The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-09


an caucus committee of the senate viii
hold ITS first formal meeting on Monday
afteF the adjournment of the senate for
the purpose Of considering the question OF
ming the committee vacancies and select
lAS chairmen OF the various committees.
While nothing has been agreed upon final
y, IL looks now as i the chairmanships Of
the more important committees would be
assigned as follows:
Agriculture. Proctor: appropriations. Al
Hson, coast defense Squire. census. Chan
der, commerce Frye; District OF Colum-
oia. Mcmillan, hBance. NORTH. fisheries.
Perkins: foreign relations, sherman. i'm
migration. Lodge; Indian affairs. Petit
grew, interstate commerce. Cullom; Judi
clary. Hoar. military affairs. Hawley ma
Val affairs, Cameron postotilces and post
roads, Wolcott. printing. Hale. privileges
and elections Mitchell of Oregon: public
buildings and grounds. Quay; relations
with Canada. Carter: rules Aldrich; ter
ritories, Davis.
a majority OF these assignments go TO
the senators whose names are mentioned
by virtue of seniority but there are some
exceptions made necessary by the prob
ability OF senior members receiving other
assignments. Senator Plat, for instance.
senior Republican member on Indian af-
fairs and territories. is the only Republic
an member on patents and revision OF the
laws and could have his choice Of the
chalrmanship of these committees bat for
the probability OF his being given "a place
on the finance committee. in which event
ne would surrrrender his place at the head
Of Indian affairs 10 Senator Pettigrew and
on territories to Senator Davis and prob
ably become chairman OF either patents
or revision OF the laws. senator Mitchell
viii have his choice OF the chairmanship
OF either privileges and elections or post
offices and postroads bat Will choose the
first and will thus advance Wolcott e. the
head Of postofflccs and postroads Oa the
other hand. senator Teller Is al the head
OF the Republican membership ~ NO COM
mittee. and one of the problems with
which the caucus committee has to deal ls
that of furnishing him with an acceptable
committee. senator Chandler is noN
member 81 the census committee. nuf as
the existing members - the committee an
get other Chalrmanshils hr j. enabled tp
take the place az fhv bead of thls commit
tee senator Hale secures printing be-
cause the Republican membership 81 en-
tirely vacant.
Among the important caairmanshiTs cou-
ceru.nE Nhlrh there h no certainty as
yet are Those ~ contingent expenses.
claims. e.lusa. .ou ani labor. enrolled bills.
library. pa.i1e railroads. patfnls pensions,
railroads a1d revision ~ tlc laws ~fna-
tor SloIp Is The seElar Republican 90
pensions. hdt 10 ls believed ae Fil surrt n4er
tho c1aIrmanshlp to senator 6allinsef ani
accept another assignment Seuator Jones.
cf Nevada. WILL 20 all probability r. re-
turned 20 hls oi1 position on contingent
expense uotwlshsta uiius his independent
rrccIylt.fs M.f he'll .s tne only kepuh-
lean of the committee on r.aims. and he
will probably resign bis moershia = u
is necessary % reconstruct the commit
tee Senator HanshrOugh could have the
chalrmaushlp ~ this committee, bur u is
understood he has virtually declined =.
There are some committees on which mem
barships are as much sOugh, after as are
the ehairmanships or others. These are
appropriations. judiciary. nnauce, foreign
relations and commerce. There has been
some talk OF increasing the last commit
tee from nine members 20 eleven but the
probabilities are against tbs. II IL IS not
Increased and II he Republicans organize,
Senator Frire will retire from the commit
tee and his place will be filed by a Repub-
loan The aspirants are Senators Quay.
PettIErew and Perkins II appears proba-
bic that the finance committee VII he en-
larsof from eleven 90 thirteen members
In that event the Republicans will name
Senators Cameron and Plat for the Two
places al their disposal. and the Demo
Gratis viii probably select Senator Daniel
as their additional representative. Sena-
tors Wo,cott and Lodge arc slated for for
esgn relations The membership II the ju-
dietary committee has Neen but slightly
discussed There are two vacancies there
and x is possible they may be given TO
Senators Davis and Thurston. or 20 Thurs
ton and some other new man. There are
four places 10 be filed on commerce. but
nothing is certain about the filling OF these
except that one place will 20 "a a Pacinc
coast member probably Senator Squire.
Senator Mitchell as chairman Of the eau
Gus committee. has been devotinG himself
TO procuring data for the guidance Of ne
co-1rittea's dellberation. He finds there
are fortv-slx standing and fourteen select
committees At present the Democrats
control forty-six of The committees, the
Reptlbl.cans nine ard the Populis's I'VE
There are fifteen new Republican senators
who have 10 committee assignment In
The event of the Republicans being allow
"a 10 organize. they Will have chair
rnanrhIp for each Republican senator Win
one 70 snare even after ne Utah senator's
shall have taken their seats.