New-York tribune., 1907-12-19
cANNON'S LIST MADE UP
House Committee 4ssi gnments To
Be Ianounced To-dau.

Washington. Dec. s-Hhen the House meets TO-
--ou Speaker Cannon Will announce his as
.r-,,7,.u1s % members to committees with m.
.erricn of those appropriations, bankinr an3
,,,rrsncy mileage and rules. which already have
,sn raulsa. The HoCse Will then be organized and
-eady for business
Tbe Speaker did complete his task ,3tu
,e.-sy Z O'Clock tonight. To insure the printing
:, ,,e lists ir time for to-morrCw's session esch
ron .nittee sable was sent to the Public Printer
,o-nictst as as II was finished. John Sharp
,.-,j1anas minority leader, who had the naming
- ,ae Democratic members. worked behind locked
sors al yesterday and to-day, snd sent his COM
,etes list 10 the Speaker this evening.
The assignment task was heavier this year than
over before. The creation Of about fifty add
,,onal committee memberships by the enlargement
81 each committee by Republican and one
1aen,oerat on account OF increased membership Of
o. JIo1se and the that many members think
the- SEE in the Speakers selections effect on
,be Presidential situation. made the work more
difficult.
xer-rcturn IF members Of the 5sth Congress
-..ed iss vacancies in committees not taking into
account the fact that Representative Cassel. of
tenusvHvania- though reelected, has not yet be-
,o;rs q member OF the EoGse pTefeFTing not to
.ae MS seat Until the charges against him in con-
n.-,ior With the Capitol investigation at Harris
hu-e ha.e been cleared TIP. OF the 1Ss vacancies
.t.s created. Twelve chairmanships. Additional
memberships bring up 70 nearly two hundred and
ef,v the assignments TO be announced by the
s;eaSer tomorrow. and the fact that, 10 quote
hin have been nineteen pegs seeking every
hole has not Ightcacd the task.
Following precedent. chairman n the Seth
Con-ress who IS & member os the e0th Congress
vii be superseded Unless. through the occurrence
OF q vacancy elsewhere, he has become the rank
fnr member OF another and more important COM
nittee. in which he is expected TO step UP.
Nc member can be chairman OF more than one
committee
n
no chairnlanship vacancies have been created by
ron-reiU-n OF members. and whose old chaiTrnen
1-e expected 10 be reappointed. are the Ways and
Means tappointedt. Payne. OF New York; Appro-
pr.ations tappOintedG. Tawney. Of Minnesota:
Barking and Currency (appointed). Fowler. OF New
Jersey: Rules tappointed), the Speaker: Foreign
Affairs Cousins Of Iowa: Insula- Affairs. Cooper.
Of wisconsin; Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Hepburn, Of Iowa, Military Affairs, Hull Of Iowa:
Nsyai Affairs. Foss. Of Illinois: Pensions, Lou
oenslsger. Of New Jersey; Invalid Pensions sullo-
xax of New Hampshire; Public Buildings and
Grounds Bartholdt- Of Missouri; Rivers eno Har-
hors Burton. Of Ohio; Territories, Hamilton. o.
Michigan: Railways and Canals. Davidson. Of Wis
ronsin. Elections (three couritteeS), Mann, OF Il
linois. Onsted. Of Pennsylvania, and Drisoon Of
Nep York. Census. Crunpacker. Of Indiana: I'm
n rration and Naturalization Howell, Of New Jer-
Sc. Indian Affairs. Sherman, OF New York; judi
ciarv Jenkins. Of Wisconsin; Labor. Gardner. Of
New Jersey: Postofices and Post Roads, Over
L is understood that Representative Charles r
Scott. Of Kansas, Will become chairman or the
committee on Agriculture. jumping over hausen'
of Iowa uho becomes chairman OF the COMMITTEE
IN War Claims and Henry, ot Connecticut Repre-
sentative Mondeil. Of Wyoming IS the ranking
member ot the Committee Public Lands and
probably viii relinQuish the chairrnanship OF u-e
committee On Irrigation OF Arid Lands 10 step into
--sr plsoe putting Reede-. OF Kansas, IL first
l.lsce fer Irrigation Craftsmanship. BY tIlS
changes incident a new Congress Representative
-eene. Of chusetts. becomes ranking mem
be- ,f two courittees-Nanufactures and Merchant
Marine and Fisheries II is probable that his pref
erarce for the chairrnanship of the latter cora-
Tu1ee viii avail and that NJ McMorran, OF MICH
fgan. will head the Committee on Manufactures
r,- ordinary usage M Scott Of Kansas, would
F.er-,,e chairman Of the Committee on Mines ana
Mining. but his prospective appointment 10 the
Il hzirrnanship The Committee on <Asr1cuiIuIe
opens the way for Nr Huff Of Pennsylvania VINO
a. rchs hl succeed TO the vacancy created by Inc
ro7-retrrn II Representative Brown, or WISCONSIN,