St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-12-24


o,oa ob.mbers This gave the minority sena-
tors chairmanships but it can be taken Tor grant
ed that the majority always saw to II tnat INC
committees presided over by minority men were
not of kind to have any great influence on iesls'
lation -,
Now that the senate office building Is occupieu
and each senator has general Office private
office a reception room and a bath, it is not nee
essary to provide separate rooms in the Capltoi
for all the upper house members 80 II Is 'na1
before long it may be that the farce OF nahnlne
committees which never have anything 10 40
may be done away with.
Here is list of some Of the pracucaly use
less committees of the senate: Transportation
and sale of meat products" Revolutionary
claims" Transportation rates to the seaooaiu'
Investigate trespass upon Indian lanas' anu
last disposition of useless papers IN lne eAeeu
tive departments. ,.+o,
There are to be many changes In commietee
cbairrnanships in March next and in fact there
will have to be general shaking up III ene
committee memberships as result OF chahses
in the senate's roll call. Senator DolhVer WHO
died was the chairman Of the commlltee Oh as
riculture and forestry, one OF the most LII
portant subsidiary bodies of the United states
senate. Senator Frances E. Warren OF wyoming
is the ranking member OF the committee ~"
that Senator Dolliver is dead, but warren - 'he
chairman of the committee on military anaHs'
nostion which he would prefer to hold TO tna'
member holds two important chairs and SO some
one besides Senator Warren must be selected 10
take Mr. Delivers place at the head OF the COM
rnittee which looks after the bills III "hlch Inc
farmers of the country and the lores' 0n''oS
are particularly interested -,
Eugene Hale of Maine will retire IN MATCH nc
ia Of tho head of the committee on approprla-
tons a position which next to the cnleItainship
of the committee on finance is the most lmpor-
FAINT Craftsmanship in the gift of the senate. NO
hodv knows yet who will succeed MT. haze DIS
committee chief, but it can be taken LOT siah'eo
that if the Republicans hold control Oh lne een
ate and the socalled regulars hold contfoi ol INC
Republicans, Mr.. Hale will be succeeoea Wy
man of what in these days the country IS given
~ call the old school of Republican thought.
Senator Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island, the
Republican leader in the senate, is the chairman
If tho committee on finance which corresponds
tn the committee on ways and means oi tne
house of representatives. 1t was the comni'.ee
m finance which considered the Payne-Aloflcn
tariff bill and which reported 1t to the senate.
Every bill which has to do with the raising oi
revenue goes to Mr.. Aldr1cns cohmi''ee. onu ~.
the constitution all such revenue measures mus
ORIGINATE in the house Of representatives, Out
freorentlv the United States senate takes mousse
lille and strikes out everything in them except
tbe enaeting clause, thus gets around the coz
stitutional question, and frames revenue piiis
much as it wishes to- Of course these Dlis nave
IN 60 back to the house for agreement, ooe 'he
senate despite constitutional inhibition does JUST
about as much original Work Ill ie'enoo ~
ures as the house itself
Who is going to succeed Nelson w. Aiorich a.
oha;rman NJ the most powerful committee in the
senate of the United States? NOBODY KNOWS
Senator Julius c. Burrows OF Michigan ranhs
next to Mr. Aldrich on the finance committee aie
in the natural order of things he would succeed