Evening Star Newspaper, July 26, 1897, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JULY 26, 1897-12 PAGES. yi 11 DISTRICT COMMITTEE past ten years has been a member of the republican state committee. George M. Curtis, Mr. George M. Curtis of the second Iowa district, a republican, goes back on the Representatives Selected for That | committee. He was appointed upon it Duty by Speaker Reed. LAWMAKERS FOR THE DISiRIU? Chairman Babcock Has Had Uon- siderable Experience. OF THE MEMBERS ees SKETCHE Erief sketches of the committee follow: General satisfaction will be felt through- cut the Distri bcoek ef Wis t at the selection of Mr. onsin as chairman of the trict committee for anether term. Mr. heock’s distinguished services as chair- an of the committee in the past are too well remembered by the readers of Tne Star to need detailed comment at this time, for it is well known that while Mr. Bab- cock presidea over the committee more District legislation was enacted than ever in the before There doubtful willing to resume evolve nitte history of the committee. was a time last year when it was whether Mr. Babcock would be he onerous duties that upon the chairman of this com- . but when this fact became known e was brought to Lear upon him side to induce him to continue gocd work, and it was to such an ex- that he could not ignore it. The good mse manifested by Mr. Babcock in his consideration of District measures, kis skillful management of bills upon the m every Representative Uabcock. floor of the House and the tact of judg- ment which he displayed to overcome fac- tious opposition, was recognized on every hand as one of the predoiminant reasons why the District commit was suc- cessful in tts work of the last Congress. Gen, A. C. Harmer. Harmer of Pennsylvania, who has long upon the appeinted. Mr. Harn House since the Fort and has been one can members of the Di @ great many Gen. serve ommittee, is re- has been in the second Congress, leading republi- trict committee for Mr. years. Harmer is a ses and engaged in land and mining ions. It is saf n more co! to say that no one t in attendance upon e committee than Gen. btful if he has missed # half a dozen meetings in the long stretch of years which has marked his service on the committee. A quorem has never been jacking on account of Gen. Harmer’s ab- sence. has be the meetings of Richard C. Shannon. Mr. Richard C. Shannon of the thirteenth New York district, a republican, was a her of the District committee in the ast Congress, and did efficient and notable work in connection with legal propositions Mr. Shannon is a ction in New York, and is He has had diplomatic before the committee. lawyer of disti a@ man of ? fair: service, having been secretary of the legation at Rio de Jareiro in 1871, und iminister to the Republics of Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Salvador under President Harrison. He is very much interested in District matters and gives closest atten- tion to all legislation before the committee. Benjamin B. Odell. Mr. Benjamin B. Odell of the seventeenth New York district, a republican, was on the committee in the last Congress. He 1s a business man ard has large interests in an electric Ughting plant in New York. Mr. Odell brought considerable practicable ex- perience to the aid of the committee in ving matters relating to all ‘pal works, and was counted one of the most efficient members of the committee. Mr. Odell has been actively engaged tn politics in his native state, and for the ae ae The House committee on the District of | delegates in 189%. Mr. Mudd is one of the Cclumbia for the Fifty-fifth Congress was appointed by Speaker Reed Saturday night. ; “ when he entered the Hovse in the Fifty- fourth Congress, and immediately mant- fested great interest in District legislation. He has held important places upon the sub- committees and has been connected with most of the conspicucus legislation put forward by the committee in the past Con- gress. He is a manufacturer and business man and of broad and progressive views. Sydney E. Mudd. Mr. Sydney E. Mudd of the fifth Mary- land district is a republican. He was a member of the House in the Fifty-first Congress, and served on the District com- mittee. Mr. Mudd received a portion of his education at the Georgetown College in this city, and commenced the practice of law in 1880. He has served in the state legislature and was speaker of the house of well-known politicians in his state, and has achieved some distinction as a man- ager in recent years. He has