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G.k P. CHOICES
fADE IN HOUSE
h'Rg.iy Leader Mann Picks
His Committeeman.
CAM ION ON APPROPRIATIONS
ISe'Jk Effort Has Been Made to Har-
" ze insurgents and Regulars In
''e House.

re ansurgents and Regulars IN
the House.
wa isington, April 12.-When Rep
.tive Mann, as leader of the
minority, announced in the
no'.a the committee assignments on
Mhicl ne had determined it was clear
'ila' he key to his selections was a
pui to minimize the factional diff
s between the Republican reg
and the insurgents.
5ably a further explanation can
oe snd in the fact that Mann is am
Di'iouS to be speaker, and is looking
aneaof to the day when he hopes the
i'epupli plicans will recapture the house
anu will have behind him the unit
Gu uitport of both elements.
IL addition. the appointments make
II pioj in that there is a distinct pur-
Po'e bn the part of the Republican
leader. IN copgress +o .dinst diffar.
ences omore Rennb1icans and nave
'ns by for the campaign of 1919.
IVY of the most prominent of the
inS hnts are given places on the
iuies committee, although the Repub-
have only four places in all.
fare Representatives Madison,
VI MAJ tsas, and Lenroot, of Wisconsin.
Lehi BIT is a LaFollette Republican of
- unof fnced type and man Of ability.
Tesentative Norris, of Nebraska,
lne nifa IN who engineered the revolt in
INC 3use that resulted in throwing
Joe'' Cannon off the rules CON-
nii'.o is placed on judiciary. Repre-
sentatI Iva Murdock of Kansas has
oeen estored to the rank on the post
oliice Committee, of which he was de-
pil'euiby Speaker Cannon.
Other Appointments.
No' less significant is the selection
VI sresentative Good, of Iowa, for
a plaee on the annronriations COM
nie'oo Mr.. Good is a Cummins man
anu progressive Republican. He sue
eeouo tWafter l. Smith, who was a
ieauin 2 regular and who has gone to
sne ei1 suit bench. 1t is an interesting
fact tot Can.+or Cuonins .skod
Mahn TO appoint Good to this place,
althoutb n is known that Mann was
serious,,, oe,ns;aa,ina II before Cum
mins1Rade the request.
Dgt-s.A - e ~, of Iowa.
.ssss--yys.zz So - UNI -
the house insurgents, is retained on
insularI affairs, and is at the head of
the Minority on the committee on ex-
penditltres in the department of JUS
tice. This is significant in view of the
fact that Hubbard and Attorney Gen
eral Wkckersham are personal friends,
and the attorney general is anxious to
get inc reased appropriations for trust
busting by his department.
In general the insurgents through
out have been shown the utmost con-
''Uncle Joe" Cannon has been placed
at the head of the minority on the
on appropriations, which
will Pre- ably make him the Republi-
can leaf in debates on appropriation
matters
In the Republican membership on
ways and means those old high tariff |
war horses, Dalzell and Payne, are re-
tanned. ~
Minority Leader Mann took no COM
mittee assignments himself. His place |
rs ranking member of the interstate |
and foreign commerce committee goes |
10 Frederick c. Stevens, of Minnesota. |
The Republican list includes the as |
signment of Victor L. Berger, the Wis |
2onsin Socialist, to the committee on |
District of Columbia affairs, and the |
of Theron Akin, the New |
York Independent Democrat, to the |
on education and on enroll |
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