Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-11-13
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IN his second term, set Springer aside "a
chairman of ways and means and am
/ pointed the late William l., Wilson to IT'D
pace, ana ne also, at tho sametlme set
the late William L. Holman aside a.,
chairman of appropriations in favor Of
Sayr'5 OF Texas, now governor of that
/ commonwealth. True, in his first term AS,
speaker, Crisp did not make his chief COM
p"ulor' NILS of Texas, chairman of wayt
ana means according to CUSTOM but that
was because he had to give the place To-
| Springer in order to beat Mills.
! The COMMITTEES Of high Importance who's,
chdrmen Will not he in the next House,
| are Education. Grow Of Pennsylvania.
/ CHAIRMAN, elections, No. /, Taylor of Ohio.
chairman, elections, No. 2 Weeks Of Mich.
lSan, chairman; immigration and natlr4.li-
Hdtlph' Shdttuc Of ohio, chairman; judi
cary, Ray of New York. chairman; manu-
/ facturcs, Steele of Indiana. chairman:
| mines and mining, Eddy of Minnesota
chairman; patents, Reeves of Illinois.
chairman; printing. Heatwhole of Minne-
sofa chairman; and territories, Knox Of.
/ Massachusetts, chairman. None of these,
xeSe candidates for reelection, either do
SseESS g run again or p-iug defeated for.
! ssz-zs4AsHfHcal, syxeDt E.S, who was an.
s'sAts>s "a IRIS Assefsl 9Th
CATrTHAfEs S1cR NAsogIrY LEAD
DE.
The democratic ~ che next House Will,
| have hard time wfore them to select a,
minority leader The democratic leader oe5
/ the present House is James p. Richardson
/ of Tennessee, who. by virtue Of that hon
orary nomination became. in accordanc,
with present day party usage the Leaders
| OF his party on the floor Of the House He
/ held the same position Of minority leader
III the Fifty sixth Congress. He is an adj
nlirable presiding officer being "A thorough
/ Vol in mi 9 la
cess in winning the floor leaders hin Of hi.
party twice. there is an undercurrent Of
distrust toward him among his party as
sociates. His principal opponent is David
A. De Almond Of Missouri a strong man
in debate aud quite capable
Champ Clark of the same state. an ora
tor and humorist is a receptive candidate.
for the democratic leadership of the Fiftv-
/ eighth Congress. MIR. Underwood of A a.
bama a young man. the democratic vyhin.
may be placed in the same category
! The democrat who has come to the 'front.'
the most rapidly in recent years is John
Sharp Williams of Mississippi He is now
/ IS years Old having been born in lS54 lie
is one of the most highly educated mon in
public life receiving his scholastic training.
IN this country and at the University II
/ Heidelberg in Germany. He is aow serv-
! ing his fifth term in the House. having
begun his service in the Fifty-third Com
/ cress at the same time that Mr.. Cleveland
} PECAN ms second term as President He
| has come to be regarded as one of the
ablest men on the democratic side of tha
House. q strong. skillful and ready d..
batter. well versed in the intricate rules
| that govern that body and thoroughlv
familiar with parliamentary practice. He
is looked upon, at least by Observers out
side the House. as one of the coming mon
of his party. There is no democrat from
any Northern, Eastern or Western state
whose service and ability better eutitla,
him to be counted as in the race for min
GRITTY leadership That officer at this TINA
must necessarily come from the South.
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/ mr. CONIf AE-\AO-N Of Atlh oL-NA l..
When the present Congress assembled
last year there were members OF the
senate and two vacancies from Delaware.
The classification OF the senators at thar
sas. popuiiSt: Teller OF Colorado silver re-
publican and Turner of WASHINGTON fls-
ioust. All three later ranged themselves