won in sev- eral closely contested factional fights in the republican party, and is now mentioned as candidate for the United States senator- ship. Geo, E. White. Mr. George E. White represents one of the Chicage districts as a republican. He is a business man and has had wide ex- perience in tae large affairs of his city. After serving through the war Mr. White went to Chicago in 1867 a poor young an, seeking employment, which he found in a lumber yard at $50 per month. He pur- sued his hcmble and laborious duties for a year, when he branched out into I lowed his efforts, and Mr. W is now the head of one of the largest hard wood lumber firms in Chicago. He is a director in state and national banks, has been an alderman in Chicayo, and served a term in the legislature as state senator. Mr. White Was a member of the Fifty-fourth Con- gress. John J. Jenkins. John J. Jenkins of the tenth Wis- Mr. consin district, republican, will bring to the Mr. Jen- an Englishman by birth, but settled and clinched his Amer- lean citizenship by serving during the war When committee eminent legal talent. cousin in 1 in the Gth Wisconsin Volunteers. peace was declared he returned to Wiscon- sin, and held a number of positions under the city of Chippewa Falls, subsequently going to the state legislature. He was af- terward county judge of Chippewa county, and in 1876 President Grant appointed him Unite of Wyoming. Fifty-fourth States attorney for He the territory ‘as a member of the Judge Jenkins will mittee on judiciary of the committee. Charles F. sprague. Mr. Charles F. Sprague, republican, of the eleventh Massachusetts dfstrict, is one of the best equipped men on the committee for the work before him. Mr. Sprague has had a great Jeai of experience in legislative matters relating to municipal improve- ments. When he graduated from Harvard University in 1 and was admitted to the Suffolk.bar he entered politics and became a member of the Boston common council. He immediately developed an interest in municipal improvements. For three years he was a member of the board of park commissioners of Boston and chairman of the board for the latter half of his term. In that way he was connected with many of the improvements of Boston's parking system. When he went to the state senate in 1895 he was chairman of the commit*tce on metropolitan affairs, having supervision of all matters connected with the growth and extension of greater Boston. © Mr. oe is a man of liberal views, a be- r in the development of streets, sewers, ter and lighting facilities, and. takes a =— deal of pride in the city of Washing- n. James D. Richardson. Mr. James D. Richardson goes back on the committee as the senior democratic member. He is the only one left of the old democrats who have served upon the committee in the past, as Mr. Meyer of Louisiana was only appointed toward the end cf the last session. Mr. Richardson has been In the House since thd Forty- ninth Congress, and during the greater part of that time has been connected with the District committee. As a leading mem- ber of the subcommittee on street railroads Mr. Richardson has been identified with the railroad improvement of Washington within the past six or eight years, brought about by legislation. Adolph Meyer. Mr. Adolph Meyer represents one of the New Orleans district as a democrat. He has been in the House since the Fifty-sec- ond Congress, and was appointed on the District committee near the close of the last session. He fs a cotton and sugar planter, and has been engaged in com- mercial and financial pursuits in the city of New Orleans. Mr. Meyer is progressive and is accustomed to dealing with large affairs of the government through his con- nection with the committee on naval af- fairs, of which he has been a member for several years. Asbury C, Latimer. Mr. Asbury C. Latimer of the third South Carolina distriet is a democrat, and al- though he is beginning his third term in Congress this will be his first service on the District committee. He is a native South Carolinian, was brought up on his father's farm, and spent much of his life in agricultural pursuits. He is a member of the Farmers’ Alliance and has taken great interest in that organization, having represented his county and state in the na- tional council. He was urged to make the race for heutenant governor of his state in 1800, but declined. He was elected to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses and re-elected to the present one. He 1s very popular in the House. Wm. H. King. Mr. William