The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-12-17
SENATE COMMITTEES
The Assignments Agreed Upon BY
the Republicans.
NAMES OF THE oHAIRMEN CHOSEN.


Senator Stewart. Of Nevsdn. Makes . Wig
orous Assault ON the tGoid combine.r
and Delegate FIynp, sf oklshsmn, As
sails Secretary Smith.
WAsHIHaroN, Dec 1.-THE Republican
caucus COMMITTEES Of the senate completed
Its work OF assigning the majority msm-
bership Of the senate committee yester-
day, and Is prepared 10 report TO che Re
publican caucus this afternoon. The as-
sianment Of chairmanships IL as follows;
Agriculture. Proctor; appropriations.
Allison; audit contingent expenses, Jones
(Nev.); census, Chandler; civil service,
Pritchard; claims, Teller; coast defenses,
Squire; commerce, Frye; District Of Co
siumbia, Mcmillan; education and labor,
Shoup; enrolled bills. Sewell; examination
Of branches civil service, PETER; finance,
Morrill,; fishsries, Perkins; foreign rela-
tions, Sherman; immigration, Lodge; Inn
provement mississippi river, Nelson; In
dian affairs, Pettigrew; Indian depreda-
tions. Wilson; interstate commerce, Gull
lom; irrigation, Warren; Judiciary, Hoar;
library, Hansbrough, manufactures, Wet
more; military affairs. Hawley; mines and
mining, Stewart; naval affairs; Cameron;
organization executive departments, But
Ter; Pacific railroads, Gear; patents, Platt;
pensions, Gallinger; postoffices. Wolcott;
printing, Hale; privileges and elections,
Mitchell (ore.); public buildings, Quay;
public lasds, Dubois; railroads, Clarke;
relations with Canada, Carter; revision Of
the laws, burrows; rules, Aldrich; terri
tories, Davis; transportation routes 10 sea-
board, Mcbride; University of the United
States, Kyle; international expositions,
Thurston; to investigate geological sur
vey, Elkins; national banks, Mantle; for
est reservations, Allen; trespassers upon
Indian lands, Baker; Ford theater disas-
ter, to be filled when the Utah senators
come in.
This dispeses Of she chairmanships Of
all but eleven committees. The commit
tees undisposed of are known as the minor
ity committees. The Republicans now
control them, and they will fall 30 the
Democrats under the new organization.
The caucus committee has made provision
for the Populist senators, as tho Democrats
did in the last congress, and have given
each of them q Craftsmanship, giving each
the same position held under the Demo-
Gratis, except Senator Kyle, who is pro-
NOTED from the ehairmanship Of the com
mittee on education and labor to that Of
the University Of the United States.
The senate was In session for about two
hours yesterday, half Of that time being
given to Mr.. Stewart, Of Nevada, In a
vigorous assault on the gold combine"
In one respect the senator presented new
phase Of the subject, with which his name
has been so much identified in senate
speeches. He urged that the great depre-
citation Of silver gave to tho cheap labor Of
Asia tremendous advantage In compel
ing with the domestic products Of the
American market Japan, in particular.
he said was proflting by this difference Of
so per cent. betwesn our meney and that
of Japan, aud Japanese merchants were
today underselling our home producers in
many lines Of goods.
An echo Of comptroller Bowler's sus-
pension of the sugar bounty payments was
heard in the resolution Of Mr.. Caffrey, Of
Louisiana, calling on the treasury depart
ment for the reasons for the suspension.
Postmaster General Wilson's recent order
forbidding postal employees from urging
postal Legislation also caras In for attsn-
ton, Mr.. PETER offering a comprehensive
resolution Of inquiry as TO the order An
other resolution BY Mr.. Gallingsr calls for
information a. 10 the number Of aliens in
the various governmental branches.
The proceedings in the house were en-
livcned yesterday by Mr.. Flynn, the dele
gate from Oklahoma, who offered resoIu-
tons reeiting that provision had been
made for the allotment Of Oklahoma lands
10 the Wichita Indians and providing fez
the opening Of the surplus lands after al
iotment to homestead settlement, and tii.
recting the secretary Of the interior, III
not Incompatible with the public interest,
to report TO the house the reasons and
causes operating to delay the allotment Of
said lands, and whether any of his connec-
lions or relations by blood or marriage are
acting a. attn-r-vs fpr said Indians or any