The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-28
COMMITTEE PUZZLE
 FOR THE DEMOCRATS Seniority Is Making Trouble
 for Party Leaders TOO MANY APPLICANTS
cisco in Test Vote Next Tues day But Chances Look
 Only Fair

WdSnlnBlOn, w January N.-(Spec1al.)- From this time on following the meeting of the ways and means committee to- night there will be continued speculation concerning the committees makeup of the next House. The members of the committee of fourteen has its principal difficulty in the placing of Representa- lives Moon of Tennessee, Adamson of Georgia. Randsdell of Louisiana, Lloyd of Missouri. Sparkman of Florida, Burle- son of Texas and Fitzgerald of New York.
 The committees involved are interstate and foreign commerce, appropriations, river and harbors and postoffices.
 MT. Lloyd, whom there is reason to be- live could have been elected to the ways and means committee if he had made a fight, now wants to be chairman of the postoffice committee. He was chairman of the democratic congressional commit tee and all the members, especially the next speaker, believe he is deserving of something good at the hands of the -four teen" To appoint Mir Lloyd chairman of postoffices displaces Moon, now the ranking democrat of the committee, and the man who is entitled to the chairman ship if the rule of seniority Is followed There has been suggestion that MT Moon be placed at the head of the interstate commerce committee-really a more i'm portant committee than postoffices If this is done, MT. Adamson, who is now the ranking democrat on interstate and foreign commerce, will be displaced Mr. Burleson of Texas wants to be chairman of appropriations. but MT Fitzgerald of New York is the ranking member. This is fair sample of what the fourteen" is up against, and it has the same kind of problem to solve when 1t reaches the smaller committees.
 MT Ransdell wants to be chairman of the rivers and harbors committee, while MT. Sparkman is the senior democrat With the exception of MT. Ransdell all the democratic members of the present com mittee have indorsed Mr. Sparkman. MT. Ransdell is the president of the National Rivers and Harbors congress.
 If New Orleans, in the vote by the House Tuesday, wins the big Panama canal exposition, it will be in spite of the efforts of the President and regardless of the fact that there is no inconsiderable proportion of the membership of the House opposed to any exposition. The rules committee, which is unfavorable to New Orleans, provides first for vote on where the exposition will be. and second, whether there is to be any exposition. New Orleans is only hopeful.
 Representatives Austin and Massey of Tennessee. who are working on petition to get reconsideration of the vote by which the omnibus claims bill was tabled, say they ned only one more committee vote.
 -l.e l;l (sn~ dc Tarver Stewart, widow, and the chill dren of the late Walton w. Stew art of Selma, who served with the Rough Riders in the Spanish war, on the pension rolls was passed by the House today The bill provides payment of $12 a month to Mrs. Stewart and s2 each to the chill dren. SD
 Mrs. Nix, whom Barker says he has busted from the Fort Payne office, Is the widow of J. M. B. Nix, who was gal lant Confederate soldier under Gen. Win ston Pettus. While Pettus was Senator Mrs. Nix was removed, but General Pet tus had her reinstated.
 It is not unlikely that the present Ala bama senators may conclude to have her retained in office.
 P. D. Barker postmaster at Mobile, claims a victory over the J. o. Thomp- son faction tonight Nelson c. Fuller has been reappointed postmaster at Cen treville, Charles w. Moore, appointed nt Florence, and George Malone. appointed at Fort Payne.
 Barker says that the three appointees were indorsed by him. He says Thomp- son was against Moore and Malone. r The former succeeds Postmaster A. G. Negle, the latter succeeds Mrs. Carry Nix
 Postmaster Montgomery went home to- night. He says: There is no definite date set" for the consolidation of sew eral postoffice with Birmingham, which statement Is correct.
 H. B. Steagall of Ozark, solicitor of the Third circuit. is here on the way home from New York -