Show CONGRESS by dy W U telegraph I raph to tho HERALD HOUSE washington D C jan orth rose to a question of privilege paivi lege he ile said he lie intended oil only to introduce a bill for a change in the method of electing committees iio lie alluded to the vast interests involved and aphid tho the responsibility of tormina forming com committees was too areat reat for one ma man however e capable and li honest and as now exercised it was a dangerous one manpower man power and may sometime be used to the detriment of the best interests of tho the people he lie said to the speaker he lie had been kindly assigned to tho the second place on the committee of foreign almirs and the second on the rules and chairman on oil the civil service committee illis I his was his seventh term here ho ile was the oldest member except two he ile had served during that time on the corn com cittee on private land claims on oil the committee on ways and means and for ten years cars on the foreign A hairs affairs martof part of I tho lie timo time a as i chairman ho ilo was the only lily republican member who previous to this session had served as chairman of any committee of this house ho ile therefore submitted that the speakers recent action had done him injustice nj ustice and therefore necessarily to lis his constituents who feel a pride in the ho recognition of their representative especially when custom and precedent require such recognition there is however no remedy except this protest for himself and the constituents and for apparent reasons lio lie asked to bo be excused from service on t the e committee on rules springer said he lie would in future offer a suggestion as to the method of appointment tho the chair refused to vindicate hi himself but acquiesce in statements orth was excused from the committee on oil rules the call of the committees was dispensed with by hawks ills to reorganize the militia also to require a label on oleomargarine by ll hewitt ewitt thanking the khedive of egypt for Cleo patras needle as a gift from the oldest to tho the youngest nation dewitts He witta witts request to be excused from the committee on public buildings for the reason his business might make it improper for him to serve was granted adjourned till monday SENATE washington jan the chair submitted petitions from tho the bar of Rock rockford for ill for an organization of a court of appeals A bill was intro deuced by anthony to promote the efficiency fici ency odthe of alie navy by maxey increasing the efficiency of the signal service adjourned |