Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-26
National House Adiourns Re-
peatedly to Enable Speaker
To Make Assignments.
A TEXAS STATESMAN FIXED.
swap Made With Fellow Member Who
Was Rather Too Fond of
His Teddy.

( Special Correspondence
Washington, Dec.-The house has
been adjourning for three days at a
time In order 20 give the speaker and
the minority leader am opportunity to
assign the Republicans ana Demo
Gratis to the committees on which they
win serve for this Congress Nearly "a
majority OF the members knows where
they viii go, but the hard work is I'm
determining just what promotions 10
make and where TO place the men who
are entering upon their first terms
Probably not more than three or four
times in the history Of the government
has "a new man been placed ON the
ways ana means committee, which is
considered the most important on the
list, as il deals with AN measures an,
iectinB the revenues, and that bf
course, means an matters affecting the
tarin. During his first term in rne
house William J. Bryan was a MEM
Der or the ways and means commit
tee, but that was through favoritism
shown him by the late Representative
Springer of Illinois who secured the
Craftsmanship OF the committee after
the lively fight was ended between
Crisp and Mills for the spoakership
Of the Ftfty-seCOud Congress Bryan
made good by his oratory. and that
sllenceu the severe criticism az hrst
heaped upon the speaker and Mr..
Springer for so honorlng a fiedgl
Ing
NOT THE PLACE FOR A TOPPER.
Some years ago there was in the
house delegation from Texas a mem
Der who was accused down IA his
state Of being rather too fond OF ms
IodGy. In hunting committee places
for him Leader Williams was puzzlea
and told some OF the Texans he was
going to put Mr.. So-and-so on the com
mittee known as alcoholic liquors"
'Oh, that would never do" exclaim-
ca ana old member from the Lone star
state. IN tell you what 20 do -
Ign Pinkney 20 that committee. Pink
ncy is redhot temperance advocate.
zen feel especially honorcd and nes
er ina out that he had been snapped"
Mr.. Pinkney was detained at home
and had no Cslance to discover what
was going on When he did arrive he
appeared pleased, even though the al
coholic liquor committee Is pretty
much like the NTH wheel OF wagon.
OF no use, for no bills are referred 10
THE FACT NOT MENTIONED.
Senator Du Pont OF Delaware has |
the longest autobiogra ply I'm the con |
gressiOnal directory OF any man in |
Congress. IL covers nearly page /
and must be correct. as the senator /
furnished the facts himself la Civ J
Ing the history OF his life he devotes I
most OF the space to his military rec
ord, even naming the many battles he
was engaged Ia during the CivB war.
tie does not say anything about hay
Ing been years ago prominently CON
1ected with the powder trust. which
he government has been after
SIMPLE LIFE FOR HIM.
Representative Frank Lowden OF
Illinois, whose wife Is a daughter OF |
.he late George M. Pullman Of Chi
ago and rich from the profits from |
Doe sleeping car industry. states in the
sketch printed OF him that he is "a
armer by occupation. He claims that
her De Is at home he usually goes 10
'ed at o'clock and that II wearies
iH greatly 81 he sits up at dinners.
A NEW SENATOR'S NERVE.
Not until Jen Davis came up from
KANSAS has new senator ever be-
ore had nerve enough 20 make "A long