The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-12-01

OF HOUSE
Speaker Cannon Ready
to Announce
ELEVEN NEW CHAIRMEN
Hemenway Gets appropriations and
0yefstreet Postoffices and
Post Roads.

Washington, Dec. Lit is expected
that Speaker Cannon will announce
the committees Of the house when that
body meets. With the exception of the
committee on postonices and post roads,
which is to be constituted anew, the
speaker has followed mainly seniority
Of service. Vacancies caused by re-
tirement from congress Of former
ehairmen have been filled with the Re
publieans next in rank in the old COM
mittees.
Thirty of forty-one important COM
mittees retain their old chairmen. The
new chairmen are Hemenway Of Indi-
ana, appropriations; Oversueet Of In
diana. postofice and post roads; Ache
son Of Pennsylvania. census; Tirrell Of
Massachusetts, education; Mann of iii
nois, elections, No, i; Adams OF Penn
sylvania, immigration; Reeder OF Kan
sas, irrigation; Tompkins Of New York,
patents; lands OF Indiana, printing;
Gillet Of New York, public buildings
and grounds: Hamilton OF Michigan,
territories.
According to rumor, there Is doubt Of
the reappointment Of Grosyenor Of
Ohio as chairman Of the committee on
merchant marine and fisheries, because
Speaker Cannon has opposed ship sub
sides. This report. however, cannot be
verified
Probable Assignmentn.
The probable assignments Of chair
manships Of the more important com
fmittees are herewith Indicated
Agriculture James w. Wadsworth.
New York
Appropriations James 4. Hemenway.
Indiana.
Banking and Currency : Charles N.
| Fowler, New Jersey, with e. J. Hill. Con-
necticut second.
+ Census-E f. Acheson, Pennsylvania
Claims-James v Graf. Illinois
Coinage Weights and Measures-James
II Southard, ohio.
District Of ColuInbla-Joseph w. Bab-
cock, Wisconsin
Eduoatlon-c Charles Q. TirreI, Massa-
chusetts.
Election Of President and Vice President
Charles Curtis. Kansas.
Elections, Ne IJames r. Mann, nli-
nois
Elections, No, IN e olmsted, Penn
sylvania
Elections, 10. s-M r. Driscoii, New
York.
Foreign Affairs Robert r. Hit. Illinois.
Immigration-Robe Adams. Jr., Penn
sylvanis
Industrial Arts and Expositions-Ja James
\ A. Tawney, Minnesota.
lnsuiar Affairs Henry A. Cooper. Wis
consn.
Interstate and Foreign Commerce VIII
liam p Hepburn. Iowa.
Invalid Pensions-e. a. Sulloway. New
Hampshire
1rrigation-W A. Reeder. Kansas.
Judiciary--John J. Jenkins
Labor-John ]. Gardner. New Jersey.
Levees and Mississippi River Improve
ments Richard Bartholdt, Missouri.
Library--Janaes 4. McCleary, Minnesota
Manufactures William S. Greene. Mas
sachusstts
Military Affairs-J Al r. Hull, Iowa.
Militia Charles Dick Ohio.
Merchant Marine and Fisheries Charles
II. Grosvenor, Ohio
Naval Anairs-George e. Foss. Illinois
Pacific Roads William Alden Smith
Michigan.
Patents-A Arthur s Tompisins. New York
Pensions-Henry Z. Loudenslager, New
Jersey
Postofices ana Post Roads-Jesse over
street Indiana.
Printing Charles 81 Lands. Indiana
Public Buildings ana Grounds-C -Charlei
! W. Giliet New York.
Railways and Canals James II. David
son. Wisconsin
Reform In the Civil Service -Frederiel
II Glllett, Massachusetts.
Rivers and Harbors-T Theodore y. Bur
ton, Ohio.
Territories E r, Hamilton. Michigan