The morning times., 1895-12-16
MORE SENATORS PLACED
Republican Caucus Committee
Decides on ChaiImanships.
NEW MEN PROVIDED FOR
Appropriation and Finance Com nit
- tees Membership Increased The
Former More Pronounced In Favor
of Silver Than 1t wus In the Last
Congress.

The heRepublicancaucusc committee. charged
with the duty Of making the ma iority
assignments To the Senate committees.
iieid Il protracted meeting Saturday after
noon and adjourned until today, when
the final report will he dra wn for sub
mission to the caucus. to be held Tuesday.
Immediately after the Senate ad1ourns.
A number Of additional. cbairmunships
We're finally agreed upon yesterday. In
addition to those that have heretofore
been named were the following:
Civil Service and RetreIchment. Prit-
ciiard. Mort h Carolina. Education and
Labor, Shcup, Idaho: Enrolled Bills. SewcIl.
branches OF the civil Service. Peffer. Pop.
Kansas, improvement OF the Mississippi
River, Nelson. Minnesota; Indian Depreda-
lions, Wilson, washington: Manufactnres,
WetmOre. Rhode Island; Mines and Mir
Ing, Stewart. Pop, Nevada: Relations
win Canada, Carter. Montana. Revision OF
The Laws, Burrows; Michigan; To Invest.-
gate the Geological Survey, Elkins. West
virginia. Forest Reservations, Allen, Pop.
Nebraska.
KEPT FOR NEW MEN.
The Committees on Irrigation, Organi-
zation and Expenditures in the Executive
departments, Pacific Railroads, Railroads
Transportation and Routes to the Seabolrd.
Quadro-Centennial. National Banks. and to
Investigate Trespa ssers on Indian LaEds:
have not been definitely determined, all
of them being set apart for the new NEIL
The old Quadro-C Centennial Committee has
had its name changed to tnat OF Inter
national Expostious." and Will be continued
as one of the select committees. MT.Proctor.
who Is the ranking member OF tue select
Committee to Establish the University of
the United States, VIII keep that place
temporarily In addition to his other chair
manship until the arrival OF the Titan Sen
ators, when he viii give way to one or
them.
Owing TO the increase in the number
of Senators the committee has increased
several of the committees in size, notably
that on appropriations and finance. There
Is no vacancy in the committee on appro-
twelve. THIS enables Mr.. Brice. OF the
minority. to remain. and adds the names
of Quay. Pa; Pettigrew, s. D.. and Per
kins. Cal.
FINANCE COMMITTEE INCREASED.
The committee on finance is likewise in
creased from eleven to thirteen by the
substitution of Mr.. Daniel for the Demo
tircnent ana the addition of Messrs. PIatt
and Wolcott. for the Republicans. The
finance committee was a silver committee
in the last Congress. but will be more
pronounced one in this Congress.
Mr.. Thurston, who is lust entering upon
his first term secures a line berth as u mem
ber OF the judiciary Committee, he being the
only prominent lawyer among the new Sen
ators-
and was absent from The Fifty-thlrd by
reason OF the failure of Legislature OF ms
State to elect, will, probably lie given DIS
old chairmanship. that of lrriga ton ara Re-
clanIation of Arid Lands. he would have
preferred Mines and Mining as lie was the
ranking member, but II has teen decided
Ia leave that with Mr.. Stewart. Gear or
Iowa, may get Pacific Railroads.