The National tribune., 1907-12-26

last FRIDAY than ne Is now. on riiuas
he issued his deal on House Committees,
and, of course. there were just ABOUT
as many men disappointed as there are
members of the House. Not quite, for
there are few of them who have been
on certain committees forever, and al
ways will remain there, but at least 500
of the members are quite sure that Mr.
Speaker has made a fatal blunder IN as
many of his committee assignments.
That is inevitable, but on looking the
committees over one who knows the
old members can readily see that the
Speaker has placed them very wisely
in the readjustment, and, of course, the
new members have to be tried out
somewhere, and the matter of placing
them was evidently painstakingly con-
sidered.
The two great committees of the
House are the Appropriations and Ways
and Means. 1t is difficult to determine
exactly which is the great" commit
tee, but either is most desirable berth
for any member of the House. All the
tariff bills, and all methods for raising
revenues to carry on the Government
originate in the Ways and Means Com
mittee, and, on the other hand, all the
paying out of the money to carry on the
Government passes thru the hands of
the Appropriations Committee. Almost
any member of the House will give up a
Chairmanship and his committee room
for the sake of being placed on the one
or the other of these two committees.
Representative Calderhead, of Kan
sas, the only veteran in the Kansas del
egation, steps into the shoes and place
left vacant by Gen. Grosvenor, of Ohio,
giving up the Craftsmanship of another
committee for that purpose, but he also
is retained upon the Committee on In
valid Pensions.
Another great pie committee is that
of Rivers and Harbors. Burton, of
Ohio, who has been Chairman for sew
eral years, tried very hard to keep off
the committee, but the pressure was too
great, and he is again at the head.
Representative Scott, newspaper man
from Kansas, becomes Chairman of the
Committee on Agriculture. Capt. ]. A.
T. Hull, of Iowa, remains where he be-
longs, at the head of the Committee on
Military Affairs. That great committee
never had a better Chairman. Peter
A. Porter, who defeated Wadsworth, Of
New York, is down on the roll call as
an Independent, is assigned to one COM
mittee as a Democrat, and to another as
a Republican, and up to now nobody
seems to want to herd with him.
The other changes were such as were
made necessary by the defeat of former
members for election.
Following is the complete list of COM
mittee assignments:
Accounts-James A Hughes, West
Virginia; Frank D. Currier New Hamp-
shire; William H. Draper, New York;
William H. Jackson, Maryland; Charles
L. Bartlett, Georgia; Joseph A. Goul-
den, New York, and Joseph F. O'Con-
nell, Massachusetts.
Agriculture-Charles F. Scott, Kan
sas; Gilbert N. Haugen, Iowa; Kittredge
Haskins, Vermont; William Lorimer,
Illinois; William w. Cocks, New York;
lard, Nebraska; Clarence c. Gilhams,
Indiana; James C. Mclaughlin, Michi-
gan; Willis c. Hawley, Oregon; George
W. Cook, Colorado; John Lamb, Vir-
ginia; Asbury f. Lever, South Carolina;
Jack Beall, Texas; William w. Rucker,
Missouri; Augustus Q. Stanley, Ken
lucky; j. Thomas Hefiin, Alabama, and
William H. Andrews, New Mexico.
Alcoholic Liquor Trafiic-Nehemiah
d. Sperry, Connecticut; Amos L. Allen,
Maine; Andrew J. Barchfield, Pennsyl
vania; ]. Eugene Harding, Ohio; Gus
tavus Kusterman, Wisconsin,; Charles n.
Pray, Montana; George II. Lindsay, New
York; Ezekiel S. Gambler, Jr., Missis-
sippi; John G. McHenry, Pennsylvania;
Adolph ]. SABBATH, Illinois, and William
3. Craig, Alabama.
Appropriations-Jam A Tawney,
Minnesota; Henry H. Bingham, Penn
sylvania; Walter P. Brownlow, Tennes-
see; Washington Gardner, Michigan;
Frederick H Gillett, Massachusetts;
Walter L. Smith, Iowa; Joseph V. Graft,
Illinois; Abraham L. Brick, Indiana: j.
Warren Keifer, Ohio; Martin F. Mad
den, Illinois; Edward 3. Vreeland, New
Stephen Brundidge, Jr, Arkansas; John
]. Fitzgerald, New York; Albert S. Bur-
leson, Texas; Swagar Sherley, Ken
lucky, and Eaton ]. Bowers Mississippi.
Banking and Currency.
Banking and Currency-Charles N.
Fowler, New Jersey; George W. Prince,
Illinois; Llewellyn Powers, Maine;
Henry McMorran, Michigan; Capell l..
Weems, Ohio; George d. McCreary,
Pennsylvania; George E. Waldo, New
York; Everis A. Hayes, California; John
w. Weeks, Massachusetts; Theodore E.
Burton, Ohio; James Mckinney, Illinois;
Cyrus Durey, New York; Elijah B.
Lewis, Georgia; Arsene P. Pujo, Louisi-
ana; Carter Glass, Virginia; Oscar w
Gillespie, Texas; Ollie NJ. James, Ken
lucky; William T. Crawford, North
Carolina, and John G. McHenry, Penn
sylvania.
Census-Edgar D. Crumpacker, In
diana; Edwin c. Burleigh, Maine: Jas.
A. Hughes, West Virginia; Charles T.
Dunwell New York; Hiram r. Burton,
Delaware; Nathan w. Hale, Tennessee;
William NJ. Calder, New York; Howard
NJ. Snapp, Illinois: John w. Langley,
Kentucky; Charles F. Barclay, Pennsyl-
vania; James Hay, Virginia; Joseph T.
Robinson, Arkansas; William B. Wilson,
Pennsylvania; Hannibal L. Goodwin,
North Carolina; William E. Cox, In
diana, and Courtney w. Hamlin, Mis-
souri,.
Claims-James NJ Miller Kansas;
Charles Q. Tirrell, Massachusetts; Jo-
seph Howell, Utah; William H Graham,
Pennsylvania; Grant e. Mouser, Ohio:
George L. Lilley, Connecticut; Charles
b. Law, New York; Charles A. Lind
bergh, Minnesota; Willis c. Hawley,
Oregon; Henry NJ. GoldfogIe, New York
Claude Kitchin, North Carolina: Jack
Beall, Texas; Dorsey w. Shackleford,
Missouri; James o. Patterson, South
and Elmer l.. Fulton, Oklahoma
Coinage. Weights and Measures-Wil-
liam y. Mckinley, Illinois; Ira w. Wood
New Jersey; Joseph r. Knowland Cali
fornia; William c. Lowering, Massachu-
setts; George A. Pearre MARYLAND.
Charles i. Kennedy, Iowa; Joel Cook
Pennsylvania; Samuel Mcmillan. New
York; Joseph G. Beale, Pennsylvania
Addison ID. James, Kentucky; Peter A
Porter, New York; John w. Gaines
Tennessee; Thomas w. Hardwick, Geor-
gia; Robert N. Wallace, Arkansas: Dam
iel ]. Riordan, New York; Charles F.
Booher, Missouri; William A. Ashbrook
Ohio: Charles C. Carlin, Virginia, and
Jonah K. Kalanianaole, Hawaii
District of Columbia.