Evening star., 1897-05-05
THE COMMITTEE CHANGES
Action Taken at Today's Caucus of Republi-
can Senators.
Assignment of the New Members-Re-
port of the Committee on Com
mfttecs Adopted.

The republican senators held caucus to-
day and adopted the report of the commit
tee committees. The important changes
are as follows:
Sewell of New Jersey TO appropriations,
Gallinger of New Hampshire to commerce,
Burrows of Michigan to finance. Clark of
Wyoming and Foraker of Ohio to foreign
relations, Spooner of Wisconsin to judi
ciary. Carter of Montana relinquishes in
terstate commerce to Elkins of West Vir-
ginia, and takes the latters place on mill
tary affairs and territories; Piatt of New
York and Hanna of Ohio are added to
naval affairs; Foraker to Pacific railroads;
Spooner of Wisconsin TO privileges and cleo
tons: Nelson of Minnesota to public lands.
The new senators are given places as
follows:
Deboe, to establish the university of
the United States, to examine the several
branches of the civil service, improvement
of Mississippi river. Indian depredations,
railroads, revolutionary claims.
Fairbanks. immigration. chairman: cen
sus, claims, public buildings and grounds,
geological survey (SelecO.
Foraker, examine the several branches of
the civil service. chairman: establish the
University of the United States. foreign
relations. Pacific railroads, transportation
routes to the Seaboard.
Hanna, enrolled bills, mines and mining,
naval affairs. pensions. railroads. trans
portation and sale of meat products.
Mason. manufactures, chairman; claims,
fisheries, immigration. organization, con-
duct and expenditures of the executive de-
partments, post offices and post roads.
Penrose, coast defenses, education and
labor, immigration, organization, conduct
and expenditures of the executive depart
ments. post offices and post roads, national
banks (se,ec).
Platt of New York, transportation routes
to the seaboard, chairman; census, naval
affairs, territories. Nicaragua canal (se-
lecD, international expositions (selecU.
Spooner, relations with Canada, chair
man; judiciary, privileges and elections,
Wellington, to establish the University
of the United States, chairman: coast de-
lenses, corporations organized in the Dis
trict of Columbia, public buildings and
grounds, international expeditions (selecD.
Hanna, Penrose and Deboe were not
made chairmen of committees.
The changes in chairmanships follow:
Census, Carter; coast defenses, Mcbride;
education and labor, Kyle: University of
the United States. Wellington: examine
several branches of the civil service, Fora
ker; immigration, Fairbanks; library, Wet
more: manufactures. Mason; naval affairs,
Hale: privileges and elections, Chandler;
printing, Lodge; public lands. Hansbrough;
relations with Canada, Spooner; territories,
Shoup; transportation routes to the sea-
board, Platt of New York.
None of the silver republicans are cared
for in the list, but Kyle of South Dakota
is included as though he was a rcpub-
lican. In cases where chairmen are now
silver republicans the places are left blank,
rs we'll as the places Oh committees which
they occupy.
Changes of Minor Importance.
Some changes of minor Importance are as
follows: Allison goes off engrossed bills
and Hoar takes his place; Wocott goes off
Pacific railroads and Clark goes off pat
ents and Thurston goes on; Kyle goes to
pensions; Gear to post Offices and post
roads; Hansbrough goes off printing, Gear
goes off public buildings and grounds; Gear
and Gallinger off railroads; Lodge to rail-
roads; Carter goes off relations with Can
ada; Wilson goes to Nicaragua canal; Nor
rill becomes also chairman of the commit
tee for additional accommoda tions for the
Library; Wetmo-e goes 10 woman suffrage
and of transportation and sale of meat
products; Wolcott goes off geological sur
Vey.
Some Dissatisfied Senator's.
Some dissatisfaction was expressed in the
caucus over the assignments notably by
Senators Platt of New York and Wilson
of Washington. Mr.. Platt called attention
to the fact that New York was unrepre-
sented on either the finance, the appro-
Priations or the commerce committee,
which, he said, was anomalous state
of affairs. He said he had no complaint
to make on his own account, but that he
felt that he had right to protest In the
interest of the state.
Mr. Wilson urged the unfairness of the
failure to give him the place on the COM
m,:.er on commerce which had leen va
cated by his late colleague, Senator Squire
Senator Hansbrough also expressed some
disappointment over his failure to secure
place on the finance committee, and Sem
atCr Clark over the fact that he had not
been placed on a committee dealing with
western interests.
of the committee, who stated that the
assignments were the most equitable 1t had
been found possible to make.
The democrats will hold a caucus tomor-
row to make their assignments. after which
the committee appointments from both
sides of the chamber will be officially an