The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-09
ALABAMA FARES WELL
HOUSE COMMITTEES PRACTICALLY
 MADE UP.
Underwood win GO to ways and Means, Willie Taylor win Continse on Appropriatf0ns--Wfl on
 Military AlRairs.
Ry Alfred J. stofer.

By Alfred J. stofer.
 Washington, Dec. S.-(Special. )--The committees of the House of Represent stives are soon to be announced. when the list is made public it will not take Alabamians more than few minutes 10 discover a pleasing fact. They VIII have the satisfaction of knowing that in the popular branch of Congress Ala- bama has secured what may be termed tre cream of the committees, for the utate gets more recognition really than ony other, certainly so far as southern Democrats are concerned. and the Ala &nma delegation Is therefore the envy cf many others. Y.
 An exclamation of the importance to Ae attached to the committee assign nents of the Alabama members is time- ly. In the last Congress there were two Alabamians on the Appropriations Committee. Messrs. Underwood and Taylor. As previously wired The Ad- vertiser, Mir. Underwood is to be trans ferred from Appropriations and Will pc assigned to Ways and Means. on which he formerly served. MT. Taylor re- mains on Appropriations.
 Ordinarily members consider Ways and Means an honor probably of high CT order than service on the Appropri- atious Committee, but Of late years this feeling has changed in a measure. IL is difficult at any rate to draw a snarp aistinction between the two in this Con gress. Speaker Cannon and the other Republicans who arrange the regular ruies and from week to week will bring into the House the drastic and special rules for the muzzling or the minority when necessary to apply the rar. to say nothing of having it operate against manacled Republicans wno would like to vote with the Denocrats' are firm against any attempt 10 reVise the tariff The Speaker will undoubted- W asgt. sSt y4 ys and Means Commit :
 sa ..4t i'll have an undoubted te -aa ority. But later oTi---
 fs -f ts;r, Id rate bill is disposed .t -.H...-- re will be a lively. al- ....-= . ,s, be futile, agitation In
 .h..l tariff reform. }
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 -5.t..e will be at the head of .t ras,.t.a tight on the firing line
 ,, vs- e event tariff revision ss ,s. ..-;,tois stst, strangled by the Re- publican managers, of the House.
 The Appropriations Committee is now of more importance possibly than It has ever been in the history or the Government. By the proposed manApu- Iation of legislation on the part Of the ;'boss', Republicans, the coming chair man of this committee will doubtless be looked upon as the party floor leao- or rather than Mir. Payne, again to De Inc Chairman of the Ways and Means. Mir. Tawney, of Minnesota, as is known to the country by this time, Is to De chairman of Appropriations. Whiie nominaIly MT. Payne will be noor lead CT, the greater part of the duties will fall upon the Minnesotan, who Is more active, more popular, stronger physic- ally and the choice of Uncle Joe" for this responsible position. MT. Taylor, of Alabama, it will be seen, will once more serve on this great committee, on which will also be that veteran Demo- crat and trained legislator. the Hon. Leonidas F. Livingston or the Aufnta district.
 fsoine on down the list of the rank ing House committees the Judiciary IS reached Representative Clayton will again he AIabama's member of this big law committed. No man, whether Re- publican or Democrat. can secure this desirable position unless he Is lawyer of recognized ability. NJ Clayton mas served several terms on adiciary, hav- ing been first assigned Thereto in the Fifty.sixth Congress, which has had for it's Chairman when the House was Democratic distinguished men like the late Hon. John Randolph Tucker Of Vir- ginia, and Hon. David B. Chiberson or Texas.
 Colonel BankneAu oI cOurSC iSenItiD his place on Rivers and Harbors. The oldest Democrat in continuous service in the House has been on this commit. tee for years. He Is trained and tried in the position and has been able 10 secure large appropriations for the im- provement of the Southern waterways.
 The interstate and Foreign Com. merce Committee has long been one Of the most important in the House list It has rapidly grown in importance within a few years. The railroad rate bill Is handled by this committee, all matters concerning the Panama Ca- nal, with the exception of some of the special appropriations, and every meas ilre that affectT interstate trade in the United States, including all bills for the construction of bridges across the navigable streams. etc. William Rich ardson of Alabama retains his position on tkis committee. As heretofore men, tioned in this correspondence. he has presented a railroad rate bill which is indorsed by Mir. Williams. the minority leader. Judge Richardson has also 2 prepared other measures.
 The Military Affairs committee is one