Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-23
SENATE COMMITTEES
Places to Be Filled in Com
ing Congress.
THE CHARM ANSHIPS
FORTY-SIX OTHER VACANCIES
FOR NEW SENATORS.
Senator Gallinger to Go From Pensions
to the District of Columbia-Pen-
rose at Head of Post Offices.

anu lIe SuDiu treaties, so tnat II was de-
cided to allow the vacancies on all except
the few necessary committees to remain
until the meeting of the regular session.
Until the meeting of the regular session
in December general legislation will not be
taken up, so that there will be small need
for the completion of committees in the
extra session called for the 9th of Novem-
ber. But there will doubtless be a move
nent 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 relations
with Cuba caused by the death of Senator
Mcmillan and the retirement of Senator
Deboe, will be filed at once.
Forty-six Vacancies.
There are vacancies on ractically every
committee of the Senate. There will be
seven chairmanshps to fill, these being on
the committees on District of Columbia
audit and control the contingent expenses
of the Senate, to establish the University
of the United States, patents, post offices
and post roads and public health and ma
t1Onal quarantine
Besides these chairmanships there are
fOrtysiX vacancies to be filed by repub-
lcanS on thrty-one committees. The va
c2ncleS are in the places that We're filed by
the late Senator Mcmillan. Senators Mason,
Wellington. Jones of Nevada, Pritchard,
Deboe and Simon. There will be one chair
manship and fisty-three other committee
places:to be filled by democrats. These are
the places vacated by Senators Heitfeld,
Harris, McLaurin Turner, Vest Jones of
Arkansas and Rawlins. The craftsmanship
vacated by Mr.. Vest on the committee on
public health and national quarantine will
be filed by a democrat All other chair
manships will go to republicans.
The death of Senator Mcmillan caused
in1y nrta ant = ttaoc
than is the case with any of the senators
who were not reelected. Senator McMil-
Ian was chairman of the committee on the
District of Columbia. a member of the
committees on appropriations. coast and
1nsular survey, commerce, corporations Or
ganized in the Districs of Columbia, naval
affairs and relations with Cuba. Nearly all
OF these are important committees.
District Committee Craftsmanship.
The craftsmanship of the committee on
the District of Columbia was practically
disposed of in the last Congress, although
the place never filled. Senator Gal
linger, the senior member of that COM
mittee after the death of Mr.. Mcmillan,
was entitled to the place, and he will have
it 1t was not thought advisable that he
should be assigned to that committee as
chairman in the last session, such an
assignment would have made it necessary
for him to retire from the committee on
pensions, of which he is chairman. He
filed the duties of the place acting
chairman after the death of Mr.. Mcmillan.
The work of the committee on pensions
made it desirable that the same chairman
should remain until the end Of the Fifty
seventh Congress.
Senator Gallinger has served for many
years as chairman of the committee on
pensions, which has given him much hard
work His professional knowledge Of med
icine made him especially fitted for that
place. and he has received many compli-
ments upon the systematic and thorough
manner in which the affairs of the COM
mittee have been conducted.
In addition to the vacancy made by the
death of Senator Mcmillan on the commit
tee on the District of Columbia there are
three other vacancies caused by the retire
ment of Senators Pritchard, Heitfeld and
Wellington. The vacancies will both be
filled by republicans, two republicans and
one democrat. 1t is thought likely that MI.
German will take Mr.. Heitfeld's place.
There is but one vacancy on the commit
tee on appropriations. Senator Gallinger
was talked of for that place also, but the
New England representation on the com
mittee, which is regarded as one of the most
important assignments in the Senate, was
so large that opposition was at once raised
to adding to the New England strength
there. The place will doubtless go to some
senator of the middle west.
McCumber for Pensions.
Senator Gallngers retirement from the
COlnInitteS On DeDSioIS Will lestNe lildl I'LL
portant Craftsmanship to be filed Both
Pritchard and Deboe. the first two men,
bers on the committee after the chairman,
being out of the Senate Mr.. McCumber of
North Dakota remains the senior member
of the committee. That a senator serving
his first term in the Senate should have SO
important a Craftsmanship is unusual but
the rights of seniority the committee IA
vor him. and there is little doubt that he
will get the craftsmanship.
The committee on post offices and post
roads is another of the most important in
the Senate. the chairman of which was
Senator Mason. who is out of the Senate.
Senator Penrose the senior member of that
committee. will become chairman, which will
make it necessary that he should retire
from the chairman nship of the committee on
immigration. Mr.. Fairbanks Of Indiana
could have that committee II he cares for
it, but the interest of his state in immigra-
ton is so small that he may not decide to
take it. In that case he will keep the chair
manshiD of the committee on public build
ings and grounds. The retirement of Sena-
tor Deboe makes another place on the COM
mittee on post offices and post roads to be
filled by a new senator.
Committee on Patents.
The craftsmanship of the committee on
patents was also made vacant by the re-
tirement Of Senator Pritchard. Mr.. Platt
OF Connecticut, the senior member Of the
committee. will not want it, and Mr.. Nc
Comas would have to give up the chair
manship Of the committee ON education
and labor to take it. The next in line Of
seniority for the craftsmanship Is Mr. Kit
tredge, chairman of the select committee
on standards, weights and measures
The committee to establish the University
Of the United States has three vacancies,
being the places of Deboe. the chairman,
and Wellington and Jones Of Arkansas.
The retirement of Senator Simon leaves
vacant the craftsmanship Of the committee
on irrigation and reclamation of arid lands,
which in the future is likely to be Of greater
Importance than in the past.