The record-union., 1895-12-25
Next Week That Body Will Pass Into the
Hands Of the Republicans.
Democrats Hold Meeting to Make the
Committee Assignments.
Cockrell, Call, Blackburn, Brice and
Faulkner VIII be Named as Mi
nority Members of the Committee
on Appropriations, While Morgan,
Gray, Turpie, Mills and Daniel VIII
Serve on the Committee on Foreign
Relations.
Relations.


mittees of the Senate will be reorgan-
lied next week and will then pass
into the hands of the Republicans. The
Democratic steering committee held
long session this afternoon in the room
of the Committee on Appropriations
and heard those Senators who desired
to be heard with regard to their COM
mittee assignments. After this was
done a subcommittee, headed By
Cockrill, was appointed to take the
matter in hand, and report to the full
committee on Thursday. This commit
tee will then call a caucus of the Dem
oCratic Senators, probably Friday,
when the assignments as agreed upon
will then be approved.
AS soon as this is done the list will
be handed to the Republicans, and the
motion will be made the next day to
reorganize the committees in accord
ance with the list, which will then be
sent to the Clerks desk and read No
vote will be taken on the question, but
the reorganization will be agreed to, as
it has in the past, by simple viva voce
vote.
In addition to the readjustment of the
assignments of other Senators, the COM
mittee has had to place the new mem
bers-Bacon of Georgia, Chiffon of
Texas Martin of Virginia and Tillman
of South Carolina. The committee had,
when it adjourned tonight, agreed on
the new men it would add to the i'm
portant committees Of the Senate.
The Committee on Appropriations
will consist of the present Senators,
II
with the addition of Faulkner of West
Virginia, the committee having been
increased by the Republicans from 8
to 13
The Committee on Foreign Relations
was also increased from 9 to II, and
will retain the present four Demo-
Gratis, Morgan, Gray, Turpie and Dan
lei. For Butler, whose term has ex-
pired, it has been decided to place
thereon Mills of Texas.
The committee found it hard work to
reconcile the conflicting claims for
this very desirable berth. Call by rea-
son Of his seniority of service in the
Senate, demanded the assignment, but
the committee thought it best to deny
Call, and they, therefore, agreed upon
the Texan.
Pascoe of Florida has been added to
the minority representation on the
Committee of Commerce, the commit
tee that handles the river and harbor
bills. The other members will be Vest,
German, White, Murphy and Berry.
Walthall of Mississippi goes to the
Committee on Finance, his Democratic
associates being Voorhees,, Harris, Vest,
committee will thus consist of six Re
publicans, six Democrats and one Pop
ulist, the latter being Jones of Nevada.
It's financial policy can be easily de-
termined when it is known that it
stands as follows: Six Democrats, one
Populist and one Republican for free
coinage, making a total of eight for the
unlimited coinage of silver.
Daniel of Virginia goes to the Judi
ciary, his Democratic associates being
Pugh, George, Villas, Hill and Lindsay.
The eleven minority Chairmanships,
all of them small committees and now
held by Republicans, will be divided
among the Oldest Democrats in point
OF service. OF these Cockrell becomes
Chairman of the Committee on En-
crossed Bills, Morgan of Nicaraguan
Canal, Vest of Transportation and Sale
Meat Products, Harris of Epidemic Dis
Canal, Vest of Transportation and Sale of
dations for the Library and Gorman of
Corporations in the District of Colum-
bia.
The other Chairmanships will be di
vided among Senators Call, Pugh,
George, Jones and Blackburn. Under
this policy Pasco, who is a member of
the Committee on Private Land Claims,
the best committee given the minority,
will be compelled to give way to some
one else, Pasco's entrance into the
Senate only dating back to 1887.