The Washington herald., 1907-11-03


Speaker Cannon's Office is being flooded
now with letters from the men,5ers Of
Congress, indicating their preference in
the matter OF committees, chairmanshlps
Of many OF which are vacant since the
last election.
The one in which Washington residents
are most interested. OF course, Is the COM
mittee for the District of Columbia. the
chairman, Joseph ". Babcock, having
been one TO 90 out on March 4. The
other members of the committee who will
not come back are Morren. of PennsyI-
vania; Wiley, Of New Jersey. Beidler. OF
Ohio; Blackburn, of North Carolina. and
Kline, Of Pennsylvania. Another mem
Der whose place was made vacant by
his death IS that of Col Campbell Slemp,
of Virginia. who died during the summer.
With the defeat Of MIR. Babcock. Samuel
W Smith is the ranking member on the
committee, and as he has served through
number of Congresses, 1t Is regarded
as more than likely that he will be given
the chairmanshlp. although J. Van Vech-
ten Olcott, OF New York, has been much
talked Of for the place However. as Mr..
Olcott IS a new man in Congress. as com
pared with Mr. Smith, the friends of the
Speaker have questioned whether he
would jump new man over the heads Of
those who feel they are entitled to the
place by reason Of their seniority.
The place will be an important one
this coming year, even more so than In
the past. for there seems 10 be no ques-
tion that there viii be a warm fight on
the part Of the antiliquor factions to
get a prohibition bin for the District
through the coming session. and It VIII
Of course, be fought by those against
such a measure. Both sides will have
quite complete organization.
Mr.. Babcock was defeated by James W.
Murphy. q Democrat, from Plattville.
Some of the Vacancies.
Some or the other chairmanships which
have been made vacant are Agriculture.
Chairman james w Wadsworth. of New
York, who was defeated by Peter Porter.
a Democrat from Niagara Falls. and
whose campaign was made on the basis
Of Wadworth's disagreement with the
President on the meat question: Coinage.
Weights. and Measures. Chairman James
/ II. Southard, OF Ohio. was defeated by
Isaac r. Sherwood, Of Toledo who was
a member Of Congress forty years ago;
Enrolled Bills, Chairman Frank c.
Wachter, of Maryland, defeated by Harry
3. Wolfe. Baltimore Democrat: Ex-
penditures IN the Interior Department.
Chairman Edward s. Minor, Of Wiscon-
sin. defeated by Gustaye Kuestermann.
a Green Bay Republican: Manufactures.
| Chairman Joseph c. Slbley, Of Pennsyl-
vania, defeated by Nelson 2 Wheeler.
Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Chair
man Charles II. Grosvenor. Of Ohio. de-
teated by Albert Douglass, a Chinicothe
Republican; Militia, Chairman Edward de-
v Morrell OF Pennsylvania. de-eated Is,s
w W. Foulkrod Of Philadelphia. Mines
and Mining. Chairman Webster T. Brown.
or Wisconsin. defeated by + A. Morse.
( or Amigo; Ventilation and Acoustics
/ Chairman Roswell p. Bishop. Of Mlchi-
gan, defeated by James McLaughlfn. Of
MuskegOn, and War Claims. Chairman
Thaddeus NJ Mahon. of Pennsylvania
defeated by Benjamin X Focht, OF Lewis
burg.
Mr. -Grosvenor and Samuel VI. Robert
son, Of Louisiana, were the only two
members of the committee on WAYS and
Means 20 be defeated. Mr.. Grosvenor
also left another vacancy. on the Com
mlttee on Rules which, as it stands has
three Republican and two Democratic
members. An effort VIII be made at the
coming session to have the number in
creased 10 fourteen members.
The ranking member on the Committee
on Agriculture Is f. Stevens Henry. Of
Connecticut. From the Appropriations
Committee, Lucius n. Llttaur. Of New
York. and John A. Sullivan. Of Massa-
chusetts. viii be missing
Many Missing from This One.
The Committee on Coinage, Weights.
and Measures seems to have been hoo
doc for the members. for the chairman,
Southard. Of Ohio: Justin D. Bowersock.
OF Kansas; Thomas Hedge, of Iowa;
Cromer, Of Indiana, and Dresser. Of Penn
sylvania. were removed by their con-
stituents. leaving Ira W Wood, Of New
Jersey, the sixth man on the committee.
the ranking member. Two members were
removed from each of the three commit
tees on elections, and there Is good reason
to believe that there viii be but one
such committee in the coming Congress.
for the reason that the necessity for
three has disappeared with the settlement
Of contests.
Amos r. Webber, of Ohio, whose bill
for the prohibition OF the sale of LIQUOR
| in the District was the cause Of much
excitement among the local liquor della
ers last session. has been succeeded by
] Jay F. Laning. Of Norwalk. Weber 8
only committeeship was that on Insular
/ Affairs
William s. Greene, of Massachusetts. is
/ the ranking member on the Committee on
Manufactures, made vacant by the re
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