Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-07
SEVEN MEMBERS ARE SELECTED
Four Republicans Will Be Chosen
Later by Leaders.
% SLOW ON TARIFF PROGRAM
Expect to Complete Plan to Report to
Congress Early.
CHANGE TO TAKE FORM OF RIDER
Committee Is Now Considering the
Discharge of Hundreds of Poor
Employees LnborinE I'm
Humble Capacities.

! WASHINGTON, March 6-The rules COM
mittee. one Of the most powerful Of the
house committees of the sixty-second con-
Rress. with Representative Robert L.
Henry Of Waco. Tex. at It's head was for
mally created by the new house ways and
means committee at its first meeting to-
day. The following we're announced as
the seven democratic members:
Robert Lee Henry, Texas; Edward w.
Pou Smithfield, N c.; Thomas w. Har-
wick. Sandersville, Ga; Augustus o. Stan
ley, Henderson. Ky; Finis J. Garrett.
Dresden, Tenn; Martin d. Foster, Olney
H.. and Matthew R. Denver, Wilmington
10.
The committee will consist of eleven
members. The four republicans will be
chosen by the republicans later on, along
with the other republican members Of com
mittees Of the new house. The ways and
means committee which is charged under
caucus dictum with the function of select
ing the committees is not empowered to
name the chairman, but 1t recommended to
the new rules committee that it elect Mr..
Henry as chairman.
The members we're named in order of
their seniority Of service.
| Mr.. HardwiclS and Mr. Stanley had served
in congress the same period and the ser
vice of Messrs. Foster and Denver has been
! identical and to choose the priority of
rank of these, in each case, the members
| Of the ways and means committee drew
lots, resulting In the order given.
! The committee will meet tomorrow morn
ing to confer over it's preliminary work.
Tariff Program Important.
There was some discussion by the com
| mittee on the program OF tariff revision.
but the committee is celebrating carefully
! over that problem, which is considered the
greatest task before It and which II ex-
| poets to complete in time to report to con-
gress soon after 1t convenes on April T.
The democratic members realize there is
considerable difference OF opinion among
the house membership in their party as to
the methods of revising the tariff. some
favoring a wholesale bill and others sched-
ule by schedule in accord with the views
Of leaders liSe Messrs Clar kand Under
wood. 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 a striking blow at the
4 reciprocity agreement though the bill will
carry out the terms OF the agreement in
| good faith.
One of the things the committee has con-
sldered is the elimination of useless offices
at the capitol, mostly in humble capacities
| There are upward of 800 places which have
Salaries attached to them at the capitol
and some Of the democrats believe weed
ing out of the useless ones might save
$4,000 a year to the government.
Chairmen Already Selected.
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 as
surances of individual members of the
ways and means committee have made
the chairmanshps largely a matter of
ratification by the formal action of the
committee.
One of the most coniectural is the COM
mttee assignment of Mr.. Lloyd OF Mis-
souri,, who is chairman of the democratic
congressional committee! Mr.. Lloy. is
a leading member of both the postoffice
committee and the territories committee,
He would prefer the postoffice chairman
ship. but both Moon Of Tennessee and
Finley of South Carolina, who is vice
chairman of the democratic congressional
committee, outrank him. 1t is possible
Moon may be transferred to the rivers
and harbors committee, where Sparkman
of Florida is the ranking democrat.
I Following is a tentative list OF chair
manships, some of them being fully as
sured:
} ropriations-Fitzgerald, New York.
! Ways and Means-Underwood Alabama.
Rules-Henry, Texas
Judiciary-Clayton, Alabama.
Interstate Commerce-Adamson, Georgia.
Foreign Affairs-Flood, Virginia.
Military Affairs-Hay, Virginia.
Public Lands-Robinson, Arkansas.
Naval Affairs-Padgett, Tennessee
Insular Affairs-Jones, Virginia
Indian Affairs-Stephens, Eexas.
Postoffice or Territories-Lloyd, Missouri
Banking and Currency-Pujo, Louisiana.
Pensions-Richardson, Alabama.
} Printing-Finley, South Carolina
Agriculture-Lever, South Carolina, or
Beall, Texas.
Census Wilson. Pennsylvania.