River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-07-29
NAMED BY REED.
Speaker of the House Announces n
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 che beginning of the
session. The chairmen Of the various
committees and the positions occupied
by the Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Iowa
and Wisconsin men are as follows:
Foreign Affairs-Robert f. Hit. Illinois:
Robert G. Cousins. Iowa; William Alden
Smith. Michigan: Charles ]. Hendy, Indi-
ana. republicans.
Appropriations-Joseph C. Cannon. Illi-
nois; JAMES A. Hemenway. Indiana: Sam
uel $. Barnum, Wisconsin,; William III.
Moody, Massachusetts; Samuel j. Pugh.
Kentucky, republicans.
Judiciary David h. Henderson, Iowa:
Thomas Updegraff Iowa: James A. Con-
molly, Illinois; John ]. Jenkins, Wisconsin;
Jesse r. Overstreet, Indiana, republicans.
Banking and Currency-Joseph II. Walk
CT, Massachusetts,; Henry L. Johnson, In
diana; George Spalding. Michigan; George
W. Prince. Illinois, republicans.
Coinage. Weights and Measures-Charles
w Stone Pennsylvania; Edward S. Miner,
Wisconsin; Thomas Cpdegraff, Iowa: Dan
lei w. Mills. Illinois. republicans
Interstate and Foreign Commemorative
liam +. Hepburn, Iowa; John u. Corliss,
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licans. William II. Hinrichson, Illinois,
democrat
Rivers and Harbors-warren b. Hooker.
New York; Henry A. Cooper. Wisconsin:
Walter Reeves. Illinois; Roswell p. Bishop.
Michigan, republicans.
Agriculture-James W. Wadsworth New
York; Vespusian Warner. Illinois: Edward
Sauerhering. Wisconsin; Horace G. Shower.
Michigan; William Lorimer. Illinois. re-
publicans.
Military Aff'.irs-John A. Thull, Iowa:
BENJAMIN + Marsh, Illinois, Michael Grif-
fin, Wisconsin; Hugh r. Belknap. Illinois.
republicans; Thomas NJ. Jett, Illinois. dem
ocrat
Naval Affairs : Charles A. Bouteile,
Maine; George f. Foss, Illinois, repub-
leans.
Post Offices and Post Roads-Eugene F.
Loud, California; George W. Smith, Illi-
nois: William Lorimer. Illinois. repub-
licans
Public Lands-John T. Lacy. Iowa; Sam
mel S. Barney, Wisconsin; c. d. Sheldon.
Michigan; Daniel w. Mills. Illinois. re-
publicans.
Indian Afrairs-James S. Sherman. New
York: James F. Lacy Iowa Horace G.
Shower, Michigan; Charles b. Lands, Indi
ana, republicans; William T. Zenor, Indi-
ana. democrat.
Territories-william S. Knox, Massachu-
sets; NJ. Griffin, Wisconsin; ]. A. Hemen-
gan. republicans; J. Hunter, Illinois, demo-
GRAFT.
Public Buildings and Grounds-David H.
Mercer. Nebraska; George E. White, Illi-
nois, republicans.
Pacific Railroads.&c. Henry Powers. Yer
mont; William p. Hepburn. Iowa; George
W. Faris, Indiana. republicans.
Invalid Pensions-George w. Ray, New
York; Vespasian Warner. Illinois; Sam W.
Smith, Michigan. republicans; Robert W.
Miers, Indiana, democrat.
immigration and Observation-Disclosures
20 Danford, Ohio; Joseph v Graf. Illinois.
republicans.
I4abor-John " Gardner, New Jersey;
William Lorimer. Illinois. republicans;
Ferdinand Brucker, Michigan. democrat.
Militia-Benjami f. Marsh, Illinois;
George Spalding. Michigan, republicans.
The following are chairmen of the less
important committees:
Elections No. Robert W. Taylor Ohio.
Elections No. 2-Henry u. Johnson, In
diana.
Elections No. 3.-James A. Walker, Vir-
ginia.
I.evees and improvements of the Missis-
sippi River-Richard Bartholdt. Missouri.
Observation-Disclosures Grow, Pennsylvania.
Merchant Marine and Fisheries-Sereno
f. 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
syl5 ia.
Private Land Claims-George W. Smith.
Illinois.
District of Columbia = ]. W Babcock.
w sconsin.
Revision of the Laws-vespasian Warner.
Illinois
Reform in the Civil service-Marriot
Brosius. Pennsylvania.
Election of President. Vice President,
and Representatives in Congress-John b.
Corliss. Michigan.
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic-H. c. Brewster,
New York.
Ventilation and Acoustics-Joel T. Heat
wole, Minnesota
Irrigation of Arid Lands-Willtam r. Ell
iiss. Oregon.
Expenditures in the State Department
Lemuel f. Quigg. New York
Expenditures in the Treasury Depart
ment-Robert G. Cousins, Iowa.
Expenditures in the War Department
W. W. Grout, Vermont.
Expenditures in the Navy Department
J. T. 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-
cultured. w Gillet, New York.
Expenditures on Public Buildings-D. G..
Colson, Kentucky.
Accounts-B. y Odell. Jr New York.
Printing-G. y. Perkins, Iowa.
Library-Alfred c. Harmon, Pennsyl-
vania.