The Atlanta constitution., 1901-12-16
SPEAKER HENDERSON
ANNOUNCES COM
M|TTEEMEN.
List of Assignments to the Principal
Committees Bartlett Volun-
tarily Leaves the Commit
tee on Elections
No. I.

| which were announced by speaker Hen
| derson today the Georgia members fare
especially well. There is in fact no state
| in the union in which democratic MEM
| beN get such uniformly excellent COM
mittee places. AS heretofore announced,
| Colonel Livingston retains his place at
| the head of the minority representation
on appropriations. The other assign
ments to principal committees are as fol-
lows:
Howard, foreign affairs. Improvement
of the Mississippl; Maddox. insular at
| fairs, which has control of legislation
bearing upon the island possessions
| Griggs, coinage, weights and measures.
postohices and postroads; Brantley, pub
| lie buildings and grounds; Tate. naVai
affairs, mines and mining printing, on
| the latter important committee he being
the one democrat of the three men COM
prising the committee; Adamson, inter-
| state and foreign commerce, which mas
also the Nicaragua canal legislation;
Bartlett, the standing committee OF IN
dustrial arts and expositionS. the COM
mittec on accounts; Lewis. banking ana
currency; Fleming. judiciary; Lester,
rivers and harbors, expenditures OF state
department..
Bartlett Leaves Election Committee.
Judge Bartlett does not so back upon
the election committee, No. 1.with which ne
has so long been Identified. because ne
felt that his health would not permit MS
paying the close attention to the contest
cases which he has always paid in the
past. This duty required long and ardu-
Gus work, for he was practically attorney
for the democrats whose seats were con-
tested, While he has given that laDor
ungrudgngly in the past, he felt that ne
had served his term at 1t.
The Alabama members are placed as
follows:
Underwood. on rules; Clayton, judici-
ary; Taylor, appropriations. Bankheau;
rivers and harbors, public buildings ana
grounds; Richardson, Interstate ana lot
eign commerce, pensions; Burnett. puDlic
lands railways and canals; Bowie, prlVl-
leges and elections; Wiley, militia pen
sions; Thompson. war claims, expehui-
lures of the navy department g.,
South Carolina members get the foi-
lowing committees: ,,.
banking and currency, labor; Latlmer.
District of Columbia, invalid PENSIONS
Finley, territories, Pacific roads; Lever:
railways and canals, private Elhd claiIls'
Scarborough. census; Johnson, electlohs'
expenditures of navy department
Usually the committee are not
appointed until after in holiday re-
cess, but Speaker Henderson had the Sit
uation well in hand when congress met
and having completed the lists he an
nCunced them. The early appointment OF
the con nmittecs should facilitate leGlsla-
ticn considerably, as the committees can
now crga nize and get their work under
way before the holiday adjournment.
A resolution for the distribution of the
| presidents message was made the occa-
sicn of a general speech on the Phihp-
pires by the venerable ex-SpeaEer tia
lush y. GroH. OF Pennsylvania. MI
Burke of South Dakota, formally an
/ rounccd the death OF Senator kEle. and
as a mark of respect the house imniedl-
/ atcIy adjourned. The adjournment was
ntl Friday The recess fer the holidays
will be from December 10 TO January D.
Personnel of Committee.
The makeup of the NEST Important
committees, in addition 10 ways ana
means and appropriations, heretofore
given, is as follows:
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Hepburn Of Iowa. Fletcher Of Minnest-
Ia, sherman If New York, anger OF
PennsylNG MIA, JOY o. Missouri, Ctfllss ol
MichIgan, Stewart OF New JerS y, MANN
OF llnnllS, Lowering OF MASSACHUSETTS,,
Ccomhs cl California, Tompkins Ct Ono,
Dayey OF Louisiana, AdaIlson, ot CItor-
asia Davis IF Florida, SEackletcrd OF
Missouri, Ryan of New ork, and Rich
ardSon Of Alabama.
Ins,iiar Affairs-Ccopcr of Wisconsin.
