Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-09-19
MIR. Cannon Will Be Chosen Again
as Speaker of House.
His Probable Course in demonstrating
the Committecs---Thc Important
Committees on Rules and
Ways and Means

which conVenes IN D"ceHlo''' '"oi' WIN
De no contest in lHe caucus ioi ''e
speakership, or any OF the o'her piaceS
OF honor or profit IN the t'ouHe' INC
members Will escape thls year III WIRE
pulling and opportunities lot Jops tnat
usually attend the organization OF thc
new Congress. All OF the ou o'ncers ana
chief employees OF the House VIII go
into the office again. Mr.. cannon under
stands so we'll the certainty on ms re
election to the speakersn'p that even no"
he is engaged In planning roughly the
House machinery and committee member
ships.
The naming of committees and or com
mittee charmen will no an important task
this year. when changes in the tar'h are
insistently demartded by large part Of
the country, and when 1t d'voives upon
the sensible men IN Congress 10 defeat
ship subsidy Legislation when 50 narrow
~ escaped getting through last year
r1,r r,o,.,,, u,c,,1Srpy
s,be uonso noon,,or, consists Of s,x,v-
two committees. While the speaker SO far
mas not outlined his polcy' II Is assumed
that ne Will follow precedent ana pnld
mp the new cosnmitte"s around the skeI-
"tons OF the committees that served dur
ing the last CongreSS AS result OF the
last congressional election the House lost
thirteen of its cha'rmen. Ihe defeated
men are James W. NadS"orIh OF New
YORK. who headed th' coinmittee on agri-
culture;James II. Sonthard of ONO coin
age, weights and measures; FRANK c.
w n D
Edward S. Minor OF Wisconsin. eXpendt-
lures in the interior department. James
T. McCleary of Minnesota, library:
Joseph c. Sibley Of pennsylvania manu-
features; Charles H. Grosvenor of
Ohio, merchant marine and fisheries;
Edward u. Nor II II PennsYlva Ma,
mlhtai; webster T. crown or Wisconsin,
mines and mining, John f, Lacy or Iowa,
public lands; RosT"'l F. Bishop Of
Michigan. ventilation and acoustics;
Thaddeus NJ. Ma.hol of Pennsylvania. war
claims; Joseph " Habcock Of Wiscon-
SIN. District Of Columbia affairs.
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With the except If the committee on
agriculture and The committee on mer-
chant marine, and fisheries, these chair
manships are not If great Importance. E.
r-oho,,,,+,, w ',...san ,hotn,,,a, 80 ~,
committee on as llture to succeed Mr..
Wadsworth. wros stand against a proper
meat inspection measure cost him his seat
in the House. Much doubt exists as t'
what the speakcr vii. do about the COM
mittee on merehapt marine and Usher
les. Ihus th' conn'ttce to which th'
snip SUBSIDY l'sislation is referred. an6
the reporting ~ a SUBSIDY OH TO th'
ne" house 81 depend on the makeup
OF 'he conl'IlU'e. Inc 'mniittee suffered
severely IN 'h' 'ast "le uon' three of the
HidJoli'H "''N'''S l".lins 10 ger oacR
10 Ine 'ou77'
II inc 'pr"N' mas any thought OF max
lhs ia"''"' IEeS III '"' chalrinahShps
| IN ti'e r'"'N "npor'aht co1snltteNS No
| mas H"' '"l'' H. III me estimation OF
! oniooherS SD"' changes could ne made
! Win p'"i'' 'ceo'nt' "ilch Is SO inucF
! respected III lgr"ss' mas placed go"'
'''a"! "'"'''N' men Al IN" head on I'M
por'ah' conn '' eeS' OUTSIDERS would IKE
! 10 see '"' - ker nave inc courage to
! push some "' we energetic youngsters
|
does oHehd some OF the oId-u'lers
THE p1.rrs rouNrrrrr
good dea. Il interest will attach tc
the reorgan IA ION OF the committee or
rules THIS .s he committee which reall,
controls the gislation Of the House
In the last 'Dpgress It was made up o.
the speakar, Iohn Dalzel of Pennsyl
vania, and Charles r. Grosvenor of Ohio
republicans, John Sharp Williams o
,"..'.pP' s 80 l'"N'n ns Nrrn'n' o
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somewhat ins..tent demand from repubI
can member Nat the committee be in
creased in size. Doubtless this proposit
ton Will coma Tor consideration at the re
publican caucus that renominates tn,
House Officers II the committee is I,
continue 70 consist of four members anc
the speaker. here will probably he ,
chance for only. ono new man. as Dalzel
Is likely to }-. retained Rcpresentativ,
Watson of Indiana has been mentione,
In connec.'or with the vacancy II h,
goes on tho -,,os committee. and he nrob
ably will. ne viii have to give IN hi
place as r,,.,,,ricar "vbtn" of the House
This is an ,r.,,rtart Mace nowadays. an,
carrios VIII, o. &c much nrest,pe as an,
good committee oes,grment The ir,o
weren't have s,lrpested that Mr. Roosevelt
because Of h, nrooc,encv and experience
In the task might he made the Hous
whip" Arybou II Mr. RooseyeI
doesn't take tna tob the "unwritten law
demands thar all ions that cannot b.