The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-06
NEW COMMITTEE LIST.
Republican Senate Caucus Re.
vises Assignments. ~.
MASON GIVEN A CHAIRMANSH /.


Burrows of Michigan ON the Finance Co
mittee-None of the silver Republican
Taken Care of-Postmaster General Gary
Delivers the Address of Welcome at the
Postal Congress-The President Sends
Some More Nominations to the Senate.
Washington, May 6.-The Republican
senator's held a caucus Wednesday and
adopted the report of the committee en-
committees. The important changes
are as follows:
Sewall of New Jersey TO appropria-
tions, 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 judiciary. Carter of Mon
tana relinquishes interstate commerce
TO Elkins of West Virginia and takes the
latters place on military affairs and
territories, Plat of New York and Han
ma of Ohio are added to naval affairs.
Foraker to Pacific railroads. Spooner of
Wisconsin to privilege and elections.
Nelson of Minnesota to public lands.
Assignments of New Senators.
The new senators are given places as
follows: Deboe to establish the Univer-
sity Of the United States. to examine in
to several branches of the civil service,
improvement of Mississippi river. In
dian depredations, railroads and revolu-
tionary claims.
airbanks-Immigrati chairman;
census. claims, public buildings and
grounds. geological survey (selecD.
Foraker-Examine the several branch
es of the civil service, chairman; estab-
lish the University of the United States,
foreign relations, Pacific railways, trans
portation routes to the seaboard.
Hanna-Enrolled bills, mines and min
ing, naval affairs pensions, railroads,
transportation and sale of meat prod
ucts.
Mason - Manufactures, chairman;
claims, fisheries, immigration, organ
cation, conduct and expenditures of the
executive departments, postoffices and
post roads.
Penrose. PIatt and Spooner.
Penrose-Coast defenses, education
and labor immigration, organization
conduct and expenditures Of the execu-
tive departments, postofiices and post
roads, national banks (selecD.
Platt of New York-Transportat
routes to the seaboard, chairman cen.
sus, naval affairs, territories Mica
ragua canal (select), international eX-
positions (selecD.
Spooner-Relations with Canada
chairman; judiciary, privileges ano
elections rules.
Wellington-Establis the University
of the United States, chairman; coast
defenses, corporations organized in the
! District of Columbia, public buildings
and grounds, international eXpositions
(selecD.
Hanna, Penrose and Deboe were not
made chairmen of committees
Chairmanships Secured.
BY changes in chairmanships the fol-
/ lowing secure places as chairmen: Gen.
| sus-Carter; coast defenses, Mcbride;
education and labor, Kyle; University
of the United States, wellington; ex-
anime several branches Of the civil serv-
ice. Foraker: immigration. Fairbanks;
| library. Wetmore; manufactures, Ma
son; 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 in
cluded as though he was a Republican
| In cases where chairmen are now silver
Republicans the places are left blank
as we'll as the places on committees
which they occupy.
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