The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-12-20
THE HOUSE COMMITTEES.
Speaker Henderson Announces His
Selections Of Members = who They
are and where They are Placed.


Selections Of Members who They
are and Where They are Placed.
Washington, Dec. 19.-Speaker Hen
derson yesterday announced the COM
mittees of the house Of representatives.
The speaker preserved the custom OF
following precedent as to old mem
bers, leaving them in their old chair
manships and places, and gradually
advancing them as vacancies occur.
The important new chairmanships are
those of Mr.. Brosius. of Pennsylvania,
chairman Of banking and currency;
Mr.. Grosvenor, of Ohio, merchant ma
rine and fisheries; Mr.. Southard, Of
Ohio, coinage, and Mr.. Cooper, of Wis
consin, the newly formed committee
on insular affairs.
The democratic members receive
fewer places than in the last congress,
the larger democratic representation
in this house compelling a reduction
in the number of places for each. The
most important committees are as
follows:
Ways and Means-Payne, N. Y; Dal-
zell, Pa; Hopkins, Ill; Grosvenor, o.;
Russell, Conn; Dolliver, Ia; Steele,
Ind; Tawney, Mimi; Mccall, Mass;
Long, Kan; Richardson, Tenn; Sam
uel M. Robertson, La; Swanson, Va;
Mcclellan, N. Y; Newlands, New;
Cooper, Tex
Appropriations-Cannon, ILL.,; Bing-
ham, Pa; Grout, Va; Hemenway. Ind;
Barney, Wis; Moody. Mass; Pugh,
KY; Van Voorhis, O.; McCleary, Mimi;
Littauer, n. Y; Livingston, Ga; Nc
Rae, Ark; Allen, Miss; Bell, Col;
Pierce, Tenn; Benton, Mo-; Taylor,
Ala.
Judiciary-G. W. Ray, N. Y; Jen-
kins, Wis; Parker, N. j.; 0verstreet,
Ind; Alexander, n. Y; Warner, ILL.,;
Kerr, O.; Littlefeld, Me-; Freer, w.
Va; Kahn, Cal; Terry, Ark; De
Armond, Mo-; Lanham, Tex; Ellicott,
S. c.; Underwood, Ala; Smith, KY;
Fleming, Ga
Banking and Currency-Brosius, Pa;
Fowler, N. j.; Hili Conn; Prince, ILL.,;
Capron, r. l.; Lane, Ia; Calderhead,
Kan; ;overstreet, Ind; Z; Lowering, Mass. ::
Shattuc, o.; Cox, Tenn; Stallings, Ala. {;
briggs, N. Y; Talbert, s. c.; Rhea, KY;
Thayer, Mass; Lewis, Ga.
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Hepburn, of Iowa; Fletcher, Mimi;
Sherman, N. Y; Wanger, Pa; Joy,
Mo-; Corliss, Mich; Stewart, N. j.;
Barham, CAL; Hawley, Tex; Mann,
Ill; Lowering. Mass; McAleer, Pa;
Davey. La; Adamson, Ga; Davis, Fla. /;
Muller, n. Y; Shackleford, Mo.
Rivers and Harbors-Burton, o.;
Reeves, Ill; Dovener, w. Va; Bishop,
Mich; Acheson, Pa; Morris, Mimi;
Alexander, N. Y; Tongue, Ore; Law
renee, Mass; Davidson, Wis; Catch
ings. Miss; Lester, Ga; Bankhead,
Ala; McCulloch, Ark; Berry, KY;
Sparkman, Fla; Ball, Tex.
Foreign Affairs Hit, ILL.,; Adams,
Pa; Cousins, Iowa; w. A. Smith,
Mich; Heatwole, Mimi; Gillett, Mass.
Fowler, N. j.; Landis, Ind; Clark, N.
H.; Brown, o.; Dinsmore, Ark; Clark,
No; Williams. Miss; Berry, KY;
Howard, Ca; Burleson. Tex; Scud-
der, N. Y.
Military Affairs-Hull, Ia; Marsh,
H.; Ketcham, N. Y; Brownlow, Tenn;
Parker, N. j.; Capron, r. L; Stevens,
Mimi; Dick, o.; Mondell, Wyo.; Esch,
Wis; Sulzer, N. Y; Cox, Tenn; Lentz,
o.; Jett, ILL.,; Slayden, Tex; Brous.
sard, La; Pedro Perez. N. NJ.
Naval Affairs-Boutelle, Me-; Foss
Ill; Dayton, ". Va; Loudenslageri
n. j.; Hawley, Tex; Butler, Pa; Bu-
Ter. r L; Mudd, Nd; Watson. Ind.
Metcalf, Cal; Cummings, N. Y; Meyer
La; Tate, Ga; Rixey. Va; Kitchin,
n. c.; Vandiver, Mo-; Wheeler, Ky.
The chairmen of other committees
are as follows:
Post Offices and Post Roads-E. f
Loud. California
Public Lands-J. f. Lacey, Iowa.
Indian Affairs-J. S. Sherman, New
York
Territories-w. s. Knox, Massachu
sets
Insular Affairs-H. A. Cooper, Wis
consin.
Railways and Canals-Charles A
Chiclering. New York.
Manufactures-G. w. Faris, Indiana
Elections, No. Robert w. Tayler
Ohio.
Elections, No. 2-Walter L. Weaver
Ohio.
Elections, No. S-William S. Mesick
Michigan.
Education-G.A.Grow, Pennsylvania
Labor. J. Gardner. New Jersey.
Militia-B. F. Marshall, Illinois
Patents-W. S. Kerr, Ohio.
Pensions-H. c. Loudenslager, New
Jersey.
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