The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-01-02
THE SENATORS PLACED
Personnel Of the COMMITTEES to
Be Submitted.
THE P0PULISTS TURNED DOWN
None OF the Western Senators but Mitch.
ell Awarded a Chairmanship
of Prominence.

Washington, Dec. 28.-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
signments and the entire list submitted
to the senate by Senator Mitchell
The list of tine principal committees
Will be as follows:
Appropriatons-Alliso (chairman), Gull
lom, Quay, Pettgrew, Perkins. republi.
cans; Cockrell, Call. German. Blackburn,
Brice, Faulkner democrats
Finance-Morrill (chairman), Sherman,
Jones of Nevada, Allison. Aldrich Plat,
Wolcott republicans; Voorhees,, Morris,
Vest, Jones of Arkansas, White and Walt
hall. democrats.
Foreign relations-Sherman (chairman),
Frye, Davis, Cameron. Cullom. Lodge. re-
publicans; Morgan Gray, Turpie, Dan
lei and Mills, democrats.
Judiciary = Hoar (chalrman), Teller.
Platt Mitchell of Oregon, Davis, Clark,
Thurston, republicans; Pugh. George,
Villas, Hill, Lindsay and Daniel demo-
Gratis
Nevada, Quay, Mcmillan, Squire, Elh.---,
Nelson, Mcbride, republicans: Vest, Cor
man, Murphy. Berry, Pasco and Caffery.
democrats.
Interstate commerce-Culom CHAIR
mani, Chandler, Wolcott, Aldrich Car
ter, Gear, republicans; German, Brice,
Lindsay, Smith and Chiffon, democrats.
Military affairs--Hawley chairman,
Proctor, Shoup, Sewell, Warren, Elkins,
republicans; Bate, CoclSrell, Palmer, Nit
chell of Wisconsin and Walthall, demo-
Gratis.
Naval affairs-Cameron (chairman).
Hale, Perkins, Mcmillan, Chandler, Du-
bois, republicans; Blackburn. Gibson,
Smith, Bacon and Tillman, democrats.
Rules-Aldrich (chairman), Hoar, Nit
chell of Oregon, Teller, republicans;
Blackburn. Harris and German, demo-
Gratis.
Public lands-Dubos (chairman), Petit
Bride, republicans; Allen, Berry, Pasco,
| Villas and Tillman, democrats.
Indian affairs-Pettigrew (chairman)
| Platt, Shoup (populisD, Stewart. Man
| tie, Wilson. republicans; Allen, Jones,
| Morgan, Roach, Blanchard and Chiffon
| democrats.
| Coast defense-Squire (chairman), Haw-
| ley, Proctor, Burrows, Mcbride, republic
cans; Butler, Gordon. Irby Mills, White
| and Smith. democrats.
| Education and labor-Shoup chairman,
| Kyle, Perkins, Mantle, Clark. republicans;
| .
| democrats.
Territories-Davis (chairman), Shoup,
| Squire, Sewell, EllSins, Thurston, republi-
| cans; Hill, Blackburn, Bate, Call and
| White, democrats.
Pacific railroads-Gear, chairman; Stew
| art, Davis, Wolcott, Frye, republicans;
| Brice, Morgan, Faulkner, Murphy, DEM
| ocrats.
| Pensions-Galllnger chairman; Shoup,
Peffer, Hansbrough, Hawley Lodge Ba-
ker. republicans; Palmer, Brice, Villas,
| Mitchell of Wisconsin, Lindsay, Roach.
| democrats.
Postofices and post roads-Wolcott,
| chairman; Mitchell Of Oregon, Chandler.
| Burrows, Carter, republicans; Butler, vi
las, Irby, 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, Pef-
fer populsts; Thurston, republican;
| White, Jones. Roach, Brice, democrats.
Mines and mining-Stewart populist
chairman; Pettgrew, Wilson, Mantel re-
publicans; Bate, Call. Mills, Tillman, DEM
| ocrats.
| Railroads-Clark, chairman; Gallinger,
Gear, Elkins. Nelson, Thurston, repub-
licans Berry, Gordon, Palmer, Black
| burn, Blanchard, democrats.
Relations with Canada-Carter, chair
| man; Hoar. Hale, Pettigrew, 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.