The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-12
|PICK GOOD JOBS
DEMOCRATS
Majority Leaders =, Due '"a'
party Men Are Elected to
Best Places.
Ec,yyON TAUNTS ENEMIES
AND EULOGIZES HIMSELF
PARTISAN Warfare and Charges
# Unfairness Enlivcn Pro
ceedings in House.


u,,ntatiyes WY to elect its new commit
Ii was the first time In history
~, tho committees had been elected
r.,uer Speaker Cannon taunted the
-.ts with having approved as the
S..ublIcans representatives OH the va
,.r. committees practically the same
~. vbom he, as speaker. had put on
-. committees in the last house. The
s..nhllcans charged the Democrats with
,,nss unfairncss in cutting down the
snority membership on the most In
.mtant committees.
ur Underwood, the Democratic leader.
/ -.ris5 that the Democrats had based
~ ~ nroportionate representation on the
" sanmpittees strictly according TO the DEM
ssraiic majority In the house itself.
"sThis is. moreover" he said. the first
H.. minority leader had been permit
"a IN name his committees and has had
iem adopted by the majority "itnonr
Sni,inr an f. or crossing a I. This
ns .,sisment was cheercd loudly by the
republican leader Mann cited several
,,eons sIstcncies, and his arguments were
peonded by Messrs. Cannon and Gardner
II IA Massachusetts,,
@That / made mistakes is undoubtedly
nos." said Mr.. Cannon. but / was re-
sroesIbIc for the organization OF the COM
rllees, and ! did 1t honestly. ! have
n apologies 10 make. | would like to
st lhe sneaker or the ways and means
ssnmIttes, or tho minority leader. who
tld organize the committees without
Making mistakes.
Il have already heard rumolinss on
ts Democratic side. But, after all, you
N not going TO be judged by the com
rttees you name, but by the legislation
yu accomplish.
Instructions TO the new committees
l usr adopted in the form OF resolutions,
fhs ways and means and appropriations
scnmittees Of the house were authorized
ie sit during the session and recess OF the
hase The house adjourned until to-
anrow.
Prepared by Minority Leader James
B. Mann, at the direction of the Re
Eblcan caucus, the minority commit
| lee selections continued many sur
Hises. The desire to accord impartial
iiatment to the insurgent Republicans
Is shown in the choice committee places
given then Two of the leading insur-
/ gents, Representatives Madison of Kan
/ hs and Lenroot of Wisconsin, are
1 gwen places on the rules committee,
where the Republicans have but four
places
representative Goode of Iowa is ap-
pointed to the appropriations commit
Tee. considered particularly choice
berth. Representative Haugen OF
Iowa is made ranking Republican mem
Der Of the committee on agriculture;
representative Kopp of Wisconsin is
placed on the naval affairs committee
and representative Norris of Ne
bnska on the judiciary committee.
n Han0ou an Aprropy-J afi oDE
Former Speaker Cannon becomes
nnkiDg Republican member of the ap'
1 populations committee. He was chair
man Of this committee several years
before he became speaker, and the re
ttsment of James A. Tawney, recent
y chairman of the committee, prob
ably will make the former speaker the
X @pubEcan leader in debates on ap
4 Fopration matters.
Minority Leader Mann took no com
mites assignments himself and will ac'
Dlely as chairman of the minority con
fsrenee. His place as ranking mem
Der Of the interstate and foreign com
nsrce committees goes to Frederick Z
Stevens of Minnesota,
The Republican list includes the as
hMTent OF Victor l.. Berger; the WIS
-
ps!rlct Of Columbia and the assignment
u Thereon Akin. the New York fnde
p;ndent Democrat, to the committee OF
@0catlon and on enrolled Bills.
Republican members of the standin!
~mmitees Of the house are.
ways and means--Payne, New YORK
nshel, Pennsylvania; Mccall. Massa
,nusetts. HilI Connecticut; Needhan'
,alliSrniS: sartS ia, Fordney. Michigan; Long
NJ Appronria -cs7,oo Illinois. Ring
am. PENNSYLVANIA. Glilett. Massachu
et': TAYLOR. Ohio; Malthy. New York
pslsnt New York: Goode. Iowa
pyodicary-Sterling Illinois: Moor
assIand' Ohio: Sye. sE'sH Minnesots; Norris
A,es'sska: podds Michigan
rssnk and ourreucy-Vreeland Ne'
uors. McMorran, Michigan: McCreerS
semsyvapia, HAYES. California: Mckin
sy Illinois: Guernsey. Maine; Campbell
p,lsl.s ,Elul.ss.pslzell PENNSYLVANIA; Wilson
'ansIn srngs Madison, Kansas: leprect. wis
MS Elections. No. 1--Prouty. Iowa
.si,setlons, No. NELSON. Wisconsin
II sIv1I.er; Ohio: Anderson. Minnesota.
"A usIyecuons. No. Cooper. Wisconsin
ssttAenzc. st. Illinois: Harris. Massachr
Coinage, Weights, Etc.
IN PAnnuge. weights and meaSures-Srrles
M t,ah tt,naahsYlvania: Head Delaware: Limo
NM. Minnesota; Thistlewood, Illinois
Il New York; Utter. Rhode lslani
rss. rpenstte. Washington: Reeder. kar
i,,,.A .Aalanianole. Hawaii.
Ii ,rs Minnesota: Esch. Wisconsin,; Knee
~ Essn.n, california. Calder. New Yorl
II N.m.ulton, Mjchie"n: DrIscol, New Yorl
III skn. RIM. South. Dakota.
III fhms..,s and harbors-Lawrcncc. Mass;
III Ms,Is' Davidson Wisconsin: Toun
NsshgGan' Rodnnhurg. Illinois; Humphrc
N Psnn.,n0s,on; Kennedy. Iowa; Barchfe'
sIisr snIisrchant marine-Grcen. Massnch'
II csms Humphrey Washington; Henr
nivau,ucut: Kinds. Maine; Porter. Pcn'
hsninn'sa: Stephens. California: Para
m %rMlGulture Iowa; McLaug1
A IN" "l,,nigan; Hswley Oregon; Howe
'f,rm,a hanna, North Dakota: Plunlle
New M. sommons. New York; Andre"
III kinsseeRn .affairs-Foster. Vermont: NJ
IA Eo"mssy :. Illinois: Cooper Wisconsi
III 'FasntuMs uMeu Jersey; Bartholdt Missoul
n NIund Now York; Kendall. Iowa
III faliin,siy anairs-Prlncc. Illinois: Kan
Stp ma; Burke. Pnnns"lvania: Bradle
cunnss..qPrk: ANTHONY Kansas: Tllst
RIcie,u.ncnt: Ames. Nsssaehusct'
III N,rI.ssham AIaslsa.
Ill tnpsr affairs Fox. Illinois; Boude
RSbs,,,a Ncw Jersey: Butler Pcnnsylvan'
hatss n Massa chu.ctiS. Loud. Michiea
posiofftH, tH,nnsylvunia Kopp. Wisconsin.
Gardnsu Ees - Weeks. Massachuset
Emb New Jersey; Murdoch, kanss
Sieercn.m .Ich,gan: bafean. Pcnnsyivan
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