The morning call., 1894-11-19
Probable Places for the New
Members.
ASSIGNMENTS OF REPUBLICANS.
If MIR. Reed Is Speaker He VIII Re-
yive One Rule of the Fifty
First Congress.

Means, Appropriations, Rules. Banking
and 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 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 committees on the
list If there should be an effort, as is
limited there may be, to revise the cur
rency 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 10 formu-
late policy On this question, will have
the effect also of advancing the Coinage
Committee to position of first rank.
Tbs Rivers and Harbors and Public Build
ings Committee will have the delicate task
of providing for public improvements so far
as a committee of the House can accom- plish
this work. With so many new N en- as there
will be on the Republican side in Con-
gress and all of them feeling it would be
necessary for them to make showing to
their constituents. there will naturally be
a pretty general clamor for appropriations
for pOstoffice buildings, custom houses and
river and harbor improvements. While
the Republican party has always shown a
disposition toward liberality In public i'm
proyements. there is probability of an
effort to hold their miscellaneous appro-
prations as low as possible.
The low condition of the treasury and
the fact that a Presidential election will be
so near at hand will prove strong argu-
ments in this direction IS will the posi-
blIty of Presidential veto.
The Republicans at present have six of
the seventeen members of the Rivers and
Harbors Committee, and all their men,
bers have been reelected except Hender-
son of Illinois. With Henderson out OF
the way Herman of Oregon takes first
place in the Republican membership of
the committee, with Stephens of Michigan
Hooker Of New York, Grosvenor of Ohio
and Reyburn of Pennsylvania following in
the order named. 1t cannot, of course, be
known whether the next Speaker will fol-
low the seniority rule. If he should Herr
man would become chairman.
Milliken OF Maine leads the Republican
membership OF the Committee on Public
Buildings, and the chances are if Reed be-
comes Speaker Milliken will be chairman
of this committee. Morse of Massachu-
sets is 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 Walker Of Massachusetts, Rus
sell of Connecticut and johnson of H.
diana. Walker is the senior member and
his chances for the chairmanshlp are the
best.
Of the six present Republican members
of the Committee on Coinage. Weights and
Measures five have been reelected TO the
Fifty-fourth Congress. They are in the
order named Stone of Pennsylvania,
johnson of North Dakota. Dingley of
Maine, Hager of Iowa and Alirch of Illi-
nois. Mr.. Stone would naturally become
chairman of the committee if he desired
the place.
In the natural order of events, Hon. j
c. Burrows of Michigan will become
chairman of the Ways and Means Commit
tee with MIR. Reed in the Speakers chair.
but there Is little doubt that he will be
given this important post, which carries
with it the Republican leadership on the
floor of the House, If he fails in his ambi-
ton to succeed Senator Patton in the SEN
ate. With 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 Hop
kins of Illinois.
ID. r. Henderson of Iowa is the ranking
Republican member of the Appropriations
Committee, with Messrs. Coggswe ell of Mas
sachusetts. Bingham of Pennsylvania,
Dingey of Maine. Grout of Vermont, and
Cannon of Illinois, coming in the order
named.
Il is possible that neither Cannon nor
Henderson will get the place. for in the
event of Burrows becoming chairman Of
the Ways and Means Committee the prob
abilities are strong that the East would
demand the craftsmanship of the next
most important, which would be the ap-
preparations. In that contingency Coggs-
wells chances for being promoted to the
head of the committee would be excellent.
If Mr.. Reed becomes Spea ker of the
House, the Republicans Of the committee
on rules will probably be composed of
himself aud theacharman of the Appro-
rriations and Ways and Means Committee.
He pursued this tlan in the f'ifty-first
Congress-, and there is reason 10 believe
that he would revive it rather than imi-
tate Mr.. Crisp in the policy of distributing
the honors.
DECLINE TO DISCUSS THEM.
Democratic Senators and Supple.
mental Tariff Bills.
WASHINGTON. Nov. Is. - Democratic
Senators who are at present In the city de-
cline almost without exception 20 discuss