Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-10-27
COMMITTEE VACANCIES
FIRST WORK OF CONGRESS WILL
BETO FILL GAPS LEFT BY
RETIREMENT.
Chance For Fifty-Three Democrats to
Land In Good Places In the
New Makeup.

Washington, Oct. 27.-While the
United States senate is continuing
body and is never without all the ma
chinery for doing business, yet upon
the assembling Of every congress there
are many vacancies to be filltd as a
result Of the election Of one-third of
the membership of that body.
There was no need for general com
mittee work in the special session OF
the senate which met Immediately
after March last to ratify the canal
and the Cuban treaties, so that it was
decided to allow the vacancies on all
except the few necessary committees
to remain until the meeting of the reg
ular session in December.
Until then general legislation will
not be taken up, SO there will be small
tees in the extra session. But there
will doubtless be a movement toward
the making of assignments of newly
elected senators in November. Those
assignments will be considered by the
special committee on committees. The
vacancies on the committee on rela-
tions with Cuba caused by the death
Of Senator Mcmillan and the retire
ment Of Senator Deboe, will be filled
at once There are vacancies on prac.
tically all of the senate committees.
There will be seven chairmanships to
fill, these being On the committees on
District of Columbia, audit and control
of the contingent expenses of the SEN
ate, to establish the university of the
United States, patents, postoffices and
post roads, public health and national
quarantine.
Besides these chairmanships there
are forty-six vacancies to be filled by
the epublcans on thirty-One commit
tees The vacancies are in the places
that were filled by the late Senator
Mcmillan, Senators Mason, Wellington,
Jones of Nevada, Pritchard, Deboe
and Simon. There will be one chair
manship and ffty-three other COM
mittee vacancies to be filled by Demo
Gratis. These are the places vacated
by Senators Heitfield, Harris, McLaur-
in, Turner, Vest, Jones of Arkansas,
and Rawlins. The craftsmanship yacat-
ed by Mr.. Vest on the committee on
public health and national quaran-
tine will be filled by Democrat. All
other chairmanships will go to Repub-
licans.
Thed cath of Senator Mcmillan caus-
ed more vacancies on important COM
mittees than is the case with any OF
the senators who were not reelected.
Senator Gallinger's retirement from
the committee on pensions will leave
that important Craftsmanship to be
filled. Both Pritchard and Deboe, the
first two members on the committee
after the chairman being out OF the
senate, Mr. McCumber of North Da-
kota remains the senior member of
the committee.
That senator serving his first term
in the senate should have SO import
ant a Craftsmanship is unusual, but the
rights of seniority on the committee
favor him, and there is little doubt tlfat
he will get thee hairmanship.
The committee on postofices and
post roads is another of the important
ones in the senate. Senator Penrose.
the senior member, will become chair
man. which will make it necessary
that he should retire from the chair
manship of the committee on immigra-
tion. Mr.. Fairbanks of Indiana could
have that committee if he cared for
It.