Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-27
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
Assignments of Senators to the Various
Committees Agreed Upon.
Representation on the District COM
mittce-The Two New Members
and Their Career.

The democrats of the Senate held a eau
Gus today and passed upon the work of the
steering committee, which had in charge
the committee assignments proposed by
the republican Senators. The caucus ap
proved the report of the committee, and
authorized certain additions to the list of
assignments. These additions will prob
ably be made today, but 1t is not likely
that the committees will be given out un-
til tomorrow.
The District Committee.
The committee on the District of Colum-
bia is composed of the following: MI Nc
MILAN, chairman; Messrs. Gallinger Hans
brough, Proctor, Pritchard, Baker, Wet
more. Harris, Faulkner, Gibson, Smith,
Martin and Bacon. Senators Bacon and
Martin, the new additions to the commit
tee, are both lawyers, well equipped for
the duties devolving upon them as MEM
bers of the District committee.
Senator Martin.
Senator Thomas Staples Martin Is Of AL
bemarle county, Virginia. and succeeds
Senator Hunton, thus giving Virginia the
same representation on the District COM
mittee as it had during The last Congress.
Senator Martin was born in Scottsville, AL
bemar!e county, Va, July %, 1917, and
since 1858, at which time his parents re-
moved to the country, has lived in the coun-
ty, about two niles from the town, was edu-
Gated a the Virginia Military Institute,
where he cadet from March i, lS6i,
to April 8, 1si5. and at the University of
Virginia, where he was student in the
academic schools for two sessions, from Oc-
tober l, 1861 to June %, 1866, AMI from Oc-
tober |, 1866, to June - 1867; though rot
regularly enlisted soldier, considerable part
of the time while he was cadet at the Nir-
ginia Military Institute WAS spent in the
military service of the confederate states
with the battalion of cadets OF the inSti-
tute. Soon after leaving the University of
Virginia he commenced the study of law by
a course of private reading at nome, and
was licensed to practice law IN the fall of
1869, since which time he mas devoted him
self closely to that profession. For num-
ber of years he has been a member of the
board OF visitors of the Miller Manual La
bor School of Albemarle county and
member of the board of visitors of the Uni
versity of Virginia, but until elected to the
Senate he had never held nor been a candi-
date for any polti Office, state munich
pal. December 10. 1893, he was elected
Senator from Virginia for the term COM
mencing March 1. 1873, to succeed Mr.. Eppa
Hunton, who had been first sppoini ell by the
governor and then elected by the legisla-
trre TO fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Mr.. John S. Barbour His term of SER
vice will expire March 3, 1901.
senator Bacon.
Senator Bacon Of Georgia takes the place
Of Senator Martin of Kansas on the COM
n!ittee. Senator Augustus Octavius Bacon
of Macon was born In Bryan county
Georgia, October 20, 1899: received. high
school education in Liberty and Troup
counties; graduated at the University Of
Georgia, in the literary and classical de-
partment, in 1859. and in the law depart
ment in 1860; entered the confederate army
at the beginning of the war and served
during the campaigns of 1851 and 1862 as
adJutant Of the ninth Georgia regiment in
the army of northern Virginia; subse-
quently thereto was commissioned as cap
tain In the provisional army of the confed-
crate states and assigned to general staff
duty; at the close of the war resumed the
study of law, and began practice in 1866 at
MacCn, from which date he has actively
continued the same both in the state and
federal courts; was frequently a member of
state democratic conventions; was presi-
dent of the state democratic convention In
1850. and was delegate from the state at
large TO the ratioral democratic convention
at Chicago in 1854, in 1865 he was elected
presidential elector Seymour and BIair) on
the democratic ticket: in 1871 was elected
to the Georgia house Of representatives of
winch body he has served as a member for
fourteen years; in this time, during two
years, he was speaker pro tempore and
during eight years he was the speaker OF
the Georgia house of representatives; was
several times candidate for the demo-
cratic nomination for governor of Georgia,
and in the democratic state convention of
1888 he came within one vote of a nomina-
ton for governor, when the nomination
was equivalent to an election; was elected
to the United States Senate as a democrat
In November. 1894 for the term beginning
March 4, 1Sl5 His term of service will ex-
pire March ), 1901.
Other Caucus Assfgnments.
According to the caucus assignments, Mr.
Faulkner will go to the appropriations COM
mittee, Walthan to finance Mills to foreign