Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-28

changes. Mr.. Allison is chairman of the
committee on appropriations, and it has
been largely through his personal influence
that that committee has continued to pass
upon all appropriation bills during the last
few years. The fight in the Senate to have
these bills distributed has been a hard
one for several years, and while a majority
OF senators favOring this change in the
method of conducting business has been
claimed ii is only lately that majority
of the senators have affixed their sigma
lures to document asking that this be
done. FortySeven senators have signed
such paper, and the prospects are that
the change will be made in the next Con-
gress. The only possibility of stopping such
action has been the personal influence of
Senator Allison, whose interest in the APP
preparations committee will naturally be
lessened. One senator could not hope to be
chairman of both the finance and the APP
preparations committees. so that the chair
manship for the latter will be filed by
some one else.
Possible Promotions.
Mr.. Hale of Maine ranks next to Mr.. Ali
son on the appropriations committee, and
will be in the line of promotion.
There may be some contention between
Senators Allison and Aldrich for the chair
manship of the finance committee, Mr..
Aldrich ranking next to- Mr.. Allison, and
although the latter has taken a prominent
part in the work of that committee, it is
not likely that he will be given precedence.
The fact that it was Mr. Allison who took
the leading part in framing the last tariff
act and he war revenue bill viii be an
additional reason why he should be given
precedence. Mr.. Aldrich, too, is chairman
of the committee on rules a very desirable
committee assignment. II
The removal of Senator Mo-Eill from the
committee will make a vacancy for a re-
publican senator. As now constituted the
committee has two New Engtani repub-
licans-Messrs. PlGtt of Connecticut and
Aldrich of Rhode Island--and three western
republicans-Messrs. Allison of Iowa, VOL
colt of Colorado and Burrows of Michigan.
This arrangement. it is thought by num-
Der Of Senators, indicates that an eastern
man. not of New England will be given a
place on the finance committee. and the
great interest of New York state in tariff
legislation makes Senator Platt of that
state a very great probability.
Mr.. Morrill, was also a member of the
committees on civil service and retrench-
ment, public buildings and grounds and ad-
ditional accommodations for the library of
Congress.
His Successor in the Senate.
The death of Senator Morrill, makes the
question of his successor in the Senate
one of great interest. Representative Grout
of Vermont is most prominently mentioned
as likely to succeed Mr.. Morrill,. His long
congressional service makes him especially
eligible for such d promotion. After serving
in the Union army Mr. Grout was promi-
nent member of both branches of the Yer
mont legislature and was elected to the
Fcrty-ceventh Congress and to every Con-
gress since that time except the Forty
eighth. Mr.. Powers of Vermont is also re-
garded likely to be a popular candidate
for the Senatorship, his congressional Serv-
ice beginning in the Fifty-second Congress