The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-06


chairman of the Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds, Lacey of Iowa
as chairman of Public Lands and Hep
burn of Iowa as chairman of Inter-
state and Foreign Commerce. They
were all in line for the chairmanships
of those committees by reason of the
| places they had held as minority men,
bcrs of the committees in the preced-
ing Democratic Congress.
| MIR. Reed exercised his power of
choosing the chairmen of only four
important committees. He took Mr..
Dingry from the Committee on APP
preparations and made him chairman
of Ways and Means, placing him over
Serene e. Payne who had stood first
on the Republican list of that COM
mittce,
! lie promoted Mr. Cannon of Illinois
from the foot of the Republican list
TO the head as chairman of Appropria-
tions, because in the 1rifty-tirst Con-
grcss Mr.. Cannon had been chairman
of the committee and had shown ex-
ccptional capacity for the work. He
transferred David B. Henderson, whose
name had headed the Republican list
on the Appropriations Committee in
the Fifty-third Congress, to the chair
manship of the Committee on the Ju-
dietary, placing him over Mr.. Ray of
| New York, who had been the first RE-
! publican on the list in the preceding
|, Congress.
Mr. Hooker of New York was pro-
NOTED over Binger Hermann of Oregon,
who was the first on the Committee
on Rivers and liarbors, MIR. Hooker
being second These represent the cx-
/ tent of Speaker Reeds individual
choice for charmcn of important COM
mlttccs when he organized the Fifty
fourth Congress.
j When Mr.. Reed succeeded himself
ns Speaker of the Fifty-lifth Congress
he made few changes in the commit
i tees except to take care OF the new
members. Mr.. Cannon remained at
the head of Appropriations, Mr.. ,,1itt
al the head of Foreign Affairs, Mr..
l'abcock at the mead of the District
of Columbia Committee, Mr.. Sherman
at the head of Indian Affairs, Mr.. Hep
! burn at the head of Interstate and
Foreign Commerce, Mr.. Hull at the
head of Military Affairs, Mr.. Hender-
son at the head of the judiciary, Mr..
Boutelle at the head Of Naval Affairs,
J, Mr.. Loud at the head of Post Offices
and Post Roads, and Mr.. Dingley at
the head of the Ways and Means Com
mittec.
Mr.. Hooker retired from Congress
the Committee on Rivers and Harbors
!; elected Mr.. Burton Of Ohio as chair
man, displacing Cooper of Wisconsin,,
l who was the ranking member. The
Speaker did not exercise his power
at all, but left the election of chair
) man to the committee.
3 Mr.. Dingley died and Mr.. Payne, who
l was the ranking member, succeeded
him as chairman Of the Committee
on Ways and Means. Mr.. Millikeri
r died, and Mr.. Mercer of Nebraska,
who was the ranking member, sue
, ceeded him as chairman Of the Com
mittee on Public Buildings and
, Grounds.
: When David B. Henderson sue
ceeded Mr.. Reed as Speaker of the
!, Fifty-sixth Congress, he turned down
very few old members He recognized
their rights to chairmanships and
places on the committees as they had
been in the Fifty-fifth Congress.
; Mr.. Ray of New York was the rank
ing member of the Judiciary Commit
tee and became chairman, and when
he retired in the Fifty-seventh Con-
!. gress Mr.. Jenkins of Wisconsin, who
was the ranking member, succeeded
f him. Mr.. Boutelle Of Maine, who was
!, too i'll to attend to his public duties
+ in the Fifty-sixth Congress, was suc-