The San Francisco call., 1896-11-16
Representative Steele of Indiana ex'
presses Ms opinion as follows:
D1VIsIoNS ~ THE HOUSE.
Many Changes Will Be Made in the
Farious Committees.

luQ UU 0H0nUe8 Vttt DC M00c th tHe
Fario~s Committees.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. 15.-Al-
though the official figures of the recent
election nave not in all cases reached Re-
publican Congressional headquarters. the
result of the contests in the various Con.
gressional districts is known with suffi-
cient exactness to warrant the summary
of the political divisions in the House oi
Representatives in the Fifty fifth Con-
gress. This shows 207 Republicans, 137
Democrats and 13 Popuiists. In making
this division the committee has placed
among the Populists Messrs. Hartman OF
Montana, Newlands of Nevada and
Shaffrath of Colorado, who were elected
to the present Congress as Republicans
also Judge Baker of Illinois, who was a
r epublican Representative in the Fifty
first Congress. The other Populists come
4 from Kansas. from North Carolina, /
from Colorado and from California.
Uponfthe question of silver the division
is said to be for free silver 153 against free
silver 204. Two of the Democrats are op-
posed to free coinage of silver-Messrs.
McAleer of Pennsylvania and Elliott of
South Carolina and five Republicans favor
ick and Curtis of Kansas. Lindsey of North
Carolina and Bach of Ohio.
The Committee on Appropriations loses
Messrs. Arnold of Pennsylvania, Hainer
of Nebraska, Blue of Kansas and Mccall
of Tennessee, Republicans, and Layton of
Ohio and Bartlett of New York, Demo-
Gratis.
Other leading committees lost the fol-
lowing:
Eections-Four Republicans. including
Chairman Daniels of No. 1, and three
Democrats.
Judiciary-Five Republicans and three
Democrats.
Banking and Currenoy-Three Repu bli-
cans and two Democrats.
Coinage, Weights and Measures-Five
Republicans and one Democrat
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Three Republicans and five Democrats
Rivers and Harbors-Five Republicans
and one Democrat.
Merchant Marine and Fisheries-Three
Republicans and three Democrats
Agriculture - Four Republicans, one
Populist and one Democrat.
Foreign Affairs-Two Republicans and
four Democrats.
Military Affairs-Three Republicans and
four Democrats.
Naval Affairs-Three Republicans and
three Democrats.
Postoffices and Postroads-Five Repub-
iicans and three Democrats.
Public Lands-Five Republicans and
one Democrat.
Indian Affairs-Seven Republicans and
two Democrats.
Territories-Eight Republicans. includ-
ing Chairman Scranton of Pennsylvania.
and three Democrats.
Railways and Canals-Three RepubIi.
cans and one Democrat.
Public Buildings and Grounds-Three
Republicans and one Democrat
Pacific Railroads-Five Republicans and
! four Democrats.
Labor = Three Repu blicans, including
Chairman Phillips of Pennsylvania, and
! one Democrat.
Patents-Five Republicans, including
Chairman Draper of Massachusetts, and
one Dem ocrat.
Invalid Pensions Eight Republicans,
4 including Chairman Picker of South Da-
kota, two Democrats and one PopuIist.
| Claims-Four Republicans, four Demo
Gratis and one Populist.
War Claims-Four Republicans and two
| Democrats.
Reform in Civil Service-One Republi-
can, three Democrats and one Populist.
| immigration and misunderstanding
Democrats and one Popuiist.
Accounts -Four Republicans, including
Chairman Aldrich of Illinois and three
| Democrats.
Rules-One Democrat, ex-Speaker Crisp.