The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-08
But Two Will be Appointed
 During Extra Session
HE FOLLOWS REEDS POLICY
New Speaker Will Go Slow and Will Probably Name no Important Com mittees Except Rules and
 Ways and Means.
BY PATTERSON sTEALEY.

BY WAT PERSON lEAEErs
 Washington, November 7.-(Special)- Representative Cannon of Illinois, or rather Speaker Cannon as it will be Mon- day. is busily figuring on the house com mittees The expectancy is that no im- portant committees other than rules and ways and means will be appointed during the extra session. This plan was followed by the late Speaker Reed during the ex- tra session which framed the Dingley bill It met with loud protest from the democratic side, and Reed adjourned the house for three days at time as soon the house had passed the bill. Reed claim ed that there was no other business re- quiring attention. and therefore the ap- pointment of all the committees was un- necessary. In addition he said he would have an opportunity to study the new members, and in that way know where to place them on committees during the regular session. Cannon, according to the common report, takes the same view.
 In the last congress the committee on ways and means consisted of seventeen members, eleven of them being republ- cans. The minority is insisting that they are entitled to more representation on the new committee and the democratic lea der, Representative Williams of Mississ- ipp has so informed the speaker. It is not yet known what the speaker will do about it. There are. as the committee stands, three republican vacancies-Hop- kins of Illinois and Long of Kansas hav- ing been elected to the senate, and Steele of Indiana retired to private life.
 Two Vacancies,
 There are two democratic vacancies Newlands of Nevada now being a sem ator and Mcclellan of New York elected mayor of the metropolis of that state. The speaker is HOW figuring on filling these vacancies, as the personnel of this committee must be made known within a few days Representative Williams of Mississippi will in all probability he made a member of the committee, as this is a courtesy usually given the minority lea X der. There is some doubt about the other vacancy, though the speaker thinks great deal of the ability of Representative Underwood of Alabama and may give him the position. Underwood was on the committee in the fifty-sixth congress. He was not reappointed for the reason that the republican majority in the house showed big increase in majority over the ifty-sxth congress and the custom is to vary the committee majority with the house WdJOfiNN- l1e fGDuBlcdH IndJOT- ity being less in this congress than in the last an increase in the democratic membership would be logical. That be- ing the case MT. Underwood should go on ways and means. It would be only justice to him.
 There are several chairmanship vacan- cies which will go to republican mem- bers. Cannon having been elected spea- ker will vaeate the head of the appro- priations committee, which will go to Representative Hemenway of Indiana. Mercer of Nebraska, the head of the public buildings and grounds committee, was defeated. The next ranking member on the committee is Gillet of New York. Representative Loud of California was defeated for reelection. thereby leaving the head of the postoffice committee. Owing to republican thievery it is de- srable to place strong man in Louds place. Smith of Illinois is the ranking member of the committee, but the name of Representative Overstreet of Indiana is being mentioned in connection with the place Overstreet is secretary of the re- publican congressional committee. and can handle the politics of the postoffce scan dals
 Committee charmen.
 Chairmen of other committees who will not be members of the new house are as follows: Taylor of Ohio. elections No. 1: the rdnklnS lneIlpcI pl lHiS CDiDIIlllLee IS Mann of Illinois, Driscoll of New York is in line for head of election No. g. Weeks having been defeated, Jenkins of Wisconsin goes to the head of judiciary, Ray of New York having been given a federal iudgeship, Hamilton of Michigan will be in line for head of territory. Knox of Massachusetts not being a member of the next house manufactures loses it's chairman, Steel of Indiana, Emerson of New York being the ranking members Moody or Oregon is in line for promotion to mines and mining, the chairman Eddy of Minnesota, having failed of re-eec- tion; the education committed, headed by Grow of Pennsylvania, may go to the ranking member, MT. Jack of the same state; Reaves of Illinois. the last chair man of the patents committee having been defeated Tompkns of Illinois is in line for the promotion; Smith of Illinois having been defeated, Watson of Indiana is pected to go to the head of the commit ice on private land claims: Corliss of Michigan, the head of president and vice president, was also defeated Adams of Pennsvlvania will likely succeed Shattuc of Ohio at the head of immigration expenditures in the war department, held by the late Representative Rus sell places Warnock of Ohio in line for promotion: Green of Massachu- setts will probably head the expendi- tures in the navy department; Hughes of
 
 West Virginia is expected to become chairman of expenditure on public build ings: Hilderbrandt of Ohio will probably go to the head of the committee on ac- counts; Acheson of Pennsylvania will succeed Hopkins of Illinois at the head of census; the late Representative Borelng of Kentucky &xould have been made chairman of the committee printing, the chairman having been defeated. There are only two members of this committee. hence there Is no one in line for the place.
 Other Places Not Effected.
 The chairmanships of committees not named above were not effected by the lats election and it is understood here to- night that there will be no changes. The personnel of all the committees. however will be changed to a considerable extent in view of the increased democratic vote, and the fact that the membership of the house has been increased twenty-nine members The speaker is expected ts