Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-19
COMMITTEE CHANGES
Many That Win Take Place in Both Houses
ofOoagmm.
How the District May He Affected
Nearly All the Senate Com
mlttees VIII suffer.


The changes to be made In the commit
tees Of the Senate and House after March
next will be many and interesting, and be-
fore they are effected there will be much
gossip on the subject. House changes are
looked for. owing to the defeat of men,
bers In the last election and to the failure
OF others to secure denomination. In the
Senate the changes may or may not be
confined to defeated members. A good
deal Will depend on the numerical position
OF the republicans. on they attitude toward
silver republicans, on the position of gold
democrats. etc.
The char ges In the District of Columbia
committees of both houses may be consid-
cradle. The House committee will be al
most new one In Its composition before
1t gets down to work. Chairman Babcock
will be at the head Of the committee again
II he Is not selected for a cabinet position.
Harmer Of Pennsylvania. Curtis Of Iowa.
Odell OF New York. Shannon of New York
are among the republican members Of the
committee who have been returned. The
republican members of the committee who
were defeated were Hulick Of Ohio. Huling
Of West Virginia and Mines of Michigan
These will all have to be replaced by re-
publicans Wellington. another republican
member, will be in the Senate. and his
place will have to be filled. This vacancy
will go TO a Maryland member. Repre-
sentative Mudd may get the place. having
formerly been a member of the committee.
Only one democratic member of the COM
mittee will. come back. He is Representa-
tive Richardson of Tennessee. The demo-
Gratis who will not be in the next Congress
are Rusk. Maryland: Cobb. Alabama: Mer-
edith. Virginia; Abbott. Texas. and Cobo,
Missouri.
There is 4 certainty OF but one change In
wit
tee. Senator Gibson will go out after
March. 1t Is not known whether Senator
elect Wellington will succeed him on this
&C mmittee. Senator German may have
custom of giving Maryland one place on
the committee will be referred to again.
Senator Hansbrough Of North Dakota. an
other member Of the committee. will go out
Senator Pritchard of North Carolina will
also go out unless reelected. These are
probable changes. For many years North
Carolina has had representation on this
committee, the late Senator Vance being
one of the members for years. Should Sen,
ator Pritchard be succeeded by a democrat
or populist it Is not known what might be-
done. Perhaps In this event the republicans
would want to fiji the vacancy caused by
Senator GibsOn's retirement.
The Other Senate Committees.
Silver republicans hold the balance Of
a
OF important Senate committees. OF these
the most important are finance and ap-
preparations. What attempt the republi-
cans will make. If any, to change the com
plexion Of these committees Is a matter
OF conjecture. but it Is predicted there
Will be some lively times Much depends
on how the gold democrats act. 1t is
thot ght they will certainly join with the
republicans in trying to change the finance
committee. AS organized early in the year
on party lines this committee Is composed
OF seven republicans and six democrats
the republicans being Morrill,. Sherman,
Jones of Nevada. Allison, Aldrich, Platt
ana Wolcott. Jones will no longer act
with the republicans on financial matters
thus cutting their membership to six The
democratic members of the committee are.
voorhees,. Harris. Vest. Jones of Arkansas
White and Walthall. all silver men, All Of
these Will remain the committee ex-
cept voorhees,. who will be succeeded in
the Senate by a republican. II is NOT i'm
PROBABLE that the silver men will resist
tne appointment of a gold man to succeed
voorhees,. but 1t is believed that the re-
pubiicans will join with the sound money
democrats and put a gold standard demo,
crat in place of Voorhees,
Changes In Senators will make several
n lmporiant changes in the appropriations
mittee are Allison. Hale. Cullom, Teller.
Quay. Pettigrew, Perkins. 1t is proha HE
that all Of these will be in the next Senate,
g,
selves The democrats are CockrelI, Call
German. Blackburn, Brice and Faulkner.
Blackburn and Brice will be succeeded nv
republicans. Call may come back from
Florida.
The committee foreign relations will
nave no change except by the retirement of
Cameron of Pennsylvania, who will be sue
ceeded by republican. All the other mem
oerS or this committee are regular republi-
cans. who will act in thorough accord with
the administration. The democrats will
have no changes in this committee
ihe committee on Indian affairs is in the
hands OF the silver men with a vengeance
Pettigrew Is chairman and Stewart and
Mantle are members, credited to the repub-
licans.
The judiciary committee will undergo i'm
portant changes. The republican members
Of the committee who will be in the next
Senate are Hoar. Teller, Platt. Mitchell.
paws. Clark and Thurston. OF the six
democrats demo Iat three will go out. They are
of Pugh, will be an able man to fill that
place. but 1t would be guesswork as to
who will fill the other places. If the silver
democrats secure both these places thew
will be In minority, even counting Teller
with them. Lindsay. gold democrat, Is a
member of the committee.
The committee on pensions will be con-
siderably broken up. 1t stands now six re-
Publicans, six democrats and one popuIist
PETER. OF the republicans Hansbrough is
the only one whose place is in doubt. PETER
is candidate for reelection. Three of the
democrats are going out. They are Palmer
Brice and Villas. leaving Mitchell. Lindsay
and Roach.
The committee on rules is at present in
possession Of the silver men, Teller holding
the balance Of power The republicans on
the committee are Aldrich, Hoar, Mitchell
and Teller. Mitchell will probably succeed
himself and will act with the regular re-
publicans The democrats are Blackburn
Harris and German. Blackburn will go out
"
successor, leaving the committee in the
hands of Teller, unless there is radical
change and Teller is forced off. This could
be brought about, 1t is thought, by the
gold democrats acting with the republi-
cans.
Nearly every other committee of the Sen
ate Is similarly affected On few of them
do the republicans now have matters their
own way If the silver republicans choose
to act against them. The silver republi-
cans have the power to demand and secure
things.