Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-12-10
"uNcLEv JOE CANNON PLAcEr
IAWkEYE coNeREssMEN ON
GOOD COMMITTEES.
HEARST WAS PUSHED in
New York Congressman Secured His
Appointment Only After Strenuous
Work on the Part of Himself and
His Lieutenants.
(BY Il. j. MAHiN.)
Washington Bureau of the Courier.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 9.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 9.
Iowa Jared exceedingly well in the
assignment of committees in the house
of representatives. The Fawkeye
state retains four prominent chairman
ships and received several new places
that are in themselves distinct recog-
milton of the members of the delega.
tion.
The committee assignments of the
various congressman are as follows:
Cousins-Foreign affairs, naval af-
fairs, expenditures in the treasury de-
partment (chairman.)
Connor-Labor, public buildings and
grounds, library.
Birdsall- Elections (No.3) merchant
marine and fisheries.
Hedge-Coinage, weights and meas
ures, postofiices and post roads, levees
and improvements of the Mississippi
river.
Hepburn-Interstate and foreign
commerce. (chairman.)
Lacey-Public lands (chairman), re-
form in the civil service, Indian af-
fairs.
Haugen-Agriculture war claims.
Thomas-Claims, judiciary.
Appropriations
Wade-NaVal aHalfs.
Hull-Military affairs, (chairman), !,
militia.
The appointment of Judge Walter l.
Smith, of Council Bluffs, to the appro-
priations committee, which is consider
ed the best committee in the house,
was an honor to the state and an hon
or to Judge Smith. Speaker Cannon
has always liked Judge Smith and it is
~ thnt hrh ho1 In n
propriations committee ever since Mr..
Smith stated his desire for the appoint
ment. The members of the delegation
were unanimous in their desire to see
Judge Smith get this prominent place,
well knowing that no one is better
able to do some strong work for the
state than he.
connor's Appointment Liked.
Another very favorable appointment
was that of Judge Connor to the labor
committee One thing Speaker Can
uon was destined to do and that was
10 have good men of sound judgment
sn the labor committee in view of the
great Importance of labor affairs in
his country at present Judge Con-
aors selection was an important recog-
nition of the splendid record he has
made for himself since first coming to
Washington.
Hearst on Labor Committee.
The appointment of w. R. Hears
10 the labor committee, by the way
was an act that was forced upor
"Uncle" Joe Cannon. He did not wan
TO put Hearst ON the committee bu
the latter declared he would have
nothing else. When he found the com
mittee had been practically made vi
In the speakers mind he immediatel.
got his lieutenants busy all over tn,
country and very soon petitions from
labor organizations all over the United
States began to pour in asking tina
Hearst be made a member of the com
mittee on labor Mr.. Cannon wa
forced to name M. Hearst when an
other democrat on the committee re
signed in his favor
Wade Fares Well.
Judge Wade, the lone democra
from Iowa, Jared exceedingly we'll il
general sense getting place on tn
committee on naval affairs, which
one of the best committees in tn
house. While the appointment is
good one, yet it is not favorable on
for Mr.. Wade personally in that h
will be very unlikely to have any OF
portunity on that committee for doin
anything that will directly benefit hi
constituents. The best thing tha
Mr. Wade could have secured fror
a personal standpoint would have bee
an appointment on the committee o
public buildings, labor or agricultur
or possibly on Mississippi river in
proyements or rivers and harbor
These committees however, are a