Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-22
COMMITTEES MADE UP
Senate Adopts Caucus Plans
Without Debate.
IMPORTANT NEW BODIES
Senator Hale, Chairman, to Pass on
Public Expenditures.
HE HAS NINETEEN ASSOCIATES
Dixon at Head of National Re-
Party Representation

The Senate today filled all vacancies on
its standing committees and created two
new powerful committees. confirming the
action taken by the republican and demo-
cratic caucuses held earlier In the day.
One of the new committees Is entitled
'on public expenditures" 1t is COM
posed of Senators Hale. Aldrich. War
rem. Perkins. Penrose. Dolliver and
Clapp. ex-officio members as chairmen OF
the committees on appropriations. finance.
military affairs. naval affairs. post Of
estry and Indian affairs. The chairman
of the appropriations committee fMr.
Hale) is acting chairman of the new com
mittee.
| In addition. the following are members
Of the new committee: Senator's Nelson.
Gamble. Crane, Carter. Bourne. Cum
minis. Burton. Root, McLaurin. New
lands. Owen. Fletcher and Hughes.
| The other new committee is entitled
ION conservation of national resources
and is composed of Senators Dixon,
chairman: Clark of Wyoming. Beveridge.
Dolliver, Dillingham;. Hepburn. Dick.
Briggs. Guggeuheim. Jones, Newlands.
Overman. Davis. Bankhead and Smith OF
South Carolina.
Other Big Committees.
The new members of the committee on
finance are Senators Cullom, Lodge. Nc
Cumber. Smoot and F1int-the republican
representation having been increased by
one-and Simmons. democrat.
From the committee on appropriations
Mr. Cullom retired. Messrs. Keane.
Burkett and Curtis were appointed as new
republican members, while Mr.. Culberson
took the democratic vacancy.
| On commerce the new members are
Aessrs. Bourne and Burton. republicans.
Mr.. Crane retiring. No changes were
made i'm the democratic list.
On foreign relations the republican rep
resentation was increased by one Smith
of Michigan and Root were named as new
republican members. while Shively be-
came the new democratic member.
4 From interstate commerce Mr.. DoIIiver
retired in favor of his colleague. Mr.. Cum
minis. Mr.. Nixon also was appointed. No
| change was made in the democratic list
On judiciary the new republicans are
| Sutherland Piles, Warner. Brandegee and
| Borah. Mr.. Paynter was named as an
additional democratic member.
Changes Of Chairmen.
There were quite a number of changes
in chairmanships of committees. as fol-
1 lows:
Dollver. agriculture and forestry.
Hale, appropriations.
| Smith of Michigan. Canadian relations.
La Toilette census.
| Cummins civil service and retrench-
ment.
! Burnham, claims.
| Taliaferro. corporations organized in the
| district of Columbia.
Sutherland. Cuban relations.
Borah. education and labor
| Gamble. enrolled bills
Richardson, to examine the several
branches of the civil service.
Stephenson, expenditures in the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
| Crawford. expenditures in the Interior
Department.
| Bradley, expenditures in the Depart
ment of Justice.
Bristow.. expenditures in the Post Of
| flee Department.
Root. expenditures in the Department
of State.
| Burton expenditures in the Treasury
Department.
! Briggs. geological survey
| Jones' industrial expositions.
Flint. interoceanic canals the member
ship Of which has been almost entirely
changed and is made up of the following:
McCumber. Brandegee. Dolliver. Dick,
/ Barah. Richardson. Crawford and Bris-
tow. republicans and Taliaferro Sim
mons Johnston OF Alabama. Smith of
Mary and Hughes, democrats.
Carter becomes chairman of irrigation
and reclamation of arid lands,
Perkins naval affairs;
| Depew. Pacific islands and Porto Rico3
| Brown, patents.
Smoot, printing;
1 Crane. rules
Page. standards. weights and measures.
Oliver. transportation routes to the sea-
board:
| Guggenheim, University OF the United
States.
| Several changes were made in the chair.
manships of small select committees
which are headed by democratic senators
| The only change made i'm the territories
committee * the substitution of Hughes
democrat. for Newlan.s
The change was made by the Senate
without debate. Mr.. Aldrich stated that
he would later submit resolution fixing
the powers and duties of the new COM
mittee on public expenditures.
The other standing committees were
| announced today, as follows:
Additional Accommodations for the
Library of Congress.
Money chairman; Nelson
Stone. Wetmore
Cullom.
Agriculture and Forestry.