The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-26
The Speaker Names House Com
mitteeS at the Close
And Gets Even With Jerry Sfmp-
SON For the Whole Session.
GIVES HIM ONE PLACE
The Last on the Committee ON
Agriculture.
Other Kansas Members Fare
Much Better.


urday night for its final session of the
extra session, Speaker Reed handed TO
the clerk his list of committee assign
ments and it was read.
The committees ON ways and means,
accounts and mileage were announced
at the beginning of the session. George
B. Mcclellan OemocraD of New York
was added to the ways and means
The other committees are as follows:
Foreign affairs-Robert r. Hit of IL
nnois, Robert Adams, Jr., of Pennsyl-
vania, Lemuel E. Quigg of New York,
Robert G. Cousins of Iowa, William AL
den Smith of Michigan, Joel 2. Heat
wole of Minnesota, Richard Pearson of
North Carolina, Frederick H. Gillett of
Massachusetts and Charles L. Henry of
Indiana, Republicans; Francis G. New
lands of Nevada, silverite; Hugh S.
.Dinsmore of Arkansas, Champ Clark OF
Missouri, John S. Williams of Missts-
Sippi, Albert S. Berry of Kentucky, Will
liam NJ. Howard of Georgia, Democrats.
Appropriations-Jose G. Cannon of
Illinois, Henry H. Bingham of Penn
sylvania, William W. Grout of Yer
mont, Stephen A. Northway of Ohio,
William A. Stone of Pennsylvania, Nah
lon Pitney of New Jersey, James A
Hemenway of Indiana, James ]. Bel
den of New York Samuel s. Barney of
Wisconsin, William H. Moody of Mas
sachusetts and Samuel J. Pugh of Ken
tucky, Republicans; Joseph d. Sayers
of Texas, Alexander w: Dockery OF
Missouri, Leonidas F. Livingston of
Georgia, Thomas c. McRae of Arkan-
sas and John NJ. Allen of Mississippi,
Democrats; John c. Bell of Colorado,
Populist.
Judiciary-David B. Henderson of
Iowa, George w. Ray of New York,
Case Broderick of Kansas, Thomas Up
degran of Iowa, James A. Connolly or
Illinois, Samuel W. Mccall of MaSsa-
chusetts, John J. Jenkins of Wiscon-
sin, Richard Wayne Parker of New Jer-
Sey, Jesse B. OverStreet of Indiana,
Warren Miller of West Virginia and De
A1va S. Alexander of New York, Re
.publicanS; Willim L. Terry of Arkan-
sas, David A. De Almond of Missouri,
Samuel w. T. Lanham of Texas, Will
liam Elliott of South Carolina, Oscar
w. Underwood of Alabama and David
H. Smith of Kentucky, Democrats.
Banking and currency-JoSeph II.
Walker of Massachusetts,, Marriott Bro
sius of Louisiana, Henry U. Johnson
of Indiana, Henry c. Van Voorhis of
Charles n. Fowler of New Jersey,
George Spalding of Michigan, Ebenezer
]. Hill of Connecticut, George n. South
wick of New York, George w. Prince
of Illinois, John NJ. Mitchell of New
York and Adm M. Capron- of Rhode
Island, Republicans; Nicholas N. Cox
of Tennessee, Jesse F. StalHngS of Ala
bama, Daniel ErmentrOut of Pennsyl-
vania and John W. Maddox of Georgia,
Democrats; F. G. NewIands of Nevada,
Silverite.
Coinage, weights and measures
Charles w. Stone of Pennsylvania, JAS.
H Southard of Ohio, Edward S. Miner
of Wisconsin, Ebenezer j. Hill of Con-
necticut, Thomas Updegran of Iowa,
Jacob Yost of Virginia, William G.
Lowering of Massachusetts, Lucius N.
Littauer of New York, Daniel w: Mills
of Illinois, William w. McIntire of
Maryland, Republicans; Richard P.
