New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-06
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No definite announcement can
AiO',-S' ,,a+ as TO the men Speaker WadsworIh
De NAV - head the committees this year. puI
VIII 1,,.,,a5 that he has about completed iil'
j % .,act TO some revision after furufef O0i4
sla'' ,o- With his political advisers Inc ap
su.''.- suu+s as the political leaders here uiiuei
po, poHt sbovy that he intends in every pos
stanu - % carr, out the programme or mousse
sUe ,bich Governor Higgins ana ne ha'e
c.a5 c'e@- Even when it was consloereu He0e'
CON- make some appointment whlch was ito'
sA' ara would be taken to place on 'iie 0o',.-
l'ea' l's men Of ability and energy ana cledliii-
bo would work out the WISHES ot ~
ness nor and the Speaker, one leader salo To-
day = o.r.f,,1lv considering the
M n.in make up each committee he mas
men - lists of the available candidates.
hNo r..ord Of each man is being scruIiii%eu-
anu u.e .rn.beln7ing majority of Republicans IN
~" ...ar,blv makes it certain that the Deiil'
ue It'll receive scant representation on INC
oi"'1 ,..aos this wear The Speaker cornIneil'eu
m this to-day :. +hoee who
OA On 80 been going over the lists OF Ifose "Ho
-,ode formal application Tor commune
nave Ia he There is nothing that can
P,,z am still deliberaung as 70 'lio
-o;r+r,ents Only one thing seems
@ that is that the minority repLeseN 80
- all committees will be small l siioii
.s..rspple set by Speaker Nixon iaSt So%-'
We .he,r concentration 1t is hkeIy tlldL
reduced NC. i....s there viii be not more than
" - memorials. and on some comrnl'lees oi''
two" a What repre-
MI +ba Municipal ownership men WouIo
.he leaders here conceive the situation
-, N,oreland. of Chemung. is pracucdlS
-.o,r - he appointed chairman OF lhe I'm
- ., yyays and Means. As majority le"uel
lii he able to do excellent work iol nc
- = ,bav sav. and his previous service iiS
pa-. - Nr Wadsworth and his clean recoi y
-, obili,y, antitle him to the place. lheS d'N' =
'--+ '.l I1rn cox. of Buffalo, where ne eS-
,,ess ,he Greiner wing of the RepuhllSan pa -
90 boned to be majority leader hut I = seii-
III understood that he will be mace iii--A
:, .he Insurance Committee. which al tl'e Pr
~, t,ncture IS probably the place next q M
.ao en- ard yilI give him an excellent oppor-
tunitv to do good work he i
-. Insurance investigating Committee ana
,rohablv will have large part IN proillo'iiie
,..4s,ation resulting from that inquiry.
g.,+ton viii be given to New-Yorl5 County
8. thA snnotntnent Of George r Agnew to the
ss,,-ro.rebin Of The Committee on Water sup
-, Cas- and Electricity, il IS believed MT
80. has been advocated strongly by Con-
-, IIarhArt Parsons for the Cities Com
,++es hi, that it is thought. will go TO MT.
1,-nA,, NJ ontario. again. Mr.. AgneW Is tnor-
ovohlv familiar with the problems which VIII
e.ca This committee an important one IN It's
hearing on New-Yorl1 City because OF the pro-
nosed additions to the water supply OF the CITY,
Il was he who introduced last session the Dill
which permitted Mayor Mcclellan TO appoint MS
water commission
S. Percy Hooker, Of Genesee, candidate for the
speakership. who withdrew in Mr. WadsWorth s
favor. is likely to get the important Railroad
Committee craftsmanship. succeeding there AS
senbly1nan BedeIl Mr.. Hooker has good rec
ord and the prediction is made for him oy ms
friends that no measures for reviving moribund
street railway franchises or giving away valua-
bic privileges viii get out OF the committee with
his consent. His appointment would be one or
the strong points in the reform programme in
sututed by the Governor and Speaker Wads-
worth
Assemblyman Wainwright. of westchester.
was mentioned to-day as a probable candidate
for head Of the Committee on Banks, for which
place Assemblyman stanley Of Lemuel E.
ouigg's district. has made application. In view
Of the clamor for an investigation of the State
Banking Department. this would be one of the
important places. and Assem- blyman Vain
wright is good man to fill it, according TO the
expressions Of the leaders here. He is practi-
caIy independent 50 far as party affiliations go,
and of advanced ideas on the subject Of political
cleanliness
The Committee on General Laws probably
would be given again to Assem- blyman Merritt it
was believed
There is considerable divergence of views as
to the men who viii be made chairmen Of the
other committees. and the leaders are not sure
whether Speaker Wadsworth has the places de-
cided himself yet. They think, however. that
there will be little divergence from the foregoing
slate in the men for the important places.