Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-28

son will oe able to attend to the land
and water commerce of the state from
his favorable places on the rivers and
harbors and the railroad committees.
jenkins is on the judiciary committee,
and has assignments on the improve
ment OF the Mississippi, the District of
Columbia, and irrigation of arid lands.
Often of Milwaukee goes on coinage,
war claim, and revision of the laws,
while Stewart will discuss In
dams and public buildings and
grounds. OF the two new members
Esch has a place on military affairs
and public lands, and Dahla on agricul-
ture and expenses in the department
of agriculture.
Influence for Minnesota.
Minnesota is we'll off, not so much
in chairmanships, of WITCH it has only
one, as in the distribution of its in
tiuence. 1t has representatives on the
great committees of ways and means,
insular affairs, foreign affairs, appro-
priations, rivers and harbors, and in
terstate. commerce. Joel Heatwole,
who is a newspaper man. is chairman
of the committee on printing, and has
good berths on Foreign affairs, census
and Washington centennial commits
tees. Tawney will find his hands full
through his membership on ways and
means and on insular affairs. Judge
Morris. of Duluth, is on rivers and har-
bors, the improvement of the Aissis-
sip>i river, and the special committee
on the Roberts case, while McCleary
is promoted from banking and cur
rency to appropriations, and has COM
mittee places on labor and the library.
Eddy goes on public lands, Indian at
fairs. and mines; Fletcher on interstate
commerce, territories, and claims, and
Stevens on merchant marine and milf
tary affairs.
Places Given to Indiana.
Indiana has been changing its rep
resentatives of late, and out of its thir-
teen members has only nine republic
cans, and of these Two are new men.
Faris, of Terre Haute. is the only chair
man, being at the head of the commit
tee on manufactures, with places on
elections and Pacific railroads. Steele,
one of the old members, has place on
the ways and means committee, which
is equivalent to Craftsmanship, and al
on judiciary and banking and currency.
Lands represents the state on foreign
affairs, the Roberts case, elections and
civil service. Hemenway will be able
to do much on the appropriations COM
mittee, while his place on the Washing
ton Centennial is Il snecure. Crum-
packer, of Valparaiso, drew one of the
coveted berths on the insular affairs
committee, and will also have some
thing to say about the census. Wat
son is on the naval committee, which
western men largely control, and has a
seat in tie private lands committee. OF
the two new republicans, Brick goes on
territories, private land claims, and ex-
penses in the interior department, and
Cromer on the postoffice committee and
expenses in the postothce department.
Missouri now has only two repub-
licani congressman, but by their length
of service the state is well represented,
Bartholdt being chairman of the inn
provement of the Mississippi and hav-
| ing places on public buildings. labor,
and expenditures on public buildings.
Joy has good place on the interstate
commerce committee, is also on the
committee for the improvement of the
Mississippi. and on the committee on
accounts, which is aIl-powerful in reg,
ulating the patronage of the house.
Lead Twenty-Five Committees.
From this summary it will be seen
that the Mississippi valley is, not only
REPRESENTED on all the great committees
of the house. but has the chairman of
appropriations, foreign affairs. military
affairs. militia, interstate commerce, in
sular affairs, census, revision OF the
laws. ventilation and acoustics, private
land claims. expenditures in the de-
nartment of Justice, expenditures in
the treasury, public lands, mines and
mining, election of president, vice pres
ident, and representatives, elections,
expenditures in the state department.
printing, manufactures, district Of
Columbia. and improvement of the Mis-
sissippi river. Thus the republicans
from Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, MINES
ota. Indiana, Wisconsin, and Missouri
lead twenty-five of the committees OF
the house of representatives.