The National tribune., 1901-12-19
CONGRESS.
Ratification of Hay-PamcefOte
Treaty and Appointment of
House Committees.

The proceedings of Congress for the
past week can be summed up in very few
words. The committees of the House
not yet having gotten to work, there has
been no legislation there. The principal
thing Mt this end of the Capitol was the
reporting Of the Philippine tariff bill from
the Committee on Ways and Means, with
an understanding 10 come TO an carly
vote upon it: and the reporting of the
Hepburn Isthmian Canal bill, with an
agreement also for speedy action.
In the Senate on Monday the way was
cleared for canal legislation by the rauh-
cation of the HayPauncefOte treaty 10y
Il vote of - to 6. Senators Bacon, Black
burn. Culbcrson. Mallory, Teller and Till
man voted against the treaty.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE.
Speaker Henderson has appointed the
| House Committees, making little change
| in the Chairmanships. The principal
changes in the committee list arise simply
| from the retirement of old members and
the incoming of new men in the House.
The Republicans during the last Congress
started out with majority of only Is,
while this Congress it is five times that
large. The principal differences, there
fore, in the makeup of the committees Is
due to the increased number of Republi-
cans. The composition of some of the
leading committees of the House are as
follows:
Committee on Ways and Mcans-Sercno L.
| Payne. New York; John balzell, Pcnnsylya-
| mia: Albert j. Hopkins, Illinois; Charles II.
| Grosvcnor, Ohio; Charles A. Russell COnnec-
ticut; George w. steele, Indiana; James w.
| Tgwnpy. Minnesota; Samuel w. Mccall, Mas
sachnsctts; Chester ]. Long Kansas; Joseph
| ". Eabcock. Wisconsin; Victor II. Metcaif,
! California; James ID. Richardson, Tennessee;
| Samuel NJ Robertson. Louisiana; Claude A.
! New York; Francis G. Newlands. Nevada,
and Sam bronson Cooper, Texas.
Committee on Appropriatlons-Jos G..
| Cannon. Illinois; Henry IL. Bingham. Penn
| sylvana; James A. Hemenway. Indiana; ;
| Samuel $. Barney, Wisconsin; William II.
Moody. Massachusetts; Henry C. Van Noor-
| I.,Icius n. Iittauer. New York; Walter F..
| Brownlow, Tennessee; Washington Gardner,
| Michigan; Elmer J. Burkett, Nebraska; Leon
jdas +. livingston, Georgia; Thomas G. Me
| Rae. Arkansas; John C. Bell, Colorado; Rice
| A. Pierce, Tennessee; Maecenas Il. Benton,
Missouri. and George w. Taylor, Alahama.
Committee on Enrolled Bills-Frank G.
Wachter, Maryland l.. II. Ball. Dclawarei
| II. Burk. Pennsylvania; +. ID. Curricr, New
| Hampshire. James 4. Lloyd, Missouri; Rufus
X. Polk, Pennsylvania, and Caldwell Ed
| wards, Montana.
Committee on Banking and Currency
Charles y. Fowler, New Jersey; Ebenezer j.
| Hill. Connecticut; George W. Prince Illinois;
| Adm II. CaprOD, Rhode Island: William a.
| Caldcrbcad, Kansas; Jesse Oyerstreet, In
diana; William G.. Lowering, Massachusetts;
| Waiter ]. Smith, Iowa; J. j. Gill, Ohio;
Focrdered jr.. Pennsylvania; W. Jasper Tai
| bert, South Carolina; John S. Khca, Ken
! tucky; John Il. Thayer, Massachusetts,;
Elijah i. Lewis. .sGeorgia: G. A. Pugsley,
| New York: l.. +. Padgctt, Tennessee.
Committee on Rivers and Harbors-TheO-
dorc f. Burton. ohio; Walter Reeves, I'LL
nois; blackburn u. DOvcRcr, West Virginia.
| Roswell T.. Bishop, MichiGan; Ernest +.
Acheson. rennsyl ylyaIia; Page Morris Mime
sofa; De Alva $. Alexander. New York;
| Thomas II. Tongue, Oregon; George Z. Law
renee, Massachusetts: James II. Davidson
| Wisconsin,; james McIachlan, California; /;
| Rufus Il. Lester. Georgia; John II. Bank
head. Alahama; Philip ID. McCulloch. ArEan-
sas: stephen NJ. Sparlimnn. Florida; Thomas
| II. Ball. Texas; j. r.. Ransdell, Louisiana.
| Committee Agriculture-Jamcs W.
| Wadswurth. New York; Il. Stevens Henry
| Connecticut; William Connell, PENNSYLVANIA: ::
| Charles J., Wright, Pennsylvania; Gilbert y.
| Haugcn. Iowa; Herman B Dahle. Wisconsin;
| Charles +. Scott. Kansas: Kitrcdgc Haskins,
| Vermont; Henry &. Smith. Michigan; james
NJ Moody, North i,arolina; j. V. Gran, Ill
| nois; John :. Williams. Mississippi: John
| Lamb. Virginia; james COOney. Missouri {;
| Robert Il. Gordon, Ohio; Henry u. Allen,
Kentucky: William Neville Nebraska; Den-
| mis- r. Flynn. Oklahoma.