H. King of Utah is an ad- dition to the legal talent upon the com- mittee. He is a native of Utah, but gradu- ated from the Ann Arbor, Mich., Univer- sity. Mr. King held a number of positions under the city and county governmént in Salt Lake City, and was a member of the legislature when twenty-two years of age. In 1894 he was appointed associate justice of the supreme court of Utah, which office he held until Utah was admitted to its statehood. Upon retiring from the bench he resumed the practice of law, but also maintained his interest in politics, and was elected to the present Congress as a demo- erat. His services will be in demand, for many legal matters come before the com- mittee. Mason S. Peters, Mr. Mason 8. Peters, democrat, of the second Kansas district, is serving his first term in Congress. While he was born in Missouri he comes of distinguished Ken- tuck stock, his father, Ashby Peters, hav- ing been born on the tract of land which was granted by the crown to his great grand- father, Capt. John Ashby, for services as an officer under Washington in the French and Indian wer. Mr. Mason 8. Peters was educated at William Jewell College, Liber- ty, Mo. and was admitted to the bar in 1875. In_ 1886 he removed to Wyandotte county, Kan., where he now resices. He is engaged in the live stock commigsion busi- ness, and served four years as clérx of the court at Clinton county, Mo. Wm. 8. Cowherd. Mr. William S. Cowherd, democr¢t, of the Afth Missouri district, is well k:own in political and legal circles of Kan?'\s City. He graduated from the University of Mis- souri in 1881, and comimenced the practice of law in Kansas City, the. following year. He also took an interest in politics, and in 1885 was appointed assistant prosecuting attorney of Jackson g@unty, serving four years in that capacity. In 1890 he was ap- pointed first assistant city counsellor of Kansas City, and held: the place for two years. In_1892 he was, elected mayor of Kansas City, serving’two years, during which time he gained # Knowledge of mun- icipal affairs, that will stand him in good stead in his work on the District commit- tee. . Good Looking Men, Unfortunately photographs could not be obtained of Mr. Curtis of,Iowa and Mr. Peters of Kansas, and it will, therefore, be impossible to presept to the readers of The Star likenesses of these gentlemen. It can be said in passing, however, that they are good-looking men, and fully up to the standard shown by the faces herewith resented. ACTION ON NOMINATIONS A Large Number Confirmed by the Senate Saturday. Many Failed of Confirmation, Most Prominent Being T. V. Powderly, Immigration Commissioner. The following nominations were contirm- ed by the Senate before final adjournment Saturday: Percy C. Henninghausen of Maryland, to be commissioner of immigration at the port of Baltimore, in the state of Mary- land Engineer-in-Chief John Wilkie Collins of New York, to be captain of engineers. Rear Admiral John G. Walker, United States navy; Captain Oberlin Mathias Car- ter, corps of engineers, United States army, and Lewis M. Haupt of Pennsylvania (an engineer from civil life), to be members ot the Nicaragua canal commission provided for in the act of Congress approved June 4, 1897, entitled “An act making appro- priations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, and for other purposes,”” Captain Norman H. Farquhar, to be a commodore. Commander Charles O'Neil, to be a cap- tain. Lieutenant Commander Waltcn Goodwin, to be a commodore. Lieutenant Wainwright Kellogg, to be a lieutenant commander. George D. Green of Montana, to be a commissioner to examine and classify lands within the land grant and indemnity land grant limits of the Northern Pacific Rail- road Company in the Helena land district in Montana Miles Cavanaugh of Helena, Mont., te be a commissioner to examine’ and classify lands within the land grant and indemnity land grant limits of the Northern Pacitie Railroad Company if the Helena land dis- trict in Montana. William R. Manning of Newton, Iowa, to be a commissioner to examine and classify lands within the land grant and indemnity land grant limits of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company in the Helena land dis- trict in Montana. an L. B. Shepherd of ‘Alavka, to be com- missioner in and for tH¢ district of Alaska, to reside at St. Michaels. © Albert D. Elliot of Washington, D. C., to be clerk of the district court for the district of Alaska. William S. Clanton of North Carolina, to be assayer and melter of the United States assay