Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1893 — WILSON IS CHAIRMAN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WILSON IS CHAIRMAN.

HE HEADS THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE. Speaker Crimp Announces the Fall List— Springer Will Consider Banking Affairs— Bland In Him Old Place— Disposition of Holman—The Great Debate. Crisp Completes Hls Task. Washington correspondence: The announcement of the standing and select committees of the House has been made by Speaker Crisp. Mr. Springer is displaced from the chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee by William L. Wilson, of West Virginia. Mr. Holman is succeeded by Sayers, of Texas, and Bland remains at the head of the ('oinage Committee. Mr. Springer is made Chairman of the Banking and Currency Committee. The chairmanship selections were none of them surprising. In fact all of them have been predicted with reasonable certainty for more than a week. The change in the leadership of the Ways and Means Committ o was part of tne administration's plan, and even Mr. Springer’s warmest friends gave up all hope of his retention before Congress convened. The same may be said of Mr. Holman as Chairman of the Appropriations Committee. The two committees having to deal with the currency attracted the greatest interest, and their standing was eagerly inquired for by hard money men and silver men alike. The retention of Mr. Bland in the chairmanship of the committee on coinage, weights and measures was generally expected, since the House took up the silver question for itself and left the committee with nothing at present to do. The majority of the committee appears to be on Mr. Bland's side, but by no such overwhelming majority as when General Tracy and Mr. Williams made

tho fight almost alone in the last Congress. The Banking Committee contains a large contingent of members who have not served on it before, but has somewhat the appearance of being made up to report in favor of a repeal of the tax on the circulation of State banks. The known opponents of such a measure are Mr. Sperry, of Connecticut, and the six Republican members, making seven out of seventeen. Mr. Warner of New York, Mr. Johnson of Indiana, and Mr. Cobb of Missouri are counted as opponents of repeal, but Mr. Warner favors removal of tho tax under certain conditions, and it is possible that the other two gentlemen and tho chairman, Mr. Springer, may foster it. The other six members are from the South and are undoubtedly in favor of repealing the tax, among them being Judge Culberson of Texas, who is considered one of the strongest members of the House. Make-Up of Committees.

The four most important committees are the Ways and Moans, Coinage, Weights and Measures, Banking and Currency, Appropriations and Foreign Affairs. They are made up as follows: Ways and means—William L. Wilson. West Virginia; Benton McMillln, Tennessee; 11. G. Turner, Georgia; A. B. Montgomery, Kentucky; J. R. Whiting, Michigan; WV Bourke Cockran, New York: M. Stevens, Massachusetts; W.J. Bryan, Nebraska; C. R. Rreckinridge. Arkansas; W. D. Bynum, Indiana; J. C. Tarsney, Missouri; T. B. Heed, Maine; J. C. Burrows, Michigan; H. E. l’aync. New York; John Dalzell, Pennsylvania; A. J. Hopkins, Illinois; J. H. Gear, lowa. Coinage, weights and measures—R. P. Bland, Missouri; Charles Tracy, New York; A. B. Kilgore. Texas; J. F. F.pps, Virginia; W. J. Stone, Kentucky; J. M. Allen, Mississippi; J. H. Bankhead, Alabama; Isidore Raynor, Maryland; M. D. Harter, Ohio; H. A. Coffin, Wyoming; W. A. McKeighan, Nebraska; C. W. Stone, Pennsylvania; W. N. Johnson, North Dakota; Nelson Dlngley, Jr., Maine; Willis Sweet, Idaho; A. Hager, Iowa; J. Frank Alarich, Illinois; J. L. Rawlins, Utah. Banking and Currency—W. M. Springer, Illinois; Louis Sperry, Connecticut; A N. Cox. Tennessee; S. W. Cobb. Missouri; i>. B. Culberson. Texas; W. T. Ellis. Kentucky; J. E. Cobb, Alabama; J. D. Warner, New York; T. L. Johnson. Ohio; J. A. C. Black, Georgia; U. T. Hall, Missouri; J. 11. Walker, Massachusetts; M. Broslus, Pennsylvania; T. J. Henderson. Illinois; C. A. llussell. Connecticut; N. P. Haugen, Wisconsin; H. N. Johnson, Indiana. Appropriations—J. D. Sayers, Texas; W. C. P. Breckinridge, Kentucky; A. M. Dookerv, Missouri; Barnes Compton, Maryland; J. H. O’Neill, Massachusetts; L. F. Livingston, Georgia; J. E. Washington, Tennessee; 8. M. Robertson. Louisiana: E. V. Brookshire, Indiana; J. R. Williams, Illinois; W. J. Coombs, New York; D. B. Henderson, Iowa; W. Cogswell, Massachusetts; 11. P. Bingham, Pennsylvania; Nelson Dlngley, Jr.,Maine; WAV. Groat, Vermont; J. G. Cannon, Illinois. Following are the chairmon of other committees: Elections—O’Ferrall, Virginia. Judiciary—Culberson, Texas. Foreign affairs—McCreary, Kentucky. Interstate and foreign commerce-Wise, Virginia. Rivers and harbors—Blanchard, Honlsiana. Merchant marine and fisheries—Flthian, Illinois. Agriculture—Hatch, Missouri. Military affairs—Outhwaite. Ohio. Naval affairs—Cummings, New York. Postofflces and post roads—Henderson, North Carolina. Public lands —Mcßae, Arkansas. Indian affairs—Holman, Indiana. Territories—Wheeler, Alabama. Railways and canals—Catchings, Mississippi. Private land claims—Pendleton, West Virginia. Manufactures—Page, Rhode Island. Mines and mining—Weadock, Michigan. Public buildings and grounds—Bankhead, Alabama. Pacific railroads—Reilly, Pennsylvania. Levees and improvements of the Mississippi River —Allen, Mississippi. Education—Enloe, Tennessee. Labor-McGann. Illinois. Militia —Forman, Illinois. Patents—Covert, New York. Invalid pensions—Martin, Indiana. Pensions—Moses, Georgia. Claims—Bunn. North Carolina. War claims—Bdtzhoover, Pennsylvania. District of Columbia—Heard. Missouri. Revision of the laws—Ellis, Kentucky. Expenditures In Btate department—Lester, Virginia. Expenditures in treasury department—Barwig, Wisconsin. Expenditures in war department—Montgomery, Kentucky. Expenditures in r.avy department—McMillan. Tennessee. Expenditures in postofflee department— Oates, Alabama. Expenditures in interior department— Turner, Georgia. Expenditures In department of justice— Dunphy, New York. Expenditures in department of agriculture— Edmunds, Virginia. Expenditures on public buildings Crain, Texas. Library—Fellows, New York, Printing—Richardson, Tennessee. Civil service—De Forest, Connecticut. E.ection of President and Vice PresidentFitch, New York. Ventilation and acoustics—Shell, South Carolina. Alcoholic liquor traffic—English, New Jersey. Irrigation of arrid lands —Cooper. Indiana. Immigration and naturalization—Gelssenhalner, New Jersey. Five persons were struck by lightning during an electric storm at Denison, Tex.

WILLIAM L WILSON.