The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-19
MINNESOTA CONGREssMEN WERE
NOT OVERLOOKED IN MAKING
UP HOUSE Committees
SEEM TO Be SATISFIED
GOT WHAT THEY ASKED FOR1
THOUGH MIGHT HAVE DONE
BETTER IN GENERAL
HEATWoLE HAS A NICE ONE

| "H1cn controls Con.
"OIe Amount of Patronage
I""ney Also Retained His Pet
FIace On the Ways and Moan.
OOmm1ttee-DakOtans Did We'll
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1s.-(snecfa1
speaker Henderson, of the house of ron
resentatives, has named his connni++oo,
and, from a casual glance ar +bo 49,
IL would seem that Minnesota did NOT
ARE SO oadly in the general handing out
OIL the plums. Mr.. HeatwoIe saems +o
nave picked the ripest persimmon in the
oHalr1nanshlp of the printing committee.
"4ich carries with 1t a considerable
patronage. Mr. Tawney keeps his place
on the ways and means committee. for
"hlch ne expressed a preference to anv
other assignment that Mr. Henderson
might have handed out to him. Mr..
McCIeary got all he asked for. and
Messrs. Eddy, Stevens, Fletcher and Nor
ris are reported as regarding their
places as sort of Christmas gifts.
South Dakotans also Jared well at the
hands of the new speaker, while the
North Dakota men were not overlooked.
On the whole the distribution of commit.
tee assignments in the Northwest is sat-
lsfactory-at least Is so regarded bv the
men who are most interested.
speaker Hendersons announcement of
committees proved to have very few sur
pr1ses, as the speaker preserved the
time-honored custom of following pre-
cedent as to old members, leaving them
IN their old chairmanships and places
and gradually advancing them as va
cancies occur.
The important new chairmapships ara
those Of Mr.. Brosius, of PennsvIvania
chairman of banking and currency: Mr..
Grosvenor, of Ohio, merchant marine and
fisheries; Mr. Southard, of Ohio. coinage
and Mr.. Cooper, of Wisconsin, the new
ly-formed committee on insular affairs.
The new members Of the ways and
means committee are Mccall and Long,
Republicans; Newlands, silver, and Coop.
er, Democrat. Appropriations and for
eign 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 in
sular committee is notable in being a
COMMITTEE of chairmen," the heads Of
ways and means, appropriations, foreign
affairs, commerce, postofices, etc, be-
ing 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 committees.
The Democratic members receive fewer
places than in the last congress, as the
larger Democratic representation in this
house compelled a reduction in the num-
bers of places for each.
COMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIPs
The chairmen of the various committees.
as announced by Speaker Henderson to-
| day, are as follows:
Elections, No 1-Robert w Taylor
Ohio
Elections. No. 2-Walter L. Weaver.
Elections No. S-William s. Mesick.
Ways and Means-serenO E. Payne.
Appropriations G. Cannon. Illi-
| nois
Judiciary-George w. Ray. New York
Banking and Currency-Marriott Bro
| sius, Pennsylvania,
Coinage, Weights and Measures-J H.
| SOuthard Ohio.
interstate and Foreign Commerce
William P. Hepburn, Iowa.
Rivers and Harbors-T. E. Burton,
Merchant Marine and Fisheries-C. H.
AgricultureJ w. Wadsworth New
! York.
Foreign Affairs-R. R. Hit. Illinois.
Military Affairs. A. T. Hull. Iowa.
Naval Affairs-C. A Boutelle, Maine.
! Postoffices and Post Roads-E. +. Loud,
! California.
Public Lands F. Lacey. Iowa.
Indian Affairs-J. H. Sherllan, New
Territories-W. S. Knox, Massachusetts.
Insular Affairs-H A Cooper. Wiscon-
sin
Railways and Canals-Charles A Chick
Manufactures W. Faris, Indiana.
Mines and Mining-R. o. Crump. Michi-
Public Buildings and GrOunds-D, H.
Mercer, Nebraska.
mont.
Levees and Improvement of Mississippi
River-R. Bartholdt, Missouri.
Labor. J. Gardner, New Jersey.
Militia-B. F. Marsh. Illinois.
! Patents-W. S. Herr. Ohio.
Invalid Pensions-C. A Sullowa. New
| Hampshire.
Giaims-J. V. Graft, Illinois
War Claims-T. NJ. Mahon, Pennsylva-
Private Land claims-G. W. Smith, I'LL
nois.
District of Columbia-J. w. Babcock.
| Wisconsin.
Revision of the Laws-Warner, Illinois.
Reform of the Civil Service-F. H. Gill
! lett, Massachusetts,
Election of President. Vice President
and Representatives IN Congress-J B.
Corliss, Michigan.
Irrigation of Arid Lands-T. H Tongue,
immigration and Naturalization-w. B.
| Shattuck, Ohio.
Ventilation and Acoustics : H. w.
| Prince. Illinois.
Expenditures in the State Department
| w. A. Smith, Michigan.
| Expenditures in the Treasury Depart
ment-R G. Cousins. Iowa.
Expenditures in the War Department
! w. w. Grout. Vermont.
Expenditures in the Navy Department
| ]. F. Stewart New Jersey.
Expenditures in the Postoffice Depart
| ment-Wanger. Pennsylvania.
| Expenditures in the Interior Depart
! ment-Curtis. Kansas.
Expenditures in the Department of JUS
| tice-Dolliver Iowa.
Expenditures in the Department of Ag-
riculture-Gillet, New York.
Expenditures on Public Buildings-R. J.
| Gamble South Dakota.
| Accounts-Bull Rhode Island.
Select Committee on Census-A. j. Hop
kins Illinois.