Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-04-21
INSURGENTS DRAW
GOOD COMMITTEE
PLACES IN HOUSE
Good, of Iowa, Lands Place on
Appropriations, Considered
One of the Best In
the Bunch.

Washington, April 1.-THE stand,
Ing committees of the House OF Rep
r~esentatives were selected by that body
today after the full committee lists had
been presented by Chairman Under.
wood OF the ways and means commit
tee. The republican members became
known for the first time when the fuii
committee assignments were presented
20 the House.
Prepared by Minority Leader James
r. Mann, at the direction OF III repub.
Iican caucus, the minority committee
selections contained many surprises
.or the House. The desire to accord
impartial treatment to the insurgent
republicans is shown I'm the choice
committee places given them. Two of
the leading insurgents, Representatives
Madison, of Kansas, and Lenroot, of
wisconsin, are given places on the
rules committee, where the republicans
nave but four places. Representative
Good. of Iowa, is appointed to the
appropriations committee. considered a
particularly choice berth. Represen-
tatiye Haugen, of Iowa, is made rank.
Ing republican member of the COM
mittee on agriculture; Representative
Copp, OF Wisconsin. is placed on the
naval affairs committees: Representa-
tive Norris, Of Nebraska, on the
judiciary committee.
Former Speaker Cannon becomei
ranking republican member of the APP
preparations committee. He was chair
man of this committee for severa.
years before ne became speaker and
the retirement OF James A. Tawney
recently chairman of the committee,
probably Will axe the FORMER speaker
the republican leader in debates on
appropriation matters.
Places for iowans.
The best assignment drawn by an
iowan was by Representative Good,
or the fifth district, on the %appropria-
tions committee. Representative Hub
bard Is given the same assignments
ne held last session. The complete list
Of republican assignments from Iowa
Is as follows:
Kennedy-Rivers and harbors. mile
age.
Pickett-Public lands, library.
Observation-Disclosures.
neutrality-suspicious..
Kendall-Foreign affairs. railroads
Prouty-Elections No. 1, civil serv-
ice reform.
Towner-Insular affairs, public
buildings. expenditures in the post
office department.
Woods-Claims, industrial arts and
expositfonE.
Hubbard-InsuIar affairs, expendi-
lures in the department of justice.
What South Dakota Got.
The assignments given the two
South Dakota members are as follows:
Burker-Indian affairs.
Martin--Interstate and foreign com
merce.
kebraska's Allotment.
The three republicans from Nebraska
were taken care of by MI. Mann as
follows:
Sloan-War claims. expenditures In
the department of agriculture.
Norris-Judiciary.
Observation-Disclosures.
Minority Leader Mann trok no COM
nittee assignments himself and Will
act solely az chairman OF tho minority
conference. His place as ranking
member OF the interstate and foreign
commerce committee goes to Frederick
stevens, OF Minnesota.
The republican list includes The as
signment OF Victor l.. Berger. the Wis
consin socialist, to the committee on
District of Columbia affairs and the
assignment or Theron Akin, the New
York Independent democrat, on the
committee on education and on en-
rolled bills.