Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-10

was followed inAns9pbd seasnts Of chair
men In the Fifeefs cehn4A
In the Fifss-Fourth.
In the Fifty-fourtt CAQgress, when Mr..
Reed was elected @ nm second term as
Speaker. the record t,tpT further diver
gence from precede&s but not enough to
attract more than Kssink newspaper COM
ment Janes W. W4dsvkrth of New York
became chairman ofShe Dmmittee on agri-
culture in this Condkss- Precedent would
have required the $eaeeton Of. Lewis u.
declined the place. Eufsae J. -Hainer Of
Nebraska was nextDp Tank, but he prob
| ably preferred the place bn the committee
on appropriations. which he received.
of New Hanapshire. he was placed on the
| Judiciary, leaving the field open to Wads-
worth. Joseph q. Caunnon was made chair
| man Of the committee on appropriations.
He had not been a member Of the proceed
ing Congress- but he was fairly entitled to
| the place on account of his long term Of
| service in preceding G. Congresses. If the
ranking member had been selected Gen.
been the man. He hald. no cause for COM
pIaint however, as he was made chairman
Of the committee Oh the judiciary and
stood next to the Speaker In the commit
Charles n. Brumm pr Pennsylvania was
appointed to fine craftsmanship Of the com
mittee on claims. Thesranking member was
Eugene F. Loud offCahfornia. He was
also the ranking member of the commit
tee on post offices and post roads, and took
the latter in preference. The next in rank
was Henry A. Cooper of Wisconsin. He
was placed on rivers and harbors and lie.
wees and improvements of the Mississippi
river, which he probably preferred. The
next in rank was Thomas Settle of North
Carolina He was placed on interstate and
foreign commerce andfpost offices and post
roads. This was probably satisfactory to
Settle. as he was afterward very active In
securing delegates from North Carolina
The next in rank was Daniel B. Heiner of
Pennsylvania. He was oversfawed, as was
Robert G. Cousins of Iowa. Cousins ap-
peared on the committee on foreign affairs
and on mines and mining, which was I'M
doubtedly more than satisfactory to him.
Brumm had not been in Congress for six
years, but everybody appeared to be sat
isfied with the selection. Joseph w. Bah
cock of Wisconsin became chairman OF the
comm Gee on the District of Columbia
If precedent had been followed, Gen. Al
fred C. Harmer would have been made
chairman He accepted the craftsmanship
of the committee on library. The only man
who was overslawed by the appointment
of Mr.. Babcock was Samuel G. Hilborn OF
California. He was put in the third place
on the committee on naval affairs, which
was far more pleasi to him. The new
chairman of the committee on Pacific rail-
roads was Judge II. H. Powers of Vermont.
By his appointment George W. Smith OF
Illinois was left. He was made chairman
Of the committee on private land claims.
BY the appointment Of William F. Draper
as chairman of the committee on patents.
William w. Bowers of California was
jumped He was made chairman Of
minor committee. Warren b. Hooker OF
New York was the new chairman Of the
committee on rivers and harbors. The
ranking member was Biager Hermann of
Oregon. He became chairman of the COM
mt.ee on irrigation and arid lands and
second on the committee on rivers and
| harbors. Mr.. Hooker. possibly owed his
elevation to his activity ION behalf of Mr.
Reed in the canvass for Speaker. Nelson
Dingley, jr., was made chairman Of the
ways and means. oAe chad not been on
| that committee in the preceding Congress
The ranking membei, was Serene E. Payne
of New York, who Willingly gave way to
Mr.. Dingiey and ataepfed the chairman
ship of merchant maffnessand fisheries.
A. Theyi M,sv BE.
Three committees fHavee already been an
pointed in the Fifty lhftR. Congress. Prece-
dents have been fol1oweG in their appoint
| ment Of chairmen. NelsHn Dingley, .jr., has
been made chairman of the ways and
means Gen! Davfd7B Henderson has been
placed next to the sSpeaker on rules, and
A n,an " B; , Wright IF Advancement chair
action in the Fifthssn and 'h FifisefoS1ts
Congresses. the chaffmen of the remaining
| lows: -
Agriculture JAMES w Kadsworth, New
York: leader Of THE minority, John 8. VIII
hams Mississippi i
Appropriat tonS71eseph G: Cannon, Ilh-
nois; minority. Joseph, .. Sayers. Texas. g..
| Banking and currency-Jossp h H Walker,
Massachusetts,; minority, Nicholas N. Cox.
Claims = Charles NJ Brumm, Pennsyl-
vania; minority. N. N. Cox, Tennessee.
Coinage, weights and uessures-CharIes
w. Stone. Pennsylvania; minority, John NJ
Allen, Mississippi. 49,
District of Columbia-Joseph W. Babcock,
Wisconsin,: minority. james D. Richard
son, Tennes see. 49,
Foreign affairs-Robert R. Hit. Illinois;
minority Hugh A. Dfnsmofe, Arkansas
1mmigration-Richard Bartholdt, Mis-
Carolina .as . -. : -.
Indian affairs-James s. Sherman, New
York; minority. John NJ. Alien, Mississippi.
Interstate and foreign commerce-WtI-
liam P. Hepburn, Iowa. .All the. minority
members Of the committee in the last Con-
gress were wiped out in the last election.
Hampshire; minority, George B. Mcclellan,
New York.
Judiciary-David B. Henderson, Iowa;
minority. William L. Terry, Arkansas.
Labor-John J. Gardner. New Jersey; MI
nority. W. j. Talbert, South Carolina.
mississippi levees-George w. Ray New
York: minority. John NJ. Allen, Mississippi
Library-Alfred C. Harmer, Pennsyi-
vania; minority, Amos ]. Cummings. New
York. -
Manufactures-Georsew W., Faris, Indiana;
minority. Clifton B. Beach. Ohio.
Merchant marfne-Sereno e. Payne, New
York; minority. Albert I. Berry. Kentucky.
Military affairs-John A. F. Hull, Iowa;
minority, Geo. b. Mcclellan. New York.
Mines and mining-Robert @. Cousins,
Iowa: minority. F. C. Tate Georgia.
Naval affafrs-Chas. A. BoutelIe, Maine;
minority. Amos ]. Cumming New York
Pacific railroads.&c.. H. Powers. Vermont;
minority, VIM. Sulzer New York.
Patents-Josiah D. Hicks. Pennsylvania;
minority. Thomas ]. Strait. South Carolina.
Post offices-Eugene 8. Loud, California;
minority, Claude A. Swanson. Virginia.
Prtnting-George D. Perkins, Iowa; mi
nority. James D. Richardson, Tennessee.
Public lands-John F. Lacy, Iowa: nh
nority. Thomas c. McRae, Arkansas.
Railways and canals-Chas. A. CHECKER
Ing. New York: minority, Peter J. Otey,
Virginia 80
Rivers and harbors-Warren B. Hooker,
New York: minority. Thomas G. Catchings,
Mississippi.
Observation-Disclosures 8. Knox, Massa-
chusetts: minority. Sam. B. Cooper, Texas
War claims-Thad. M Mahon. Pennsyl-
vania: minority, John r. Fitzgerald, Mag
sachusetts.
AS to the new members of the present