New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-06
COMMITTEE PLACES FILLED.
ASSIGNMENTS MADE BY THE REPuBLi
CAN SENATE CAUCUS.
Inv rrrrcRApu To THE TRIBUNE.

TrJEGRApY THE TRlBUNEl
Washington May 5.-The Republican Senate eau
Gus approved to-day. after some slight fricuoh .o
committee assignments made by Senator McM,a"
and his associates under the general reoreahi|aNo
agreement concluded with the opposition iac'''" =,
the deliberative branch OF Congress AS INC W."
az reassisnment was limited almost whohy " ."'
Alnc of vacancies caused by retirements on 'he NC
,uh,can side since March T. few OF the changes IN
the membership of the committees are o, iho'e va
personal and local interest Only nan ooNe, 80.
of the first rank were 10 be olsposeo oi' 60,
yacan; on the Finance Committee by Senator "nI'
800 r.s,pnat.on and that created by charging the
membership of the Appropriations Comn''ee -,
the two. perhaps. most sought AFTER a 80 he
man for the Naval Affairs Committee was
chosen and two additional vacancies on 'ha' '
no,,tee one on the Committee on the '"ui'' 81,
or. on tho Commerce Committee were 10 pe US
,r,bu,ed among the newcomers IN the rep"''N"'
ranks. 49,, 90 .ho chief
Mr. Burrows of Michigan. carried OF t'e INC
prlze securing Mr. Shermans place vi "" 80.
mttee on Finance. Messrs. Seweii' Oh Ne" , ~
Tla., of New-York and Hansbrough. OF Norm ia"
ko,a were eager competitors OF MI bur'o"s ~
this post but the Michigan Senator'S iols Sc go
on the Ways and Means Committee al ~ -. 80
~ Representatives and eminent qualifications io' 0
nacc as we'll as his residence III Miou'e .r
c,ote made his final selection inevitable MI Se"ii
drew the almost equally choice assisn'ne''' VIZ ia
COMMITTEES on Appropriations. MI ia'' a'
claim 10 this plum. and, failing 10 MAKE " ' 49,
willingness 10 accept as next best 'hiis Wv, -.
- .,a Commerce Committee. This last perrin "en'
however to Senator Gallinger. OF Ne" ". tv
zbo Is Mr. Platts senior In service ps - 80,
,ears and tho rather disgruntied New
90 oor,ant himself with a place on the Na'ai I'm
,,,,ae Mr. Hanna Of Ohio. received sii''''
,,,,ar+ Senator Hale advanced 10 ''ie O ",
,rsnship of the Committee on NaVai il r.
Foraker Of Ohio. and Mr. Clark OF " "a Nv
nut on the Committee on Foreign hei"''' - ,be
no
I-on,,,t,ees on the judiciary and frN'iese' "'-
Elections. ,,rt IN tho caucus
about the failure of the Reorsahl%i'o, ~. ,,s AZ,
"a apnreciate his merit or 10 recosn -
- e. wore important and consequently o CI
ness ioa es than We're allotted to him. and 0'hef
mild protests were en .erTu The caucus. how
svsr Would countenance no change nNtillan ana
eramme as arranged by Chairma" ''"
Si is associates.
THE CHANGES IN DETAIL
So,a+ors receive places follows;
I,nSoal To establish the University OF the oh'.eu
States: 10 Examine the Several bIah'n p,ror.
civil Service; Improvement OF MISSISSIPPI 80,
indian Depredations: Railroads. He'o'u0'
acknowledgements acha sIGmnds Geological
Claims Public Buildings anu "i''
survey rExamine the Several Branches OF .ne
Civil Service VICE siaies: Foreign cations Pacific
Railroads kUe'e and Mining Naval
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. UNIONS: Railroads; Transportation ana
Sale OF Mea, foctnres (charman); Claims; Fish
IN n,iqration: Organization CONDUCT anu p -
0anditures of the Executive DePai ''"''
Offices ano Coast Defences; Education and La0Gr,
1mmirration: Organization Conduct anu pfices
lures Of the Executive r Depart 1seIec1
anT ~ New York-Transporat Routes 70 r
Seaboard chairman; Census NaI IaI+ernationaf Ex-
tories: Nicaragua Canal (seiecp' iHefN''''
po Sonsr Reiations with Canada (chairmah''
Judiciary; PRIVILEGES and Elec1 IiycrsIv Of the
E otns 1chairman): Coast Defences; CORPORA
lions ORGANIZED in the District OF o'onai Exnos-
Tic Buildings and Grounos'
uon SseseoYH Hanna Penrose and Deboe were not
made chairmen Of committees. -, ,o,,or,,re SECURE
BY changes in chairnahshipS 'no
Carter: Coast Defences Mcbride Edde sd
ton and Labor Kyle; Dnye several Bronches of
the Civil Service Foraker; I nmFact,res Mason;
banks banks afrairs Hale; Privileges and Elections,
ttbsnd,er: printing Lodge; Public Lands. Ian Lam
brough: Relations with Canada, Spooner, mo Sea-
tories shOIp; - T NnwlPYork '''
the list but Mr. Kyle South Dakota is included GUIDED
as ih1ugh are ne now Silver Republicans the places
are left blank we'll as the places on coi'i''oe'
snme '' Changes Of minor importance are as FOL
lows Allison goes off Engrossed BIS sno Rd nGs
takes his place; Wolcott goes on goas on Kve
Snas 70 Pensions Gear TO Postofces and POST
roads; Hansbrough goes on rri. Hsar and CAL
OH Public Buildings and GroundS 1,eal ai3 Cortar
finger off Railroads: Lodge to RailToads' oai' e
LUZ ~ ReIations with Canada; Wilson goes 10
Nicaragua Canal: Morrill, becomes also chaIi i man
of the Committee for Addltonad WoWan SuYrage
LA IN Trans1ortation and Sale OF Meat PRODUCTS
and Wolcott goes off Geological Survey