The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-09

assigned chambers. This gave the minority sena-
tors chairmanshps, nut it can be taken foT grant
ed that the majority always saw to 1t that the
committees presided over by minority men we're
not of kind to have ary great influence On iegls-
laton.
Now that the senate office building is occupied
and each senator hrs general office, private
Office, a reception roam and a bath, 1t Is rot nee
essary to provide SEPARATE rooms In the Capltol
for all the upper he usa members. So it is that
before long it may Sc that the farce of uaming
committees which fever have anything to do
may be done away With.
Here is list of sorle of the pract1caiiy use
less committees of she senate: Transportation
and sale of meat Iroducts;" Revolutionary
claims;" Transportation rates to the seahoard;
Investigate trespass Upon Indian lands;" and
last, Disposition of ustless papers in the execu-
tive departments"
There are to be *1ary changes In co1tp1lttee
chairmanships in MI rch next and in faS there
will have to be general shaking up IA the
committee memberships a result of changes
in the senate's roll al, Senator Dollire- who
died was the charm4h Of the committees On az
riculture and forestry. one of the raost i'm
portant subsidiary b5diSs Of the Unite3 States
senate. Senator FraIce~ E. Warren of wyoming
is the ranking mem1eI of the COMMITTEES now
that Senator Dolliver is dead, but Warren is the
chairman of the committee military nffsirs,
position which he Would prefer to hole b, that
of the craftsmanship ef the agricultural kosy. No
member holds two Important chairs and &c some
one besides Senator Warren must be selected to
take Mr.. Delivers 1tacs at the head of the COM
mittee which looks t.ftnr the bills in which the
farmers of the county and the forest enthusiasts
are particularly Interested.
Eugene Hale of Ms1nc will retire in March He
is at the head of aae committee on sppropria-
tions position whsah next to the chieftainship
of the committee OF finance Is the most impor-
tant Craftsmanship IL the gift of the sena.e. No
body knows yet wffs will succeed Mr.. Hale as
committee chief, but it can be taken for granted
that if the Republicans hold control of tie SEN
ate and the so-callee regulars hold contro! of the
Republicans, Mr.. Eale will be succeeded by
man of what in these days the country Is given
to call the old school of Republican thoaght
Senator Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Islend, the
Republican leader ii the senate, Is the chairman
of the committee finance which corresponds
to the committee on ways and means OF the
house of representatives. 1t was the committee
on finance which considered the Payne-Aldrich
tariff bill and which reported it to the senate
Every bill which has to do with the raising Of
revenue goes to Mr. Aldrich's committee. Under
the constitution all such revenue measures must
originate in the house of representatives but
frequently the United States senate takes house
bills and strikes out everything in them except
the enacting clause, thus gets around the con-
stitut1onal question, and frames revenue bills
much as it wishes to. OF course these bills have
to go back to the house for agreement, but the
senate despite constitutional inhibition does just
about as much original work in revenue meas
ures as the house itself.
Who is going to succeed Nelson w. Aldrich as
chairman of the most powerful committee in the
senate of the United States? Nobody knows.
Senator Julius c.. Burrows Of Michigan ranks
next to Mr.. Aldrich the finance committee and
in the natural order of things he would succeed