The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-15
Fairbanks Given the Chairma nshi ID
of Public Buildings and a Place
on Judiciary.
MR.. ovERsTREET CONFIDENT
HAS COUNTED NOSES IN THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVE,
And Thinks the Financial Bill Will
Have a Majority of Thirty-Six-
Rebuff for Pettigrew.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14-Senator Bever-
idge has been given places on two live
committees and four dead ones. He asked
to be made chairman of the committee on
the Philippines and to be given place on
the committee on foreign relations. He
would not have objected to an appointment
on the judiciary committee. What he got
was the last place the Philippine COM
mittee and the last place on the committee
on Territories. He made chairman of
the committee on forest reservations and
the protection of game, and placed on the
committees on Indian depredations, on or
ganization, conduct and expenditures of the
executive departments, on private land
claims and on the committee to In
vestigate the condition of the Potomac riv-
er front at Washington. The dignified sena-
tors who made up the committees for the
majority admitted they were having little
quiet fun with the junior senator from In
diana in loading him down with dead COM
mittee honors, although, as matter OF
fact, they accorded him very much better
treatment than new senators usually re-
ceive at the start off,
Senator Fairbanks goes to the head of
the committee on public buildings and
grounds, besides receiving a coveted ap-
pointment on judiciary. He is dropped from
the committee on claims, one of the hard
est jobs on the list. and is placed on rela-
tions with Canada, on the Pacific islands,
on immigration and on the geological sur
vey. Senator Fairbanks has every reason
to feel gratified over the way he has been
of hao will ha
moved to the Capitol from the Maltby
building, which is a sort Of a Botany bay
annex for new senators. His committee
room is on the gallery floor. in the south
west corner of the Senate wing. His rooms
are commodious and splendidly situated
for convenience and comfort. Senator
Quay, his predecessor, always looked out
for the best of everything. and, consequent
ly, the Indiana senator finds himself ex-
tremely we'll located.
The finance committee has been strength
ened by the addition Of Senators Spooner
and Hansbrough, and now stands eight to
five. Even with Wolcott, of Colorado, vot-
ing with the opposition on the free-slver
question, there will be straight-out Re-
publican majority. Senator Wolcott has
secured the appointment on foreign rela-
tions for which Senator Beveridge was an
applicant. All of the committees are
strengthened and every one of them of con-
sequence has a clean and clear Republican
majority. Public health and mines and min
ing went to Senators Vest and Stewart,
who will thus be permitted to enjoy COM
mittee rooms of their own. The more i'm
portant changes in the Republican men,
bership of the committees are here given:
Finance-Hansbrough, Spooner.
observation-disclosures, Wetmore. Car
ter
Foreign Relations-Wolcott.
Judiciary-Fairbanks. Simon.
Commerce-Hanna. Mason, Depew.
CenSuS-Quarles, McCumber.
Forest Reservations-Beveridge, chair
man; Carter, Mcbride, Depcw.
Indian observation-disclosures, chairman;
Mcbride, Beveridge.
Manufactures-Scott, Foster.
Executive observation-disclosures chair
man; Beveridge.
Pacific Islands and Porto Rico new)-
Foraker, chairman; Gallinser, Perkins,
Fairbanks. Nelson. McComas. Depcw.
Pensions-Deboe, Quarles, McCumber.
Philippines (new)-Lodge, chairman; Al
lison, Hale, Davis, Proctor, Mcbride, Eev-
eridge.
Private Land Claims-BeveridSs.
Public Buildings and Grounds-Fairbanks
chairman; Scott. Quarles.
Relations with Canada-Fairbanks, Gull
lom.
Relations with Cuba (new)-Platt, Conn,
chairman; Aldrich. Cullom, Davis McMil-
Ian, Chandler Spooner.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Industrial observation-disclosures, chairman;
Proctor. Hansbrough, Lodge.
Kyle, Independent, and Stewart, Silver,
are considered in the majority list of COM
mittees.
Speaker Henderson conferred the distinc-
ton on Representative Faris. of Indiana,
Of inviting him to preside over the House
at its session tonight.
On the recommendation of Representa-
tive Lands, President Mckinley has certi-
fed George w. Pigman. jr., of Delphi. Ind.
to appear at the Navy Department for ex-
animation for assistant paymaster in the
navy. The appointee is son and namesake
Of the commander of the cruiser Charles
ton. which foundered in Asiatic waters re-
Gently. $50
Representative Overstreet, of Indiana in
charge of the financial bill now under con-
sideration in the House. said to-day that
informal canvasses thus far made showed
that the bill would pass on the final vote
Monday by a majority of about thirty-six
in case the full strength of both sides was
present. This is based on the calculation
that the full Republican vote. 1s5. and
eight Democratic votes will be recorded for
the bill, and that seven other Democratic
members will refrain from voting. Mr.
Overstreet says 1t Is established beyond
question that not one Republican vote will
be recorded against the bill.
Senator Davis, from the committee on
foreign relations. to-day introduced bill
to provide for the punishment OF violations