Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-12-21

washington, Dec. 1.-THE currency
OIL which was debated all last week
was passed by the house nv
vote OF 100 to 150 1t had the united
support of every republican in the
mouse and of eleven democrats. Messrs.
Clayton. briggs, Fitzgerald, Levy RIM
pert, Scudder, Underhill Wilson, all of
New York, and Messrs. McAleer of
pennsylvania, Denny of Maryland and
mayer of Massachusetts. All other
| democrats voted against the measure
or were paired against it,
speaker Henderson announced the
committees of the house The speaker
| preserved the time-honored custom as
TO old members, leaving them in their
! ola places or advancing them as vacan-
cles have occurred. The more impor-
tant committees are as follows:
ways and means-Messrs. Payne IN.
", Dalzell (Pa.). Hopkins GIll.
GrosVenor (Ohio), Russell Conn
DolnVer tlowa), Steele Qnd), Tawney
Mimi, Mccall (Mass.), Long (Kan0.
Richardson (Tenn.), Samuel NJ. Rob
ertson Qa.), Swanson (VaD. Mcclellan
IN ", Newlands New, Cooper
(Tex).
Appropriations - Messrs. Cannon
QH), Bingham (Pa.D, Grout (vt),
Hemenway Qnd), Barney (Wis.).
Moody (Mass.), Pugh (Ky). Van vor-
his (Ohio), McCIeary (Minn.), Littau-
rer On. V, Livingston (Ga.). McRae
(Ark) Allen (Miss.), Bell (Col).
Pierce (Tenn,), Benton (Mo.), Taylor
(Ala).
udiciary-Messrs. G. w Ray IN
W, Jenkins (Wis.). Parker IN. II.
Overstreet 0nd), Alexander IN. W,
Warner Qll), Kerr (Ohio), Littlefield
CMaine), Freer CIV. Va, Kahn (Cal.),
Terry (Ark), Dearmond (Mo.), Elem
ing (Ga), Lanham (Tex.), Elliott g.
O., Underwood (Ala.), Smith CKy.).
Banking and currency-Messrs. Bro
slus (Pa.). Fowler IN. j.. Hill
Comm, Prince Qll), Capron Or. ~,
Lane Qowa), Calderhead (Kan), Over
street Qnd.), Lowering (Mass), Shat
tue (Ohio), Cox (Tenn), Stallings
(Ala.), briggs On. ", Tal5ert IS. c..
Rhea (Ky), Thayer (Mass), Lewis
(Ga.).
Interstate and foreign commerce.
Messrs. Hepburn Qowa), Fletcher
(Minn.), Sherman IN. W, Wanger
CPa.), Joy (Mo.), Corliss (Mich.), Stew
art IN. j., Barham (Cal), Hawley
CTex.), Mann (Ill), Lowering (Mass.).
McAleer (Pa:), Davey Oa.), Adamson
(Ga.), Davis (Fla.), Muller On. W,
Shackelford (Mo).
Rivers and harbors-Messrs Burton
(Ohio), Reeves Qll), Dovener CIV.
Va, Bishop (Mich.), Acheson (Pa.),
Morris (Minn.), Alexander On. w
Tongue (Ore.) lawrence (Mass) Dav-
idson (Wis.), Catchings Miss. }, Lester
(GaO, Bankhead (Ala), McCulloch
(Ark.), Berry (Ky.), Sparkman (Fla.),
Ball (Tex.).
Foreign affairs-Messrs. Hit nlD,
Adams (Pa), Cousins Qowa), w. A.
Smith (Mich.), Heatwole (Minn), Gil
lett (Mass,), Gowler IN. j., Lands
(Ind), Clarke On. H., Brown (Ohio),
Dinsmore (ArkD, Clark (Mo), Will
liams (Miss.), Berry (Ky), Howard
(Ga.), Burleson (Texas) Scudder
IN. ".
Military affairs-Messrs. Hull GaD.
Marsh Qll), Ketchum IN W, Brown
low (Tenn.), Parker On. j., Capron
Or. ID, Stevens (Minn.), Dick (Ohio),
Mondell (Wyo), Esch (Wis) Sulzer
IN. ", Cox CTenn.), Lentz (Ohio),
Hay (Va.), Jet CHI, Sladen (rexas),
Broussard Ua.), Pedro Perea IN. M.
Naval affairs-Messrs. Boutelle
(Maine), Foss Gid, Dayton CIV. Va,
I.oudenslager IN. j., Hawley CTexas)
Butler (Pa.), Bull Or. L., Mudd (Md.),
Watson Qnd.), Metcalf (Cal), Cum
mings On. W, Meyer Oa), Tate
(Ga), Rixey (Va), Kitchin On. c.,
Vandiver MOI, Wheeler (Ky).
Insular affairs-Messrs. Cooper
(Wis.), Cannon CID, Hit GH).
Payne On. ", Hepburn 0a), Loud
(Calo, Tawney (Minn.), Babcock
(Wis.), Moody (Mass), Crumpacker
(Ind), Jones (Va), Maddox (Ga),
Williams 0ll), henry (Tex), Carmack
(Tenn), Clayton (Ala), Sibley
(Penn.).