Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-04-18
INSUR6ENTS ON COMMITTEES
MANY CHOICE sERrHs 70 iNsuR
GENTS.

Madison and Lenroot Are Put on en-
New Rules Com
| mIttee.
+ Washington, April 1.-THE stand
ing committees of the house Of rep
resentatives were elected by that bod!
after the full committee lists had beel
presented by Chairman Underwood, o
the ways and means committee. tn,
Republican members Of the RESPECTIVE,
committees became known for the mrs
time when the full committee assign
ments were presented to the house.
Prepared by Minority Leader Jane,
R. Mann 1t the direction Of the Re
publican caucus, the minority com
mittee selections contained many sur
prises for the house. Tho desire K
accord impartial treatment to the in
surgent Republicans 10 shown in tn
number of choice committee place.
given to them BY Mr.. Mann. Two o.
the leading insurgents. Representative
Madison Of Kansas, and Lenroot Of
Wisconsin, are given places on the
rules committee, where the Republic
cans have but four places.
| Representative Goode Of Iowa Is ap'
pointed to the appropriation commit.
tee. considered particularly choice
berth. Representative Haugen Of
Iowa 10 made ranking Republican
member Of the committee on agricul-
ture; Representative Kopp Of Wiscon-
sin 70 placed on the naval affairs com.
mittee: Representative Norris Of Ne.
braska, on the judiciary committee.
and other insurgents receive impor'
tant assignments.
Former Speaker Cannon becomes
ranking Republican member Of the
appropriations committee. He was
chairman Of this committee for sew
eral years before he became speaker.
and the retirement of James A. Taw-
ney. recently chairman Of the com.
mittee, will probably make the former
speaker the Republican leader IN Do
bates on appropriation matters.
Minority Leader Mann took no com.
mittee assignments himself. and wiz
act solely as chairman Of the minority
conference. His place as ranking
member Of the interstate and foreign
commerce committee goes to Freder.
lex G. Stevens Of Minnesota.
Socialist Berger included.
The Republican list includes the ~
signment Of Victor L. Berger, the Wis
consin Socialist. TO the committee on
District Of Columbia affairs, and the
assignment Of Theron Akin, the New
York independent Democrat, to the
committees on education and on en-.
rolled bills.
Democrats For Reciprocity.
Washington, April 12.-Reciprocity
with Canada and farmers free list.
II was decided at the Democratic eau
Gus. will be the legislation taken up in
the order named by the present house
Of representatives. The wooden and
cotton schedules. according to present
Indications, viii follow.
The caucus voted q straight en-
dorsement Of the Underwood recipro-
city bill 1913 ayes, 20 noes and six vot-
ing present. The caucus added . pro-
vision to the recopricity bill calling
on the president to continue negotia-
lions with Canada with view Of es.
tablishing further reciprocal trade re-
lations. Mr.. Fitzgerald IN. W fought
this provision. but was voted down.
On the free list will be included
those things which the farmer needs
most. namely, agricultural impie,
ments, dressed meat and meat prod.
ucts, -four, rough lumber. boots, shoes
and saddles. wire fencing. baling wire,
cotton bagging. cotton ties, bagging
ties, burlap and salt.
On many of these products the pres.
ent tariff il practically prohfbitive and
there are few importations Of them
on that account. II is impossible for
this reason to estimate what the diff.
ference win amount to BY putting
them on the free list.
Democrats Name Steering Committee.
The Democratic members Of the
steering committee!of the senate were
announced.
Mr.. Martin. Of Virginia. heads them
% chairman, and the other named %
members, are: Messrs. Culberson. Of
Texas: Simmons. North Carolina:
Clark, Arkansas; Bankead. Alabama;
Fletcher, Florida: Williams. Missie
sippi; Kern, Indiana, and Hitchcock,
Nebraska. The last two represent the
progressive element in the senato.
Train Ditehed; One Killed.
Mobile, Ala, April IL. Engineer
Jasper Adams was killed and i've pas
sengers and baggageman and porter
injured. none fatally. by the ditchins
of north bound Mobile and Ohio pas.
senger train No. 4. two miles south
Of Muldon, Miss.
College Man Suicide.
Madison, Wis, April 12.-Norman
Curtis, aged IS, an instructor in rail.
way engineering at the University Of
Wisconsin, committed suicide on the
university grounds. He had not been
In good health for a year.