The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1903-12-04
EVENTS In WASHINGTON AND
TRANSACTIONS OF CONGRESS
Committee Assignments.

The Republican membership on
Senate committees was agreed on in
the Republican caucus as follows:
Agricultural and Forestry-Proctor
chairman; Hansbrough. Warren. Eos
ter (Washington), bolivar, Quarles,
Quay.
priations-Allison, chairman;
Hale, Cullom. Perkins, Warren, Wet.
more, Quay, Gallinger.
Audit and Control of the Contingent
Expenses OF the Senate-kean, chair
man; Warren. Willard.
Canadian Relations-Fulton. chair.
| man; Dryden. Hoar Hale, Fairbanks.
Census-Quarles. chairman; Hale
Plat New York;. McCumber, Nc
| Comas. Burton, Long.
Civil Service and Retrenchment-
Perkins, chairman; Lodge, Elkins,
Plat New York;, Willard.
Claims-Warren, chairman; Stew
art, Kean, Clapp. Burnham. Butron.
| Alice. Fulton. Smoot.
Coast and Insular Survey-Ankeny.
chairman; Foster (Washington), Haw'
| ley, Fairbanks, Alice.
Coast Defense-Mitchell. chairman !;
Hawley, Alger, Ball, Ankeny, Hey
! burn.
Commerce-Frye. chairman; Elkins,
Nelson. Gallinger. Penrose, Hanna De
pew. Perkins. Foster Washington
| Quarles, Alger.
Corporations Organized in the Dis
! trict of Columbia-Aldrich, Hopkins,
Long.
Cuban Relations-Platt (Connecti
cut), chairman Aldrich. Spooner
Burnham. Mitchell, Kittredge, Hop
kins.
District of Columbia-Gallnge
chairman; Hansbrough. Stewart, Dbl!
bingham, Foster Washington, Fora
ker, Scott. Gamble.
Education and Labor-McComas
chairman; Penrose. Dolliver. Clapp
Burnham.
Ensrossed Bills-Dryden, chairman;
Hopkins.
Examine the Several Branches of
the Civil Seryica-C!app. chairman;
Hoar. Ball. Smoot.
Finance-Aldrich, chairman; ALI
son. Platt (CornecticuD, Burrows
Plat New York), Hansbrough
Spooner. Penrose.
Fisheries = Hopkins. chairman
Proctor, Frye. Perkins, Fulton.
Foreign Relations-Cullom. chair
man; Frye. Lodge. Clark tWyoming)
Foraker, Spooner, Fairbanks. Kean.
Forest Reservations and the Protec'
ton CT Game-Burton, chairman; De
pew, PerkiI-s, Kearns. kittredge, Burn
ham, Ankeny.
Geological Survey-Foster (Washing
toni, chairman; Elkins, Hepburn, Fair
banks.
Immigration--Diiiip CHAM. chairman;
Penrose, Fairbanks, Lodge, Dryden
McComas.
Indian Affairs-Stewart, chairman:
Plat (ConnecticuD, McCumber, Bard.
QUAY. Clapp Gamble, Clark (Wyom-
ing). Long.
Indian epredations-Allee, chair
man; Beveridge. Dillingham;, KearEs,
Dietrich, Smoot
Iateroceanic Canals-Hanna. chair
man: Plat New York;. Mitchell,
Willard, Kittredge, Dryden. Hopkins.
Interstate Commerce-Elkins. chair
man; Cullom, Aldrich. Kean, Dolliver,
Foraker. Clapp. Willard.
Irrigation-Bard, chairman; war
rem, Stewart. Kearns, Dietrich, Hans
brough. Ankeny. Fulton.
Judiciary-Hoar, chairman; Plat
| (ConnecticuD. Clark CWyoming)
Fairbanks, Nelson, McComas, Depew.
Mitchell.
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br0dgh. Dryden.
Manufactures chairman;
Proctor. Warren, Quarles, Scott, Fora
ker, Alger.
Mines and Mining-Scott. charm an /;
| Stewart. Hanna, Kearns. Hepburn.
Mississippi River and Its Tributa-
| ries-Nelson, chairman; Dolliver, Mil
lard Hopkins.
Naval Affairs-Hale. chairman; Per
kins, Plat (New York;, Hanna, Pen
rose, GalIinger, Burrows.
Expenditures of the Executive De
partments- Quay. chairman; Wet
more. Beveridge, Allison. Alice.
Pacific Islands and Porto Rico-For'
aker chairman; Depew. Wetmore.
| Foster CWashington), Mitchell
Kearns. Burton.
Pacific Railways-Dolliver, chair
man: Frye, Stewart, Millard Kit
redge.
Patents-Kittredge chairman; Nc
Comas. McCumber, Clapp.
Pensions - McCumber, chairman;
Scott, Foster Washington, Burton,
Burnharr, Alger. Ball. Smoot
Philippines-Lodge, chairman; Hale,
| Proctor. Beveridge. Burrows, Nc
Comas. Dietrich, Long.
Postoffices and Post Roads-Pen-
rose, chairman; Dolliver Lodge. Bev-
eridge, Mitchell. Proctor, Burrows.
Scott. Burton.
Printing-Platt (Ncw Iork), chair
man; Elkins.
Private Land Claims-Hale, Kean,
Gamble. Burton.
Privileges and Elections-Burrows
chairman; Foar. McComas. Foraker,
Depew, Beverage, Dillingham;, Hop
| kins.
Standards. Weights and Measures
Snoot, chairman: Dolliver. Long.
Governor Ferguson of Oklahoma in
his annual report to the secretary of
the Interior. estimates the present pop
ulation of the territory at 100000 and
the actual value of taxable property at
practically 100000, although only 1884,
1874. 472 is returned by the assessors for
1903. The territorial Indebtedness is
| $46l .766.
Secretary Wilson has presented to
the President and Cabinet specimens OF
fine dates grown in Arizona. Four
years ago one Of the scientists Of the