The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-07
RULES COMMITTEE
 IS ANNOUNCED WITH !. HENRY AS ITS HEAD
One of the Most Powerful Committees of Sixty
 Second Congress
"A TENTATIVE LIST
 OF CHAIRMANSHIPS


 Officers at the Capital Which
 Would Save $1O0,000
 a Year
 Washington, March 6.-The rules com nnittee, one of the most powerful of the House committees of the Sixty-second Congress, with Representative Robert l.. Henry of Waco, Tex., at its head, was formally created by the new House ways and means committee at its first meeting today. The following were announced as seven democratic members of the com- mittee:
 Robert E. Henry Texas; Edward Pou, smithfeld, N C.; Thomas ". Hardwick, < Sandersvile, Ga; Augusta O. Stanley. Henderson. Ky; Finis J. Garrett, Dres- den. Tenn; Martin D. Foster. Olney. Ill., and Matthew R. Denver, Wilmington, O..
 The committee will consist of Il mem bers. The four republican members will be chosen by the republicans later, along with the other republican personnel of committees of the new House. The ways and means committee which is charged under caucus dictum with the function of selecting the committees, is not empow- cred to name the chairman, but 1t rec commended to the new rules committee that 1t elect MT. Henry as chairman, which is tantamount to designation at this time.
 Discuss Tariff
 There was some discussion by the com mittee of the programme of tariff re- vision but the committee is deliberatng carefully over that, which is the great est task before it and which it expects to complete in time to report to Congress soon after it convenes April 4. The dem ocratic members of the committee realize there is considerable difference of opin- ion among the House membership in their party as 10 the methods of revising the tariff There Is no conclusion yet as to whether the schedules are to be tackled on to the Canadian reciprocity bill so that a vote in the Senate against the schedule revision would be striking blow at che reciprocity agreement though the bill will carry out the terms of the agreement in good faith.
 One of the things the committee has considered is the elimination of useless of nces at the capitol, most in the humble capacities. There are upwards of GOO i ,2sGs which have salaries attached to them at the capitol and some of the democrats believe that a wedding out of the useless ones might save s1O0,oo0 year to the government
 The committee has not yet passed upon the committee chairmanships beyond those of the ways and means and rules but in many instances more or less complete assurances of individual members of the ways and means committee have made the chairmanships largely a matter of ratification by the formal action of the committee. One of those most conjectural Is the committee assignment of Mir Lloyd of Missouri, who is chairman of the democratic congressional committee. MT Lloyd Is leading member of both the postonice committee and the territories committee. He would prefer the post office chairmanship but both Moon of Tennessee and Finley of South Carolina. who Is vice chairman of the democratic congressional committee, outrank him If Is possible Moon may be again trans ferred to the rivers and. harbors. where Parkman of Florida is the ranking demo- crat.
 These constitute tentative list of chair manships, some of them being fully as- sured:
 A Tentative List
 Appropriations, Fitzgerald, New York. ways and means, Underwood, Alabama rules. Henry. Texas: judiciary, Clayton Alabama; interstate commerce, Adam son. Georgia; foreign affairs, Flood. vir- ginia; military affairs. Hay, Virginia public lands. Robinson. Arkansas: naval affairs. Padgett. Tennessee; insular af- fairs, Jones, Virginia; Indian affairs. Stephens Texas: postoffice or territories, Lloyd. Missouri; banking and currency, Pujo, Louisiana: pensions, Richardson. Alabama; printing, Finley South Caro- lima; agricultural, Leever, South Caro- l!na, or Beall. Texas; census, Wilson, Pennsylvania; immigration, Burnett. Ala bama: industrial arts and expositions, Hefiin. Alabama; invalid pensions, Ans berry, Oho or Lindsay New York; irri- gation, Smith. Texas; rivers and canals. Korbly. Indiana; private land claims. Carter. Oklahoma: mileage, Denver, Ohio. or Collier, Mississippi; Pacific rail- roads, Slayden Texas; patents, Suzer, New York; manufactures Johnson, South Carolina; District of Columbia affairs. Johnson, Kentucky; claims, Goldfogle, New York; election of President, vice president, etc, Rucker, Missouri; merchant marine, Clark, Flor ida militia, Floyd, Arkansas, or Ash brook, Ohio; mines and mining, Foster, Illinois; public buildings, Shepard, Texas; civil service reform, Goodwin, North Car olina; revision of laws, Watkins, Louis 1ana; rivers and harbors; Moon, Tennes- see, Randsdell Louisiana or Sparkman. Florida; territories, Lloyd, Missouri, if not given the postoffice; war claims, Eims, Tennessee.
 The new rules committee is almost 9 complete transformation from the pres ent one. Of the six republicans out oe the 10 members, Smith of Iowa was re- elected, but retired to become circuit judge; Boutell of Illinois was defeated for renomination and has been named min ister to Portugal; and Fassett of New York was not returned by his district while Smith of California is in such grave physical condition as to give apprehen- sion among his friends and to cause his Hresignation from the national monetary commission. With these eliminated DaI- Fell of Pennsylvania, who was the chair man in the last Congress, and Lawrence of Massachusetts are the only republicans on the old committee who will figure in that connection with the present Con gross.
 Dismiss Water Works Suit