New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-12-01
LEADERS TN LVITTH CONGRESS.
VIRTUALLY THE SANE MEN WHO HA VE GUIDED THE NATIONS
POLICY IN LEGLsLA T7ON FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.


CuSlry ana energy snow no signs u aOdleiiIch'
Eugene Hale, of Maine, retains the chairman
ship of the Committee on Naval Affairs on
which he has long been the most potential force.
He continues his work, a,so. Mr.. Allison's
chief lieutenant on the Appropriations Commit
tee, ard will also be, as usual, a prominent
member of the Republican steering committee
Joseph f. Hawley. of Connecticut, will again
be chairman of the Committee on Military At
fairs with whose work he has been identified
for the last twenty years. His colleague Or
willie II. Patt. will retain the craftsmanship Of
the Committee Relations with Cuba. created
in the LVIth Congress. and will continue his
service on the Ways and Means Committee.
Mr. Platt has taken conspicuous part in the
legislation which fixed this country political
relations with Cuba and with the insular pos
sessions acquired under the Treaty Of Paris. and
he will have an equally important role in de-
termining the commercial relations which are to
exist between Cuba and the United States.
Henry Cabot Lodge will remain the chairman
of the Philippines Committee, and Joseph B.
Foraker the chairman of the Committee on the
Pacific Islands and Porto Rico. Both these
Younger members of the Senate have fully
demonstrated their right to share in the Re
publican leadership in the deliberatve branch
Of Congress. James Mcmillan, of Michigan. will
probably elect to retain the Craftsmanship of the
Committee on the District of Columbia. a post
of great responsibilities and usefulness which
he has filed for the last seven or eight years
Mr. McMans activity extends far beyond his
committee jurisdiction. however. and he is
ranked as one of the most influential Of the men
who shape the Senate's legislative policy. Other
Republican Senators whose force Is sure 20 De
ta,t in the legislation of the coming session are
Stephen e Elkins of West Virginia: John G
spooner. of Wisconsin, one of the Senate's few
affer William J. SeWell,
of New-Jersey; NJ. s. Quay. of Pennsylvania;
Norcus 4 Hanna of Ohio and Julius c. Bur
rows OF Michigan
On the Democratic side in the Senate there
has heen for the last four years neither party
leadership nor party discipline James N
Jones of Arkansas. is the titular spokesman Oh
the minority holding the craftsmanship OF the
Democratic caucus and steering colhr'httee
His authority has been seriously disputed al
tinoes however. by the younger and more raol-
cal Democratic element. and his leadership VIII
ha obouaneed once more by that element In the
now, Congress- Senator Cockrel, of MISSOURI Is
tho senior Democratic member or the Applo-
priations Committee, and his colleague 0eh''''
Vest heads the minority on the ooiiiiiii'.e %
Finance Other Democrats VINO VIII tame On
oc+iva share in directing the opposition arc
Senators A. O. Bacon. of Georgia; b. T. In
man Of South Carolina; John T. Morgan. OF
Alabama. John w -eiii4S-' -
Frederick T. Dubois of ldaho'
- ~ uorea Of Representatives the leader
h. -, both sides will be ntrusted TO prac-
,ica1,,, the same hands as it was lodseo III III
tho Ivth and LVIth Congresses DaVlu D.
Henderson of Iowa. will again be elevated u
the speakership by the unanimous N0'e oi ms
! parublican colleagues, and the committees nc
viii choose will show scarcely q preah III III.
o~,ont1ation through which the legislation OF
tho Sneaker on the all powerful Rules commit
- I'm ,a Representatives John Dalzell, OF
I,.a,,;a and Charles H. GrosVenor, OF
Ohio Serene E. Payne will again be chairman
Of the WAYS and Means Committee anu 'o'epN
- Go, of illinois will again head the Com
mittee on Appropriations f'ooei' - IT,
Illinois will retain Foreign Affairs; george r.
Foss of Illinois Naval Affairs; 'ohh "a. l. ii'
of Iowa Military Affairs; Henry W. cooper ol
Wisconsin Insular Affairs George w. nay Vi
New-York. Judiciary; Charles h. oIroSVenoi' vi
Ohio ,Iarcbont Marine and Fisheries; Wllllafn
p HeDburn of iowa. Interstate ana fore'sh
Commerce: Theodore e. Burton, OF Ohlo' i'iEeiS
and Harbors; David Ii. Mercer OF lasha'
Public Buildings and GROUNDS; Eu'ehe = I-ouu'
of California Postofces ana POST ROADS 1ahie9
w Wordsworth of New-York. Agriculture; John
F Lacey of Iowa. Public Lands; cyrus "A Sui
lowav of New Hampshire, Invalid Pensions:
lanes & sherman of NewYork. Indian At
fairs; Robert w Taylor, of Ohio Elections NO
/; John J. Gardner of New-Jersey, Labor; Albert
]. Hopkins of Illinois. Census, and James b.
Southland of Ohio Coinage. Weights and Meas
ures
Not single vacancy has been made on the
Republican side of the Ways ana means COMFY
mittee the ten much coveted majority places
being held by Serene E. Payne, Of New-York;
John Dalzell. of Pennsylvania; Albert j. Hop
kins of Illinois; Charles II. Grosvenor. of Ohio;
Charles A Russell. of Connecticut: George w.
Steele of Indiana; James Aft Tawney, of Mime
sofa; Samuel W. Mccall, of Massachusetts,;
Chester l. Long of Kansas. and Joseph w.