The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-18

the Populis;s, with One Exception,
Given the Same Chairma, ships They
Held Under ttemccratic Rule--Dr.
Sanderiin Burt--Msj Payne Dead--
Cary Post.Ohice Matter Settled.
WASHINGTON, Dee. 11.-(Special.)
In the Committee of Claims room is
Mr.. G.. Edgar Leach, of Raleigh who is
chief clerk. \ Tammany lrishman IN
this room yesterday remarked that all
the power of the United States Govern
ment could not turn Mr.. Leach out Just
at that time His successor is sup
posed to be appointed by the chairman
of the committee, and the committee
has not yet been appointed, nor is 1t
likely to be before the latter part OF
this week. But it seems from develop
ments that even the courtesy OF APP
pointing the chief clerk, heretofore
accorded the chairmen of committees.
is to be taken away from them. 1t Is
said that the Hog Combine" prom
Used more pie than was on the counter,
and is, therefore, going to invade the
committee-room appointments, III or
der to send their customers away slap
ping their lips with satisfaction.
The story of this Hog Combine has
been told in the papers. Nothing less
sudden or less bold could have been so
successful or so startling in American
politices. The whole thing, it is said,
was engineered by Hooker, from New
York, and Stone, from Pennsylvania,
with Platt and Quay respectively be-
hind them, and the under-gossip is
that Reed looked not frowningly upon
it all-in fact, that it was, warp and
wool a Reed racket all the way
through.
Nothing like it ever before. The
machine snapped offices for votes with
picked State delegations, Ohio getting
nineteen offices in the shake. The
question of geography was ignored and
availability only considered. Tom Set
tie got two offices in the deal, and 1T is
said Lord Pearson got two, though this
latter is not certainly stated. Settle
gave one office to Mr.. Wray, from
Reidsville, in the Disbursing Office,
which pays. | think, $4,000.
And about the other office an anus
ing incident which occurred yesterday
may be noted. Settlegaye his other
place to a negro who was formerly
school-teacher-the place was that of
laborer-to bring up wood from the
sub-cellar to the committee-rooms and
to take out ashes. The negro was max
ing quiet kick yesterday to some of
the House employees. One of them told
me that he said he had been in the
school-teaching business, and hadn't
been used to packing" wood up stair
ways: that he had expected something
better, and that he was going to give
r. ~ Il %l..,@ h. 81
ed the steps yesterday morning and
there were $50 of them between his
wood-pile and the committee-room
fireplace. This is Republican negro.
The Democratic negro appointed by
Bum in the last Congress did the same
thing. and was glad of the job.
1t is said that it is not improbable
that Mr.. Settle will be made Chairman
of the Committe on Claims, in which
case, it is thought that he will appoint
his brother-in-law, Mr.. Ben Sharp as
Chief Clerk, that is, as noted above, if
the Hog Combine does not do the APP
pointing over his head, in order to fill
engagements"
The PopuIists didn't get smell of
all this pudding. They chose to put
up their man Bell for Speaker, refus-
votes, there being only seven Popu-
lists in the House, namely, Howard, of
Alabama; Bell, of Colorado; Baker,
of Kansas; KEN, of Nebraska; Skin
ner Shuford and Strowd, of North
Carolina. 1t may be that Linney, too,
voted for Bell Bell, Baker and KEN
served in the 53rd Congress. The rest
are new. None get any patronage.
Newland is the only representative
from Nevada and is called a Silverite,
whatever that is. He was in the 53rd
Congress, is about AZ years of age, and
was trustee of the Great Sharon es-
tate
Howard is the man who wrote IF
Christ Should Come To Congress- the
tone of which has received severe CEN
sure at the hands of some of his col
leagues. lie and Congressman Strowd
are in the same boarding house, and
no doubt will spring some bill to save
the country before Congress adjourns.
in the committee assignments, SEN
ator Pritchard gets good places. He
goes on the committee on the District
of Columbia, coveted place by those
who are looking for social prominence
in the capital, and is chairman of the
committee on Civil Service and Re-
trenchment. Senator Butler is taken
care of by being given the chairman
ship of the committee on Organization,
&C, of the Executive Departments.
The chairmen of the committees will
be as follows
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Agriculture, Proctor. of Vermont
Appropriations. Allison of Iowa,
Audit Contingent Expenses, Jones, of
Nevada
Census Chandler of New Hampshire.
Civfl service aud Retrenchment, Pritch-
ard of North Carolina.
Claims Teller of Co oradO.
Coast Uefepses Squire, Of Washington.
Commerce. Frye, of Name
District of Columbia, Mcmillan of Michi-
gan
Education and Labor Shoup, of Idaho.
Enrol ed ii Is. S wall. OF New Jersey.
Examine Branches or the Civil Service
PETER, Of KAnsrs.
Financ=, Mo raj, of Vermont
Fisheries, Perkins az t,.litOlIia.
Foreign Re'atiosA. sac man. of OHIO.
Immigration. Ind.e. of MtsStchu Use tIs
ImpFANen eUt Of the Miss ssiDpi River.