We have. wvith two exceptions. and if the gentleman will permit I will tell him where those two exceptions were made. In the last Congressand I think ill the two preceding Congressesthe minority had exclusive committees by resolution of its own committee on committees. but we made two exceptions to that. One of tlem was the gentleman from Illinois . whom we assigned to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Immigration. Tie other was the gentleman from New York . who served on Rules and Naval Affairs. Now. since those gentlemen have been on those committees. I think. something from four to six years. we thought it would be rather unjust to take them off. since it was our custom always to leave a man on a cormittee who had served on it. if lie desired to do so. but outside of those two we have adhered strictly to the rule laid down by tlie majority for the minority.
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