Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-19
Buckley and Bradley to Go on
District Committee.
ONE PLACE STILL VACANT
Senator Fletcher Likely to Succeed
Milton of Florida.
FILLING FINANCE COMMITTEE
New Republican Members Who Will
Take Part in Handling the
Tariff Bill in Senate.

Senator Morgan G.. Buckley Of Connect
cut and William o. Bradley. the new
senator from Kentucky. the latter the
only southern republican I'm the Senate.
are to be the new republican members or
the committee on the District of Column
bia. This has been decided by the repub-
lican committee on committees and be-
came known today.
They will succeed Senator Long of Kan
sas and Senator Hansbrough OF North
Dakota. both of whom failed of re-elec-
ton and left the Senate March 4.
Senator Hansbrough was the senior re-
publican on the committee, and would
naturally have succeeded Senator Gal
linger of New Hampshire as chairman IL
he had remained in the Senate and Mr..
Gallinger had taken another chairman
ship or for any reason left the Senate. Mr..
Long was chairman OF the important sub
committee on public utilities which pass
ed upon the Gallinger gas bill shortly
before the end of the last session. March
4. He was Mr.. Gallinser's right hand
man on the committee. Mr.. Hansbrough's
subcommittee was on liquor and excise
legislation.
Both of these important subcommittee
vacancies will have to be filled by Sena
tor Galiinger before the committee meets
again to take up local legislation which
Will probably not be until the next regu-
lar session of Congress next December.
Mr.. Gallinger has not yet decided whom
he will name for the places.
Mr.. Hansbrough's retirement leaves
Senator Dillingham; OF Vermont the rank
ing republican on the committee.
Kentucky's Two Members.
Mr.. Bradley's appointment gives Ken
lucky the largest representation of any
state on this committee. The other
kentuckian in the Senate. Thomas ii.
Paynter, is one of the democratic mem
hays.
There is one democratic vacancy on
che District committee caused by the re-
tirement of Senator William H. Milton
of Florida. The democratic steering
committee has not yet decided who will
have this place, but is expected 10 do so
within the next few days. 1t may be
the new senator from Florida, Duncan
L. Fletcher.
The roster of the District committee OF
the Senate as it now stands is az follows
Republicans-Jacob Fl. Gallinger of New
Hampshire tchairman), William p. Dill
bingham of Vermont. Nathan B. Scott
Of West Virginia, Robert j. Gamble OF
South Dakota. Elmer J. Burkett of Ne
braska. Thomas II. Carter of Montana.
Morgan G.. Buckley of Connecticut, Viii
liam o. Bradley of Kentucky.
Democrats-Thomas s. Martin of Eir-
ginia Francis G. NewlandS of Nevada,
Thomas II. Paynter of Kentucky, Joseph
F. Johnston of Alabama. One vacancy.
Senate Finance Committee.
The important republican vacancies on
the finance committee of the Senate,
which will handle the tariff bill, have also
been filled by the committee on commit
tees. They will go to Senators Lodge of
Massachusetts. Flint of california, Smoot
of Utah and Cullom OF Illinois. who sue
coed the late Senator Allison Of Iowa
and the retired Senators Platt OF New
York. Hansbrough of North Dakota and
Hopkins of Illinois.
The hold-over republicans are Aldrich
of Rhode Island. Burrows of Michigan.
Penrose of Pennsylvania and Hale OF
Maine. Senator Cullom gives up his mem
bership on the committee on appropria-
tons to take the place formerly held by
his colleague, Mr.. Hopkins, who has not
yet been elected by the Illinois legisia-
ture.
Simmons Teller's Successor.
The democrats will designate Mr.. Sim
mons of North Carolina to take the place
formerly held by Senator Teller. the other
democratic members of the finance com
mittee being Senators Daniel of Virginia,
Money of Mississippi. Bailey of Texas
and Taliaferro of Florida.
Vacancies on the committee on appro-
priations will be filled by the appointment
of Senators Curtis of Kansas, Burkett
of Nebraska and Kean Of New Jersey.
Senator Root goes to the committee on
foreign relations. Senators Sutherland
and Borah will go on judiciary, and Sen
ators Dixon of Montana and Brown OF
Nebraska will go on military affairs.
Crane Rules Chairman.
Senator Crane will become chairman of
the committee on rules, and Senator Per-
kins will become chairman of naval af-
fairs Senator Flint of California will
become chairman of the committee on
interoceanic canals, and Senator La Fol-
lette will go to the head of the census
committee.
Senator Burnham of New Hampshire
will become chairman of the committee
on claims while Senator Borah will go to
the head of education and labor.
Mr. Carter of Montana becomes chair
man of irrigation and arid lands, while
Mr.. Smoot of Utah becomes head of the
printing committee. Senator Daniel sue
ceeds Senator Teller as chairman of the