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For the first time in a quarter of
century. no Ohio Congressman will
hold a House chairmanshlp, nnle% IA
there is q change in the method OF
selecting committees. There are sixty.
two committees in the House, and Ohio
has twenty-one congressman. Iowa,
which less thar ten years ago had the
speakership, the craftsmanship of the /.
big committees on rules, Interstate and
foreign commerce, public lahds and
military affairs, in addition TO TWO f
seats at the cabinet table ana the III
craftsmanship of the Senate
on appropriations, will be left with the
cha irmanshiD of the House
on military affairs as the only import.
ant craftsmanship. Illinois will have a
but one craftsmanship, that or the cen
sus. but she will have only two he
publican members. New Jersey, with
ONLY seven Republican members, prob q
ably will have five c~hairmanshlps. In r.
thc New HAMPSHIRE delegation, 100 y
per cent of the delegation has held
| c~bairmanships for several years. and u
such will doubtless continue to be theS/
case through the SiXty-first Congress. y
Representative Sulloway is chairman
OF the committee on pensions, and Rep- &
resentative Currier is the head of the
| committee on patents. Illinois is con- A.
| siaered sure of five chairmanshlpsYE
mostly of minor Importance; Pelll'syl-
yania Of five, New York of three or
four. Kansas of three, Massachnse't
of three. The reason assigned 1or the
unequal geographical distribution or
the committee chairmanships is that
| the practice of retaining Il delegation
in Congress term after term Varles
| greatly with the different States. Pri'
| ority is an important factor in the Sc
lection of committee cha1rmanshlps,
and the falling off of some States in
this respect is due largely to their 1al' ~
ure to ~re-elect old members.
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The size of the average family IN the VI
United States has decreased from 3o
persons in 1870, the date of the hrst
census. to 4.6 in the same area IN looo'
according to a volume being prepared
by the census bureau. OF especlal IN
terest from a sociological point are sta
tistics of family life. In 1890 families
composed of no more than three per
sons represented only onc-fourth of the
entire number of families, while IN
1900 families of similar size made up
nearly 40 per cent. Families com
posed of six or more persons rep
resented in 1870 more than one-halr'
but in 1900 scarcely more than one
fourth of the families enumerated. On
the basis of the proportion shown IN
1870, there would nave been in CONT z
mental United States in 1900 39,5Oo.ooN.
children, whereas there We're less thant
2 1000, 900. The number Of children
under 16 years Of age to each white
family was % in 1870. as compared
with 10 in 1900. The ratio in 1890 OF
two children under 1G years of age to-
each white female 16 years of age aIf
over declined to one in 1900. ~
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Since the announced appointment OF
Lloyd NJ. Bowers, Of Chicago, as sole
itor general, it has become apparent
that Mr.. Wickersham is preparing to
bring into closer relations the Inter
state Commerce Commission and the
Department Of Commerce and Labor
with the Department Of Justice. This
is in accordance with the plans of the
President to unity the prosecuting and
investigating powers of the govern
ment. The Bureau Of Corporations is
to be remodeled by Congress and at
tached to the Justice Department, +
probably with Mr.. Ellis at it's head.
One official of the latter department
was quoted as saying hat hereafter
they would not go a hunting with brass
bands, but would equip their heavy ar
tillery with Maxim silencers.
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President Taft on April 1 enjoyed
his first pay day since he has been in
Office. A treasury warrant for $5,625.O1
fell to his lot. He did not have to
fall in line and step up to the captains
Office for it, either. Shortly after 9
o'clock a treasury messenger appeared
at the executive offices, handed to Sec 4
rotary Carpenter the little slip of pV"
per. took his receipt and went avail
The $5,625.O1 represents wages for the
month Of March less three days. Ac-
cording to the Government timekeep-
err, Mr.. Taft did not arrive on the job
until March 4, wherefore he was
"docked" three days. On all recurring
pay days for the future, however-thatf
is to say, the first Of every month";
the President will receive a check for 4
S6,25O.
Secretary of War Dickinson has an
nounced the retired army officers to
constitute the court of inquiry which
will investigate the dismissal Of the
naprN soldiers IN cnnnpctinn with tho
Brownsville (Texas) shooting ARRAY,
They are Gems, Young, Sanger, Price,
Schwab and Wilson.