Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-18
APPROVED BY CAUCUS
Assignment Of Senators tothe
Committees,
ANALYSIS OF CHANGES
TEN cHAIRMANsHIPs GIVEN TO
THE MINORITY.
Messrs. Alice and Long Added to the
District Committee and Mr.. Foraker
Transferred From It to Judiciary.

| ate has concluded its work of making as
signments Of senators to committees for the
F'ifty-ninth Congress and this morning the
republicans of the Senate met In caucus
and approved its action.
The following are the chairmen of the i'm
portant committees: Appropriation, Alison
| finance. Aldrich; foreign relations, Cullom
judiciary, Clark CWyoming); commerce.
Frye; interstate commerce, Elkins; priV-
leges and elections. Burrows; agriculture,
Proctor; military affairs, Warren; naval af-
fairs. Hale; Indian affairs, Clapp; terri
tories, Beveridge; public lands, Hansbrough;
public buildings and grounds Scott; post
offices and post roads, Penrose; pensions,
McCumber; Philippines. Lodge: interoceanic
| canals, Millard; rules Spooner: claims, Full
ton; District of Columbia, Gallinger; edu-
cation and labor Dolliver; Cuban relations.
Burnham: Pacific islands and Porto Rico,
Foraker; immigration, Dillingham;; printing,
Platt.
Changes in Detail Discussed.
Mr.. Alice and Mr.. Long are added to the
committee on the District of Columbia and
Mr. Foraker is transferred from that COM
| mittee and given place on judiciary. Mr..
Perkins and Mr.. Long are added to the
committee on agriculture. Mr.. Fulton is
taken off the committee on Canadian rela-
tions and Mr.. Crane is made chairman of
that committee Mr.. Long is made chair
| man of census. Mr.. Hopkins and Mr. Dick
being added to that committee, Mr.. Platt
being transferred from it. Senator Warren
! Is transferred from the Craftsmanship of
claims and made chairman of the committee
on military affairs, still retaining member
ship on his old committee
Mr.. Clark of Wyoming is given the i'm
portant chairmanship on judiciary, and to
that committee Messrs Foraker Diling-
ham, Knox and Kittredge are added
Ankeny and Crane are added to commerce
and Mr. Beveridge is given place on Gu
ban relations. Mr.. Do',iver Is made chair
man of education and labor and Mr.. Burn
ham is taken off that committee. Mr.. Hale
goes on finance, Mr.. Beveridge on foreign
| relations, Mr.. Hepburn On immigration, Mr..
crane on interstate commerce and Mr..
Clapp becomes chairman Of Indian AFFAIRS
and Mr.. Millard is made chairman of inter-
oceanic canals. Mr.. Proctor. upon his own
request, leaves military affairs, Of which
he has virtually been chairman for several
years, during the lor illness of the late
Senator Hawley, and Mr.. Warren is made
Lodge and Mr. Hemenway as new members.
This increases the republican membership
on that committee by one. and the demo-
cratic membership is also given like in
crease in the person Of Mr. Tallfaferro.
Mr.. Alger Is made chairman of the Pa
cific railroads, with Mr.. Long as new
| member, and Mr.. Kittredge goes off that
committee. Mr.. Clapp goes on Pacific
islands and Porto Rico. Mr. Knox goes
on patents and Mr.. Dick on Philippines.
Mr.. Proctor being taken off the Philippines.
Mr.. Fulton and Mr.. Hopkins go post Of
fees and post roads and Mr.. Beveridge
leaves that committee. Mr.. Doll.ver is
added to privileges and elections.
Senator Scott becomes chairman of the
committee on public buildings and grounds,
the vacancy having been made by the cleo
ton of Vice President Fairbanks, who was
chairman of that committee. MesSrs. Mil
lard, Dryden and Hepburn are added to
hot rr,,iff Nv Gt,nnn rN1,t,lf In
lands and Mr. Alice becomes chairman of
the committee on railroads. Mr.. Dick be-
comes a member of the committee on re-
vision of the laws, Mr.. Hepburn and Mr..
Long going off that committee.
Ten Chairmanships for Minority.
Ten charmanships are given to the MI
| nority, follows: Corporations organized
in the District of Columbia, McEnery; en-
crossed bills, Berry; private land claims,
| Teller: public health and national quaran-
tine, Morgan; revolutionary claims, Clay;
| woman suffrage, Bacon; additional accom-
modations for Library of Congress. Mar
| tin: transportation and sale of meat prod
ucts, Daniel; five civilized tribes of In
dians, Tillman; disposition Of useless papers
In executive departments, Pettus. Mr.. Sim
mons is added to interoceanic canals. Mr..
Gorman has been placed on the appropria-
tions in place of Mr.. Cockrell
Senate Committees.
The Senate committees announced today
! are follows:
| ppropriations-Allison, chairman; Hale,
Cullom, Perkins, Warren, Wetmore, Cal
| linger Elkins. Teller, Berry. Tillman, Dan
| lei, German.
Frye, Lodge. Clark fWyo.). Foraker, Spoon
| er. Kean, Beveridge, Morgan, Bacon,
| Money. Clark (Mont), McCreary.
Finance-Aldrich. chairman; Allison. Bur-
laf Ioy y1chr oh Do
Hale. Daniel. Teller, Money. Bailey, Cor
man.
Judlciary-C1ars CWyo), chairman; Nell
| son, Depew, Spooner. Foraker, Dillingham;
iKttredge, Knox, Bacon, Pettus, Culberson
| Blackburn, Patterson.
Eommerce-Frye. chairman; Elkins Mel
son GallingeE Penrose. Depew, Perkins,
! Alger Hopkins. Ankeny. Crane, Berry,
Martin, Clay, Mallory. Foster, Stone.
Interstate Commerce.
| Interstate commerce-Elkins. chairman:
| Cullom. Aldrich Kean, Dolliver, Foraker,
Clapp. Crane. Tfllman, McLaurin, Carmack
| Foster. Newlands.
| Military affairs-Warren, chairman; Scott
Foraker, Alger Lodge, Hemenway, Bulke-
/ ley, Warner, Pettus, Blackburn, Foster
| Overman. Taliaferro.
Naval affatrs-Haie, chairman; Perkins
PIatt, Penrose. Gallinger, Burrows Dick,
| Tillman. Martin, McEnery. Blackburn
/ Agriculture and forestry-Proctor. chair
/ man; Hansbrough, Warren, Dolliver Burn
ham, Perkins, Long. Money. Simmons, Lati-
/ mer, Frazier.
Interoceanic canals-Millard, chairman;
Platt, Kittredge, Dryden, Hopkins, Knox,
Piles, Morgan, Carmack, Taiiaferro, Cor
man. Simmons
Indian affairs-Clapp. chairman; McCum-
Der, Gamble, Clark (Wyo.), Long, Warner,
Clark Clark aMoat.,. Mon Teller stone. Clarke fark
Post Offices and post roads--Penrose, chair
man; Dolliver. Proctor, Burrows. Scott,