Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-10-11
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manships: Agriculture, Wadsworths
Of New York. coinage, Weighs ana
measures. Southard. OF Ohio: District
OF Columbia, Babcoek, Of Wisconsin :
enrolled bills, Wachter. of Maryland
expenditures in n interior depart-
ment. Minor. of Wisconsin; library,
McCleary. OF Minnesota; manufac-
lures, Sibley. of Pennsylvania: mer-
chant marine and fisheries, Grosve-
nor. Of Ohio; militia, Morrell. Of
Pennsylvania: mines and mining.
Brown, Of Wisconsin; public lands.
Lacey. of Iowa. ventilation and acous-
ties, Bishop. Of Virginia, and war
claims. Mahon. OF Pennsylvania.
As in the senate, a number OF the
important committees Will lose some
Of their representative men, aside
from their chairmen. The old mem
bers will be given h vacancies on
the influential committees ana the
Youngsters will have to be content
with minor places. The vacancies are
I Agriculture. three Of each party; APP
propriations. one each; District OF
Columbia. five republican and one
democratic. foreign affairs, ms re-
publican: judiciary. " each; labor.
/ three democratic. merchant, marine
and fisheries. our republicans and
two democrats; naval affairs, two
democratic. public buildings and
grounds. one each. rivers and har-
bors. two republicans and one demo-
erat. ways and means. five repub-
licans and one democrat.
with these thirteen chairmanships
aud important committee vacancies,
Speaker Cannon VIII find "a turbulent
crowd Of applicants, every mar OF
whom viii think he and he alone b
the only proper person for duty on
the committees selected by himself.
WAYS and means deals with tariff
and finance in the house and the se-
! lections here will be made with great
. care and the speaker VIII Know pre-
cisely how the men stand whom he
may names ~ theN be reelected 10
the s~ixty-firsf congress, when the
tariff question VIII come up for con-
sideratlon. As numbers cannot be re-
moved from committees once theF
are assigned. without much friction
and bad feeling. the speaker Viii haVt
his eye on tariff legislation In the
succeeding when he makes
his selection for this important COM
mittee.
In ike manner DE viii take care
that men who believe as he does get
the places on merchant marine o
fisheries. which committee deal with
the matter ~ ship subsidy There are
six vacancies there. one-iaird the
membership PURE 1000 laws NttfA
inspection and other matters concern
ing which the speaker has decided
opinions are referred tn the COM
mittee on agriculture. and ouc-thlrd
the members on this COMMITTEES have
been retired from congress The onls
remaining committee where there has
been q decided break iu the member-
shin. 81 that which deals with affairs
in the District - Columbia. where.
aiso one-thlrd ~ the old blood goes
back 10 private life. IL viii thus be
seen that BOB The reconstruction ~
these committees The speaker viii b.
aii-ponerfuI in shaping legislation. lt
could not b. forgotten however, thai
rexarBless ~ THE complexion ~ 4
house committee. tire speaker VIII Be-
almost absolute and that De- duml-
mates fhe house. making II impprihfs
- put through legislation 81 Witch
re q oppressed. unless the memhershlu
takes the legislative bit ln ltH teeth
and runs away with the house.
ahs does MOI often happen
The people may suppose they eier'
members ~ uafes 20 ds tHelr bid
ding This is 4 deiiehffgl nrtlon.
They do the bidding ~ Che speaker.
ana Waf belize rHe young aWH tneE.
a-erIsnfe1 member who naH tnf
femerifF fa g. caarffr tu b Fue-
naaffan 1T fhe speaker 81 3 sd
/ slce q the commitfee on rules