New-York tribune., 1910-01-13
W HITE NAMES HILL
HEAD OF SENATE FL
NANCE COMMITTEE.
4Uds's Wishes Not Respected
-Merr1tt and Phillips in
Old Places.
IBv Telegraph 10 The Tribune. !

mittees a year ago. Lieutenant Governor
White tonight appointed Senator Henry
Wayland Hill, of Buffalo, to be chair
man of the Finance Committee, in de-
fiance of the wishes and work of Senator
Aids. While Senator Aids and Senator
Cobb, who expected to obtain that place
by virtue of his support of Mr.. Aids for
majority leader. openly show their dis
appointment, the Lieutenant Governor
says nothing.
1t is said by Mr.. Whites friends that
he made up his mind almost a week ago
on the general questions of seniority and
fitness. and never changed it. Never
theless, almost everybody here thought
Senator Cobb was certain of the place,
though Buffalo men worked hard to land
the place for Mr.. Hill.
In the last two days the situation
reached its climax. Senators Aids and
Cobb went to Syracuse yesterday to see
the Lieutenant Governor. Buffalo was
not losing any time, for Frank S. Sid
way. Republican county chairman of
Erie, was here this morning. and spent
several hours with Mr.. White and at
least one with Senator Aids. He an
nounced tonight: Erie County merely
got her rights. OF course we're glad,
but it was coming to Senator Hill"
SENATOR ALLDS TALKS.
Senator Aids had this to say about
the appointment.
Il submitted list Of changes in Sem
ate committees as thought they ought to
be to Governor White. He said he didn't
agree with me. Then 1 told him he'd
better draw up two lists, so we could go
over them and work the thing out. The
Lieutenant Governor made these ap-
pointments. said Mr.. Aids with a rue
full smile, lust as he made those a year
ago. At that time there was a consid-
cradle difference between Mr. White and
Senator Raines, and the former carried
the day.
You ask me why these appointments
were made" went on Senator Aids II
tell you l see in it heredity, and long
years of service on the Cities Committee.
and residence in the House of Lords and
the personal equation
Senator Aids said emphatically that
no understanding had existed between
him and Senator Cobb about the major
ity leadership and the Craftsmanship of
the Finance Committee. Nevertheless,
Mr. Cobb was much disappointed Il
guess we were overruled," he said
Buffalo Jared well in the changes. In
stead of Senator Hill going on the Rules
Committee, as has been the custom,
Senator Davis, his Republican colleague,
fills the vacancy there. Senator Bracket
xnIJA
the Codes Committee. Mr. Cobb remains
chairman of the Railroads Committee,
thereby disappointing Senator Vain
wright, who hoped for that place when
Mr.. Cobb was elevated.
In connection with the appointment of
Senator Hill there was in widespread
circulation a report that Superintendent
Hotchkiss OF the Insurance Department
had interfered for Erie County.
THE SENATE COMMITTEES.
Other changes in Senate committees
were announced to fill vacancies caused
by the deaths of Senators Ranes. O'Neil
and McCarren. Senator Aids succeeds
to Mr.. Raines's place or Finance, and
Senators Heacock, of Herkimer, and
Emerson, of Warren, were added to the
committee Coates, of Franklin, and
Bayne, of Richmond, go on Judiciary
On Cities, Aids succeeds Raines. and
Cullen, of Kings, takes McCarrens place.
Senator Harden, McCarrens successor
from the 7th District, takes the place of
Cronin, of Kings, on Railroads, and
Cronin succeeds to McCarren's place on
Forest, Fish and Game. Meade, of Mon
roe is added to Codes, to fill the vacancy
due to Hills promotion, and gives up his
place on Commerce and Navigation.
Stillwell gets McCarren's place on Codes.
Coates takes Heacock's place on For
est, Fish and Game, and is also assigned
to Internal Affairs and Revision Cronin
succeeds Cullen, of Kings, on Miscella-
neous Corporations, Cullen taking Nc
Carren's place on Cities. Harden sue
ceeds to Stillwel's place on Canals,
Stillwell being promoted to Codes.
Vacancies are left on Railroads. Com
merce and Navigation and Banks, which
will be filled by the successor to SEN
ator Raines who is to be elected on
January 25.
MANY CHANGES IN ASSEMBLY.
With more than fifty new members in
the lower house, the committee assign
ments made by Speaker Wadsworth to-
night showed great shift in places and
numerous important changes in chair
manships. Considering the standard of
work and political affiliations of the old
members. the committee list seems an
excellent one, and Speaker Wadsworth
apparently has gone out of his way in
selecting places for the members to avoid
stacking regarding the important
Hughes policies. To be sure, the Judi
ciary Committee is made up of men a
majority of whom are known to be op-
posed absolutely to a direct primary,
and the Electricity, Gas and Water
Committee carries a heavy majority of
men who last year were against the
| state regulation of telephone and tele-
| graph companies. In each case this Is
due to the fact that almost all the mem
bers OF these committees were men hold
| Ing those places last season, who were
reelected and reappointed to their old
| places matter of course
| Assemblyman Merritt, of ST. Lawrence
County, naturally retains the chairman
| ship of the Ways and Means Committee,
which place gives him the majority lead
! ership for the Assembly. ]. S. Phillips,
! or Allegany County, bitter opponent