The age-herald., 1899-12-19
HOUSE COMMITTEES
Speaker Henderson Gave Out the Fol
 lowing Names Yesterday

Washington, December 1S.-Speaker Hen derson today announced the committees of the house of representatives. The list proved to have very few surprises, as the speaker preserved the tme-honored custom of following precedent as to old members, leaving them in their old capacities and places and gradually advancing them as vacancies occur.
 The important new chairmanships are those of MT. Brosius, of Pennsylvania, chairman of banking and currency; MT. Grosvenor, of Ohio, merchant marine and fisheries; Mr. Southard, of Ohio, coinage, and MT. Cooper, of Wisconsin, the newly formed committee on fnsular affairs. The new members of the ways and means committee are Mccall and Long, republi- cans Newlands, silver, and Cooper, dem- ocrats. Appropriations and foreign affairs also get a considerable amount of new blood Military affairs has the largest amount of membership-six republicans and three democrats The membership of the insular committee ds notable in being 'committee of chairmen" the heads Of ways and means, appropriations, foreign affairs, commerce., postofices, etc., being represented also on this committee. The new members of the house receive full consideration from the speaker, al- though following custom, they necessarily take the lower places on the committee The democratic members receive fewer places than in the last congress, as larger democratic representation in this house compelled a reduction in the number Of places for each.
 Election No. 1-Robert w. Taylor, Ohio Elections Mo- 2+Walter l.. Weaver, Ohio. Elections No. civilian s. Messick, Mich- igan. Ways and means-Serano B. Payne, New York. Appropriations-Joser G. Cannon, llli- nois.
 Judiciary-George w. Ray, New York. Banking and currency-Mariott Brosius, Pennsylvania.
 Coinage, weights and measures-James H. Southard. Ohio.
 Interstate and foreign commerce-Wlll- jam P. Hepburn Iowa.
 Rivers and harbors-Theo D. Burton, of Ohio.
 Merchant marine and fisheries-C. H. Grosvenor, Ohio.
 Agriculture-J. w. wadsworth, New York.
 Foreign affairs-R. R. Hit. Illinois. Military affairs-J. A. T. Hull, Iowa. Naval affairs-C. A. Boutwell,, Maine. Postoffices and post roads-E. E. Loud, California.
 Public lands-J. r. Lacey, Iowa. Indian affairs-J. s. Sherman, New York. Torritories-W. s. Knox, Massachusetts. Insular affairs-H A. Cooper, Wisconsin. Railways and Cana1s-Charles A. Coker- ing, New York.
 Manufactures-G w. Paris, Indiana Mines and Mining-R. o. Crump, Michi- gan.
 Public Buildings and Grounds-D. H. Mer- cer, Nebraska.
 Pacific Railroads-H. M. Powers, Yer mont.
 Levees and Improvement of Mississippi River-R. Bartholdt Missouri.
 Education-G. A. Grow, Pennsylvania Labor-J. A. Gardner, New Jersey. Militia-B. F. Marsh, Illinois. Patents-W. s. Herr, Ohio Invalid Pensons-C. A. Holloway, New Jetsey.
 Pensions-H. c. Loudslager, New Jersey. Cla!ms-J. " Graf, Illinois. War Cladms-T. M. Mahon, Pennsylvania. Private Land Claims-G. w. Smith, Illinois.
 District of Columbia-J. w. Babcock, Wisconsin.
 Revision of Laws-V Warner Illinois. Reform in Civil Service-F. H. Gillett, Massachusetts.
 Elections of President Vice-President and
 
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