Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1887 — THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. [ARTICLE]

THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Ex-Speaker Carlisle feels so sure of reelection that he is said to be already at work making up the committees for the Fiftieth Congress, says a Washington special to the Chicago Tribune: He finds that 130 members of tne last House have dropped out. Among these are the following Chairmen: William R. Morrison of Illinois. Ways and Means ; John Randolph Tucker of Virginia, Judiciary; James F. Miller of Texas, Banking and Currency; John H. Reagan of Texas, Commerce; Albert S. Willis of Kentucky, Rivers and Harbors; Edward 8. Bragg of Wisconsin, Military Affairs; Thomas R. Cobb of Indiana, Public Lands; Olin Wellborn of Texas, Indian Affairs; William D. Hill of Ohio, Territories; James W. Throckmorton of Texas, Pacific Railroads : D. Wyatt Aiken of South Carolina. Education; Charles L. Mitchell of Connecticut, Patents. Ten out of the fifteen members of the Committee on Elections were not re-elected, five out of thirteen members ot the Committee on Ways and Means were not reelected, and three out of the fifteen members of the Comm ittee on Appropriations were not re-elected. The chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee will the most important. Sunset Cox wants the place, but it seems to be settled he cannot get it, and will have to content himself with a special committee on the next census. Roger Q. Mills, of Texas, has filed a mortgage for the Chairmanship.