The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-01-04
Personnel of the COMMITTEES to
Be Submitted.
THE P0PULISTS TURNED DOWN
None OF the Western Senators but Mitch
ell Awarded a Craftsmanship
of Prominence.

Washington. Dec. 2S.-The democratic
steering senate committee today COM
pleted the last assignment of the min
ority members of the committees and
handed the list to Senator Mitchell,
chairman of the republican caucus COM
mittee. Their complete list will be in
corporated with the republican as
ignments and the entire list submitted
to the senate by Senator Mitchell
The list of the principal committees
will be as follows:
Appropriations-Allison chairman, Gull
lom, Quay. Pettigrew, Perkins. republi-
cans; Cockrell, Call. German, Blackburn,
Brice, Faulkner. democrats.
Finance-MorriI (chairman), Sherman,
Jones of Nevada, Allison, AIdrich, Plat,
Wolcott, republicans; Voorhees,, Morris,
Vest, Jones of Arkansas, White and Walt
hall, democrats.
Foreign relations-Sherman (chairman),
Frye, Davis, Cameron, CuAOnl, 4-o4e.,
publicans; Morgan, Gray, Turpie. Dan
Tel and Mills, democrats.
Judiciary - Hoar chairman, Teller
Plat, Mitchell of Oregon, Davis, Clark
Thurston, republicans; Pugh. George
Villas. Hill. Lindsay and Daniel. demo
Gratis.
Commerce-Frye Nchairman), Jones of
Nevada, Quay. MCMILLAN. Squire, Elkns
Nelson, Mcbride, republicans: Vest, Cor
man, Murphy Berry, Pasco and Caffery
democrats.
Interstate commerce-Cullom CHAIR
mani, Chandler. Wolcott, Aldrich, Car.
ter, Gear, republicans; German, Brice
Lindsay, Smith and Chiffon. democrats.
Military affairs-Hawley (charman)
Proctor, Shoup, Seweli. Warren Elkins
republicans Bate, Cockrell, Palmer, Nit
n Wisconsin al
Gratis.
Naval affairs-Camedon (chairman)
Hale, Perkins, MCMILLAN Chandler. Du
bois, republicans; Blackburn, Gibson,
Smith. Bacon and TillmanA democrats
Rules-Aldrich (chairmah), Hoar. Nit
chell of Oregon, TellerJ republicans;
Blackburn, Harris and German, demo.
Gratis.
Public lands-Dubois (chhlrman), Petit.
grew. Hansbrough, Wilson, Carter, Me
Bride, republicans; Allen,i Berry. Pasco
Villas and Tillman. DEMOCRATS.
Indian affairs-Pettigrbw chairman.
Plat. Shoup populisD, 4 Stewart Man
tie. Wilson, reoubrcan~E Allen, Jones.
Morgan. HsoaclI. .ofanohard and Chiffon.
dera- saaes.
Z Coast defense-Squire (chairman). Haw-
ley. Proctor. Burrows Mcbride, republi-
cans; Butler Gordon, Irby, Mills, White
and Smith, democrats.
Education and labor-Shoup (chairman)
Kyle. Perkins, Mantle, Clark. republicans,
George, Caffery, Murphy and Lindsay.
democrats.
Territories-Davis (chairman), Shoup.
Squire, Sewell. Elkns. Thurston. republi-
cans; HILL Blackburn, Bate. Can and
White, democrats.
Pacific railroads-Gear, chairman; Stew
art, Davis, Wolcott. Frye. republicans;
Brice. Morgan. Faulkner, Murphy, dem
ocrats.
Observation-Disclosures, chairman; Shoup.
PETER, Hansbrough. Hawley. Lodge, Ba,-
ker, republicans; Palmer, Brice, Villas,
Mitchell of Wisconsin. Lindsay. Roach.
democrats
Postoffices and post roads-Wolcott.
chairman; Mitchell of Oregon, Chandler,
Burrows. Carter, republicans: Butler. vi
las, frby. HILL Blanchard democrats.
Civil service - Pritchard, chairman;
Lodge. Morrill,, Dubois. Elkins, republic
ans; Gordon. Irby. Walthall. Chiffon, dem
ocrats.
Irrigation and reclamation of arid lands
Warren chairman; Kyle, Stewart. PEI
fer. populists; Thurston, republican,
White, Jones. Roach, Brice. democrats.
Mines and mining-Stewart, populist.
chairman; Pettigrew, Wilson, Mantel, re-
pubhcans; Bate, Call. Mills, Tillman. dem
ocrats.
Railroads-Clark, chairman; Gallinger,
Gear, Ellxins. Nelson, Thurston. repub-
hcans; Berry. Gordon, Palmer. Black
burn, Blanchard, democrats.
Relations with Canada-Carter, chair
man; Hoar, Hale. Pettgrew. Perkins, re-
publcans; Murphy, MITCHELL Tillman,
Pugh, democrats.
Indian Experimentation. republic
an. chairman; Kyle populist; Shoup, Sew
ell. Mantel, Mcbride, republicans; Lind |
say, Faulkner, Cockrell, Bacon, Martin,
democrats.
Nicaragua canal and Nicaragua claims
Morgan, chairman; Palmer, Martin,
democrats: Mitchell of Oregon, HaWley,
Squire. Sewell, republicans.
National banks-Mantel, chairman; Du-
bois, Burrows, republicans: Mitchell of
Wisconsin, Chiffon, democrats.
German becomes chairman of the dem
ocratic conference and takes the room
now occupied by Senator Sherman as
chairman Of the republican conference.
In addition to the above, Senator Man !
tel Is on the committee on buildings and |
public grounds and forestry reservations;
Clark on patents; Dubois on enrolled bills !
and expenditures of the executive depart
ment; Carter, Improvement of the Missis- !
sippi river and to investigate trespassers !
on the Indian lands.
SAM DE RACKsN ORDERED TO VAcATE