Arizona republican., 1899-06-13
Will Be Made by the Next
 Speaker Henderson,
IN COMMITTEES PERSONNEL
Congressman Babcock in Favor of an Extra Session tn October fo Get inc Currency Bill Out of fhe Way and Shorten inc Work of inc Next Regular Session Of inc House.

Washington, June 12.-Repre- fsentative Babcock of Wiscon-
 sin, chairman of the republican con- l gressional committee, is in Washing | ton today on a brief business trip to
 the capital. Since the adjournment of
 the meeting of the house caucus com
 mittee on the currency at Atlantic i City MT. Babcock has been busily en-
 gagged in the west promoting tha
 speakership boom of MT. Henderson.
 MT. Babcock was one of MT Tender son's earliest and staunchest support
 CTS, and is naturally very much
 pleased at the turn of affairs, which seem to indicate MT. Henderson's cer- tain election.
 There is latent suspicion that Mir.
 Babcock had hand in the unwelcome
 surprise which was given MT. Hopkins
 at the meeting of the Wisconsin con-
 gressfonal delegation. It was said
 that MT. Hopkins encouraged that
 meeting, believing that the delegation
 would declare for him, and that he
 would start his boom in the north
 western states with Wisconsin. As is
 we'll known, the Wisconsin men, in-
 stead of favoring MT. Hopkins, de-
 clared for MT. Henderson, and other
 states quickly fell into line.
 Today MT. Babcock. expressed the opinion that MT. Henderson, when elected speaker, would not make radi- cal changes in the committee assign ments and chairmanships
 From what I have heard Mr. Henderson say" he remarked, 'I do not believe he would junp over man like Payne and appoint someone else chairman of the ways and means com mittee. I have heard it suggested within a day or two that MT. Gros- venor might be given that place, but do not believe MT. Grosvenor would take it, at MT. Payne's discomfiture. even if it should be offered.
 "1 think the same policy will be fol- lowed pretty generally down the line. MT. Henderson would not. pursue a course which would tend to disor- ganize the house While he will come into the speakershfp free and un- trammeled, and will be just as in- dependent as was MT. Reed I think he will show more consideration to his friends than did MT. Reed. He will make popular presiding officer, but at the same time will fill the office with ability and distinction. The house will never regret the election or Dave Henderson
 Mir Babcock, who was a member Of the house caucus committee on cur rency assisted in framing the bill which will be presented to the senate finance committee this week, thinks that the bih will be agreed to by the senators. He believes the senators will accept the measure with imma- terial modification, if any at all, and that the bill will be enacted into law early in the beginning of the next session.
 'For myself" said MT Babcock, 'T would like to see congress called to- sether early in October. I think 1t would be wise course to do this. We could then pass a currency bill and nave it in good working order long before the elections. An early meet ng would enable us to get away before he hot weather sets in next summer
 "I do not think there will be much general legislation of unusual impor- ance beyond the currency bill, uD- cts events in the Philippines or in Cuba should require There will be no hanges in the revenue laws, for the ariff bill is working smoothly and the internal revenue provisions enacted In he last congress will have to stand or a while.
 ''I think that some kind of sub idly shipping bill will be passed, al hough it is probable the bill intro uced by MT. Payne of New York ill have to be modified. It is regard d by some as too sweeping in char cter and involving too heavy an ex- endture of public money. It will be asy enough, however, to qualify the rovisions to meet the criticism raised gainst the Payne bill'