The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-06
Twenty Committees Headed by Men
from Indiana, Illinois, wisconsin,
Iowa and Minnesota.
HEMENWAY AND 0vERSTREET
CRUNPACKER AND c. B. lands RE-
wARDED WITH CHAIRMANsHIPs.
Cromer, Brick, Watson, Holiday and
Fred lands All Given Good Assign
ments-Bertas of Democrats.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON. Dec. 5-Eere is how In
diana Jared in the appointment of House
committees:
JAMES A. HEMENwAY. chairman of
appropriations
JESSE OVERSTREET, chairman of post
offices and post roads.
E CRUNfPACKER, chairman OF CEN
sus; member of insular affairs.
CHARLES b. lands. chairman OF
printing: member OF foreign affairs
ABRAHAM l.. BRICK, member of ter
ritories and naval affairs.
JAMES L. WATSON. member of ways
ELIAS S. HOLIDAY. pember OF mill
tary affairs, pension and war claims.
GEORGE w. CROMER. member Of coin
age, weights and measures, agriculture anu
expenditures in Postofiice Department.
FRED lands. member of elections and
engroSSed Hills.
ROBERT w. MIERS. member OF public
buildings and invalid pensions.
FRANCIS M GRIFFITH, member OF
census and public lanGs.
JAMES NJ. ROBINSON, member Of in
Sular affairs territories.
WILLIAM T. ZENOR, member OF Indian
affairs and reform In the civil service
The working organization of the House
of Representatives consists of sixty COM
mittees. In accordance with the announce
ment of Speaker Cannon to-day more than
tives who come from Indiana, Illinois. Wis
consin. Iowa and Minnesota. The power
of the middle West in the Legislation OF
the country. so far as 1t can be augmented
by leadership in framing and presenting
! measures for consideration in the popular
branch of the government was never 50
great as Il is to-day. The time was not
more than ten years ago when the East
held nearly all of the important commit
tee positions. Tho reason for the change
may be found in the fact that Indiana and
four or five other States of the middle
West rank in the front in the aggregate
years Of service of their members ia the
House.
IN THE FRONT RANK.
Among the first committees OF rank in
the House are those of appropriations and
postofices. The chairmanships of these two
committees are held by Hemenway and
Overstreet, respectively. By virtue of his
position at head of appropriations. held for
many years by Mr.. Cannon, now speaker.
Mr.. Hemenway becomes one of the most
potential figures in the lower branch of Con-
gress. Another important Craftsmanship
that falls to the State is that on census. TO
which Representative Crumpacker is ele-
waited. retaining. in addition. his place on
insular affairs. Representative Charles B.
Landis remains on foreign affairs and lands
the chairmanship of printing which con-
trols a large amount of patronage. Indiana
| thus secures four important chairmanships.
Mr. Cromer is given distinct promotion In
| his assignment to the committee on coinage.
| weights and measures and the COMMITTEES
| on agriculture, and he retains his hold on
| postal affairs by assignment TO the COM
mittee on expenditures i'm the postofice.
| The only important committee he held I'm
the last Congress was that on postoffices.
w he fhrea
member from the State, Frederick Landis.
| fares even better than was expected he
having been assigned to the elections COM
| bills. Representative Brick is the ranking
member on territories. member of naval
| assigned 10 military affairs, pensions and
war claims. Representative Watson. as
heretofore announced, is a member OF ways
The Indiana Republicans admit their DO
sition of vantage In the Fifty-eighth Con-
gress is due In part TO the influence of
Representative Hemenway, whose personal
relations with the speaker are very close
Mr. Hemenway had the following TO say
relative TO the committees OF his coll
| leagues: II am gratjfied at the kind way
| Speaker Cannon has treated Indiana in the
makeup of the various committees of the
| Fifty-eighth House, and i am sure the peo-
pie of Indiana are to be congratulated
| for this magnificent recognition. i find on
examining the records that the committees
| of Indiana's representatives. as to relative
| Importance, have not been anything TO
| compare TO the present assignments. There
has been a greater number OF chairman-
ships given our State. IL is true, notably
| in the Forty-third and Forty ninth Com
crosses, but the most of them were or
/ minor Importance"
| senator Fairbanks made the following
/ statement TO the Journal relative TO In
| diana's committee assignments In the
| House: Indiana fares well In the COM
mittee assignments in the House OF Rep
| resentatives reported by Speaker Cannon
| to-day. The State has never Jared better.
/ trrar.f rfn~
| tee chairmanships and four OF these are
| given to Indiana. All In all IL Is most graf
! flying that the Republican members OF the
| House have each and all received very gen.
erous recognition by the speaker. They
have well earned IL and the State In 10 be
congratulated that our congressional dele
| manding influence I'm the great national
House of Representatives.
THE COMMITTEES.
The committees ways and means.
rules and engrossed bills were announced
some time ago. The most important OF
the committees announced to-day follow.
the names OF Indiana members being
printed in capital letters:
| Appropriation COMPLEMENTARY, Bingham.
! Van Voorhis McCleary. Lttauer. Brown
| low. Gardner CMichigan), Burkett Gilleft
| (Massachusetts), Smith Qowa), Marsh,
Livingston. Pierce. Benton, Taylor, Under
Judiciary-Jenkins, Parker, Alexander.
| Warner, Littleheld, Thomas U0wa). Powers
| (Massachusetts). Nevin, Palmer. Pearce.
/ Gillette (California). Dearmond. Smith
(Kentucky). Clayton, Henry CTexas), Lit
| tie Brantley.
banking and currency-Fowler. Prince,
Calderhead, lowering, Douglas Powers
| (Maine). Spaiding. MeMorran. Weems. Nc
| Creary, McDaniels. Thayer, Lewis, Padgett
| Bartlett, Thompson. JuJo.
! Interstate and Foreign Commerce-Hep-
| burn. Sherman. Wanger, Mann. Lowering.
| stevens Burke. Esch. Cushman. Kyle.
| Townsend. Davey, Adamson. Shackleford.
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