and public buildings and grounds.
The first three named always head the list
IN order Of Importance. The others arc
expected to assume Importance in the
next congress because of the especial con
ditions which will prevail during that
congress.
The banking committee win certainly
DO ono of the most important committees
in tho entire list II there should be an eff
fort, as is limited there may be- to revise
the currency laws and change tho present
system.
Such legislation as this would lift the
committee dealing with it from its pros
ent place of insignihcance and place 1t
Tor the time alongside Of the ways and
means committee. The probability OF an
effort to secure silver legislation, and the
probability that tho Republican party
when 1t comes into power in the house
will want to formulate q policy on this
question, viii have the OBJECT also Of adj
yancing the coinage committee to a posi-
ton Of first rank.
Many New Men.
Tho 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 &C
complish this work With SO many new
men as there will DO on the Republican
side in the next congress, and all Of them
feeling that 1t viii be necessary for them
to make showing to their constituents,
there will naturally be a pretty general
clnmor for appropriations for postofflce
bE ildings, customs houses and river and
harbor improvements. While the Repub-
lican party has always shown a DISPOSE
ton toward liboraity in public improve
ments, there is q probability Of an effort
to hold their miscellaneous appropriations
as low as possible.
The low condition Of the treasury and
the fact that presidential election will
be so near at hand will prove strong ar
guments in this direction, as Will the pos
sibility Of a presidential veto.
The Republicans at present have six Of
the seventeen members of the committee
on rivers and harbors, and oil thor mem
bers have been re- elected except Mr.. Hen
derson Of Illinois With Henderson out
of the way, Hermann of Oregon takes first
place in the Republican membership OF
the committee, with Stephenson of Mich
igan, Hooker Of New York, Grosvenor of
Ohio and Ringburn Of Pennsylvania fol
lowing in the order named 1t cannot,
of course, DO known whether the next
speaker win follow the seniority rule. If
he should, Mr.. Hermann would become
chairman.
Mr. Miliken of Maine heads the Re
publican membership Of the committee
on public buildings, and the chances arc
that II MIR. Reed becomes speaker Mr..
Milliken will be chairman of his commit
tee. Mr. Morse OF Massachusetts, is the only
other Republican member Of the com
mittee returned
Only three of the old Republican men,
bers Of the committee on banking and
currency are re- elected. They arc Messrs.
Walker of Massachusetts Russell Of Con
necticut and johnson of Indiana Mr.
Walker Is she senior Republican member.
He has from the beginning Of his con-
gressional career taken an active interest
in financial questions, and his chances of
securing the Craftsmanship would DO the
best
OF the six present Republican members
measures, five have been reelected to the
tfty-fourth congress. They are in the or
dor named: Stone of Pennsylvania, John
son Of North Dakota Dingley Of Maine,
Hagor of Iowa and Aldrioh of Illinois
Mr.. Stone would naturally become chair
man of the committee, but it is suggested
that in case Of Mr.. Reed becoming speak
or he might have a personal policy with
reference to silver which he would want
to pursue, and in that event might want
Mr. Dingloy Of his own state as the leader
of this committee.
If Reed Should BE Speaker.
In the natural order Of events Hon. J.
g. Burrows Of Michigan will become
chairman Of the ways aud means com
mltteo, with Mr. Reed in tho speakers
chair but there is little doubt that no
viii 30 given this important post, which
carries with it the Republican leadership
on the floor Of the house il he fails in his
ambition 70 succeed Senator Patton to his
scat frs f1ro cor,nF~ WA. - ~.a a.. A.