The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-23
COMMITTEES
TN THE SENATE
All Vacancies Are
Filled.
CONFIRMS CAUCUSES' ACTIONS
Two New Powerful Committees
Are Created.
One IL Entitled "On House Exp~zdi-
lures, and the Other II "On
Conservation Of Natural
Resources"
CONFIRMS cAUCUSEy ACTIONS

washington, March 22.-The Senate
today filled all vacancies in Its stand
ing committees and created two pow
erful committees, confirming the &C
tion tax en- by the Republican and
Democratic caucuses held earlier in the
day.
One of the new committees Is en-
titled ION house expenditures" and
is composed of the following: Hale.
Aldrich, Warren, Perkins. Penrose,
Dolliver and Clapp, who are ex-omcio
members as chairmen of the commit
tees on appropriations. finance. mill
tary affairs, naval affairs, postomces
and post roads. agriculture and forest
ry and Indian affairs, the chairman Of
the appropriation committee, Mr.. Hale.
being the acting chairman Of the new
committee.
In addition. the following are mem
bers of the new committee: Nelson,
Gamble, Crane. Carter. Bournt. Cum
minis, Burton, Root, McLaurin, New
lands. Owen. Fletcher and Hughes.
The other new committee is entitled
ION conservation of natural resources"
and Is composed of the following: Dix
on, chairman; Clark, Wyoming; Bev-
eridge, Dolliver, Dillingham;. Hepburn.
Dick, Briggs. Guggenheim. Jones. New
lands. Overman. Davis, Bankhead and
Smith of South Carolina.
The new members of the committee
on finance are Cullom, Lodge, McCum-
Der. Smoot and Flint. the Republican
representation having been increased
by one. and Simmons. Democrat. From
the committee on appropriations Mr.
Cullom retired, and Messrs. Keens. Bur-
kett were appointed new Republican
members while Mr.. Culberson took the
Democratic vacancy. On commerce, the
new members are Messrs. Bourne and
Burton, Republicans; Mr.. Crane, retir-
ing. No changes were made In the
Democratic list.
On foreign legations the representa-
ton Is increased by one and Smith, OF
Michigan, and Root were named as
new Republican members while Shive-
ly became the new Democratic MEM
Der. From interstate commerce MI
Dolliver retired in favor of his col
league, Mr.. Cummins, and Mr.. Nixon
was also appointed, no change being
made In the Democratic list. On ju-
dietary. the new Republicans are Suth-
erland, Piles, Warren, Brandegee and
Borah and Mr.. Paynter was named as
an additional Democratic member.
There were quite a number of
changes In chairmanships Of commit
tees as follows:
TolIiver. Agriculture and Forestry;
f1Ale, Appropriateness, cmAsh S-&AASA''
Canadian Resolutions; LaFollette. Cen
sus: Cummins. Civil Service and Re-
trenchment; Burnham, Claims; ITALIA
ferro, Corporations organized in the
District of Columbia; Sutherland, Gu
ban Relations: Borah. Education and
Labor; Gamble. Enrolled Bills; Rich
ardson. to examine the several branch
es of the Civil Service; Stephenson, Ex-
penditures In the Department of Agri-
culture; Crawford. Expenditures in the
Interior Department: Bradley, Expen-
ditures in the Department Of Justice;
Bristow, Expenditures in the Postoffice
Department. Root. Expenditures in the
Department of State; Burton. Expendi-
lures in the Treasury Department;
Briggs, Geological Survey; Jones, In
dustrial Exposition; Flint, Inter Ocean
ic Canals, the membership of which has
been almost entirely changed and Is
made up of the following: McCum-
Der, Brandege. Dolliver, Dick, Borah
Richardson, Crawford and Bristow. Re-
publicans, and Taliaferro, Simmons
Johnston Gala. }. Smith (Md.) and
Hughes, Democrats
Carter becomes chairman OF Irriga-
tion and Reclamation of Arid Lands
Perkins, Naval Affairs: Depew. Pacific
Islands and Porto Rico; Brown. Pat
ents; Smoot, Printing; Crane. Rules
ures: oliver. Transportation Routes ia
the Seaboard. and GuggenheinA Univer-
sity of the United States.
Several changes were made in the
chairmanships Of small select commit