The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-07
Speaker Clark and Chairman
Underwood of Ways and
Means Will Be Stars.
HENRY OF TEXAS HEADS
THE RULES COMMITTEE
Some Discussion of the Tariff
Programme, bit Definite Con-
cIusion Not Reached.

WASHINGTON, March 6.-The rules
committee. one OF the most powerful OF
the house committees Of the Sixty sec
ond congress, with Representative Rob
ert L. Henry Of Waco, Tex, at its head,
was formally selected by the new house
ways and means committee at Its first
meeting today.
Tie following were announced as the
seven Democratic members: Robert Lee
Henry, Texas; Edward w. Pou, Saith
field, y. C.; Thomas w. Wardwick. San
dersvllle. Ga. Augustus O. Stanley. Hen
derson, Ky; Fnis J. Garrett. Dresden,
Tenn: Martin D. Foster Olney. Ill, and
Matthew r. Denver. Wilmington o.
the committee will consist of eleven
members. The four Republican members
will be chosen by the Republicans later.
with the other Republican members o.
committees of the new house.
The ways and means committee, which
is charged under caucus dictum with
the function OF selecting the commit
tees, is not empowered to name the
chairman. but ii recommended to the
new rules committee that it elect Mr.
Henry as chairman, which is tauta-
mount 10 designation at this time.
Usual Custom Observed,
The members were named in order Il
their seniority OF service, Mr., Hard :
wick and Mr.. Stanley had served in con-
greSs the same period and the service
OF Messrs. Foster and Denver has been
Identical and 10 choose the priority OF
rank OF these. in each case, the mem
bers of the ways and means committee
drew lots, resulting in the order given.
The committee will meet tomorrow
morning 10 confer over its preliminary
work.
There was some discussion over the
of h,,I II1a
committee is celebrating carefully over
that, which is the greatest task before
IL The committee expects TO report its
programme TO congress soon after Ap.il L.
The Democratic members realize thee
is considerable difference OF opinion
among their party associates in the
tarih, some favoring Wholesale bin. and
others schedule by schedule. IN accord
9ncc with the views OF leaders like
Messrs. Clark and Underwood.
There IS no conclusion yet as TO
whether the schedules are 10 be tackled
70 the canadian reciprocity bill. but the
bill Itself win carry out the terms OF
the agreement in good faith,
Wedding Out Useless Offices.
One, Of the things the committee has
oificeS AT the capitol. mostly in the hum
bic capacities. There are upward of 600
places at Tie capitol and some of the
Democrats believe the wedding out OF
the useless ones might save $lO0, 900 a
year.
The committee has not yet passed upon
committee chairmanships beyond those
OF the ways and means and the rules
but. in any instance, more or less com
plete assurances OF individual members or
the ways and means committee have
made the chnrmanships largely n mat
ter of ratification by the formal action
OF the committee.
One of those most conjectural is the
committee assignment of Mr.. Lloyd of
Missouri, who is chairman of the Demo
cratic congressional committee. Mr.
Lloyd is d leading member OF both the
postofiice committee and the territories
committee He would prefer the post
office chairmanship. but both Mr.. Moon
of Tennessee and Mr.. Finley OF South
Carolina. who Is vice chairman of the
Democratic congressional committee. out
rank him.
1t is possible Moon may be transferred
10 rivers and harbors. where Sparkman
of Florida is the ranking Democrat
These constitute tentative lists OF
chairmanshlps. some of them being fully
assured:
Appropriations, Fitzgerald, New York.
ways and means, Underwood. Alabama.
rules Henry, Texas judiciary. Clayton.
Alabama: interstate commerce. Adamson.