The true northerner., 1897-07-28

Speaker az the House Announces y
List of Committees.

4 Speaker Of the House Announces u
List of Committees.
Washington, July 26.-Speaker Reed
Saturday night at $3.50 announced the
house committees. The committees on
ways and means, accounts and mileage
were announced at the beginning of the
! session. The chairmen of the various
Quantities and the positions occupied
by the Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Iowa
aud Wisconsin men are as follows:
Foreign Affairs-Robert T. Hit. Illinois,
| Robert c.. Cousins, iowa; William Alden
Smith. Michigan: Charles j. Hendy. Indi-
! ana, republicans
Appropriations-Joseph C. Cannon. I'LL
| nois: James A. Hemenway Indiana; Sam
uei s. Barney. Wisconsin; William III.
! Moody, Massachusetts; Samuel j. Pugh.
| Kentucky, republicans
| Judiciary-David Il. Henderson. Iowa.
Thomas Updegraff. Iowa; James A. Con-
| molly, Illinois: John j. Jenkins. Wisconsin;
| Jesse r. Overstreet, Indiana. republicans.
| Banking and Currency-Joseph III. Walk
! er, Massachusetts,; Henry u. Johnson. In
diana; George Spading. Michigan; George
| w. Prince. Illinois, republicans.
| Coinage. Weights and Measures-Charles
| W. Stone, Pennsylvania. Edward s. Miner.
| Wisconsin, Thomas Updegraff. Iowa: Dan
iel W. Mills. Illinois. republicans
Interstate and Foreign Commerce-Wil-
|
Michigan; James r. Mann. Illinois. repub-
| licans; William II. Hinrichson. Illinois.
| democrat.
Rivers and Harbors-Warren r. Hooker
New York: Henry A. Cooper. Wisconsin:
Walter Reeves, Illinois; Roswell L. Bishop,
| Michigan. republicans.
Agriculture-James w. Wadsworth. New
| York: Vespasian Warner. Illinois: Edward
| Sauerhering. Wisconsin: Horace G.. Snover.
Michigan: William Lorimer. Illinois. re-
publcans.
Military Affairs-John A. Thun. Iowa:
benjamin F. Marsh. Illinois: Michael Grif
| fin, Wisconsin,: Hugh r. Belknap. Illinois.
| republicans; Thomas NJ. Jett. Illinois. dem
ocrat.
Naval Arairs-Charles A. Boutelle.
Maine: George +. Foss. Illinois. repub-
licans.
Post Offices and Post Roads-Eugene F.
Loud. California; George w. Smith. I'LL
nois; William Lorimer. Illinois. repub-
licans.
Public Lands-John F. Lacy, Iowa: Sam
| uel s. Barney. Wisconsin: c. D. Sheldon.
Michigan; Daniel w. Mills. Illinois. repub-
licans.
Indian ATairs-James 6. Sherman. New
York: James F. Lacy, Iowa: Horace G
Snover. Michigan; Charles p. Lands. 1ndi-
ana. republicans: William I. Zenor. Indi-
ana, democrat.
Territories William S. Knox. Massachu-
sets; NJ. Griffin. Wisconsin, j. a. Hemen-
way, Indiana: William S. Mesick. Michi-
gan, republicans: ]. Hunter. Illinois. demo-
crat.
Public Buildings and Grounds-David II.
Mercer, Nebraska; George E. White. I'LL
nois. republicans
Pacific Railroads.&c.. Henry Powers. Yer
mont: William i. Hepburn, Iowa: George
W. Faris. Indiana. republicans
Invalid Pensions-George w. Ray. New
| York: Vespasan Warner. Illinois: Sam w.
Smith. Michigan. republicans; Robert w.
Miers. Indiana, democrat.
immigration and Naturalizat tion-Loren-
| 20 Danford, Ohio; Joseph V. Graft. Illinois.
republicans.
Labor-John V. Gardner: New Jersey:
| William Lorimer. illinois, republicans:
Ferdinand Brucker. Michigan. democrat.
Miita-Benjamin +. Marsh. Illinois:
| George Spalding, Michigan, republicans.
The following are chairmen Of the less
| important committees:
Elections No. l-Robert w. Taylor, Ohio
Elections No. 2-Henry U. Johnson. Indi-
/ ana.
Elections No S-James A. Walker. vir-
, ginia.
Levees and improvements OF the Missls-
sippi River-Richard Bartholdt. Missouri.
Observation-Disclosures Grow, Pennsylvania.
Merchant Marine and Fisheries-Sereno
| Il. Payne, New York.
| Railways and Canals-Charles A. Chick
| ering. New York.
Manufactures-George w. Faris. Indiana.
Mines and Mining-Charles ii. Grosvenor,
| Ohio.
Patents-Josiah d. Hicks. Pennsylvania
Pensions-Henry G. Loudenslager. New
Jersey.
Claims-C N Brumm. Pennsylvania.
War Claims-Thaddeus NJ. Mahon. Penn
| sylvania.
Private Land Claims-George w. Smith.
Illinois.
District of Columbia-J. w. Babcock.
| Wisconsin.
Revision Of the I.aws-vespasian Warner.
| Illinois.
Reform in the Civil Service-Marriott
| Brosus, Pennsylvania.
Election of President, Vice President.
! and Representatives in Congress-John B..
| Coriss. Michigan.
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic-H. c. Brewster.
| New York.
| Ventilation and Acoustcs-Joel T. Hent-
| wole. Minnesota.
Irrigation of Arid Lands-William r. Ell
| liss, Oregon.
Expenditures in the State Department
| Lemuel l.. Quigg, New York.
| Expenditures in the Treasury Department
| Robert G. Cousins. Iowa.
| Expenditures in the War Department
| w. w. Grout. Vermont.
| Expenditures in the Navy Department
| J. +. Stewart, New Jersey.
| Expenditures In the Post Office Depart
ment-Irving +. Wagner Pennsylvania
| Expenditures in the Interior Department
| Charles Curtis. Kansas.
Expenditures in the Department OF JUS
| tice-Cyrus A. Sullowey. New York
| Expenditures In the Department Of Agri-
| culture-C. w. Gillet. New York.
| Expenditures on Public Buildngs-D. c..
| Colson, Kentucky.
| Accounts-B. B. Odell. Jr.. New York.
| Printing!. D. Perkins. Iowa.
Library-Alfred c. Harmon. Pennsyl-
| vania.
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