Bland of Missouri, c. F. Cochran of
Missouri, Sam B. Cooper of Texas, Rice
A. Pierce of Tennessee and H. B. Fer
guson of New Mexico, Democrats;
Charles S. Hartman of Montana, Silver
Republican: Samuel Maxwell of Ne
braSka, fusion; Edward r. Ridgley OF
Kansas, Populist.
Interstate and foreign commerce.
William P. Hepburn of Iowa, Loren
Fletcher of Minnesota, James S. Sher-
man of New York, Irving P. Wagner of
Pennsylvania, Charles F. Joy of Mis-
souri,, John B. Corliss of Michigan, Chas.
C. Bennett of New York, James F.
Stewart of New Jersey, John SimEins
of Massachusetts, John A Barnham of
California, r. B. Hawley of Texas and
James R. Mann of Illinois, Republicans;
William McAleer of Pennsylvania, Rob-
ert c. Davey of Louisiana, William H.
Hinrichsen of Illinois, William c. Ad-
amson of Georgia and Robert w. Davis
of Florida, Democrats.
Rivers and harbors-Warren B.
Hooker of New York, Henry A. Cooper
of Wisconsin, Theodore E. Burton of
Ohio, William E. Barrett of Massachu-
setts, Walter Reeves of Illinois, B. B.
Dovener of West Virginia, Roswell H.
Bishop of Michigan, Ernest F. AchesOn
of Pennsylvania and Page Morris OF
ings of Mississippi, Rufus E. Lester of
Georgia, J. H. Bankhead of Alabama,
Phillip d. McCulloch of Arkansas, AL
bert s. Berry of Kentucky, Stephen NJ.
Sparkman of Florida and Thomas H.
Ball of Texas, Democrats.
Agriculture-James w. Wadsworth of
New York, Vespasian Warner of Illi-
nois, E. Stevens Henry of Connecticut,
Edward Sauerhering of Wisconsin VIM.
B. Backer of Maryland, David B. Will
Der of New York, Horace G. Shower of
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Thomas p. K. Tongue of Oregon, Will
liam Connell of Pennsylvania and Geo.
H. White of North Carolina Republi-
cans; John s. Williams of Mississippi,
John D. Clardy of Kentucky, Demo-
Gratis; Jerry Simpson of Kansas and
ATonzo G. Shuford of North Carolina,
PopuIsts; J. William Stokes of Vir-
ginia, John Lamb of Virginia and T. Y.
Callahan of Oklahoma, Democrats.
Military Affairs-John A T. Hull of
Iowa, Benjamin F. Marsh of Illinois.
Michael Griffin of Wisconsin, John H.
Ketcham of New York, Lucien J. Fen
ton of Ohio, Howland B. Mahany of
New York, Hugh R. Belknap of Illinois,
John Mcdonald of Maryland and Wal
ter P. Brownlow of Tennessee, Repub-
ncans; William Sulzer of New York,
Charles H. Martin of North Carolina,
Nicholas N Cox of Tennessee, John J.
Lentz of Ohio, James Hay of Virginia,
Thomas NJ. Jett of Illinois and Marcus
A. Smith of Arizona, Democrats.
Naval Affairs-Charles A. BoutelIe of
Maine, Samuel G. Hilborn of California,
Melville Bull of Rhode Island, Francis
H. Wilson of New York, George E. Foss
of Illinois, Aston G. Dayton of West
Virginia, James H Southland of Ohio,
H. G. Loudenslager of New Jersey. r.
b. Hawley of Texas and Thomas s. But
Ter of Pennsylvania, Republicans;
Amos J. J-Cummings of New York Adolph
Meyer of Louisiana, Parish G.. Tate of
Georgia, T. S. Plowman of Alabama
and Robert N. Bodine of Missouri Dem
OcratS. -=-
Postof1ees and postroads-Eugene F.
Loud of California. John H. Ketcham