Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-06
Members of the House Dis.
trict Committee Announced.
EIGHT NEW TO THE WORK
Four of Them Republicans and -Four
Democrats.
SMITH AGAIN THE CHAIRMAN
Special Compliment Paid to Pearrs
in His Selection for the Place
by the Speaker.

Samuel W. Smith. Michigan.
Philip P Campbell. Kansas
j. Van Vechten Olcott. New York.
julius Kahn. California.
J. Hampton Moore. Pennsylvania.
Harry NJ. Caudrey Missouri.
Frank NJ. Nye, Minnesota.
William j. Cary, Wisconsin
George A. Pearre. Maryland.
Frank E. Guernsey. Maine.
William H. Wiley. New Jersey.
Hamilton Fish. New York
Dorsey Shackleford. Missouri.
Wyatt Aiken. South Carolina.
Ben Johnson, Kentucky.
John H. Rothermel, Pennsylvania
William p Borland, Missouri.
James NJ Cox. Ohio.
Samuel L. Gilmore Louisiana.
OF the nineteen members of the new
District committee of the House, an
nounced yesterday by Speaker cannon,
eight are new to the job. Four OF them
are republicans and four are democrats
RepresentatiNe George A. Pearre OF
Maryland Frank +. Guernsey OF Maine
William H. Wiley of New Jersey ana
Hamilton Fish of New York are the re-
publicans without previous service on the
committee, and John H. Rotnermel of
Pennsylvania, William P. Borland or MIS-
souri, James NJ. Cox Of Ohio and Samuel
L. Gilmore of Louisiana are the demo-
Gratis
Smith would succeed himself as chair
man of this committee. He became the
head of this body of great importance 10
the District upon the defeat for re-elec-
ton of the late Representative Baocock
two years ago. Mr. Smith entered the
House in the Fifty-fifth Congress and has
served for many years on the Distfic'
committee.
are interested in the welfare OF the Dis-
trict that Representatives Campbell OF
Kansas. Olcott of New York and J
Hampton Moore of Philadelphia remain
on the District committee Ihese eentie
men worked hard and did yeoman service
on the District committee last session.
They are all close students or local al
fairs, and give much of their time 10
work in connection with the many propo
sitions advanced in connection Will lho
government of the National Capital.
Selection of Pearre.
n is considered particularly appropriate
that Representative Pearre of Maryland
should he a member of the District com
mittee His home is at.Cumheflaho' NJ
and he has an intimate acquaintance with
| District affairs and DISTRICT peopie'
| Sneaker Cannon has been adverse 10 ap
| pointing to the District comnltlee 49, ~
c;nity Of Washington, but he CONSIDERED
Mr. pearre such excellent material lo'
the iob that he named him nevertheless
Representative Guernsey OF Maine nv
In Dover is a business man ana mas
sarvad in both branches of the legislature
REPRESENTATIVE Wiley of New Jersey Is
mining engineer and deeply lnteIe 49, m
municipal affairs. Representative ism VI
New York is a son of the one-time gov
ernor of New York of the same name
uho was Secretary of State under Presl-
dent Grant. Representative Fish was nls
fathers private secretary, ana lae
served eleven years in the New YORK as.
Sanity and was appointed assistant
United States treasurer at New ioiA ~
President Roosevelt, resigninS to run lor
Congress last fall.
Sims Leaves the Committee.
Representative Sims of Tennessee, VINO
| was the ranking democratic memoer oi
the District committee. has been trahs-
farred to interstate and foreign COM
merce. and Representative Dorsey SNACK
,aford of Missouri moves up into Ms
n,ace OF the new democratic members
of tbe committee Representatives Boriand
and Rothermel are lawyers, while Repre-
sentative Cox of Ohio Is newSpapef
gunner Representative Gilmore or LOUIS
lana fell heir to the vacancy on the DIS
+r;ct committee caused by the death OF
his predecessor. Meyer
Representative Taylor OF ONO, VINO NO. .
a member of the District comlnittee ias1
Near is recognized by a berth on appfo-
nriations. as is Representative keliher OF
Massachusetts, his democratic coiieasue
on the same committee in the sIA,le,li
Congress Other members OF last ses-
sions Committee who are missing this
year are McGavin of Illinois. Foster 81
indana. Mcmillan of New York, Broau-
head of Pennsylvania and Murphy Oh LII
g ,,,,,opo IN; lad pf re-electiOn.