office at Charlotte, N. C. Andrew L. Morrison of New Mexico, to be collector of internal revenue for the district of New Mexico. : John C. Lynch of Califernia, to be col- lector of internal revenue: for the district of California. ; Ealemen B. Hunt of Texas, to be col- lector of internal revenu ti district of Texas. ‘ sear spew our Henry A. Rucker of Georgia, to be col- lector of internal revenue! for ‘the district of Georgia. Tae John C. Entrekin of Qhio, to be collector of internal revenue for the eleventh dis- trict of Ohio, James D. Brady of ‘Virginia, to be col- lector of internal revenue for the second district of Virginia. pfteighton M. Foraker of be territory of New Mex! : Quinby Vance of Hermosa, N. M., to be surveyor general of New Mexico. Robert A. Cameron of Alva, Okl: register of the land office at Alva, Okla. Henry D. Bowman of Las Cruces, N. M., to be receiver of public moneys at Las Cruces, N. M s D, Wickersham of Alabama, to be of the United States for the south- ern district of Alabama. William D. Wright of ‘Tennessee, to be attorney cf the United States for the east- ern district of Tennessee. Abail Lathrop of South Carolina, to be attorney of the United States for the dis- trict of South Carolina. Postmasters—Abel Landry. ville, La.:; Harry H. Mitel Mo.; Frank Sigel Jones, at Peter C. Van Matre, at War Henry Mayer, at Vicksburg, Mi Wells, at Erie, Kan.; I. H. La Mar, at Petersburg, Ind.; Richard W. Box, at Pu- laski, N. Y.; Fielding Smith, at Laucaster, w Mexico, to ted States for the to be at Napoleon- 1, at Clinton, N. H.; James M. Wright, at Richmond, Mo.; Blanton W. Burford, at Lebanon, Tenn.; John J. Leedom, at Paris, Ohio; Dwight H. Bruce, at Syracuse, N. Y.: James M. Cox, at Adrian, Mo.; George N. Wimer, at Palmyra, N. J.; W. B. Morton, at Harrison, Ark.; Amelia Williams, at Glenwood Springs ‘ol.; Mary B. Griswold, at Guilford, Conn.; Hiram J. Dunlap, at Kankakee, Ill. tnest G. Howell, at Geneva, Hl. liam D. Page, at Fort Wayne, Ind.; Willard M. Dunn, at Water- ville, Me.; Oramel Murray, at Pittsfield, M C, H. Mead, at West Acton, Mass. Frank M. Filsom, at Cameron, Mo.; Jeffer. son Swanger, at Milan, Mo.; J. F. Naugle, at Meyersdale, Pa. Failed of Confirmation. The following nominations failed of con- firmation by the Senate: Terence V. Powderly of Pennsylvania, to be commissioner of immigration; Thomas Fitchie of New York, to be commissioner of immigration, port of New York; Alvah Eastman, to be receiver of public moneys at Saint Cloud, Minn.; Charles 8. Johnson of Alaska, to be United States district judge for the district of Alaska; Charles 8. McNichols of Momence, IIl., to be agent for the Indians of the Colorado river agency in Arizona; Edward W. Fox, to be register of the land office at Clayton, N. M-; Stephen J. Loughran of Iowa, to be receiver of public moneys at Des. Moines, iowa; Jay Lynch of Washington, to be agent for the Indians of the Yakima agency in Washington; L. B. Shepherd of Alaska, to be a commissioner in*and for the district of Alaska; Mack A. Méntgomery of Mis- sissippi, to be pioneers the United States northern district of Mississippi. Postmasters—Maryland; .C. W. Farrow, at Snow Hill; New Hampshire: William O. Sides, at Portsmouth; G@éorgia: Monroe B. Morton, at Athens; West’ Virginia: J. W. Holt, at Grafton: Missgurt?’B. M. Prentiss, at Bethany; G. W. Smith at Sweet Springs; North Carolina: I. D.,,Hargett, at y Mount; California: Ix ..McLaughlin, Sanger; Louisiai i’ Mason, at Lake rh vy hard, at San .’Beidler, at Ok- lahoma. Also Lieut. Gunior grade) H. Rodmen, to be a lieutenant in the navy. Army O#jless. Capt. Alfred C. Sharpe; 22d Infantry, has been detailed to attend’ the encampments of the Ohio National Guard until Septem- ber 15. “4 Lieut. John W. Joyes, ordnance depart- ment, has been ordered to duty at the Waterviiet arsenal, New. York. The following’ transfers have been made, to take effect at once: Second Lieut. Thos. M. Corcoran, from the 7th Cevalry to the 9th Cavalry, ; Second Lieut. Ed- L; ward L. King, from the 9th Cavalry to th 7th Cavalry, 2d . HOUSE COMMITTEES Announcement of Selections by the Speaker. eee LONG AWAITED LIST MADE KNOWN Who Will Shape Coming Legisla- tion. WHERE THE WORK IS DONE The committees of the House for the Fifty-fifth Congress were appointed by Speaker Reed Saturday night. George B. McClellan of New York was appointed upon ways and means, in addition to the members of that committee heretofore named. The committees are as follows: Elections No. 1. Robert W. Taylor, Ohio; Lemuel