St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-17
COMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIPS
FOR CAUCUS CONSIDERA-
TION.
TWO FOR MINNESOTANS.
DAVIS ON TERRITORIES AND
NELSON ON MISSISSIPPI I'M
PROVEMENTS.
ASSIGNMENTS.
Davis on a Number of Important
COmmittees-Sher Leads
Foreign Relations.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-The Re
publican caucus committee of the
senate completed it's work of assign
ing the majority membership Of the
senate committees today, and will be
prepared to report to the Republican
caucus tomorrow. The assignment
Of chairmanships Is as follows: Ag-
riculture, Proctor; appropriations,
Allison; audit contingent expenses,
Jones (Nev.); census, Chandler; civil
service, Pritchard; claims, Teller;
coast defenses, Squire; commerce,
Frye; District of Columbia, McMil-
Ian; education and labor, Shoup; en-
rolled bills, Sewell; examination Of
branches, civil service, PETER; finance,
Morrill,; fisheries, Perkins; foreign re-
lations, Sherman; immigration,
Lodge; Improvement Mississippi riv-
er, Nelson; Indian affairs, Wilson, in
terstate commerce, Cullom; irriga-
ton, Warren; judiciary, Hoar; Ii
brary, Hansborough; manufactures,
Wetmore; military affairs, Hawley;
mines and mining, Stewart; naval
affairs, Cameron; organization exec
utive department. Butler; Pacific rail-
roads, Gear; patents, Platt; pensions,
Gallinger; postofices, Wolcott; print
ing, Hale; privileges and elections,
Mitchell (Ore); public buildings,
Quay; public lands, Du Beis; rail-
roads, Clarke; relations with Canada,
Carter; revision Of the laws, Bur-
rows; rules, Aldrich; territories,
Davis; transportation routes to sea-
board, Mcbride; University of the
United States, Kyle; international
expositions, Thurston; to investigate
the geological survey, Elkins; ma
tional banks, Mantle; forest reserva-
ton, Allen; trespassers upon Indian
lands, Baker; Ford theater disaster,
to be filled when the Utah senators
come in.
INCREASED MEMBERSHIP.
This disposes of the chairmanships
of all but eleven committees. The COM
mittees undisposed of are known as the
minority committees. The Republi-
cans now control them, and they will
fall to the Democrats under the new
organization. The caucus committee
has made provisions for the -Populist
senators, as the Democrats did in the
last congress, and have given each of
them a Craftsmanship, giving each the
same position held under the Demo-
crafts. except Senator Kyle, who is
promoted from the Craftsmanship of the
committee on education and labor to
that of the university of the United
States The oOpnpittoo will rooo,,,
mend the enlargement of all the more
important committees, including
finance, from eleven to twelve men,
bers; Judiciary, from eleven to thirteen;
appropria tions, from nine to twelve;
foreign relations, District Of Column
bia, commerce, military affairs, naval
affairs and public buildings. The in
centive to this change is found in the
difficulty of harmonizing all the ele-
ments in the party, but it is justified by
the growth of the senate as body.
The Republican membership of the
more important committees, if the
caucus committees recommendation
are adopted, will be made as follows:
Appropriations-Allis Hale, Cui-
lom, Teller, Quay, Pettigrew, Perkins.
Foreign relations-Sherman Frye,
Davis, Cullom, Cameron, Lodge.
Finance-Morrill, Sherman, Allison,
Aldrich, Platt, Wolcott and Jones
(Nev., Pop.
Judiciary-Hoar, Teller, Platt, Mitch
ell (Ore..) Davis, Thurston, Clarke.
Commemorative, Cullom, Quay,
Squire, Mcbride, Elkins' and Mcmillan.
Inter State Commerce-Cullom, Chan
dler, Wolcott, Aldrich, Gear, Carter
Military Affairs-Hawley, Cameron,
Shoup, Proctor, Sewell and Elkins.
Naval Affairs-Cameron, Hale, Per-
kins, Mcmillan, Dubois and one other.
Pacific Railroads-Gear, Frye. Stew
art. Wolcott and one other.
THE MINORITY.
Senators Chandler and Burrows are
added to the committee ON post offices,
Senator Warren to the committee ON
public buildings and gounds, and Sem
aIors Wetmore and Pritchard to the
District of Columbia. After the list is
passed upon by the Republican caucus
it will be handed to the Democrats,
when it is supposed they will proceed
to fill out the minority representation
on the committees. 1t is hoped that
this can be done i'm time to permit l4e
committee appointments to be made
late this week. but the Republican
managers realize that they are at the
mercy of the Democrats in this respect
They have given UP all hope of the cleo
ton of officers before the holidays.