The Washington times., 1908-11-05
CHANGES IN CONGRESS
MEAN BITTER FIGHTS
Many Struggles Will Be Made by the Younger and Radi-
cal Element to Gain Control of Time-Honored
Posts in the Senate and House.
BY &c. WELLER.

green light. Bur they're going 10 try it.
over at the House end, there viii be
llrst the contest for change and LIBERAL
/ izatlOn OF the rules, with view 10
diminishing the Speakers power. Then
there are a number OF important con-
mittee changes 10 be made.
Cost Jenkins His Seat.
Devotion 10 conservation cost John j.
jenkins his seat in the House and his
place at the head Of the long committee
table in the judiciary room There
must be new chairman OF that COM
miUJee. Mr.. Parker. of New Jersey.
comes second on the committee, and in
the natural course of events would
move up to the top OF the table.
Colonel Hepburn. the fine old Hon Of
the House. is down. Probably he will
never come back, for he is near seventy
i've years old. He Is one Of the oldest
meuDe IN years and service, and will
DE mourned most sincerely, especially
Dy an anectonate group Of enemies.
lie IS chairman OF Interstate and for
elgu commerce, and there Is certain TO
be considerable reorganization here.
Second on that committee is James S.
sherman, who viii become Vice Psesl-
o. a.. This leaves Mr.. WangeT. of Penn
sy-VAnia, the heir apparent. with men
lkC Mann OF Illinois, Townsend OF
Michigan, Esch nl Wisconsin, and others
r-iiblliFAn tDI tNt leadership.
The Committee ON POstOfuces and
Post stroads loses its chairman, AT. over
street Of Indiana. Gardner of New
Jersey is the natural successor
Lands Follows Brother.
Charles Lands follows his brother,
Fred, into retirement at the behest of
an unexpectedly chilly Indiana con-
stituency, and his place at the heaG. Of
the Printing Committee is vacant Mr..
Lands has made himself beloved of
a great constituency in Washington
by reason Of his work in Strengthening
out affairs at the Government printery,
and his place viii not be an easy one
10 fill 90 the satisfaction of the people
concerned about that establishment
Mr. Perkins. of New York. is the man
naturally in line.
At tbs head OF the House Foreign
Affairs Committee is Robert q. Cousins.
Of Iowa, who refused last spring 70
stand for reelection, and will retire.
The committee is one OF high honor and
distinction. and at times Of considerable
importance
Mr. Lands was second and would
have become chairman but FOR his pain
iul accident out IA IoOeieFdOm- which
leaves Perkins, Of New NpTk-James
BreCk PeUlNus-tFe apparent successor
unless otherwise disposed Of He can't
have Foreign Affairs and also Printing
and d. beeJwes the ranking nan OF
both.
New Man to Get II.
Vice presiden elect Sherman j. head
Of Indian Affairs. and some new man
will have to be pushed up 10 that post
Tom Marshall, of North Dakota is sec
ond-aUd he is going to the Senate. II
is a curious coincidence that in so many
cases the first and also The second men
on great committees are To retire.
The West will yeaTu for this chair
maushi5, and Phil Campbell, of Kansas,
migbt stand a sO0d chance 20 get IL,
HinshaW Of Nebraska Is higher on the
list than Campbell, and Hinshaw Is the
sole surviving Republican from Ne
braska. But he has been forced, though
a great friend Of the Speaker. TO pledge
EimzeIf against Cannon for reelection
as Speaker we shell see whether the
Speaker viii lay this up against the
saG-evcd Mr. Hiusbaw.
some notion OF the reorganization
which must be applied 20 the House
committees can be gathered from this
statement Of the prospective changes IN
the most important places But up at
the TOD there VIII bC no change iu the
Rules Committee, which runs IL all, Un-
less that reform is forced upon the
management by the anti-Cannon forces