Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-17
COMMITTEE CHANGES
Speaker Of House Will Have I'M
pOrlanl Assignments to Mske.
Vacancy ON RIVERS AND HAR80Rs
Some Doubt as to Who viii Get Bur.
toms Place, But It is Believed That
the Plum May Be Given to Repre-
sentative Alexander.
Special Correspondence OF Tho pail,
Press.

Press.
! WASHINGTON. D. c.. Oct. lG-
When Uncle Joe Cannon gets down
TO the business OF making IN his Com
mittce assignments. which ho viii do
shortly, he will find Il number of ia,
places at his disposal The certainty
mat II he lives until the first Mon.
Jay III December Mr.. Cannon Will bc
The next Speaker of the House of Re.
Pre- scntativcs has considerable effect
upon the length of the next session
lnr " enables him to y. cparc his com.
miticc lists almost altogether i'm adj.
vance so that they can he announced
lew DAYS after Congress rcassem
llcs Where there is n contest fnr
ne Spcakcrship the committees are
Generally not ANNOUNCED until lust he
iprc the Christmas holiday recess so
mat active work cannot he begun I'M.
vi sometime in January Especially
IS this true where the nolitical com.
nlcNion of tho House ms changed
All things considered. tho most i'm
Dortant chaitmanshin which MIR Can
non will have to fiji. will Il, that OF
me Committee on Rivers and Ua-bors
representative Burton who has beor
chairman of this committee for scyot
u congresses. has announced that he
can no longer act in that capacity as
Nc Wishes To devote his attention
largely TO tho Deep WATERWAYS Com,
mission IN case the voters of Clavc
and do MOI call unon him To take ths
MAYORS chair. The COMMITTEES on
HirH.s aud iIarhnrs will nn,urall,.
work hand in hand with the Dozen Nvn
'erwavs Comm issiou for white th
commission will PERHAPS do the more
investigating The committee will he
"" medium through witch anpronria
'lnls VIII b" obtained. In connection
WIN tn" craftsmanship of tho com
Mitec the name of REPRESENTATIVE Dc
Alva AleXandrr of Now York iy.
Nrnn'inentlv mentioned NJ. Nlnxnn
ore has served Il number of terms ir
CONGRESS- aud will doubtless continue
~ thW BODY for II long time ms h
u highly esteemed in Buffalo and hi.
1istrici is strongly Rennblican n
mas been on the committee ever since
ne mas been in Congress and has lncr
one of its most conscientious Nom.
1ers Next TO Mr. Bu-to II. Rcpresen.
'atiVe Alexander is probably better in
formed on the rivers and harhors Of
me country a, large than any othe,
man on the committee. He is also
4 member of the Committee on .Iud'
cary. having been L. S. attorney
'or the Northern District of Nav
YORK. Before taking up the practice
VI law Mr. Alexander was n news
naDer man and well known through
ne middle west when ne was the In
llama correspondent for the old Cir
cinnati Commercial Gazette.
The craftsmanship of the COMMITTEE
on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
will also have to be filled owing (,
the retirement of General Charles II
GrOsvenor of Ohio AS this is tho
committee which will deal with the
ship subsidy bill the Speaker feel
y strong man should la placed AT II.
head. Such man is Representative
Charles L. Littlefield an enthusiast
advocate of shin subsidies. man o.
Independence of thought. and one Of
the most forcible speakers in th.
House Mir. Littlefied's independence
has not cndeared him TO the member
ship of the House, but his great abil.
ties are recognized by all His sev-
eral terms of service have tended tc
modify his slcdge hammer tac.:cs a
NV 'i'P'i '"iii committee 10 be flleh
IS That on Agriculture of which Elk.
REPRESENTATIVE James w Wadsworth
II New York was chairman. While
n the case of the other two commit
-ees mentioned it is possible tn
Sneaker NAV 80 outside of the com
mittae for the chairman, il is believed
hat he will appoint chairman of 'hc
90. .'.,G ;,.s.
The Republicans on that committee
The craftsmanship of the Committee
IN the District of Columbia viii al
30 h. open. Int shis is regarded a
'argelv local committee. esnecially
since the work of beautifving the Car
tai has been assumed nv The Execn
Tvs rather than by tho legislative dc
Dartmcnt of the government.