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Day
16
Month
March
Year
1893
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Public Domain
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Washington, March 14.- The senatorial steering committee has practically coinpleted its labors. The positionsdemocratic senators will occupy on the various committees during the democratie ascendency in the senate have been decided upon. Senator Voorhees (Ind.) will be chairman of the committee on finance. Senator Coekrell (Mo.) is made chairman of the committee on appropriations. Senator Gorman (Md. ) is chairman oí the committee on printing. Senator Hill (N. Y.) has been given the chairmanship of the committee on immigration. Senator Murphy (N. Y. ) has been inade chairman of the committee on elections. All the populist senators have been given chairmanships of lesser importance. The democratie senatorial steerinjj committee have not dis tur bed the republican assignments on committees. It is assumed that the republican senators will keep the places they now have on committees, and by the additlon of a demoerat or the removal of a republican place the democratie members of each committee in the majority. Senator rice (O.) has been added to the app 'opriations committee. A new committee has been formed out of the old committee on the president's message transmitting the report of the Pacific railway commission. This committee is now officially known as the committee on Pacific railways, and Senator Brice is named as its ehairman. Ths cliairmen of the other committees are given as follows: Agricultura and lorestry, Georfte: claims, Pasco; commerce, Ransom; education and labor, Kyle: civil service, Poffer; flsheric;, Coke; foreisin relntion-i, Morgan; improvement, oí the Mississippi, Bate; Indian affairs, Jones; interstate commerce, Butler; judiciary, Pugh; manufactures, Gibson; military affairs, Walthall; naval affairs, MePherson; pensions, Palmer; post offices and post roads, Colq.uitt; privileges and elections, Vanee; public buildings and grounds, Vest; public lands, I'.erry; raüroads, Camden; revisión of the l;vws of the United States, Daniel; rules, Blackburn; territories, Faulkner; transportation routes to the seaboard, Irby; forest reservations, Allen; civil service, Iieckwith; enrolled bilis, Caffrey; civil service appropriations, Cali; coast dofenses, Gordon; District of Columbla, Harris; University of the United Ktutes, Huuton; Indian depreda ttons, Lindsay ; geological survcy, Martin; library, Mills; nalional banks, Mitchell; relations with Canada, Murphy; investigation of trespasses on Indian reservations, Roach; expenditures in the departments, Smith: mines and mininf?, Stewart; census, Turpie: quadro-centennial, Vllas; irrigation. White (Cal.); contingent expensas of the sen ate, White (La.).

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