Arizona republican., 1899-06-28
NEW ORGANIZATION
Interest in inc Next House
 Committee on Rules.
Moderation of inc Opinion Thai inc Personnel of inc Committees of the Next House Of Representa-. lives Will Not Be Changed.

tells his friends in Washington that he
 does not believe the personnel
 of the house committees will
 be materially changed in the
 -'ifty-sixth congress This is in
 line with the impression Already pre-
 cailing here about Col. Henderson's
 intentions. The success Of Henderson
 is triumph of the older men in the
 house. those gxho were looking for i continuance of conditions which held
 under Speaker Reed so far as that 1 might be. So it may be expected that familiar names will appear at the l heads of important committees ana that those who were most conspicuous l i'll the last congress will retain their prominence in the next
 1 It is practically settled for inSsanct. that Payne of New York will continue at the head of the ways and means i committee; Cannon will retain his prominent place as chairman of appro- | priations; Hitt will be chairman of fo,. eign affairs; BOutelle Of naval affairs. Hepburn of interstate; Hull of milf tary affairs; Ray of invalid pensions: Mercer of public buildings and grounds; Burton of rivers and harbors. and so on. Henderson was so fortu nate in the mlnrer of iliS canvass and in the circumstances of his success. that he did not make any promises In order to secure his EOmination. and he will consequently nave all the less I'm hi ft@ difficult task at best
 Really. about .ha only important chafrnlansnips ne will have to fill with new men are those of the judiciary committee and banking and currency. Walker of Massachusetts was defeat ed for reelection and so Henderson is obliged to find successor. The bick- erings in the committee have been mo- torious during the last two congresses It would not be strange if the new speaker went outside the committee altogether for the chairman. He may have to do this in order to get man who Is not tied up to some pet cur rency scheme Of 1ds own. Henderson, was chairman of the caucus committee at Atlantic City, and so he is in Il bet ter position than some others might he 10 decide this rather emfarrassiny question. He will, of course. retire from the chairmanship of the judi ciary committee. The ranking mem Der of that committee is Mccall of Massachusetts, owing to the retire ment from congress of three repubIl- cans who were his seniors. and to the fact that Ray of New York. who is also his senior, is chairman of the committee on invalid pensions. Mir. | Mccall was an applicant for appoint i ment on the ways and means con- | mittee to succeed Representative Ding | ley in the last congress- and his dele l gaton unanimously requested Speaker | Reed to make the appointment. The | request was not compiled with as ad. l Journment was so near at hand. NIr | Mccall will probably have whichever | of the places he asks for He came out | unreSeryedly in favor of Henderson's | nomination while iU was anytbody's | fight. The chances are that he will | prefer the judiciary chairmanship. i
 
 one of the prizes of the house. Reed held the position for years and made his first great reputation on the com mittee. Henderson has stepped di. rectly from this chairmanship into the speakerShip.
 The most interesting question io come before the house at the time of It's organization will be about the composition of the committee on rules. Hepburn of Iowa declares that he Is going to force the fighting on his proposition to make this committee the creature of the republican majority rather than the speaker of the house. IL is through the com mitIea on rules. of which. the speaker has been chair man for many congresses, that the speaker maintained almost autocratic mastery of legislation. Coupled with the right of recognition, his control over the cOmmi;tee on rules has placed him ill q position where it would be practically impossible to enact legislS> ton of which he did not approve, un- less the sentiment of the house hap pened 10 be overwhelming and irresist- ible. The committee in previous con- gresses has consisted of five members who were supposed to be the leading representative of each side The speaker has been chairman. the two majority members have been mem- berS of two leading committees se- Iected by him: the minority members have been the minority leader and one other of prominence. Under such an arrangement, of course, the speaker has practically been the committee, as the two majority members are his creatures and owe their position i'll