The Saint Paul globe., 1899-12-04

Be Glad If He Is Allowed to Re-
main Where He Is-COODcr VIII
Head the Rivers and Harbors
Committee.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.-(Spec1af) THE
country located west Of the Mississippt
river will not receive due recognition at
the hands Of David Bremmer Hender-
son, the next speaker of the house of
representative When 1t was evident that
the Iowan was to be given this impor-
tant office 1t was generally supposed by
Western members of congress that he
would favor them in the matter of good
assignments on prominent committees
Being Western man himself it was
thought that he would be considerate in
dealing with the requests so frequently
MADE to him by members representing
states west Of the Mississippi At the
present time the prospects for the men,
oers from this west section do not ap-
pear to be particularly bright This is
| disappointing, Of course The members
who aspire to committee assignments
are yet on the anxious seat, and the speak
er of the F'ifty-siXth congress is still
attempting to gain favor from the men
he will turn down, with the idea in
view of keeping promises made to mem
bers from Eastern and Southern states
| in order to bring about his elevation to
the third office in the gift of the Ameri-
can people.
Gen. Henderson is considered a man
honest in all his political dealings, a
man well judged by those who know
i'm hos hut IN,
successful in the great race for gaveI
Wielder in the lower house during the
| Fffty-siXth congress he has been COM
PEELED to make concessions TO East
ern and Middle West men which will
| prevent him from keeping alleged prom
ises to Westerners.
MINNESOTA WILL SUFFER.
Minnesota is going to suffer because
the speaker has not enough good places
| to go around. There are seven Repub-
! l1can congressman from this state, and
| some of then; were earnest advocates Of
| Gen. Henderson for the speakership
when they discovered that Thomas
| Bracket Reed would resign his seat in
the house. At one time it appeared to
| be certain that Representative Tawney,
of the First Minnesota district, would
become CHAIRMAN or one Of the big COM
mittees in the house At this time Mr..
Tawney has no knowledge whatever re-
garding what Henderson proposes to do
in assigning him to various committees.
1t is understood that ne expects to re-
tain his old position on the ways and
means committee. position he is anx-
! ious to have again, but it is not known
! that he will be given a craftsmanship,
| something, it is generally believed, that
! he expected nave If Cen Henderson
| was successful.
BABCOCK BADLY TREATED.
! Representative BabcOck of Wisconsin.
| the father of the Henderson b1om. is not
! going to have the committee positions he
desired and as matter OF fact is much
disappointed, though he has not made any
| positive request Of Mr.. Henderson, for any
particular assignment, 50 far as commit
tees are concerned. He desired TO go on
the rules committee which would make
him one of the leaders on the floor Of
! the house and he also hoped TO get on
another important committee which
would be of benefit to his constituents
| He did not care to take his old place as
chairman of the committee on the Dis
| trict of Columbia, but this is the p 81 ion
| he will have If any chairmanship i given
him In view of the fact that he is aware
that Gen. Henderson will not do any bet
| ter by him, he will accept whatever ne can
| get from the new speaker
CHANCE FOR COOPER
1t has been believed that Representative
| Cooper, of Wisconsin. would be made
chairman of the committee on rivers and
| harbors The prospects at this writing
are that he may secure this place though
! it is known at the present time that no
! promises have been made him by Mr..
Henderson and COoper's future prospects
| therefore are high in fhe air
| Representative Morris, of Minnesota. is
anxious to secure his old position on the
! rivers and harbors committee. He also
! desires to so on the judiciary committee
and is anticipating that the next speaker
may give him the chairmanship of some
minor committee, but the hopes of the
| Sixth district member from the North
! Star state are likely to be dashed 10 the
earth when the announcement of Hen
dersOn's makeup of committees is made
! on Dec u. 1t is the understanding at
this writing that Gen. Henderson has
practically decided upon his assignments
of members and that he will be able to
make public on the date before mentioned
! the results of his long deliberations in
! this connection
FURTHER WEST.
Going farther west, Washington state Is
to suffer largely because all the members
are new, and Messrs. Cushman and
oneS will accept. what they can get and
| satisfied, for the reason that there is
no way in which they can bring about
any result which will better them IN their
work during their first term in congress.
The Pacific coast may get a member
on the rivers and harbOrs committee, and
the fight is now between Tongue Of Ore
gon, and Waters, of California. 1t is be-
ieved that one or the other of these
gentlemen will succeed. The chances at
this time favor Tongues appointment to
this important committee. Loud, of Call
ifornia. it is thought, will be placed in his
old position as chairman of the commit
tee on postoffices and post roads. Rep"
resentative Barham, of the same state,
has already been selected as chairman OF
the mileage committee. The other mem
bers from the Golden state are looking
for the best they can get from Gen. Hem
/ derson, but at this time they do not ap-
pear to be very enthusiastic regarding
their assignments.
JOHNSON HAS HOPES.
North Dakota will not be so conspiou-
Gus in reference to committee places as
was the case when Mr.. Reed ruled the
last session and former Representative