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Some OF the Things with Which
the New Speaker Must Contend
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS.
Member. bringing influence to near
for Important Assignments -- some
Predictions Us TO Chairman.hips'


Der of the Fifty-siXth Congress u
bringing 10 bear all the influence ne
possesses to secure assignment TO
leading committee. change IN tne
spcnkershlp generally makes changes
In nearly an the committees, but 1t Is
hardly probable under the conditions
that many Of the present chulrmen VIII
be sidetrnckod. OF the nfty-seven COM
mitteca OF the House the chuirmen OK
forty-ono are returned and Of the six
teen who failed Of recollection but -FOUR
preside over important committees
namely. Banking and currency JUL
clary, coinage. weights and measures
and Immigration. General Henderson
was himself chairman Of the JUDICIARY
committee and II Is generally believed
here that his successor viii 10 Roprc-
tentative Mccall OF Massachusetts
Mccall was one OF the original licnder-
son mon and ala a great deal towards
,lovatlng him 20 the chair. Repre-
tentative Ray IS the ranking member
but he IL az the head OF the pensions
committee and will probably stay there
The committee on banking and cur
rcncy is considered one OF the leading
committees OF the House and viii have
charge " all measures looking 10 imam
clal legislation during the next Con-
grcss. Representative Joe walker who
was defeated last year. viii probably
be succeeded BY McClcnry Of Mime
sofa. who during the Fifty-fourth Con-
grcss endeavored 10 answer charles A.
TOWne'H great speech.
Charles W. stone, chairman OF inc
coinage, weights ana measures CONF
mittcc, who was beaten last year by
joe siblUy VIII probably by succeeded
by Representative Southland OF ohio.
The death Of Congressman Dantord
leaves the committee ON immigration
without "a chairman ana special Efforts
are being made by the friends Of Com
gresham l3arthOld Of Missouri TO place
him ut the head " that committee, but
" Is generally conceded that the plum
VIII 10 TO Representative Fowler OF
New Jersey.
one VI the most important commit
tees IN the next Congress VIII be mpr-
chant. marine and nshcrics, which VIII
have charge of the ship subsidy bill,
Representative Paine OF New York,
who Is at the head of the ways and
means committee presided over this
committee during the last Congress and
Il " generally believed that he Will De
succeeded By Representative Hopkins
There IL no doubt but that Mr.. Payne
will again be at the head Of the ways
and means committee aH viii MIR. bur
ton be made chairman OF rivers aud
harborH. An nttache Of that committee
told your correspondent that Repre-
sentative Cooper of Wisconsin cmphat-
ically denied In u telegram that the In
duraemcnt by the Wisconsin delegation
OF General Hondcrson's candidacy was
In the interest OF having him Buporscde
Mr.. burton.
The only other committee whore a va
Caucy exists which viii cause much Of
row Is rules. and Il IL believed here
that Chairman BabcOck OF the Nepub-
lican congressional committee Is the
man upon whom this honor viii be be-
utuwcd
N All the rumors as TO Tom Reeds
future are even the shadows of facts,
says writer In tho New York Press
he is to be well taken care o. Tom has
'cm all guessing. | met "a man In u
downtown cafe "A few days ngo who w.
the dead spit OF the speaker, AS the
cherry Hill folks say lie rs exactly
and carries Toms shape with dignity.
lie has Toms baby face, lta little
turned up nogc-defyng all the laws of
phyHiugnumy when applied TO great
ness. I greeted him, rcmarking that he
and the speaker were growing more
alike daly. He grunted IN "a significant
way that ] do not like. He seemed for
the first time 10 regret that he looked
like Tom.
TOMS days are numbered" h. said
uententiouHly. I'VE were born In Port-
land In the same year, 1888, Tom In Oc-
tobcr and me Ia June. our parents
were friends. Tom and | grew up to-
gethor. Now I amt going TO say one
word against Tom, but | do think hos
gone Il leetle bit too far. He's beln
a L.. a. a
lot. Amt n day passes ceptln' l hear
things about Tom ! hate like -. 1
don't like Toms connection with these
Insurance companies and | hope ana
pray he'll resign his seat In Congress
and the spcakership or else call In his
Influence. l believe Tom'll stand bet
Ter chance for the presidential nom.
inntlon out o. Congress than he Will
In IL. But Lord Toms chance Is gone.
lie knows II. ! know II. You know H.
But he is the best old chnp In the world
for all that"
II said 10 have introduced the laugh
into the United States Senate. In the
old dnvs a senator did not laugh un-
dor any provocatlon. There was
superstition that the ceiling would fnll
" n senator laughed during session,
Mr.. Frye was debating shipping hlll
one day IN his usual earnest fashion,
hnmmcring home his arguments with
his powerful voice and impatient OF
any sign OF opposition TO his opinion,
George n. Edmunds. then president
nro ten. OF the Senate, was In the
presiding officers chair. Mr. Frye
made statement which Edmunda
thought was wrong and promptly corr
rected. Mr.. Frye thought he was
right and said so, and FOR few min.
utcs there was a sharp but dignlhed
controversy.
Finally the Maine senator was con-
WINGED that he was In error, and IN his
own manly way started IN TO set him
pelf right
"Thc President" he said, turning 10
Mr.. Edmunds. "ls right and ! am
wrong" and then, after a seconds
pause, he slowly added, "as the prcsi-
dent usually u.s."
There was O moment Of silence as the
senators caught on" 20 the full sig
nincance Of Mr. Frye's handsome np-
oloFy and then the traditions of the
place We're scattered 10 the four quar-
tiers Of the earth and a genuine guffnw
rang throughout the chamber, while
the president pro TEN, pounded the
desk with his gavol ana relieved his
feelings by threatening 10 have the gall
lcries cleared of visitors II the dis
order continued but from that day
To this no man has dared 10 laugh In
the chamber OF the United States Sem
ate ana the dignity OF that august body
has suffered accordingly.