Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-12-21

resolution against them referred to the
Judiciary committee.
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE currency
bill, which was debated all last week,
was passed by the house by
vote of 1870 to $50. 1t had the united
support of every republican in the
house and of eleven democrats, Messrs.
Clayton briggs, fitzgerald, Levy, Rup-
pert, Scudder, Underhill, Wilson, all of
} New York, and Messrs. McAleer of
Pennsylvania, Denny of Maryland and
Thayer 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
old places or advancing them as vacan-
cies have occurred. The more impor-
tant committees are as follows:
Ways and means-Messrs. Payne IN.
Y.) Dalzell (Pa.) Hopkins Qll.) Gros-
venor (0hio) Russell Comm Dolliye,
Qowa) Steele (Ind.) Tawney (Minn.)
Mccall (Mass) Long (Kan) Richard
son CTenn.) Samuel NJ. Robertson Qa.)
Swanson (Va.) Mcclellan IN. W
Newlands New Cooper (Tex.).
opriations-Messrs. Cannon
1ll) Bingham (Pa) Grout (Vt.) Hem
enway Qnd.) Barney (Wis) Moody
(Mass) Pugh (Ky.) Van Vorhis (Ohio)
MWcCleary (Minn.) Littaurer IN. W
Livingston (Ga.) McRae (Ark.)
Allen (Miss) Bell (Col.)
Pierce (Tenn) Benton (Mo.) Taylor
| (Ala.).
Judiciary-Messrs. G. w. Ray IN.
" Jenkins (Wis.) Parker IN. j.
Overstreet Qnd.) Alexander IN. W
Warner (Ill) Kerr (Ohio) Littlefield
(Maine) Freer CIV. Va.) Kahn (Cal)
Terry (Ark.) Dearmond (Mo.) Fleming
(Ga.) Lanham (TeX) Elliott Is. c.
Underwood (Ala) Smith (Ky.).
Banking and currency-Messrs. Bro
sius (Pa.) Fowler IN. ~ Hill Comm
Prince Qll) Capron (R. - Lane
(lowa) Calderhead (Kan.) Overstreet
(lnd) Lowering (Mass.) shattuc (Ohio)
Cox tTenn.) Stallings (Ala.) briggs
IN. W Talbert IS. c. Rhea (Ky.)
Thayer (Mass,) Lewis (Ga.).
Interstate and foreign commerce.
Messrs. Hepburn (Iowa) Fletcher
(Minn,) Sherman IN. " Wanger (Pa.)
JOY tMo) Corliss (Mich.) Stewart IN.
JD Barham (Cal) Hawley (Tex.)
Mann Qll.) Lowering (Mass) McAleer
(Pa.) Davey La.) Adamson (Ga.)
Davis (Fla.) Muller IN. W Shackel-
ford MO-
Rivers and harbors-Messrs. Burton
(Ohio) Reeves Qll.) Dovener CIV. Va.)
Bishon (Mich.) Acheson (Pa.) Morris
(Minn) Alexander On. " Tongue
(Ore.) Lawrence (Mass) Davidson
(Wis,) Catchings (Miss) Lester (Ga.)
Bankhead (Ala.) McCulloch (Ark.)
Berry (ky) Sparkman (Fla) Ball
| (TeX.).
Foreign affairs Messrs. Hit Qll.)
Adams (Pa) Cousins Qowa) w. A.
Smith (Mich.) Heatwole (Minnj Gill
lett (Mass.) Gowler IN. j. Lands
(Lnd) Clarke, IN. H. Brown (Ohio)
Dinsmore (Ark.) Clark (Mo.) Williams
(Miss,) Berry (Ky.) Howard (Ga.) Bur
Lesson (TeXas) Scudder On. ".
Military affairs-Messrs. Hull Qa)
MarshQll.) Ketchum IN. W Brown
low (Tenn.) Parker IN. J.) Capron Or.
ID Stevens (Minn.) Dick (Ohio) Mon
dell (Wyo.) Esch (Wis.) Sulzer IN. Y,
Cox Crenn) Lentz (Ohio) Hay (Va.)
Jet Qll.) slayden (Texas) Broussard
Ua.) Pedro Perea IN NJ.
Naval affairs -Messrs. Boutelle
(Maine) Foss Oll) Dayton CIV. Va.)
Loudenslager On. j. Hawley (Tex)
Butler (Pa.) Bull Or. ~ Mudd (Md,)
Watson Qnd) Metcaf (Cal.) Cum
mings IN. W Meyer Ua.) Tate (Ga,)
RiXey (Va.) Kitchin IN. CO. Vandiver
(Mo) Wheeler (Ky.).
Insular affairs-Messrs. Cooper
(Wis,) Cannon Qll) Hit (Ill.) Payne
On. " Hepburn Qa.) Loud (Cal)
Tawney (Minn.) Babcock (Wis.) Moody
(Mass,) Crumpacker (Ind,) Jones (Va)
Maddox (Ga) Williams Qll.) Henry
Crex) Carmack (Tenn.) Clayton
(Ala,) Sibley (Penn.)