The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-15
DEACON" HEMENwAY BUSY
As COMING CHAIRMAN OF APPROPRI-
ATOMS HE HAS MUCH TO DO.
sfTncIe Joeo Cannon a Frequent WIS.,
flor to His Old Room-James Z.
4; Wataon's Friends Pleased.
lseelal to the 1nalanapolI. Journal.


% the House Early IN December the
ssnate viii be reorganized- Both branches
o. Congress will then be ready to get down
"a thu business that viii occupy the atten-
f7on OF lawmakers this winter.
sIt Is already apparent that Indiana Will
sand better in the matter Of committee as
stynments in the Fffty-eighth Congress
tsan at any time IN the past. The senator's
ffom the State have already been recog-
rszed IN this respect occupying as they do
Committees Of the first rank. The Indiana
Republicans in the House were well placed
Il the last Congress. but most Of them are
assured OF promotion under the admins
teation OF Speaker Cannon. The State has
already secured place on ways and means.
which It has held for many years. The
chairmanship OF appropriations is assured
There will be few important committees In
the House organization without repre-
sentative from Indiana Il Will be noted
that the more important places are given
20 the men who have had long service
This Is IN accordance with tradition and
esastom. 1t is rare that a new r1smber is
assigned to an important committee. He
saust first be tried II he demonstrates
vkorth In his first term he is generally pro-
snoted Maine. with only four members. at
the House. Reed Dingley. Boutelle and
-nlIIken were the big four Reed be-
Dame speaker; Dingley. chairman Of ways
lind means: Boutelle, chairman OF naval
affairs. and MiIliken. chairman of the COM
yaittee on public buildings and grounds.
the big four from Maine have passed
fiway and new men have taken their places
f'hey must begin at the bottom. as did
sheir distinguished predecessors
Veteran members from Iowa are the head
Cf three OF the big committees OF the
House, namely, Hepburn, chairman Of in
ferstate and foreign commerce; Hull, chair
rnan OF military affairs, and Lacey, chair
nan OF public lands. IN the Fifty-hfth
congress Iowa also had judiciary, the COM
,saittee on printing. and two or three other
sshairmanships. With the retirement OF
tleneral Henderson and other veteran MEM
lers from the State. Iowa has lost some
81 the influence which she had in the
lIouse few years ago. Indiana now takes
the place formerly held by Maine and
iowa.
Prior TO 1896 some Of the ablest men in
the House of Representatives were Demo
Gratis from the South. In those days the
s3outhern States selected the best material.
and once a member. had proven his worth
grown gray IN the service The Populist
wave Of 1884 and 1896 swept many of these
Anen from public life. Since that time the
leadership of the Democrats in Congress
has been lamentably weak In the House
the party has been unable to cope with the
Republicans; in the Senate there has been
no Democratic leadership during the past
six years. Arthur Pue German has now
returned from his exile. and in the upper
branch the affairs OF the Democrats are
once more In the hands OF trained leader.
John Sharpe Williams is an improvement
sover Richardson. who has made a weak
effort to lead the minority in the House
during the past three Congresses. But VIII
liams does not measure up with such men
as Cannon and Hepburn. 1t will take the
Democratic party years to gain the position
At held when Voorhees,, Carlisle, Turpie,
Crisp. Turner. of Georgia, Culberson. Of
Texas. and others OF like caliber were on
the scene of action.
.'Some statesmen are born, but most of
them are the product OF long experience in
the school of experience" said an old leader
recently Cannon Of Illinois. was a hum
BILE private in the ranks for years. Gros-
.venor. OF Ohio. one Of the present House
leaders. was ordinary member for many
lterms. Experience in Congress develops
men. and il they stay here long enough.
are attentive to their duties and studious,
they are bound to come to the front"
! The prestige which the Indiana Republic
.cans are certain to exert in the present Con-
.gress will be due to the fact that most of
Sthem are veterans as legislative careers go
nowadays. Hemenway and Overstreet are
beginning their fifth terms. Crumpacker and
u hau IN fhraa
Congresses. This is their fourth. Cromer
and Brick are now beginning their third,
while Holiday begins his second. Fred
Lands is the STRIPPING OF the delegation
XXX
Representative Crumpacker, OF Indiana.
Is pictured in some Southern States as the
chief bad man OF the Republican party.
He has committed the onense of insisting
that conditions in the South shall be in
Ivestigated to ascertain II the disfranchise-
ment of the negro does not justify a reduc-
ton OF the representation OF that section
(, IN Congress The Democrats had a narrow
escape during the past week. They barely
missed having Judge Crumpacker in their
midst. the minority side OF the House
chamber. In the lottery for seats on the
first day OF the session, Judge Crumpacker
was not fortunate usual His name
was among the last called. and in conse-
quence when he came TO select his seat he
discovered that there was nothing left on
the Republican side. He accordingly made
bee-line for the Cherokee strip, a section
OF the House in Democratic territory re-
. served for Republicans who are unable to
get seats among their own brethren. The
Democrats saw Judge Crumpacker coming
! and were shocked But before the Indiana
! man reached the Democrats he espied a
seat on the majority side OF the chamber
well In the rear He took It with a sigh
OF relief: the Democrats also felt better
The Indiana congressional colony Is set
tied FOR the winter. The wives and fam
| HES OF some OF the members are not here.
! but most OF them will arrive Immediately
after the holidays. Senator Fairbanks and
family are living In the house at 1890 Mas
! sachusetts avenue. which they have occu-
pied for two or three seasons Senator
Beverage has re-established his dcmiciIe
! At the Portland Flats. where he lived dur
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