W. Royse. Indiana; Romulus Z. Linney, North Carolina; James R. Mann, Illinois; Edward L. Hamilton, Michigan; Samuel A. Deven- port, Pennsylvania; Charles L. Bartlett, Georgia; Andrew F. Fox, Mississippi, and Evan E. Settle, Kentucky. Elections No. 2. Henry U. Johnson, Indiana; Frank G. Clarke, New Hampshire; Walter L. Weav- er, Ohio; Marlin E. Olmstead, Pennsylva- nia; Geerge M. Davison, Kentucky; Joseph M. Belford, New York; James G. Maguire, California; James M.' Robinson, Indiana, and John Wesley Gaines, Tennessee. Elections No. 3. James A. Walker, Virginia; James H. Codding, Pennsylvania; William S. Mesick, Michigon; William S. Kirkpatrick, Penn- sylvania; E. D. Crumpacker, Indiana; Aaron V. S. Cochrane, New York; Robert W. Miers, Indiana; Robert E, Burke, Tex- as, and Stephen Brundidge, jr., Arkansas. Appropriations. Joseph G. Cannon, Tilinois; Henry H. Bingham, Pennsylvania; Wiliiam W. Grout, Vermont; Stephen A, Northway, Ohio; Wil- liam A. Stone, Pennsylvania; Mahlon Pit- ney, New Jersey; James A. Hemenway, In- diana; James J. Belden, New York; Samuel S. Barney, Wisconsin; William H. Moody, Massachusetts; Samuel J. Pugh, Kentucky; Joseph D. Sayer: Texas; Alexander M. Dockery, Missouri; Leonidas F. Livingston, Georgia; Thomas C. McRae, Arkansas; John M. Allen, Mississippi; John C. Bell, Colorado. * Judiciary. David B. Henderson, Iowa; George W. Ray, New York; Case Broderick, Kansas; Thomas Updegraff, Iowa; James A. Con- nolly, Iinois; Samuel W. McCall, Massa- chusetts; John J. Jenkins, Wisconsin; Rich- ard Wayne Parker, New Jersey; Jesse R. Overstreet, Indiana; Warren Miller, West Virginia; De Alva.S. Alexander, New York; William L. Terry, Arkansas; David A. De i; Samuel W. T. Lanham, South Carolina; vood, Alabama; David H. Texas; Wi Oscar W. U: Smith, Kentucky. Ranking and Currency. Joseph H. Waker, Massachusetts; Mar- riott Brosius, Pennsylvania; Henry U. Johnson, Indiana; Henry C. Van Voorhis, Ohio; James T. McCleary, Minnesota; Charles N. Fowler, New Jersey; George Spalding, Michigan; Ebenezer J. Hill, Con- necticut; George N. Southwick, New York; George W. Prince, Illinois; John M. Mitch- eH, New York; Adin B. Capron, Riode Island; Nicholas N. Cox, Tennessee; Fran- cis G. Newlands, Nevada; Jesse F. Siall- ings, Alabama; Daniel Ermentrout, Penn- sylvania, and John W. Maddox, Georgia. Coinage, Weights and Mensures. Charles W. Stone, Pennsylvania; James H. Southard, Ohio; Edward S. Minor, Wis-- consin; Ebenezer J. Hill, Connecticut. Thos. Updegraff, Iowa; Jacob Yost, Virginia; William C. Lovering, Massachusetts; Lu- clus N. Littauer, New York; Daniel W. Mills, Illinois; William W. McIntire, Mary- land; Richard P. Bland, Missouri; Sam Bronson Cooper, Texas; Charles S. Hart- man, Montana; Rice A. Pierce, Tennessee; Samuel Edwin R. Ridgley, Sharles F. Cochran, Mi: souri, and H. B. Ferguson, New Mexico. Commerce. William P. Hepburn, Iowa; Loren Fletch- er, Minnesota; James S. Sherman, New York; Irving P. Wanger, Pennsylvania; Charles F. Joy, Missouri; John B. Corliss, Michigan; Charles G. Bennett, New York; James F. Stewart, New Jersey; John Simp- kins, Massachusetts; John A. Barham, Cal- ifornia; R. B. Hawley, Texas; James R. Mann, Illinois; William McAleer, Pennsy vania; Robert C. Davey, Louisiana; W liam H. Hinrichsen, Illinois; William C. Adamson, Georgia; Robert W. Davis, Flor- ida. , Rivers and Harbors. Warren B. Hooker, New York; Henry A. Cocper, Wisconsi: Theodore E. Bur- ton, Ohio; William E. Barrett, Massachu- setts; Walter Reeves, Illinois; B. B. Dov- ener, West Virginia; Roswell P. Bishop, Michigan; Ernest F. Acheson, Pennsyl- vania; Page Morzis, Minnesota; Thomas C. Catchings, Missi: ; Rufus E. Les- ter, Georgia; J. H. Bankhead, Alabama; Philip D, McCulloch. Arkansas; Albert S. Berry, Kentucky; Stephen M. Sparkman, Florida; Thomas H. Ball, Texas. Merchant Marine. Sereno E. Payne, New York; George D. Perkins, Iowa; Albert J. Hopkins, Mlinois; John Simpkins, Massachusetts; Philip B. Lew, New York; James R. Young, Penn- sylvania; Archibald Lybrand, Onlo; Will- iam S. Booze, Maryland; John F. Fitz- gerald, Massachusetts; W. Jasper Talbert, South Carolina; Henry D. Clayton, Ala- bama; S. T. Baird, Louisiana; Levin Ir- ving Handy, Delaware. Agriculture. James W. Wadsworth, New York; Ves- pasian Warner, Illinois; E. Stevens Hen- ry, Connecticut; Edward Sauerhering, Wisconsin; William B. Baker, Maryland; David P. Wilber, New York; Horace G. Snover, Michigan; William Lorimer, Ili- nois; Thomas H. Tongue, Oregon; Will- fam’ Connell, Pennsylvania; George H. White, North Carolina; John §. Williams, Mississipp!; John D. ‘Clardy, Kentucky; Jerry Simpson, Kansas; Alonzo C. Shu- ford, North Carolina; J. William Stokes, South Carolina; John Larab, Virginia, and T. Y. Callahan, Oklahoma. Foreign Affairs. Robert R. Hitt, Illinois; Robert Adams, ir, Pennsylvania; Lemuel E. Quigg, New York; Robert G. Cousins, Iowa; William Alden Smith, Michigan; Joel P. Heatwole, Minnesota; Richmond Pearson, North Carolina; Frederick H. Gillett, Massachu- setts; Charles L. Henry, Indiana; Hugh Champ Clark, Missouri; John 8. Williams, Mississippi; Albert 8. Berry, Kentucky, and William M. Howard, Military Affairs. John A. T. Hull, Iowa; Benjamin F. Marsh, Mlinois; Michael Griffin, Wiscon- sin; John H. Ketcham, New York; Lucien J. Fenton, Ohio; Rowland B. Mahany, New York; Hugh R. Belknap, I¥inois; John McDonald, Maryland; Walter P. Brownlow, Tennessee;' William Sulzer, New York; Charles H. Martin, North na; Nicholas N. 5 * Naval Adairs. Pennsylvania; Amos J. Cummings, New York; Adolph Meyer, Louisiana; Farish Carter Tate, Georgia; T. S. Plowman, Alabama, Robert N. Bodine, souri. Post @ffices d Post Ronds. Eugene F. Loud, California; Jonn H. Ketcham, New York; George W. Smith, Illinois; John J. Gardner, New Jersey; N. D. Sperry, Connecticut; William Lori- mer, Illinois; Jacob H. Bromwell, Ohio; Wallace T. Foote, jr. New York; Henry H. Bingham, Pennsylvania; Samuel M. Clark, Iowa; Jesse B. Strode, Nebraska: Claude A. Swanson, Virginia; Henry W. Ogden, Louisiana; Daniel Ermentrout, Pennsylvania; John A. Moon, Tennesse>; William Love, Mississippi; James M. Griggs, Georgia, and H. B. Ferguson, New Mexico. Public Lands. John F. Lacey, Iowa; William R. Ellis, Oregon; Samuel S. Barney, Wisconsin; Monroe H. Kulp, Pennsylvania; Frederick C. Stevens, Minnesota; Carlos D. Shelden, Michigan; Dantel W. Mills, Illinois; Frank M. Eddy, Minnesota; John F. Shafroth, Colorado; Rudolph Kleberg, Texas; James Hamilton Lewis, Washington; James R. Campbell, Illinois; Marion De Vries, Cali- fornia; David. Meekison, Ohio, and Marcus A. Smith, Arizona. Indian Affairs. James S. Sherman, New York; Charles Curtis, Kansas; Israel F. Fischer, New York; Frank M. Eddy, Minnesota; Alex- ander Stewart, Minnesota; John F. Lacey, Iowa; Horace G. Snover, Michigan; Charles B. Landis, Indiana; Samuel J. Barrows, Massachusetts; Horace B. Packer, Penn- syivania; Charles E. Pearce, Missouri; John S. Little, Arkansas; William A. Jones, Vir- ginia; Elijah B. Lewis, Georgia; John H. Stephens, Texas; William T. Zenor, In- diana; M. E. Benton, Missour!, and Marcus A. Smith, Arizona. Territories. William S. Knox, Massachusetts; Philip B, Low, New York; Case Broderick, Kan- sas; Loren Fletcher, Minnesota; Michael Griffin, Wisconsin; Wallace T. Foote, jr., New York; J. A. Hemenway, Indiana; William S. Mesick, Michigan; William Mc- Aleer, Pennsylvania; Andrew J. Hunter, Illinois; John A. Moon, Tennessee; John W. Cranford, Texas; James M. Griggs,Georgia:; Marcus A. Smith, Arizona; H. B. Ferguson, New Mexico. Railways and Canals. Charles A. Chickering, New York; Hugh R. Belknap, Illinois; Sidney E. Mudd, Mary- land; James H. Davidson, Wisconsin; Mor- gan B. Williams, Pennsylvania; William B. Shattuc, Ohio; Joseph B. Showalter, Penn- sylvania; Seth W. Brown, Ohio; Peter J. Otey, Virginia; Thomas J. Strait, South Carolina; William D. Vincent, Kansas: George W. Taylor, Alabama, and R. C. De Graffenreld, Texas. Manufactures, George W. Faris, Indiana; Rosseau 0. Crump, Michigan; Alexander Stewart, Wis- consin;| Monroe H. Kulp, Pennsylvania; Clifton B. Beach, Ohio; Lucius N. Littaeur, New York; James R. Howe, New Yor! Willard D. Vandiver, Missouri; Andrew J. Hunter, Mlinois; William D. Vincent, Kan- gas, and George A. Marshall, Ohio. Mines and Mining. Charles H. Grosvenor, Ohio; Rosseau O. Crump, Michigan; Frank M. Eddy, Minne- sota; William L. Ward, New York; William Connell, Pennsylvania; Morgan B. Will- jams, Pennsylvania; Carlos D. Shelden, Michigan; Charles S. Hartman, Montana; Farish Carter Tate, Georgia; James Gunn, Idaho; Freeman Knowles, South Dakota: Albert M. Todd, Michigan, aud T. Y. lahan, Oklahoma. Public Buildings and Grounds. David H. Mercer, Nebraska; Josiah D. Hicks, Pennsylvania; Samuel G. Hilborn, California; Charles W. Gillet, New Yorl George E. White, Illinois; Richard Bar- tholdt, Missouri; Edwin C. Burleigh, Main George W. Weymouth, Massachusett: Benjamin F. Howell, New Jersey; Charles P. Dorr, West Virginia; John H. Bank- head, Alabama; Harry Skinner, North Carolina; John 8. Little, Arkansas; Robert Broussard, Louisiana, and Wililam