The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1895-12-28

,u.;no, snarrv of Connecticut, Settle
of North Carolina, Huff of Pennsylvania
T.orrimer Of Illinois, Bramwell OF ONO
Miller of Kansas, Mahaney OF New ~ -,
Murphy Of Arizona. Democrats: hyie "
Mississippi, Swanson of Virginia GRANT
of Texas, Ogden Of Iowa, Penoletoh "
Tennessee, Hall Of Missouri.
Territories-Republica Scranton Vi
Pennsylvania, chairman; Perkins OF TO-
wa Lefeyre of New York, Avery OF MICH
igan. Harris of Ohio, Hadley of Illinois,
Knox of Massachusetts, Taft OF ONO
Low of New York, Catron OF New Mex
leo, Murphy of Arizona. Democrats
Harrison of Alabama, Turner of Virginia
Owens of Kentucky, Cooper of Texas.
Public lands-Republicans Lacy OF
Iowa, chairman: Stephenson OF Mlchi-
gan, Meiklejohn of Nebraska, Bowers OF
California, Ellis of Oregon Barrey OF
Wisconsin, Curtiss Of Kansas, Wilson OF
Idaho, Kulp of Pennsylvania, Shaffroth
of Colorado, Flynn Of Oklahoma. Demo
Gratis: McEae of Arkansas. Latlmer OF
South Carolina. Downing of Illinois, In
derwood of Alabama, Jones of Virginia.
Invalid Observation-Disclosures Picker
of South Dakota, chairman
Labor-Phillipps of Pennsylvania, chair
man.
Mines and neutrality-suspicious. G1lken
of Michigan, chairman; Hartman Of Mon
tana Leisenring of Pennsylvania Mondel
of Wyoming, Crump of Michigan, Graft
of Illinois, Eddy of Minnesota, Hardy oil
Indiana, Cannon of Utah. Democrats
Tate of Georgia, Cockrell of Texas, Neil
of Arkansas, Kendall Of Kentucky.
Irrigation and arid neutrality-suspicious.
Hermann of Oregon, chairman; Barham
of California, Wilson OF Idaho, Shaffroth
of Colorado, Mondell Of Wyoming, Gam
BILE Of South Dakota, Hyde of Washing
ton. Democrats: Hutchinson Of Texas
Washington of Tennessee, Bartlett Of
Georgia, Bell of Colorado.
Observation-Disclosures of New Jersey
chairman.
Private land claims-Smith of Illinois
chairman.
The cnairnfen of the other committees
are as follows: Territories, Scranton OF
Pennsylvania; public lands, Lacey Of
Iowa; invalid pensions, Picker of SoutI
Dakota; labor, Phillips Of Pennsylvania
agriculture, Wadsworth of New York
Mississippi river levee, Ray of New York
mines and mining, Aitken of Michigan; IT.
rigation of arid lands. Hermann Of Ore
gon; merchant marine and fisheries, Payne
of New York; militia, Marsh of Illinois
patents, Draper of Massachusetts: reform
in the civil service, Brosius of Pennsyl
vania; manufactures, Apsley of Massa
chusetts; education, Grow of Pennsylva
mia; claims, Brumm of Pennsylvania; Ii
brary, Harmer Of Pennsylvania; printing
Perkins of Iowa; pensions, Louderslage]
of New Jersey; alcoholic liquor traffic
Morse of Massachusetts; revision of laws
Bowers of California; war claims, Nc
Mahon of Pennsylvania; election of presi
dent and vice president, Curtiss of New
York; private land claims, Smith of Ill
inois; enrolled bills, Hager of Iowa: ven
tilation and acoustics, Linton of Michi
gan; District of Columbia, Babcock O,
wisconsin; expenditures in navy depart
ment, Thomas of Michigan expenditure,
in postof1ice department., Bingham o.
Pennsylvania; expenditures in department
of state, Quigg Of New York; expendit
ures in treasury department. Grosyenor o.
Ohio; expenditures in war departmen+
Circuit; expenditures of interior, Curtiss O.
Kansas; expenditures in agricultural do
partment, Gillette of New York: exnendit
ures In department of Justice, Ellis a
Oregon; expenditures in public BUILDINGS
Settle of North Carolina.
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