The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-19

following custom they necessarily take the
lower places on committees. The Demo-
cratic members received fewer places than
In the last congress as the larger Democrats
ic representation in this house compelled a
reduction in the number OF places for each
Chairmen of Committees.
The chairfnen OF the various committees
as announced by Speaker Henderson today
are as follows:
Elections No. Taylor. Ohio;
Elections No. 2--Weaver, Ohio.
Elections No. 3--Messick. Michigan.
Ways and means--Payne, N. Y.
observation-disclosures, Ill.
Banking and eurreny-B rosius. Pa.
Coinage, weights and measures-South-
Interstate and foreign commentators
II Rivers i; and harbors-B Burton. Ohio.
Merchant marine and fisheries Grosve-
A.riculture--wads NJ Y.
Foreign affairs--Hitt, Ill.
Military affairs-Hull, Ia.
Naval affairs Boutelle. Maine. .
Postoffices and post roads--Loud, Calf.
Public lands-Iacey. la.
Indian affairs--Sherman, N. Y.
Territories--Knox, Mass.
Insular affairs-Cooper, Wis.
Railways and is-Chickering, N. Y,
Manufactires-Farris Ind.
Mines and mining-Crump, Mich.
Public buildings and grounds-Mercer,
Neb.
Pacific railroads-Powers, vt.
Levees and Improvement OF Mississippi
river-Bartholdt, Mo.
Education-Grow, Pa
Isabor--Gardner, N ].
Militia--Marsh, H. fsW &" e'
{ Patents--Herr, Ohio. - rs,
s, Invalid pensions-Sulloway, N. H. = .
Observation-Disclosures N. ].
Claims-Graff Ill.
War claims--Mahon, Pa
Private land claims-Smith, Ell.
District Of Columbia-Babcock, wis.
Revision of the laws--Warner, Ill.
Reform in the civil service-Gillett, Mass.
representatives-C orliss, Mich.
Irrigation Of arid lands Tongue; Oregon.
Immigration and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Ohio.
Ventilation and acoustics-Prince, Ill.
Expenditures In the state department.
Smith. Mich.
! Expenditures in the war. department.
ExpenaItures in the navy department.
Expenditures in the postoffice depart
ment--Wanger, Pa.
Expenditures IN the interior department
Expenditures in the department of JUS
tice-Dolliver, la.
expenditures in the. department of ag-
/ Expenditures on public buildings-Gam-
Bile, s. ID.
Accounts--M. Bull, Rhode Island.
Select committee ON census-Hopkins, Ill.
Library-Harmon, Pa.
Printing-Heatwole, MINI.
Enrolled bills-Baker Maryland.
short speeches were made. ss
Makeup of Committees.
The more important committees of the
house are as follows; ~ ~. ~,
zell, Pa Hopkins, ILL.,; Grosvenor, Ohio
Ind; Tawney, Mimi; Mccall. Mass.
Robertson, La; Swanson, Va; Mcclellan.
N. Y; Newlands, Nevada; Cooper, Texas
ropriations-Cannon, ILL.,; Bingham.
ney. Wis. Moody, Mass. Pugh, KY; Van
Voorhis, Ohio; McCleary. Mimi: Lat
tauer, y; VI. Livingston. Ga; McRae
Tenn. Benton Mo; Taylor. Ala.
Judiciary-G.. w. Ray, N. r.; jenkins,
Wis. Parker N. J.: Overstreet. Ind: Al
Iittiefield. Maine; Freer, West Va;
Kahn, Calf; Terry, Ark; De Almond
Mo-; Lanham.. Texas. Elliott, s; Car.
Underwood, Ala; Smith, KY. Fleming.
Banking and currency-Brosius. Pa:
Fowler, T. J.; Hin, Conn; Prince, Ill;
Kan nnd hoverng Msss
Shattuc, Ohio; Cox, Tenn; Stallings, Ala. !:
briggs, N: Y: Talkert, 8. c.; Rhea, KY;
mayer, MASS, Lewis, ia.
Interstate and foreign commerce-Hep-
burn. Ia; Fletcher. Mimi; Sherman, ".
r.: Wanger. Pa; Joy, Mo-; Corliss Mich. !:
Stewart, N. j.; Barham, Calf: Hawley,
Aleer, Pa; Davey. La; Adamson. Ga:
Davis, Fla; Muller, N. Y; shackelford,
Rivers and harbors-Burton, Ohio;
Reeves, Ill; Dovener,. w. Va: Bishop.
Mich; Acheson, Pa; Morris, Mimi; Al
eYander N; ": Tongue. Orr. Lawrence.
Mass Mass: pGavidson Wis, Wis; Catchings Miss;
Ark; Berry. KY; Sparkman, Fla. Ball,
Texas.
Merchant marine and fisheries-Grosve-
brand. Ohio; Greene, Mass; Minor, wis:
Stevens, Mimi; Jones, Wash. Fordney'
Mich: Wachter Md. Fitzgerald Mass. !:
De Vries Calf; snisht, Miss; DAILY. N.
4 4 E. eansdeli' La; Chandler N. Y; Small
Foreign affairs-Itt, III; Adams. Pa. !:
Cousins syo1s ,n Ia vi A. Smith Mich Heat
Dinsmore, Ark; Clark, Mo; Wiliams'
Miss; Berry; Ky; Howard, Ga; Burte-
Military affairs--Hull. Ia; Marsh, Ills. ::
Ketcham. N. Y: Brownlow, Tenn: par.
ker, N. j.. Capron, r. l.; Stevens. MINI. +;
Dick Ohio; Mondell, Wyo.; Esch, Wis:
snyer van n , 9 n2x s nsp Lent +a
sard, La. Pedro Perea. New Mex.
Naval affairs--Boutele. Me-: Foss. III. !:
Dayton. w. Va; Loudenslager. n. J.;
Mudd, Maryland;. Watson Ind: Metcalf,
Cal: Cummings n. Y; Meyer, La; Tate
Ga; Rixey. W.. Kitchen, N. c.; vandi-
veer, Mo; Wheeler, Ky.
la. Faris, Ind: shattuc, Ohio; w A.
Smith. Mich; Davenport, Pa; Brown,
ohiS' Eoss; M -. Thrnopp. Pa; Driscoll.