The Indianapolis journal., 1899-12-19
Nearly All Old Members Given For
mer Positions on Committees, and
I'm Some Cases Promoted.
INDIANIANS
FARED
FARIS THE ONLY ONE TO GET OR
RETAIN A GUARDIANSHIP.
Mr.. Overstreet Placed on Banking
and Currency and MIR. Crum-
packer on Insular Affairs.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S-Speaker Hen
derson made no radical changes in the
personnel of the House committees as an
nounced this afternoon. The order of pre-
cedence established by former Speaker Reed
was followed very generally. Where va
cancies occurred in chairmanships of the
old committees the ranking member was
moved to first place, Ray, of New York.
going to the head of judiciary, vice Hen
derson promoted, and Brosius being given
the craftsmanship of banking and currency.
Great interest attached to the makeup of
the new insular committee. Everybody
wanted to be on 1t, but nobody dared ask
for an assignment, the speaker had
specially asked to be left free to fill 1t to
suit himself. II want that committee to
be composed of the giants of the House"
he said. Chairman Cooper it's chairman,
has not heretofore been classed among the
giants, but the body of the minority of
the committee is certainly high grade. In
diana is represented on the list of giants in
the person of Mr.. Crumpacker. The only
craftsmanship the State gets is manufactur-
ing, which was held last session by Mr..
Faris, and which he retains. Better than
most chairmanships. however, are the
places on appropriations retained by Mr..
Hemenway and on ways and means by Mr..
Steele. Mr.. Lands is also especially IA
vored by an assignment to foreign rela-
tions, much coveted place. He is also on
civil service and elections. Watson was
treated nicely and gets on naval affairs.
Overstreet was complimented with an ap-
pointment to banking and currency and
moved up few notches on judiciary. Gro
mer goes on postoffices and post roads, a
position he especially wanted.
The important new chairmanshps are
those of Mr.. Brosius, of Pennsylvania,
chairman of banking and currency: Mr..
Grosvenor, of Ohio, merchant marine and
fisheries; Mr.. Southard, of Ohio, coinage,
and Mr.. Cooper, of Wisconsin, the newly
formed committee on insular affairs. The
new members of the ways and means COM
mittee are Mccall and Long. Republicans.
Newlands, silver, and Cooper, Democrat.
Appropriations and foreign affairs also get
considerable amount of new blood. Mill
tary affairs has the largest new member
ship, six Republicans and three Democrats.
The membership of the insular committee
is notable in being committee of chair
men," the heads of ways and means, ap-
propriations, foreign affairs, commerce,
postoffices. etc, being represented also on
this committee The Democratic members
receive fewer places than in the last Con-
gress, as the larger Democratic representa-
tion in this House compelled a reduction in
the numbers of places for each.
The ways and means committee as an
nounced includes a blank left for the name
of General Wheeler, of Alabama AS he
has rot been sworn in Mr.. Bailey, of Tex
as, Informed the speaker that objection
would be raised if the name was included
Mr.. Bailey retires from the committee at
his own request. to give place to his Texas
colleague. Mr.. Cooper. The committee will
meet tomorrow to consider it's plans for
the session.