The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-16

New Mexico.
Representative Charles II. Burke Of
South Dakota was made chairman Of
the Indian affairs committee. succeed
ing sherman of New York. now the
vice president In making Burke
chairman the speaker skipped him
over the heads 1t all the other repub-
liCan members this being Burkes re
entrance into congress after "A lapse
of two years. Those on the commit
tee last year who wer" retained are
Campbell ~ Kansas. Mcclure If OK
iaholn&. Allen NJ Maine. republicans.
and Stephens Of Texas. Saunders III
Virginia. democrats. Thus of the ~
members of the committee hut five
served last year. I'll" committee being
practically new. The new republican
members are Charles F. Barclay of
PENNSYLVANIA. Edmund II. Htnshaw at
Nebraska. Arthur +. Murphy OF Mis-
souri,. Richard Young II New York,
l., Il. Hanna Of North Dakota. Clar-
encr r. Miller OF Minnesota. and y.
f. Kendall Of Iowa The new demo
cratic members are Joseph W. Byrns
al Tennessee. Carl {. Anderson of
ohio. James ?. Latta of Nebraska. W.
II. Jameson OF Iowa. James y. Ora
ham of Illinois. and Delegate Ralph
H Cameron from Arizona.
The territories committee Is again
headed by Representative Edward l..
Hamilton of Michigan. and the old re-
pubtiCans retained are CarTon of
Rhode Island. Southwick Of New
York. Mckinney of Illinois, Cole of
Ohio, Reynolds of PENNSYLVANIA. Ora
per AT New York. Guernsey of Maine
and the old democrats still on are
Lloyd of Missouri. Chandler of Mis-
sissippi. Houston of Tennessee. The
new republican members are ]. \.
I.anrham of PENNSYLVANIA. James W
Wood of Iowa. and the democrats
Benjamin II. Humphreys If MisSis-
sippi. Michael F. Conry of New York.
Daniel A. Driscoll of New York. and
Delegates Andrews of New Mexico
and Wickersham of Alaska.
The mines and mining committee Is
again headed by Representative Huff
of Pennsylvania. and the republican
members retained are: Howell of
Utah. Englebright of California. Ford
noy of Michigan. Douglas of Ohio. and
Pray of Montana The new republic
an members are Polite Elvins of Mis-
souri,. Charles +. Treager Of Okla
homa. Alfred r. Garner of Pennsyl-
vania. The old-time democrats re
tanned are Bartlett of Nevada. Foster
of Illinois, Nichols Of PENNSYLVANIA.
Hammond OF Minnesota. The new
democrats are Cyrus Cline of Indiana.
John 4. Mcguire of Nebraska and
Delegate Cameron of Arizona.
The chairman Of the Pacific rail-
roads committee is again Representa-
tive Butler of PENNSYLVANIA, and the
republicans retained are Driscnli of
New York. Knkaid of Nebraska
Mudd Of Maryland. Belson of Wiscon-
sin, and the new members added are
james Kennedy OF Ohio, Alfred Il.
Garner of Pennsylvania, Frank p
Woods of Iowa. and Miles Poindexter
of Washington. republicans. Slaydcn
Of Texas, and Bartlett of Nevada are
the only democratic members retain
ed, the new ones being w. d. Jamie
son OF Iowa. r. Y. Thomas. Jr. of
Kentucky. Martin \. Morrison of In
diana and John A. Martin of Colo
RADIO.
The membership of the private land
claims committee is practically new
Delegate kalananaoie Of Hawaii be
ing the only republican retained. Rep
rcsentative Ernest w Roberts oi
Massachusetts is the new chairman
and the new republicans are George
W. Morris of Nebraska. Cyrus Durey
Of New York. Elmer A Morse oi
Wisconsin. Charles ii. Morgan Of Mis-
souri,. John X. Tener Of Pennsylvania
Clarence b. Miller of Minnesota Rep
resentatires Jones. Virginia; Smith
Texas: Wallace. Arkansas. and
Weisse. democrats, are retained and
the new democrats are Charles NJ. D.
Carter of oklahoma and Dannitte II
Mays Of Florida.
Chairman Reeder of Kansas and
Cole Of Ohio, kinkaid of Nebraska
and Englebright of California are the
only republicans retained Oh the COM
mittee on irrigation of arid lands
The new republicans are William :.
Greene of Massachusetts. John T.. An
drns If New York. Henry W. Palmer
of Pennsylvania and John w Good of
| Iowa. William X. Smith NJ Texas
Rainey of Illinois. Hitchcock al Neb-
faska and Bartlett Of Nevada demo
Gratis, are retained; til. ncw dcmncat
member being Robert y Thomas, Jr
of Kentucky.
Should anything of scandal come uI
about the interior department and
congress was called upon To invest
gate its financial dealings. but ons
member on the committee ON exncn-
ditures in the interior department
would be from the west. This com
mittee is composed al Bird = Me
CURE nj Oklahoma. the chairman:
Daniel +. Lafean of Penns slyania
Francis II. nodas nj Michigan, John
q. Grant and Robert \. Page ri
North Carolina. Rufus Hardy of Texas
and Dudley NJ. Hughes of Georgia.
Representative Pray of Montana
VAS retained on his three commit
tees which he held last YEAR the,