Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1893 — SENATE IS ORGANIZED. [ARTICLE]

SENATE IS ORGANIZED.

COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS AT LAST AGREED UPON. Republican Assignments Undisturbed by the Steering Committee—Hill to Wrestle with Immigration and Voorhees with Finance. Named by the Caucus. After the adjournment of the Senate Monday the Democratic caucus committee held its final meeting in relation to the assignment of Senators to committees, and practically completed its work. The two Poj utlst Senators, Peffer, of Kansas, and Kyle, of South Dakota, are classed with the Democrats as part of the majority in the committee appointments, and each is given a chairmanship. The assignment of the majority as it now stands is as iollows: Agriculture and Forestry—George, chairman; Jones, of Arkansas,'Bale and Peffer. r> Cockrell, chairman; Call, Gorman, Blackburn an! Brice. Claims—Pasco, chairman; Vilas, White, Daniel and Peffer. Commerce—Hansom, chairman; Coke, Vest, Gorman, White of Louisiana, While of California, Murphy. District of Columbia—Harris, chairman; Faulkner, Gibson and Hunton. Education and Labor—Kyle, chairman; George, Hunton, Lindsay and Murphy. Erolled Bills—Caffery, chairman; Colquitt lo examine the several branches of the civil service—Peffet, chairman; Gray and Vllaa Finance—Voorhees. chairman; McPherson, Harris, Vance, Ve9i, uni Jones, of Arkansas. Fisheries—Coke, chairman; Call, Ransom, Gibson and Hill. Foreign Relations—Morgan, chairman; Butler. Gray, Turpie and Daniel. Immigration—Hill, chairman; Voorhees, McPherson, Faulkner and Peffer. Improvement of the Mississippi and its Tributaries— Bate, chairman; Walthall, Palmer and Peffer. Indian Affairs—Jone : . of Arkansas, chairman; Morgan, Vilas, Allen and Roach. Interstate Commerce—Butler, chairman; Gorman, Brice, White of Louisiana, Camden an i Lindsay. Irrigation and reclamation of arid lands —White, of California, chairman; Kyle, Gibson, Roach, and Beckwith. Judiciary—Pugh, chairman; George, Coke, Vilas, Hill, and Lipdsay. Library—Mills, chairman, and Voorhees. Manufactures— Gibson, chairman; Smith and Caffery. Military affairs — : Walthall, chairman; Cockrell, Bate, Palmer, and Mitchell. Naval affairs McPherson, chairman; Butler, Blackburn, and Camden. Organization, condition, and expenditures of the executive departments Smith, chairman; Cockrell, Hill, Walthall, and Caffery. Pensions Palmer, chairman; Brice, Vilas. Camden, and Caffery. Postoffices and p< st roads Colquitt, chairman; Vilas, Irby. Mills, Hunton, and Hill.

Privileges and elections—Vance, chairman; Pugh, Gray, Turnie, and Palmer. Public buildings and grounds Vest, chairman; Daniel, Pasco, Brice, and Gordon. Public lands—Berry, chairman; Walthall, Pasco, Vilas, Allen, and Martin. Railroads Camden, chairman; Berry,. Gordon, Palmer, Martin, and Beckwith. Relations with Canada.—Murphy, chairman; Pugh, Colquit. Hunton, and Mitchell. Revision of the laws of tho United States —Daniel, chairman; Call and Lindsay. Rules—Blackburn, chairman; Harris and Gorman. Territories—Faulkner, chairman; Hill. Bate. Gordon, Blackburn and White of California. Transportation routes to the seaboard— Irby, chairman; George, Turpie, Gordon and Hunton. Pacific railwavs—Brlce, chairman; Morgan, Faulkner, White of Louisiana and Murphy. Indian depredations—Lindsay,chairman; Faulkner, Kyle, White of Louisiana and Cockrell. Quadro-centennial Vilas, chairman; Colquitt, Vest, Gray, Daniel, Gibson and Lindsay. To investigate the geological survey— Martin, chairman; Jones of Arkansas and Beckwith. To investigate trespasses upon Cherokee lands—Roach, chairman, and Butler.