The Washington times., 1905-12-03
MANY CHANGES IN
NTkIATr M
StNAIt CUNNI lEtS
Vacancies Now Exist i'm
Almost 0ne-1hird.
NEW NAM MES MENTIONED
Retirement of Old Members and Eleva-
tion of Fairbanks Makes Turn
about Necessary.

Present indications point TO many
changes in the personnel of the var
ious Senate committees for the Fifty
ninth Congress.
Vacancies exist in nearly one-third of
The committees. and to fill up these
sort of Reorganization of the entire
Senate membership Will be effected.
The Senate steering committee. COM
posed OF Allison Hale. Aldrich. CuIlom.
Lodge. Perkins. Clark of Wyoming. FL
klns, Spooner and BeVeridge will hold
its first meeting for this session early
next week to appoint committee to
flll the vacancies
There VIII thirteen new Senators 10
be placed. These are Frank B. Eande-
gee and Morgan G Buckley. Of Con-
necticut; Elmer ]. Burkett. of Nebras-
ka; Thomas II. Carter. of Montana:
Frank p. Flint. Of California: James r.
Frazier. of Tennessee: James A He
menway. of Indiana; Robert NJ. La Fol
Atte, of Wisconsin Cif he takes seatD:
George S. Nixon. of Nevada: Samuel II.
Fiies. OF Washington: Isidor Rayner. Of
Maryland: George Sutherland. Utah.
and William Warner, of Missouri.
A number OF the new men were sworn
In just prior to the adjourning of Con-
gress last March. but il was then
agreed between the older members that
there would be no change in the various
committees until the Fifty-nintb ses-
sion convened.
senator Fairbanks elevation To the
Vice Presidency left vacancies on MANY
"i the permanent committees. as did
also the retirement of Senator QuarreIs
OF Wisconsin
other faces familiar on the floor and
i"',Dles OF the Senate chamber which
VIII MOI De seen this year when Con-
sfeSs conVenes tomorrow are + II
BAH. of Delaware; Thomas p R.-d 90
Cafifornia; William b. Bate. OF Ton
nessee: Charles r. Dietricb =, ~
Oiaska Francis Nj. Cockreu. of Ms
souri,; Addison G. Foster. of Wasbing-
ton; Paris Gibson. OF Montana. JoseT7b
X Hawley. OF Connecticut; Thomas
hearns. OF Utah: Lewis e McComas. OF
maryland. and William NJ. Stewart. of
NesadsD
Elevation Of Fairbanks.
SENATOR. Fairbanks elevation leaves a
vacancy IN chairmanship of the Corn
mittee- sPFl Public Buildings ana Grounds
1iAh III lIle membership of the Commit
tees On Canadian Relations. Coast and
lnsular Survey, Foreign Relations. Geo
logical Survey. immigration. and Judi
ciary The retirement from the Senate
81 Air Cuarrels leaves the chairma nshin
OF ihe Census Committee vacant. and
also L membership on the Committees
on Agriculture and Forestry. Com
merce, Military Affairs. Public RuiId-
mss and Grounds. and Transportation
and Sale of Meat Products.
Mr. Balls retirement will leave the
craftsmanship Of Ventilation and Acous
ties vacant Bard Was chairman of Iri-
? CATION and Reclamation of Arid
Lands. Bate presided over the Five
CIVILIZED Tribes OF Indians. Cocl,reu wa
chairman OF Engrossed Bills Dietrich
" ~ chairman Of the Committee 10 In
Nestlsate Trespasses Upon Indian /
Lands. Foster had Geological Survey /
Gibson had no chairmanship Hawley !
had the chair in Military Anairs
hearns had the select Committee on ]
National Banks. McComas steered E,du- /
cation ana Labor. and Stewart was
chairman Of indian Affairs I'm addi- (
'i"n. these men were on from three 10 /
six other committees.