The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-Although
the Official figures of the recent election
nave not in all cases reached Repub-
llcan congressional headquarters, the
result OF the contests in the various
congressional districts is known with
sunclent eXactness to announce the
summary OF the political divisions in
the house in the Fifty fifth congress.
rms SHOWS 2O' Republicans. 49, Dem
ocratS and Is Popuhsts. In making this
division, the commission has placed
among the PopulistS, Hartman of Mon
tana, Newlands Of Nevada and Shat
froth of Colorado, who were elected to
the present congress as Republicans.
Also Judge Baker of Illinois. who was
Repubncan representative in the
lists come four from Kansas, three
from North Carolina, one from Colo
RADIO and one from California.
upon the question of free silver, the
division IS said to be-For free silver
lo3, against free silver 204. Two OF the
democrats are opposed to the free
coinage OF silVer-MessrS. McAleer of
Pennsylvania and Elliott of South
Carolina, and five Republicans favor it
-MesSrs. HillDorn of California.
Frederick and Curtis of Kansas, Lind
sey OF North Carolina and Beach of
ONO a study of the present com
mittees of the house reveals some in
teresting facts. Not single one Of the
IL members of the ways and means
committee failed of reelection. while
or the six members of the minority.
TWO were not returned-MeSsr
Turner of Georgia and Cobb of Mis-
souri,.
me minority also lost its Ieader-ex-
speaker crisp. by death. However, ne
was not a candidate for reelection.
Inc committee on dppropria tiOnS loses
Messrs- Arnold of Pennsylvania, Hainer
OF Nebraska, Blue of Kansas and Nc
can or Tennessee, Republicans: and
Taylor of Ohio and Bartlett of New
YORK, Democrats. Other leading COM
mittees lost the following:
Elections-Four Republicans, includ-
ing Chairman Daniel, and three Dem
ocrats.
Judiciary-Five Republicans and
three Democrats.
Banking and currency-Three Repub-
icans and two Democrats
Coinage, weights and measures-Five
Republicans and one Democrat.
InterStdte and foreign comm ne
Three Republicans and five Democrats.
Rivers and harbors-Five Republic
ans and one Democrat.
Merchant marine and fsneries-Three
Agricuiture-Four Republicans. one
Po.pulist and one Democrat.
Foreign affairs-Two Republicans and
four Democrats.
Military affairs-Three Republicans
and four Democrats
Naval affairs-Three Republicans and
three Democrats.
Postofices and post roads, i've Re
publicans and three Democrats.
Public lands-Five Republicans and
one Democrat
Indian affairs-Seven Republicans
and two Democrats.
Territories-Eight Republicans Gn-
clrding Chairman Scranton of Penn
sylvania, and three Democrats.
Railways and canals-TAree Repub-
Leans and one Democrat
Public buildings and grounds-Threc
Republicans and one Democrat.
Pacific railroads-Five Republicans
and four Democrats.
Labor@Three Republicans, Gncluding
Chairman Phillips of Pennsylvania,
and one Democrat.
Patents-Five Republicans. Gnclud-
ing Chairman Draper of Massa-
chusetts), and one Democrat.
Invalid penSions-Eight Republicans,
Gncluding Chairman Picker of South
Dakota, two Democrats and one Popu-
list.
Claims-Four Republicans. four Dem
ocrats and che PoDulist.
War claims-Four Republicans and
two Democrats.
Reform in civil service-One Repub-
lican, three Democrats and one Popu-
list.
immigration and naturalization
Three Democrats and one Populist.
Accounts-Four Republicans Gnclud-
ing Chairman Aldrich of Illinois,, and
three Democrats.
Rules-One Democrat.