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third among the Democrats announced
by tile Speaker to-day as constituting the
minority membership OF the Ways ana
Means Committee. Mr.. Williams, the
minority leader, and Judge Robertson. 8
Louisiana, are the two Democrats ahead
of him. Mr.. Swanson is recognized as
ono Of the prominent men OF this COM
mittee, the most important one OF the
House. Representative Lamb VIII be tna
senior minority member of the Commit
tee on Agriculture this session. owing to-
the retirement of Mr.. Williams. Repre-
sentative Hay Is the chairman OF the
Democratic conference OF the House.
will be one Of the minority members OF
the Appropriations COMMITTEES. The lat
ter Is second only to the Ways and Means
Committee In Importance. Representa-
tive Jones Is the senior member OF tho
Insular Committee. and In the fight last
year over the Philippine coinage bill, de-
feated the majority measure and sue
ceeded In having the Democratic meas
ure adopted. But the Senate refused
10 pass his BILL and when the Senate bill
came ba OK to the House tia rccalcitrane
Republicans were whipped into line and
tho majority finally won out.
2 Mr.. Jones, by the way, has gotten a
much better seat than he drew In tho
lottery Of tina first day OF the session.
His luck was to get seat among tho
vrey last whose names We're drawn out
OF the box. Mr. DeArmond, OF Missouri.
beside whom Mr.. Jones has for years
lad seat, got one this year LONG way
from his Virginia friend Wien Mr..
Jones came into the hall yesterday he
found the card of Representative Mr-
andrews, OF the Chicago district, on his
desk and had some difficulty In locatihs
his own seat, He found finally that the
Illinois gentleman, knowing the close
friendship which had FOR years existed
between Mr.. Jones and Mr.. DeArmond.
had exchanged seats with the sentle-
MN from Virginia, In order that the two
friends might be togsther. 1t was ons
Of those graceful acts which do honor ia
the men performing them and make tha
rccinents feel that there is really mors
In life than wo"'t md wo-rv md strits-
ANOTHER STATE.
This Congress may create Il new State,
to be called the State Of Jefferson, Rep.
resentative Moon. of Tennessee. has in-
PRODUCED bill providing that the indian
Territory be erected into q State and ad,
mitted to the Union ms the State OF Jer.
f,rson, 1t is provided that nothlns In the
act admitting he new State shall BIO con.
str,,ed as impairing he rights OF the
Ird 'ars NOW In tho territory.
Confinement In Confederate prison
is to be the reason for pensoning Of
northern soldiers, whether disability he
shown or not. II a bill introduced by Rep
resentative Hamilton, or Michigan, be
passed. The following extract indicated
the nature Of tho bills
THAT the Secretary OF tho Interior be,
and no is hereby. authorized and directed
to place on the pension rolls the names
OF each and all officers. soldiers sa'lo 3
and marines, now SURVIVING, who. whtta
In the service of the United State, and In
line of duty, We're taken nrlsnners OF
war. and rs such were confined In sos
called Confederate prisons hetwesi, the
first day OF May 1881, and the fist daJ
OF Nay 1861; and, there shall be paid II
every oN1cer, soldier. sailor and marine,
so plsced on the nsnsion roll the sum NJ
SO for each and every day he was 50 cnn-
fired In any such prison; and, further
more ana In addition. such surviving
prisoners OF war shall each receive he
sum OF sl2 for each month during the
ren,a !nder of his natural life"
It II presumed that there must hi
n very large G. A. r, vote In VT. Ham-
ilton's district as he has plso introduced
another bill which proposes TO pay 10
every soldier who lost leg NJ the Eln or
an arm at the shoulder joint, the sum
of si5 a month; II tho leg ha on at the
krec or the arm as the chew
the sum OF ssh month is to be paid. ana
IL this soldier lost hand or foot. or ahAH
have been totally DISABLED In either. no -
to receive the sum OF $50 nonth