The San Francisco call., 1895-12-29
List of Committeeman Presented
to Republicans Of the
Upper House.
CHOICE OF THE CHAIRMANsHIPs
Good Places Given German, Cockrell,
Vest, Morgan, Harris and
Other Leaders.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Dec. 2S.-The
Democratic steering committee this after
noon completed the assignment of the
minority representation on the Senate
committees. The list was handed to the
Republicans at once and the reorganiza-
ton will take place Monday. The minor
ity chairmanships have been assigned as
follows:
Conference-room, German; engrossed
bills. Cockrell; epidemic diseases, Vest;
Nicaragua canal, Morgan; private land
claims, Harris; revolutionary claims,
Pugh; Potomac River front, George;
woman's suffrage, Call; additional ac-
commodations for the library, Voorhees,;
five civilized tribes, Gray; transportation
and sale of meat products, Blackburn; ;
corporations in the District of Columbia,
Jones of Arkansas.
The Democratic members OF the various
committees will be as follows:
Roach, Irby.
On Appropriations-Cockr German, Call
Blackburn, Brice, Faulkner.
To Audit and Control the Contingent Ex-
penses of the Senate-Jones OF Arkansas
On the Census - Turpie, Berry, White,
Murphy.
On Civil Service and Observation-Disclosures
Irby, Walthall, Chiffon.
On Claims-Pasco, Cafery, Chiffon, Bacon,
Martin.
On Coast Defenses - Gordon, Irby, Mills,
White, Smith.
On Commerce-Vest, German, White, Muir
ply, Barry. Paseo, Cafery.
On the District of Columbia-Harris, Faux
nor Gibson Smith Martin, Bacon.
On Education and Labor--George, Cafery,
Murphy, Lindsay.
On Military Affairs-Bate, Cockrell Palmer,
Mitchell of Wisconsin, Walthall.
On Mines and Mining-Bate. Call, Mills, Till
man.
On Naval Affairs-Blackburn Gibson, Smith,
Bacon, Tillman.
On Organization, Conduct and Expenditures
OF the Executive Departments-Smith, Cock
rell, Hill, Caffrey.
On Pacific Railroads-Brice, Morgan, Faulk-
ner Murphy.
On Patents-Call, Mills, Berry.
On Pensions-Palmer, Brce, Villas, Mitchell
of Wisconsin, Lindsay, Roach.
On Postofices and Post Roads-Vilas, Irby,
Hill, Blanchard.
On Printing-Gorman.
On Private Land Claims-Harris (chairman),
Pasco, Berry, Turpie.
On Privileges ana Electlons-Gray, fugn,
Turpie, Palmer.
On Public Buildings and Grounds-Vest,
Daniel, Gordon, Blanchard, Murphy.
On Public Lands-Berry, Pasco, Villas, Till
man.
On Railroads-Berry, Gordon, Palmer, Black.
burn, Blanchard.
On Relations with Canada-Murphy, Pugh,
Mitchell of Wisconsin, Tillman.
On the Revision of the Laws of the United
States-Daniel, Call
On Revolutionary Claims-Pugh (chairman),
Bacon, Bate.
On Rules-BlackDurn Harris, German.
On Territories-Hill, Blackburn, Bate, Call,
White.
On Transportation Routes to the Seaboard-
Irby, George, Turpie, Gordon.
Select committees to investigate the condi-
ton of the Potomac River front of Washington
George (chairman), Martin, Blanchard.
To Inquire Into All Claims of Citizens of the
United States Against the Government of Mica
ragua-Morgan (chairman), Palmer, Martin.
On Woman Suffrage-Call (chairman), George.
On Additional Accommodations for the lii
brary of Congress-Voorhees (chairman), Pugh.
On the Five Civilized Tribes OF Indians
Gray (chairman), Pasco.
On TRANSFORMATION and Sale OF Meat Prod
ucts-Blackburn (chairman), Vest.
To Establish the University of the United
States-Jones of Arkansas, Turpie, Walthall,
Mitchell of Wisconsin.
On the Quadro- o-Centennial-Vest, Gray, Dan
iel, Gibson, Voorhees,, Lindsay.
To Investigate the Geological Survey-Wal-
thall, Mills.
On National Banks-Mitchell of Wisconsin,
Chiffon.
On Forest Reservations-Morgan, Roach
Tillman.
On Corporations in the District of Columbia
Jones of Arkansas (cheirman), German.
To Investigate Trespassers Upon Indian
Lands-Roach.