The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-12-04
JERSEYMEN IN
NEXT CONGRESS-
There Will Be Two New
Faces Seen in Washing
tons Legislative Halls
WHO WILL BE CHAlRMEN
ALLAN L. M'DERMOTT WILL BE
ALONE IN HOLDING UP THE
DEMOCRATIC END OF THE
STATE.


STATE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. A. 1905. With
the convening of the ffty-ninth Congress
to-day the New Jersey members of the
House of Representatives. in common
with others, will anxiously await the an-
nouncement of the committees by the
Speaker, who will presumably be Hon.
Joseph G. Cannon, better known as
'Uncle joe" New. Jersey will have two
new faces in the Congressional delega-
tion this winter. They will be Henry
Crosby Allen in the Sixth district and
Marshall Van Winkle, in the Ninth dis
triet.
In the ffty-eighth Congress New Jer-
sey had four chairmanships. According
to precedent the State may be expected
to retain as many chairmanships in the
new Congress. To some extent this may
operate against the new members be-
cause the increased membership on the
Republican side of the House Of Repre-
sentatiyes will make a problem for the
Speaker in making up the committee as
signments.
Commencing his seventh term Repre-
sentative R. Wayne Parker, of Newark.
has had long experience on two of the
most important committees of the House.
He win porbably be reappointed on judi
ciary and military affairs. two commit
tees whose work is in line with his
tastes. Representative William H. Wi
ley served on the District Of ColumbiS
committee, and his long experience as q
civil engineer made him valuable mem
Der. That he will be appointed again
on this committee is probable. and he
may also get some other assignment.
The chairmanships New Jersey had in
the last Congress were those Of pen-
sions, banking and currency. labor and
immigration and naturalization. As
chairman of the committee on pensions,
Representative Loudenslager, from the
First district, has done some good work,
and he has also served on th committee
on naval affairs, one of the most impor-
tant of the House. Representative
Gardner, of the Second district, has long
been recognized as an authority on all
labor matters. He has filed the chair
manship of the committee on labor for
several Congresses and the committee
would not seem the same without him.
Mr.. Gardner is also member of the
committee on post-offices and post roads.
Representative Howell, Of the Third
district, has done more work for New
Jersey as member of the committee on
public buildings and grounds, where he
was in a position to aid every New Jer-
sey bill. He was also chairman of the
committee on immigration and naturali-
zation in the Fifty-eighth Congress, and
he will probably get the same appoint
ment this year. Representative Fowler,
of the Fifth district. was chairman of
the committee on banking and currency
last year, and he will probably have that
committee again, as well as his place on
reform in the civil service.
Representative Wood, of Fourth dis
trict. served on the committee on COIN
age, weights and measures, and he will
probably get this assignment as well as
one on some other committee Allan L.
McDermott, who will be the lone Demo-
crat in the new Congress, has been on
merchant marine and fisheries. Mr..
Hughes. of the Sixth district. will be
missed on. the Democratic side this win
ter.
It is not known what changes may be
made in the makeup Of the Senate COM
mittees. However, it is not expected
that Senators Kean or Dryden viii be
changed in the rearrankement. Senator
Kean has been chairman Of the commit
tee on contingent expenses. one of the
most difficult committee assignments Of
the Senate, and 50 admirably has be adj
ministered its affairs that there is no
doubt about his continuance in that ca
pacity. Senator Kean is also a member
of the committees on foreign relations,
claims, territories, interstate commerce
and private land claims.
AS chairman of the committee on en-
rolled bills Senator Dryden took up the
position once held BY the late Senator
William J. Sewell. It is an important
committee with plenty of work attached
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