The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-14
John Sharp Williams Asks for
 an Increase
CANNON HAS NOT DECIDED
Speaker of the House May Have To Grant More Committee Member ships-New Orleans Business
 Men Fail In Their Plea.

Washington, November 13=(Special.)- Arriving democratic congressman are talk ing much interest in the personnel of the new committee assignments of the Six tieth Congress. It is presumed that Speak CT Cannon, following the course he has pursued since his first election will allow the democratic leader to name the minor ity committee places, and therefore Rep resentative Williams, who will be elected leader at the caucus two weeks from Sat urday, is receiving letters and personal requests from members for committee as- signments they prefer. In the last Con gress Speaker Cannon gave the democrats six out of the eighteen places on the most important committees.
 The republican majority in the last Con gress was 113, while it is only 55 in the new Congress, hence MT Williams be- lieves he is entitled to proportionate increase on the committees wanting at least seven or eight members instead of six. Speaker Cannon has not yet decided what he will do about MT. Williams re- quest Even with six members on the major committees. there are some desir- able minority vacancies for which dem- ocratic members are struggling.
 These committees have one vacancy on basis of only six members-ways and means, appropriations, rivers and harbors, public buildings and judiciary. It is said to be likely here that the ways and means vacancy will go to RepreSsatatiye. Shef- ias- aG4fna 1aiiieyille dist Iict,
 New York Gets It All.
 "No chance except for New York; de- spairingly said Senator McEnery of Louisiana, as he started home tonight.
 With Senator Foster he has been n Washington for two days trying to get the treasury department to afford some relief to New Orleans business men on account of the financial situation. While here the senator also saw the superVis- ing architect to ascertain why the work on the new New Orleans public building cannot be placed under way, the appropri- alton having been made by Congress.
 That. too" explained the senator, ITS held up on account of the New York pup- lie building"
 Wet or Dry?
 Do you think the prohibitionists will succeed in putting Washington on the
  Representative Sherley of Kentucky to- night
 You can't tell he replied. You know Senator Black was once asked about whisky, and he said: It has no enemies in the cloak room and no friends on the floor
 Sop to the Negro.
 J. A. Cobb, Louisiana negro has been appointed one of the assistant district at torneys of this district. He is a graduate of Howard university and his place will pay $20OO His principal work, it is an- nounced, will relate to prosecutions under the pure food act. As it is stated that the whisky interests will furnish most of the cases of violation under the act, fe prom ises to have busy time of 1t during the next year.
 . Since the Brownsville incident the Pres ident has landed six negroes in good posi- tions, and there Is feeling that the revolt of the negro vote is becoming less likely every day.
 Crum Is Third Termer.
 w. D. Crum. whose appointment three years ago to the Charleston collectorship raised such a fuss, made ilie appearance in Washington today and promptly joinN the third-termers. The latest accession to the camp sees nothing to it but the Presidents renomination.