The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-19
FEW CHANGES BY
Mr.. HENDERSON
He Announces the Commit
tees of the House.
LIST OF THE CHAIRMEN
BROSIUS HEADS BANNING AND
CURRENCY COMMITTEE.
GRosVEgoR, THE MERCHANT MARINE
Southland, Coinage, ard Cooper, the Newly
Formed Committee on lnsular Affairs. The
Democrats Receive Fewer Places
Than in the Last Congress.

Washington, Dec 1S-Spaaker Hen.
derson today announced the committee:
of the House of Representatives The
Speaker preserved the time-henored Gus
tom Of following precedent as to the
old members, leaving them in their old
chairmanships and places, and gradu
ally advancing them as vacancies occur
red The important new chairmanships
are those Of Mr.. Brosius, of Pennsyl
vania, Chairman of Banking and Cur
rency; Mr.. GrosveRor, of Ohio, Chairman
Of Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Mr. Southland. of Ohio, Chairman OF
Coinage, and Mr.. Cooper, of Wisconsin
Chairman of the newly formed Com
mittee on Insular Affairs.
The new members of the Ways and
Means Committee are Mccall and Long,
Republicans; Newlands. Silveiite, and
Cooper. Democrat Appropriations and
Foreign Affairs also get a considerable
amount of new blood. Military Affairs
has the largest new membership, six
Republicans and three Democrats. The
membership of the 1nsular Committee
is notable in being a, Committee Of
Chairnren. the heads of Ways and
Means, Appropriations, Foreign Affairs,
Commerce, Posteffices. etc. being rep
resented also on this committee.
The Democratic members receive fewer
places than in the last Congress, as the
larger Democratic representation in this
House compelled reduction in the mum
bers of places for each.
The chairmen for the various commit
fees are as follows:
Elections No. /, Robert w. Tayler, of
Ohio.
Elections No. ,, Walter L. Weaver, Of
Ohio.
Elections No. 8. William S. Mesick, OF
Michigan
Ways and Means, Serene E. Payne, of
New York
Appropriations. Joseph G. Cannon, Of
Illinois.
Judiciary, George W Ray. of New
York.
Banking and Currency, Marriott Bro
sius. of Pennsylvania.
Coinage Weights and Measures, James
III. Southland of Ohio
Interstate and Foreign Commerce,
William r. Hepburn. of Iowa.
Rivers and Harbors, Theo. Il. Burton,
of Ohio.
Merchant Marine and Fisheries. G. Ell.
Grosvenor. of Ohio.
Agriculture, J. W. Wadsworth, of New
York
Foreign Affairs, R. r. Hit. Of Hi
nois.
Military Affairs, J. A. T. Hull Of
Iowa.
Naval Affairs, G. A. BoutelIe. Of
Maine
Postoffices and Post Roads, e. f.
Loud. Of California.
Public Lands, j. +. Lacey, of Iowa.
Indian Affairs, ] s. Sherman, Of New
York.
Territories, W. s. Knox, Of Massachu-
sets.
Insrlar Affairs, Il. A. Cooper, of Wis
consin.
Railways and Canals. Charles A.
Chickering, of New York.
Manufactures, g. w Faris, of In
diana.
Mines and Mining, r. G. crump Of
Michigan
Public Buildings and Grounds, d. Fl.
Mercer, of Nebraska.
Pacific Railroads, III. III. Powers, Of
Vermont.
Leyees and improvements of the Mis-
sissirpi River, X. Bartholdt, Of Missouri.
Education. @. A. Grow of PENN
sylvania.
Labor, j. J. Gardner, of New Jer-
sey.
Militia. b. +. Marsh, of Illinois.
Patents, w. S. Kerr, Of Ohio.
Invalid Pensions, G. A. Sulloway, of
New Hampshire.
Pensions, H. G. Loudenslager, Of New
Jersey.
Claims. ]. g. Graft. Of Illinois.
War Claims, I. M. Mahon, of Penn
syIyania.
Private Land Claims, G. w. Smith,
of Illinois,
District Of Columbia, ]. w. Babcock,
Of Wisconsin.
Revision of the Laws, Y. Warner, of
Illinois.
Reform in the Civil Service. f. II.
Gillett, OF Massachusetts.
Election of President Vice President
and Representatives in Congress, J. b.
Corliss, Of Michigan.
Irrigation of Arid Lands, T. III. Tongue,
of Oregon.
Immigration and Naturalization, w. B.
SIlattuc, of Ohio.
Ventilation and Acoustics, G. w.
Prince, Of Illinois.
Expenditures in the State Department,
W. A. Smith, of Michigan.
Expenditures in the Treasury Depart
ment, r. G. Cousins. Of Iowa.
Expenditures in the War Department,
w. w. circuit, of Vermont.
Expenditures in the Navy Department,
J. II. Stewart, Of New Jersey.
Expenditures in the Postoffice De
partment, /. r. Wanger, of Pennsyl-
yania.
Expenditures in the Interior Depart
meqit, G. G. Curtis, Of Kansas.
Expenditures in the Department Of
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