Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-19
Senate committees
Republicans Complete the
Work Of Filling Them.

Chairmen Whose Names VIII Be
Submitted to the Caucus This
Evening-Every Republican and
Populist Member Taken Care or
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE republi-
can committee to fill the committees of
the senate completed it's labors last
night and directed call for a caucus
Immediately upon the adjournment of
the senate to-day. When this caucus
convenes Mr.. Mitchell, chairman of the
committee, will submit and the caucus
will approve the list of chairmen as
agreed upon. Every republican and
populist member of the senate is taken
care of. The chairmen of the important
committees are:
Some of the Chairmen.
r Agriculture: Proctor, Vermont. Ap-
preparations: Allison, Iowa. Contigcnt
expenses: Jones, Nevada (pop). Cen
sus: Chandler, New Hampshire. Civil
Service and Retrenchment: Pritchard
North Carolina. Claims: Teller, Colo
RADIO. Coast Defenses: Squire, Washing
ton. Commerce: Frye, Maine. District
of Columbia: Mcmillan, Michigan. Edu-
cation and Labor; Shoup, Idaho. En-
rolled Bills: Sewell, n. j. To examine
the several branches of the civil serv-
ice: PETER, Kansas (pop.). Finance:
Morrill,, Vermont. Foreign rela-
tions: Sherman, Ohio. Inn
migration: Lodge, Massachusetts,
Indian depredations: Wilson, Washing,
ton. Interstate commences: Cullom,
Illinois. Judiciary: Hoar, Massachu-
sets. Manufactures: Wetmore, Rhode
Island. Military affairs: Hawley, Con
necticut. Naval affairs: Cameron,
Pennsylvania. Patents: Platt, Connec
cut. Pensions: Gallinger, New Hamp-
shire. Postoi1ices and post roads; VOL
colt, Colorado. Printing: Hale, Maine.
Privileges and elections Mitchell,
Oregon. Public buildings and grounds:
Quay, Pennsylvania. Rules: Aldrich,
Rhode Island. National banks: Man
tie, Montana.
Popuiists Taken Care or
Under the present democratic organ
ization of the senate every member
of the populist party holds a chair
manship, and the republicans, believ
ing that they should deal equally as
justly with the third party, have alsc
given them chairmanships. Messrs.
Jones of Nevada, Stewart, Allen and
PETER are left where they are now and
Mr.. Kyle, who is ranking member on
the committee to establish the univer-
sity of the United States, was trans
ferred from the committee on educa.
ton to the chairmanship of the first
named committee. Mr.. Butler of North
Carolina, the new populist senator, is
given Craftsmanship equal to that OF
Mr.. PETER.
Anxious To Avoid Delay.
There is little doubt that the caucus
will approve the work of the commit.
tee, although the assignments are nee
essarily unsatisfactory to some of them.
list of the senate committees as thus
reorganized will be at once handed to
Mr.. German, chairman of the demo
cratic caucus committee, and the re
publicans expect the democratic caucus
to take action on their assign.
ments by Thursday evening. The vote
in the senate on the reorganiza-
ton of the committees will be taken
under the present programme the next
day. But, if anything should inter
vene to prevent this action, the re-
publicans will probably not agree to a
holiday adjournment until few days
later. They insist that if they have.
the votes, and they contend they have
the committees should be reorganizcd
before the senate adjourns over until
January, No effort will be made to re-
organize the elective officers of the
senate until after the holidays.
THE FRENCH SCANDALS.