New-York tribune., 1907-12-20
SELECTED BY CANNON.
HOUSE COMMITTEES OUT.
Banking and Currency Changed to
Break Deadlock Uith Senate.
fFronn The Tribune Bureau. J

tiou In some instances the Speaker obviously
has been actuated by motives of economy and
some members with special legislation to pro-
mote are disappointed but the makeup OF the
committees is generally commended.
The most noticeable change made by the
Speaker is that OF the Committee on Banking
and Currency, which, despite the fact that it
was announced less than ten days ago. is again
changed by the designations of Mr.. Knowland.
of California and Mr.. Calderhead. of Kansas,
and the substitution of two new members
Messrs Mckinney. of Illinois and Durey, OF
New York. both of whom can be counted on 10
work in consonance with the views or the
Speaker. Mr. Calderhead goes to Ways and
Means and Mr.. Knowland to Interstate ana
Foreign Commerce.
This reorganization is doubtless largely que
to the action of Mr.. Fowler the chairman, VINO
recently appointed subcommittee on financial
legislation, from which he excluded Messrs-
Burton and Weeks, both of whom the Speaker
had appointed with view to strengthening the
committee The Speakers action viii doubt
less dispose OF the domination of the committee
hitherto exercised by Mr.. Fowler. who has been
described as such prestidigitator that every
financial measure referred to his committee mas
been Immediately transformed into the Fowler
BILL
TO BREAK DEADLOCK WITH SENATE
The change is of the greatest Importance be-
GAUGE it indicates that the rev committee VIII De
able inte.iigently to handle financial legislation
and the deadlock with the Senate which has
hitherto existed will be broken. Mr.. Cannon's
action is further regarded as an indication that
should the new committee become converted to
1.-The Fowler credit currency heresy" the Speaker
will reorganize 1T again.
The Ways and Means Committee has been
completed tw the addition of Mr.. Calderhead,
Mr., Fordney. of Michigan; Mr.. Gaines. of West
Virginia: Mr.. Bonysne. of Colorado. and Mr..
Longworth, of Ohio. With the exception of Mr..
Longworth all of the new members under
stood to be stanch stand d-patters." The full
committee is:
Chairman, Serene z. Payne. of New York.
Republicans-DaZell, Pennsylvania; Mccall.
Massachusetts; Hill. Connecticut; Boutell, Illi-
nos; Watson. Indiana; Needham. California;
Calderhead. Kansas; Fordney. Michigan: J. II.
Gaines. West Virginia: Bonynge.> Colorado;
LongWorth, Ohio Dcmocrats-Grigg Georgia;
Pou. North Carolina; Rande1. Texas; Clark.
Missouri; Cochran. New York; Underwood, Ala
bama; Granger, Rhode Island.
The Committee on Naval Affairs is strength
ened by the addition of Mr.. Olcott. OF New
York. while the prospects of the service pay bill
are strengthened by this addition and that of
Mr. Hobson. of Alabama both men being strong
advocates of the bill. Another addition which
adds strength TO this committee is Mr.. Dawson,
of Iowa. whose long experience with Senator
Allison before he came TO the House makes him
of especial value in preparing an appropriation
bill.
The Committee on Military Affairs will be the
stronger for the addition of Mr.. Stevens, of
Minnesota.
New York is we'll represented the Commit
tee Appropriations by Mr.. Vreeland. who
takes the place left vacant by Mr.. Littauer
York IN he oapto of
Mr. Sherman to the Committee Rules, as has
been previously announced.
MONEY CURB ON AGRICULTURE
The most radical change made by the Speaker
is In the Committee on Agriculture, which he
has completely reorganized, his purpose being
to obtain the most careful scrutiny of appropria-
tions for the Department of Agriculture and
possibly check on the rapid growth OF this de-
partment. The new committee has six new Re-
publican members. The chairman, Mr.
Scott. of Kansas. has been lifted to the top of
the list from fourth place, while Mr.. Henry
of Connecticut, the ranking member. has been
transferred, getting the craftsmanship of Ex-
penditures Public Buildings and a place on
Merchant Marine and Fisheries and on Patents
1t is violating no confidence to say that the
Speaker actuated In his course by the
enormous growth of the department the ex-
travagant estimates for the coming year and
the discrepancy between estimated disburse-
ments and visible receipts. Mr.. Tawney has
advised the Speaker that the estimates for the
coming year exceed the prospective receipts by !
not less than $1O0oOOO0O Mr. Scott has not \
only had long service in the House, but he is
an extreme conservative. and agricultursts and
scientists will experience difficulty in persuad-
ing him generously to finance their projects
The Speaker with that foresight for which
ho &c nd 1ac hat
Committee on Agriculture TO be besieged
with a number of schemes which are so nearly
Of a log-rclling character that resistance would
be rendered difficult. For instance Secretary
Wilson asks for S50O,OOO for the bureau of
soils, which last year received only 100000.
This is in order that soil surveyors may be
placed in every Congress district. II the
appropriation made is increased at all over
that of last year. Mr.. Wilson will have earned
congratulat lations. Another project which the
new committee will lay carefully away on a
dusty shelf is the Appalachian forest reserve
scheme. which has many friends, but does not
count the Speaker among them.
The extension of the biological survey, to
which the President devoted several pages in
his message. will also find progress difficult at
the hands of the new committee. as will also
the agricultural educational project which has
been earnestly promoted by the Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture. Professor WiIet NJ
Hays. Altogether. the enthusiasm Of Secretary
Wilson of those to whom he delegates his
Congress work is destined to meet with little
encouragement from the Speakers new COM
mittee
Herbert Parsons fares we'll in the distribution
of committee plums, these being Insular Affairs
and Revision of the Laws.
AS has been forecasted in these dispatches,
Mr.. Burton, of Ohio reconsidered his determi-
II IN he IA of