The evening times., 1895-12-07
I0Jl6 BLOOD NOT II Il
New Republican Senators Must
Take a.Back Seat.
DEMOCRATS ARE GOING OUT
Senator Stierman's Men VIII Reor-
ganIze All the Senate Committees.
A Contest May Come Over the Off
.cers-New Committees May BE
Chosen Next Week.

\ The young blood in the Senate is moi
| going IL run wild tnis session. The Repub
iicans are goi1g y reorgapize this BODY
bot reorganization will be on old lines.
! The youngsters must remain In the back
| ground. They niuststaIid in at the bN'itonn
OF the ladder of Senatorial honors and
climb up round ut a time.
The Republican Senate caucus commit
tee ~ reaay ndtv~G go TO work on ,'t,nir-
menships and Eoilmittee places, Dut pre-
| ceu-nt viii be folluwed all along the line.
The Demo erafs hIlve. given up. They are
in the fight no longer. They must be sails
fed with pottiesii crumbs ror the next de-
cade or 50. They think they might as well
get used to 1t at once.
They will Offer no opposition to the Re-
forced % ACTON Sii de Repabiicans. They
told them they hard the plurality of votes
and they nlGst assume the responsibility
OF legislation.
FIGHT on PATRONAGE.
The committees will be named and 20
through all right. The fight, IL any, will
come over the patronage. 1t will not be
until after the holidays that the Republic
ans Will try 10 elect "A secretary.
Ihey may may not at,empt '2 csoose a
popular That 1t may be Impossible 10 dis
place, him.
The Republicans lack a ma jority.
and they know 1t. But they have hopes.
there Ia a Populist or so WHO may come
over and help then, out.
They also appreciate the fact that they
can pass no party mea sure. Neither can
The Democrats. So the Republicans con-
Guide they must depend on the good judg
ment OF the country ir they arc to be he'd
responsible for legislation.
They are going straight ahead To- APP
point c.nntnlttees from majority stand
point. They may be able to report on the
committees before the end or next week
nj aeSf ftrs.
cratic side that no opposition will be made
against the selec tions.
The reorsaniZatian of committees win
be on the od line. The new men must take
their turns. Chairnanships must be given
10 the ranking RepubiCan senators un-
less they ASK 10 ne Renewed iriin this duty.
may be That the appropriations will
be divided among the various committees
senator DUBOIS resolution may pass on
the same ground that the Arkansas man
was ciearcSi: -Four OF the jurors had some
OF the meat.
ALLISoNFOR APPROPRIATIONS
Under the new organization senator Al
iison heads the appropriations Committee,
Senator Sherman On Foreign Relations, SEN
ator Morrill, on Finance and Senator Chand-
Ter on Immigration.
Senator Mcmillan Will be at the head OF
The District Committee. IL - possible. that
Nirgiua may receive recognition on this
committee on the Democratic side, and that
senator Baker of Kansas may be one of
senator Lodge VIII head the Education
and Lahor coininitiec, Senator Hale the
Committee on Census. Senator Perkins OF
Cdniornia VIII prebably be chairman of
the Committee on Civil Service and Reform.
Mr.. Morrill, and Mr.. Lodge, the ranking mem
bsrs, prcferring other committees.
Senator Mit,'aeil VI Oregon will get the
Committee "n Claims and Senator Squire
OF Washington, that on coast cefcilscs.
This gives the Pacific slope strong repre-
ScDtation.
SeEaior Frye viii be nn the Committee
on Commerce, Senator Piatt Will nave a
choice between several and Will perhaps
lake either Indian Affairs or Territories.
u Is likely that thctc win he II new chair
man On Privileges and Elections, rs sena
tors Hear, Mitchell. ard Chandler will
ciio',se other cIIniinieEsht,Is.
QUAYtON oFuBLfC BUILDINGS. g
Senator QEay Will be tho head OF the
CclnrnIttce igijliS Buildings and Grounds.
and Senator PctiiGraw the Committee on
Public Lands or Railroads. Senator Haw-
hey viii be chairman OF the Committee on
Military Affairs Senator Cameron ON
Naval Aiiaifs az
Senaior Cuiiom goes to the head of the
Interstate. Commerce Committee. Sen
ator WOlroti is In line Tor the Committee
cr fnstofficts aud Pest roads. senator
Aldricii Is the oafy Republican member left
on The OLD committees on Rules. Senator
Davis Will neat his old committee on
facific Railroads.
senator German VIII occupy The commit
tee room nuw use'fiby senator Sherman.
The leading Democratic SENATORS viii lie
transferred to the hi.ads of the unimppr-
tant committees Now in The hands uf the
Republicans.
The new Republican senators will all get
bnt they will necessarily
he OF unimpu r;ufYs eoinfilitts.t The plaCinl.
OF these ccDti.rfscn ,in The more irpportant
is the real question before
tie Republican caucus committee.