St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-12-09
IF REPUBLICANS ORGANIZE.
DAVIS is SAID TO BE SLATED
FOR HEAD of THE TERRI
TORIES COMMITTEE.
1t VIII Be Given Up Largely to
Party Caucuses and Introduce
ton of Bills.

publican caucus committee of the
senate will hold it's first formal meet
ing Monday after the adjournment
of the senate for the purpose of con-
,sidering the question of filling the
committee vacancies and selecting
chairmen of the various committees.
While nothing has been finally
agreed upon, it looks now as if the
craftsmanship of the more important
committees would be assigned as fol-
lows:
Agriculture, Proctor; appropria-
tions, Allison; coast defense,
Squire; census, Chandler; COM
merce, Frye; District of Co
lumbia, McMillan; finance, Morrill,;
fisheries, Perkins; foreign relations,
Sherman; immigration, Lodge; In
dian affairs, Pettigrew; interstate
commerce, Cullom; judiciary, Hoar;
military affairs, Hawley; naval af-
fairs, Cameron; postoffices and post
roads, Wolcott; printing, Hale; priv
ileges and elections, Mitchell, of Ore
gon; public buildings and grounds,
Quay; relations with Canada, Car
ter; rules, Aldrich; territories, Davis.
CAN HAVE HIS CHOICE.
A majority of these assignments
go to the senators whose names are
mentioned, by virtue of seniority, but
there are some exceptions, made nee
essary by the probability of senior
ments. Senator Platt is, for instance,
senior Republican on Indian af-
fairs and territories, and the only
Republican member on patents and
revision Of the laws, and could have
his choice of the Craftsmanship of
these committees but for the prob
ability of his being given a place OH
the finance committee, in which event
he would surrender his place at the
head of Indian affairs to Senator
PettigreW, and on territories to SEN
,ator Davis, and probably become
vision of the laws. Senator Mitchell
will have his choice of the chair
manship of either privileges and cleo
tions or postoffices and post roads,
but will choose the first, and will
thus advance Wolcott to the head of
postoffices and post roads. On the
other hand, Senator Teller lis at the
head of the Republican member
ship of no committee, and one of the
problems with which the caucus COM
mittee has to deal is that of furnish
ing him with an acceptable commit
ber of the census committee, but as
the existing members of the COM
mittee all get other chairmanships,
he is enabled to take the place at the
head of this committee. Senator
Hale secures printing because the
Republican membership is entirely
vacant.
Among the important chairman
ships concerning which there is no
certainty as yet are those of con-
tingent expenses, claims, education
and labor, enrolled bills, library, Pa
cific railroads, patents, pensions,
railroads and revision of the laws.
Senator Shoup is the senior Repub-
lican on pensions, but the prob
abilities are that he will surrender
the craftsmanship to Senator Gal
linger and accept another assign
ment Senator Jones, of Nevada,
will in all probability be returned to
his old position on contingent ex-
penses, Notwithstanding his inde-
pendent proclivities. Senator Mitch
ell is the only Republican member
of the committee on claims and as he
will probably resign his membership,
it is necessary to reconstruct the
committee entirely. Senator Hans
brough could have the craftsmanship
of this committee, but it is UNDER
stood that he has virtually declined
it.
THERE ARE SOME COMMITTEES
on which memberships are much
sought as are the chairmanships Of
others. These are appropriations,
judiciary, finance, foreign relations
and commerce. There has been some
talk of increasing the last commit
tee from nine to eleven members, but
the probabilities are against this.
If it is not increased and if the Re
publicanS organize, Senator Brice
will retire from the committee, and
lican. The aspirants are Senators
Quay, Pettigrew and Perkins. 1t ap-
pears probable that the finance COM
mittee will be enlarged from IL to
13 members. In that event, the Re-
publicans will name Senators Cam
eron and Platt for the two places at
their disposal, and the Democrats
would probably select Senator DAN
iel as their additional representa-
tive. Senators Wolcott and Lodge
are slated for foreign relations. The
of the judiciary COM
mittee has been but slightly dis
cussed. There are two vacancies
there, and it is possible they may be
given to Senators Davis and Thurs
ton or to Thurston and some other
new man. There are four places to
be filled on commerce, but nothing
is certain about the filling of these
except that one of the places will |
go to Pacific coast member, prob
ably Squire.
Senator Mitchell, as chairman of
the caucus committee, has been de-
voting himself to procuring data for
the guidance of the committees de-
fiberations. He finds that there are
forty-six standing and fourteen Sc
lect committees. At present the