The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-12-09
COMMITTEES
The Republican Members Meet in Caucus
To-day.
SOME OF THE PROBABLE CHAIRMEN
The Members of the House Committees
will Not be Announced Before satur-
day Next, Making Another Week
of Inaction in That Body.

will be given up largely to caucusing by
all parties and that the senate daily
sessions will be brief with little effort at
| legislation. The introduction Of bills will
| be continued, though no work of conse-
| quence can be done until the committees
are filled. There is nothing on the calen-
| dar except two speeches, one by Senator
Morgan announced for today on the Behr-
Ing sea question, and the other by Senator
! Cullom on his Monroe doctrine resolution.
The Republican caucus committee of
the senate will hold its first formal meet
ing after the adjournment of the senate
today for the purpose of considering the
| question of filing the committee vacan-
cies and selecting chairmen of the various
committees. While nothing has been
finally agreed upon, it looks now as if the
Craftsmanship of the more important COM
mittees would be assigned as follows:
Agriculture, Proctor; appropriations
Allison; coast defense, Squire; census
Chandler; commerce, Frye; District of
Columbia, Mcmillan; finance, Morrill,;
fisheries, Perkins; foreign relations, Sher-
man; immigration, Lodge; Indian affairs,
Pettigrew; Interstate commerce, Cullom;
judiciary, Hoar; military affairs, Haw-
ley; naval affairs, Cameron; postoffices
and post roads, Wolcott; printing, Hale;
privileges and elections, Mitchell core. };
public buildings and grounds, Quay; rela-
tions with Canada, Carter; rules, Aldrich;
territories, Davis.
A majority of these assignments go to
the senators whose names are mentioned
by virtue of seniority, but there are some
exceptions made necessary by the proba.
bilIty of senior members receiving other
] nc 81 ifrt,Y, Dlutt 10 in
stance, senior Republican on Indian af-
| fairs and territories, and the only Repub-
| lican member on patents and revision of
the laws, and could have his choice of the
craftsmanship of these committees but for
the probability of his being given place
/ on the finance committee, in which event
he would surrender his place at the head
of Indian affairs to Senator Pettigrew and
on the territories to Senator Davis and
| probably become chairman of either pat
| ents or revision of the laws.
Senator Mitchell will have his choice of
/ the Craftsmanship of either privileges and
elections or postoffices and post roads, but
| will choose the first and will thus advance
Wolcott to the head of postoffices and post
roads On the other hand, Senator Teller
is at the head of the Republican member
ship of no committee, and one of the prob
lens with which the caucus committee
has to deal is that of furnishing him with
an acceptable committee. Senator Chand-
Ter is not member of the census commit
tee, but as the existing members of the
committee all get other chairmanships he
is enabled to take the place at the head of
this committee.
Among the important chairmanships
concerning which there is no certainty as
yet are those of contingent expenses,
claims education and labor, enrolled bills,
library, Pacific railroads, patents, pen
sions, railroads and revision of the laws.
There are some committees on which
memberships are just as much sought
as chairmanships of others. These are ap-
propriations, judiciary, finance foreign
relations and commerce. If the Republi-
cans organize Senator Brice will retire
from the commerce committee and his
place will be filed by Republican. The
aspirants are Senators Quay, Pettigrew
and Perkins,
1t appears probable that the finance COM
mittee will be enlarged from eleven to
thirteen members IH that event the Re
publicans will name Senator'S Cameron
and Platt for the two places at their dis
posal and the Democrats would probably
select Senator Daniel as their additional
representative. Senators Wolcott and
| Lodge are slated for foreign relations The
membership of the judiciary committee
! has been but slightly discussed. There are
| two vacancies there, and it is possible they
may be given to Senators Thurston and
/ Davis, or to Thurston or some other new
man.
In the event of the Republicans being
allowed TO organize they will have chair
manship for each Republican senator, with
one to spare even after the Utah senators
shall take their seats.
The house program this week is a dreary
waste. Until the committees are appointed
the machinery of the house is blocked and
nothing can be done, save by unanimous
consent. Amy resolution that might be
presented-and it is in this form that the
sensations that agitate the lower branch
of congress are usually sprung-would go
down before single objection. For this
reason no attempt will be made to do any
thing until Speaker Reed announces his
committees, which he now expects TO have
ready at the end of the week There prob
ably will be but three brief sessions this
week. An adjournment will be taken to-
day till Wednesday or Thursday, and
committees will be announced. The indi-
cations are that practically nothing can
be done in the way of the consideration of
actual legislation until after the holidays.
AS the president is absent on his hunt
ing trip there is no probability that the
reply of Lord Salisbury's letter to Secre-
tary Olneys note regarding the Venezue-
Ian boundary dispute, in which congress
Is so deeply Interested will be sent TO the
house this week. There may be an attempt
through a resolution to procure from Sec
retary Olney the letter sent by him to the
English premier last July and Salisbury S
reply received ON Saturday, but should
such an attempt be made it will unques,
tionably prove abortive The adoption OF
such a resolution would require unani-
nous consent, and there is no doubt that
some friend of the administration would
object to it as lacking In difference to the
president in his absence.