G. Brantley, Georgia. Education. Galisha A. Grow, Pennsylvania; William &. Barrett, Massachusetts; Samuel M. Clark, Iowa; Charles L. Henry, Indiana; Alexander Stewart, Wisconsin; William S. Booze, Maryland; George N. Southwick, New York; John E. Fowler, North Caro- lina; David A. De Armond, Missouri; Henry W. Ogden, Louisiana; Alonzo ©. Shuford, North Carolina; Willard D. Vandiver, Mis- sourl, and John A. McDowell, Ohio. Militia. Benjamin F. Marsh, Ulinois; Case Brod- erick, Kansas; George Spalding, Michigai Lucien J. Fenton, Ohio; Warren Miller, West Virginia; Edwin C. Burleigh, Maine; Edward E. Robbins, Pennsylvania; Samuel J. Barrows, Massachusetts; Rudolph Kle- berg, Texas; John H. G. Vehslage, New York; John E. Fowler, North Carolin: William L. Stark, Nebraska, and Charles K. Wheeler, Kentucky. Patents. Josiah D. Hicks, Pennsylvania; Edward Sauerhering, Wisconsin; Winfield 8. Kerr, Ohio; John M. Mitchell, New York; Wal- ter Reeves, Illinois; William C. Lovering, Massackusetts; James H. Davidson, Wis- consin; William L. Ward, New York; Wil- liam Sulzer, New York; Champ Clark, Mis- souri; Thomas Y. Fitzpatrick, Kentucky; James R. Campbell, IHinois, and John H. Stephens, Texas. Invalid Pensions. George W. Ray, New York; Cyrus A. Sulloway, New Hampshire; Winfield 8. Kerr, Ohio; Vespasian Warner, Illinois; H. C. Brewster, New York; Henry R. Gib- son, Tennessee; John C. Sturtevant, Penn- sylvania; E. Stevens Henry, Connecticu Isaac A. Barber, Maryland; Smith, Michigan: George B. McCellan, Ne York;’ Robert W. Miers, Indian: miah D. Botkin, Kansas; James A. Ohio, and Curtis M. Castle, California. Pensions. Henry C. Loudenslager, New Jersey; David G. Colson, Kentucky; James R. Howe, New York; Jesse B. Strode, Nebras- ka; Jacob H. Bromwell, Ohio; George W-. Weymouth, Massachusetts; Charles D. Sheldon, Michigan; Frederick C. Stevens, Minnesota; Jesse F. Stallings, Alabama; Thetus W. Sims, Tennessee; R. C. De Graffenreid, Texas; Thomas Y. Fitzpatrick, Kentucky, and Freeman Knowles, South Dakota, Pacific Railroads, H. Henry Powers, Vermont; William P. Hepburn, Iowa; Ashley B. Wright, Massa- chusetts; William C. Arnold, Pennsylvania; George W. Faris, Indiana; William 8. Kirkpatrick, Pennsylvania; Denis M. Hur- ley, New York; Frank G. Clarke, New Hampshire; William B. Shattuc, Ohio; Jas. G. Maguire, California; E. W. Carmack, Tennessee: William H. Fleming, Georgi: James L. Slayden, Texas: Will V. Suiliva Mississippi, and James A. Cooney, Mis. scuri. Levees, Bte. Richard Bartholdt, Missouri; Henry A. Cooper, Wisconsin; George M. Curtis, Towa; Lemuel W. Royse, Indiana; Robert Adams, jr., Pennsylvania; Denis M. Hur- ley, New York; Theodore E. Burton, Ohio; Page Morris, Minnesota; John M. Allen, Mississippl; Willis Brewer, Alabama; Rob- ert Broussard, Louisiana; William M. How- ard, Georgia, and N. B. McCormick, Kan- ee Labor. John J. Gardner, New Jersey; Joseph H. Walker, Massachusetts; James T. Mc- Cleary, Minnesota; William Lorimer, }ill- nois; Joseph B. Showalter, Pennsylvania; Aaron V. 8. Cochrane, New York; Isaac A. Barber, : Charles E. Pearce, Missou- ri; Seth W. Brown, Ohio; John C. Sturte- vant, Pennsylvania; John E. Osborne, Wy- fi i oming: John D. Clardy, Kentucky; Edward A, Robb, Missour!; John F. Rixey. Virginia: Will V. Sullivan, Mississippi, and E. W. Carmack, Tennessee. War Claims, Thaddeus M. Mahon, Pennsylvania: Hen- ry R. Gibson, Tennessee; Theobold Otjen, Wisconsin; William 8. Mesick, Michigan: Jesse R. Overstreet, Indian: Wayne Parker, New Jerse: Weaver, Ohio; George M. Davison tucky: John FP. Fitzgerald, Massachu 3 Sam Bronson Cooper, Texas: Patrick Men- ry. Mississippi; Thomas J. Iradley, > York, and John L. Brenner, Ohio, Private Land George W. Smith, Mlinois; Richard Bar- tholdt, Missouri; Resweil P. Bishop, Micht- san; Alva L. Hager, Iowa; Charles W Stone, Pennsylvan Aaren V. 8. Coch- rane, New York; William W. Mcintire, Maryland; Robert "W. Taylor, Onto; W Nam A. Jones, Virginia; P. D. MeCulloc! Arkansas; R. D. Sutherland, Nebraska William W. Kitchin, North Carolina: John W. Cranford, Texas, and T. Y. Callahan, Oklahoma. Revi © Laws. Vespasian Warner, Ilinois; Henry KR. Gibson, Tennesse: ston G. Dayton, West Virginia; Ronulus Z. Linney, North Caro- lina; Thomas McEwan, jr., New Jerse) Theobold Otjen, Wisconsin; joseph M. Be ford, New York; Archibald Lybrand, Oni: John W. Maddox, Georgia; Sidney P. Epes Virginia; James T. Lioyd, Missouri; George J. Benner, Pennsylvania, and William C. Jones, Washington. A Reform ta the Civil Service. Marriott Brosius, Pennsylvania; James