Cannon of Illinois, Hut of Illinois. Payne
of New 1 Tork, Hepburn of Iowa, LOUD Oh
California. Iawncy OF Minnesota, Moody
of Massachusetts,, {. umpacker oI Indiana
Hamilton of Michigan, Sinley OF PennSNl-
vania, Dncs OF Virginia. Maddox OF Geor-
gia williams If Illinois, Henry OF IeN's,
Williams OF Mississippi, ana Patterson q
I1diciarv-Ray of New York, Jenkins Of
Wisconsin. Parker oi New jersey, Over
street of Indiana, Alexander of New
Yo~k, Warner of Illinois. l4ttletield Of
Maine Kahn Of California. Thomas of
IDwa, Powers OF Massachusetts. Nevin OF
Ohio Dckrr,ohd of Missouri, Idnhilin ot
Texas. Elliott Of South Carolina smith
Of Kentucky. Fleming of Georgia ana
Clayton of Alabama.
Lewis on Banking Committee.
Banking and Currency--Fowler of New
Jersey, Hill of Connecticut. Prince OF
illinois. Capron of Rhode Island. Calder
head q, Kansas. Overstreet OF Indiana:
Lowering of Massachusetts, smith OF
Iowa Gill of Ohio. Douglass OF New
York Foerderer OF Pennsylvania. TAI
bert of South Carolina Rhea OF Ken
tuciy Thayer Of Massachusetts. Lewis
of Georgia Pugsley of New York. and
Padgett OF Tennessee.
Merchant Marine and FIsheries-Gros-
venor OF Ohio Hopkins OF Illinois. Young
of Pennsylvania, Greene of Massachu-
setts. Minor of Wisconsin. Stevens OF
Minnesota, Jones Of washington, Ford
Vrccland of New York. Littlefeld OF
Maine, Spight of Mississippi, Small of
North Carolina. D;tVlS OF fIorluit. NC
Dermott of New Jersey, Belmont of New
York. and Shook. of Ohio.
Rivers and IIarbors-Burton of Ohio.
Reeves of Illinois, DoV1ner of West Nir-
ginia, Bishop of Michigan. AchesOn of
Pennsylvania. Morris of Minnesota, AL
cXander of New York. Tongue of Oregon.
Lawrence of Massachusetts Davidson of
Wisconsin. Ci.achlan of California
Lester of Georgia. Bankheac of Ala
bama, McCuloch of Arkansas. Spark
man of Florida. BAH of Texas. and Rams
doll of Louisiana.
Military Anairs-Hull of Iowa. tSetch-
am of New York. Parker of New Jersey
Capron of Rhode Island. Stevens of
Minnesota. Dick of Ohio. Mondell of
Wyoming E,sch of Wisconsin. Brick of
Of PENNSYLVANIA. Sulzer of New York
Hay of Virginia. Jett of Illinois, Slayden
of Texas Broussard of Louisiana. Snod-
grass of Tennessee. and Rodey of New
Mexico.
Tate On Naval Affairs.
Naval Affairs-Foss of Illinois. Dayton
of West Virginia. Loudenslager of New
Jersey. Butler of pennsylvania. Bul! of
Rhode Island, Mudd of Maryland. Wat
son of Indiana. Cousins of Iowa. Tayler
of Ohio Roberts of Massachusetts. Cum
mings Of New York. Meyer of Louisiana.
Tate of Georgia, Rixey of Virginia.
J<itchin of North Carolina, Vandiver of
Foreign Affairs-Hitt of Illinois. Robert
Adams Jr., of Pennsylvania, Cousins of
Iowa w A. Smith of Michigan. Heat
wole of Minnesota. Gillett of MasSachu-
New York. Beidler of Ohio. Foster OF
Vermont often of Wisconsin, Dinsmore
of Arkansas Clark of Missouri Howard
of Georgia, Bureson of Texas, Hooker
OF Mississippi. and Naphen of Massachu-
p,,blic Ruildinrs and Crouuds-Mercer