The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-19
THE COMMITTEES.
Speaker Henderson Has Announced His
Selection to the House.

Speaker Henderson Has Announced His
Selection to the House.
Washington, Dec. 1S.-Speaker Hen
derson to-day announced the commit
tees of the house of personalities. 1t
proved to have very few surprises, as
the speaker preserved the time-honored
custom of following precedent as to old
members, leaving them in their old
chairmanships and places, and gradu
ally advancing them as vacancies &C.
cur. The important new committee
chairmanships are those of Mr.. Brosius
Of Pennsylvania, chairman of the bank
ing and currency; Mr.. Grosvenor of
Ohio merchant marine and fisheries;
Mr.. Southland Of Ohio, coinage, and
Mr.. cooper of Wisconsin, the newly
formed committee on insular af-
fairs.
The new members Of the ways and
means committee are Mccall and
Long, republicans, Newlands, silverite,
and Cooper, democrat.
Appropriations and foreign affairs
also get a considerable amount of new
blood. Military affairs has the largest
membership, six republicans and three
democrats. The membership of tie in
sular committee is notable in being
committee of chairmen." the heads of
ways and means, appropriations, for
eign affairs, commerce, postotfices,
mittee.
The new members of the house re-
celve full considerable by the speaker,
although following custom, they neces-
sarily take the lower places on COM
mittees. The democratic members re-
ceived fewer places than In the last
congress, as the larger democratic rep
resentation in this house compelled a
reduction In the number of places for
each.
The more important committees of the
house are as follows:
Ways and means-Payne, New York;
Dalzell, Pennsylvan Hopkins, ILL
nois; Grosvanor, Ohio; Russell, Connec-
ticut; Dolliver. Iowa; Steele Indiana;
chusetts; Long. Kansas; Richardson,
Tennessee; Samuel Robertson, Louis
lana; Swanson. Virginia: Mcclellan,
New York Newlands, Nevada; Cooper,
Texas.
Appropriations Cannon, Illinois;
mont; Hemenway, Indiana; Barney,
Pugh, Kensucky; Van Voohes. Ohio;
McCleary, Minnesota; Lattauer, New
York; Livingston, Georgia; McRae
Arkansas; Allen, mississippi Bell, Col
orado; Pierce Tennessee; Benton, Mis-
souri,; Taylor, Alabama.
Jenkins, Wisconsin; Parker, New Jer-
sey, Overstreet, Ind.ana; Alexander,
New York Warner, Illinois; Kerr,
Ohio; Littlefeld. Maine; Freer, West
Virginia; Kahn. California; Terry, Ar
kansas; De Almond, Missouri; Lana
Underwood, Alabama; Smith, Ken
lucky; Fleming, Georgia.
Banking and currercy-Brosius,
Pennsylvania; Fowler, New Jersey:
Hill, Connecticut; Prince, Illinois; Cap
ron. Rhode Island: Lane, Iowa; Calder
Lowering, Massachusetts; shattuc,
| Ohio: Stallings, Alabama; briggs, New
! York; Talkert, South Carolina; Rhea,
Kentucky; Thayer. Massachusetts,;
| Lewis. Georgia.
Interstate and foreign commerce
| Sherman, New York; Wagner Pennsyl-
vania; Joy, Missouri; CorIiss, MichI-
gan; Stewart, New Jersey; Baraham,
| California; Hawley, Texas; Mann, Hi
| no!s; Lowering, Massachusetts; Nc
Alleer, Pennsylvania; Adamson, Geor-
g!a; Davis Florida; Muller, New York;
| Shackelford, Missouri
Rivers and harbors-Burton, Ohio;
Reeves, Illinois; Dovener, West Viz
| ginia; Bishop, NTichigan; ACheson.
| Pennsylvania; Morris. Minnesota;
Alexander, New York; Tongue, Oregon;
Lawrence, Massachusetts,; Davidson,
! Wisconsin,; Catchings, Mississippi: Les
ter, Georgia; Bankhead Alabama; Nc
| CulIoch. Arkansas; Berry Kentucky:
! Sparkman, Florida: Bail, Texas.
Merchant marine ard fsheries-
Grosvenor Ohio; Hopkins, Illinois;
| Young. Pennsylvania; Greene, Massa-
chusetts; Minor. Wisconsin; Stevens
Minnesota; Jones, Washington; Ford
ney, Michigan; Wachter, Maryland;