A. Tawney, Minnesota; Richmond Pearson; North Carclina; Mahlon Pitney, New Jer- sey; S. A. Northw Ohio; Charles Sprague, Massachus: De Alva 8, Alex- ander, New York; Charles B. Landis, In- diana; Alexander M. Dock Missourt; Samuel M. Robertson, Loutsiana; 5 Maxwell, Nebraska; C. A. Barlow, fornia, and Rice A. Pierce, Tenne Election of President. John B. Corliss, Michigan; William C. Arnold, Penrsyl a; Clifton B. Beach, Ohio; John M. Mitchell, New York; Adin B. Capron, Rhode Island; James H. Cod- ding, Pennsylvania; H. Henry Powers, Ver- mont; Samuel W. Smith, Michigan; Milford W. Howard, Alabama; Jehu Baker, Illinois; C. A. Barlow, California; J. Ben- ner, Pennsylvania, and Georg aylor, Alabama. Alcoholic Liquor Traffic. H. C. Brewster, New York; William R. Ellis, Oregon; Samuel J. Pugh, K Martin N. Johnson, North Dakot. J. Barrows, Massachusetts; H. C. Van Voorhis, Ohio; John E, Osborne, Wyoming; T. S. Piovman, Alabama; Jeremiah D. Botkin, Kansas; Albert M. Todd, Michigan, and William W. Kitchin, North Carolina. Irrigation of Arid Lands. William R. Ellis, Oregon; Benjamin F. Howell, New Jersey; Warren B. Hooker, New York; Thomas H. Tongue, Oregon; John A. Barham, John J. Jen- Wisconsin; Charle ndis, Indi- ; John F. Shafroth, Sutherland, Nebraska; John Wyoming, and John E, Kelley, S kota. Immigration, Etc. Lorenzo Dan ler, New Jer: York; Samuel W. McCail, Martin N. Johnson, ward E. Robbins, South eter J. Otey, Virginia; Sidney . Epes, Virginia, and William L. Greene, Nebraska. Ventilation and Acoustics. Joel P. Heatwole, Minnesota; George W. Prince, Ilinois; Richard C. Shannon, New York; Edward L. Hamilton, Michigan; Harry Skinner, North Carolina; Thomas J. Strait, South Carolina; David H. Smith, Kentucky. Eapenditares State Department. Lemuel E. Quigg, New York; Robert R. Hitt, Illinois; William Alden Smith, Mich igan; Horace B. Packer, Pennsylvanis Rufus E. Lester, Georgia; John E. Kellcy, South Dakota; William C. Jones, Virginia! Expenditures Treasury Department. Robert G. Cousins, Iowa; James W.Wads- worth, New York; William A. Stone, F sylvania: E. D. Crumpacker, Indiana; Will- iam L. Terry, Arkansas; John Lamb, Vir- ginia; James ‘L. len, Texas. Expenditures War Department. William W. Grout, mont; Charies A. Russell, Connecticut; Walter P. Brownlow, Tennessee; James R. Young, Pennsy! Joseph Wheeler, Alabama; Jchn 8. a, Kentucky, and William L. Stark, Nebraska. Expenditures Navy Depa James F. Stewart, New Jerse H. Gillett, Massachusetts; Jam) nolly, Llinois; Charles G. Bennett Yerk; Stanyarne Wilson, South Ca William M. Howard, Ge Brenner, Ohio. Expenditures Post Office Departme: Irving P. Wanger, Pennsylvania; Mic nn- lina; gia, and John L. hae Griffin, Wisconsi: Joseph V. Graff, lli- nois; N. D. Sperry, Connecticut; Milford W. Howard, Alabama; Levin I. Han: Dele aware, and N. B. McCormick, K 5 Expenditures Interior Departmen Charles Curtis, Kansas; Frank G. Clarke, New Hampshire; Isaac A. Berber, Mary- lend; Seth W. Brown, Ohio; Jehu Baker, INinois; H. D. Clayton, Alabama, and Pat~ rick Henry, Mississippl. Expenditures De Cyrus A. Sullow William H. Moody F. Fischer, New York; J ter, Pennsylvania; Thomas C. Catchings, Mississippi; Thomas J. Bradley, New York, and William A. Young, Virginia. Expenditures Agricultar: “ ment, Charles W. Gillet, New York: George Ra- mend Foss, Illinois; Loren Fletcher, Min- nesota; Walter Evans, Kentucky; William F. Strowd, Nerth Carolina; John H. G. Vehslage, New York, and Ferdinand Brucker, Michigan. Expenditures on David G. Colson, Kentucky; Thomas Up- Gegraff, Iowa; William S. Knox, Massachu- setts: John McDonald, Maryland; Richaré P. Bland, Missouri; W. per Talbert Scuth Carolina, and J. William Stokes, South Carolina. Depart- Accoun: Benjamin B Odell, jr., New York; Mel ville Bull, Rhode Island; Charles F. Joy Missouri; Eugene F. Loud, California; Mar- lin E. Olmstead, Pennsylvania; Charles F. Sprague, Massachusetts: Charles L. Bart- ley, Georgia; Hugh A. Dinsmore, Arkansas; Robert C. Davey, Louisiana. Joint Committees. Library—Alfred C. Harmer, Pennsylva- nia; Lemuel E. Quigg, New York; Amos J. Cummings, New York. Charles A. Chickering, D, Richardson, Tennessee. ————_ +e + _____ Reception to Consul Warner. The people of Kensington have watched with interest the Wellirgton-Warner af- fair, and one and all sympathize heartily with its fortunate conclusion for their fcl- low townsman, Mr. B. H. Warner, jr. In accordance with the wish of Kensington citizens to express congratulations to Mr. B. H. Warner, jr., consul to Leipsic, in a . Perkins, New York;