Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-15
A RESULT OF ELECTION
MEMBERS OF HOUSE APPRoPRIA.
TIoNs COMMITTEE DROPPED.
Others Who Will Probably Be Elected
to the Senate-Had Charge Of
the District Bill.

The result Of the recent election will re-
move from the House committee appro-
priations five of its members who will not
be In the House in the next Congress. Three
OF these members served on the subcommit-
| tee that had charge Of the District appro-
priations bill. But the most notable change
among those members Of Congress who
have had close relations with the District
will be the departure Of Senator Cockrell.
who for many years has been a member Oh
the Senate committee on appropriations and
for ten years has served as a member of the
subcommittee that has had charge Of the
District bill in the Senate, always giving to
that work the most painstaking care.
Hemenway May Become Senator.
The election of Senator Fairbanks to the
vice presidency makes a vacancy In the Sen
ate which 1t is practically certain Repre-
sentative Hemenway, chairman of the
House committee on appropriations will be
called upon to fill. In fact In the event of
Indiana having a republican legislature. 1t
was considered certain that Hemenway had
the call. to the senatorship. Republicans
calculated upon holding the Indiana legis-
lature by majority of forty or forty-five.
With that majority the number of hold
overs would have had an overwhelming con-
troll of the election of senator. There was
a clear majority of votes for Hemenway. but
when the legislature proved to have 100
more republicans than democrats thirty of
them men who did not expect to be elected
ana VINO IN no way were pledged to support
any candidate for the. Senate, the condition
took on another aspect.
Ambitious men who had nursed forlorn
hope for. the Senate, but who saw no way to
get there against Hemenway, got active, so
that when the legislature meets it will find
Representative Lands, Gov. Durbin Rep
resehtat1ve Crumpacker and others busily
engaged in getting their forces together for
the senatorship. But it is generally expect
cd That Hemenway will be successful and
incidentally give up the Craftsmanship Of the
House committee On appropriations for the
Senate. The presidents of the Senate will
hardly permit new member to go on the
committee on appropriations, so that, al
though so well versed in the work of dis
pensing government funds Mr. HemenWay
will have to wait for many years before
taking an active part in such committee
work.
Successor to Hemenway.
Mr. Hemenways removal from the House
committee will make an opening in the
Craftsmanship for Representative McCleary,
who has been reelected and who has been
chairman of the subcommittee in charge
OF the District bill and chairman of the
House conferees that have been in charge
Of the bill for several years. On the present
committee McCleary Is outranked by Bing-
ham of Pennsylvania and Van Voorhis of
Ohio but Bingham In the past has declared
that he was not candidate for the chair
manship and Van Voorhis was not renomi-
mated.
The entire subcommittee having charge
OF the District bill in the House comprises
McCleary, chairman; Burkett of Nebraska,
Gardner of Michigan, Pierce Of Tennessee
and Benton of Missouri. Burkett of Ne
braska is sure to be elected to the Senate
to succeed Dietrich, as the republicans of
his state In convention Endorsed him for
that honor in case the Nebraska legsla ture
should be republican. Representative Gard
IA cd hut
nessee was beaten for the nomination, and
Benton of Missouri was not reelected.
The House conferees on the House Dis
trfct bill In this Congress have been Nc
Cleary, Burkett and Pierce. and, If Nc
Cleary becomes chairman of the full COM
mittee, he will probably remain chairman
of the subcommittee. owing to the great In
terest he takes in the affairs of the Dis
trict.
Senator Cockrell to Go.
The subcommittee of the Senate commit
tee on the District of Columbia is composed
OF Senators Allison, Gallinger. Cockrell,
Tillman and Teller. Cockrell is the only
one of this subcommittee who has been de-
feated for reelection. He has for ten years
been prominently identified with District
legislation as a member of the subcommit-
tee Of the senate committee on appropria-
tons, and even before that took for many
years an active part in District legislation.
Senator Cockrell may be succeeded on the
appropriations committee by Senator Cor
man of Maryland, formerly member of
that committee. He would probably have
been returned to the committee after his
second entrance into the Senate, but there
was no opening there. He is now on the
Senate committee on finance and usually
senator Is not placed on both finance and
appropriations, but owing to the smallness
of the democratic representation in the
Senate and the position of Mr.. German N
his party, 1t is thought that an exception
may be made in his case.
In Missouri there are many candidates
for Cockre1ls seat vacated 81 unexpected
ly Thomas X. Nedringhaus, chairman
of the Missouri state republican commit
tee. Is said to be in the lead for Mr.. Cock
rells place. There others, such as
Richard c. kerens, the former national
committeeman from that state.