! Committee on rOst-Ofiice and Post Roads
| Eugene L. Loud, California; John H. Ketch-
am, New York; George W. Smith. Illinois:
John ]. Gardner, New Jersey: Nehemiah u.
| Spcrry, Connecticut: Jacob IL. Cromwell.
Ohio; Henry II. Bingham. PENNSYLVANIA: (:
! George W. CrOmcr. lndlhna Thomas Hedge,
| Iowa: Joseph g.. Siblcy. Pennsylvania; H. ).
Boutcl Illinois; C.aude a. Swanson, Nir-
/ ginia; John A. Moon, Tennessee; James NJ.
Griggs. Georgia; John $. Little. Arkansas; /;
/ William $. Cowhcrd, Missouri; F. Il. Wilson,
| New York; Bernard :. ROdey, New Mexico.
| Committee on Public Lands-JOhn T..
Lacey, Iowa; Frank NJ. Eddy, Minnesota:
Frank W. MOndell. Wyoming; James NJ Mil
| Ter. Kansas: Wesley l.. Jones, Washington;
John j. Esch. Wisconsin; Malcolm A.
Moody Oregon; james G.. Needham. CaIlfor-
mia: u, W. Martin. South Dakota; A. s.
| TompkinS. New York; J. W. FOrdncy. Michi-
gan: John +. Shafroth, Colorado; Rudolph
| Kicberg. Texas: Francis NJ. Griffith, Indiana;
stephen Brundldge, Arkansas; Francis X.
Lasster, virginia; J. l.. Burnett, Alabama;
Committee on Mllltia-Charles Dick. Ohio;
]. A. r. Hull Iowa: Iiichnrd Wayne Parker,
New Jersey; William H. Graham. Pennsyl-
Gaines, West virgInia: T.. Il. Vreeland New
York; James f. Watson, Indiana: William L..
Stark, Nebraska; Joseph b. Crowley, Illinois;
jacob Rupert, jr, New York; Rufus X.
Polk. Pennsylvania; a. A. Wiley, Alabama.
Committee Invalid Pensions Cyrus A.
SullOway, New Hampshire; Henry X. Glib
son, Tennessee; Samuel W. Smith, Michigan;
William A Calderhead, Kansas; John n. w.
Rumplc. Iowa; II. II. Apln, Michigan: H..
Dcemer. Pennsylvania; T.. S. Holiday. In
diana; a. II. Darragh, Michigan; Robert w.
| Micrs. Indiana: James A. Norton, Ohio: Jo-
seph Il. Crowley. Illinois; Rudolph Kleberg,
! Texas; \. G. Latimer, South Carolina; G.. ii.
Lindsay, New York.
Committee on Claims Joseph V. Graft,
Illinois; Lot Thomas, Iowa; Edgar Weeks,
Michigan; Thomas s. Butler, Pennsylvania
Charles X. Schrm, Maryland; Frederick
Storm, New York; Robert NJ. Nevin. Ohio;
d. ]. Foster, Vermont: J. NJ Miller. Kansas;
Peter ]. Otey, Virginia; Henry NJ. Goldfogle,
New York; Claude Kitchin, North Carolina
j. S. Salmon, New Jersey: c. G. Reid Ar
kansas; South Trimble, Kentucky.
Committee on War Claims-Thaddeus NJ.
Ashnn, Pennsylvania: Henry X, Gibson,
Tennessee; Theobod Often. Wisconsin; GIL
bert n. Haugen, Iowa: Thomas Il. Kyle,
Ohio; A. A. Blakency. Maryland Il. S. HOlIi-
day, Indiana; Henry G.. Smith. Michigan:
Thrtus w Sims, Tennessee: BENJAMIN f.
Caldwell Illinois; J. n. Kehoe, Kentucky
Thomas Spight, Mississippi; Charles ".
Thompson. Alabama.
Committee on Reform in the Civil Service
Frederick II. Gillett. Massachusetts; John
+. Lacey, Iowa; Charles ~ Fowler, New
Jersey; Justin d.. Bowersock. Kansas:
James X. Mann, Illinois; II. BrstOw, New
York; A. l.. Allen. Maine; ]. A. Bedler,
Ohio; William Elliott, South Carolina; Ed
ward w. POu, North Carolina: Ashton G.
Shalenberger, Nebraska; William r. Zenor,
Indiana; j. =. Robinson, Nebraska.