The Washington times., 1911-03-30
HOUSE COMMITTEE
LIST OUT MONDAY
Assignments Will Not Be
Announced Until After
Caucus Saturday.
RYAN AND JACKSON
IN CLOSE FIGHT
Committee Hard At Work on Re-
vision Of Rules That Will
Guide Congress.

Democratic members of the House
who have been anxious about the
committee assignments prepared for
them by the WAYS and Means Com
nittee probably will be kept in igno-
rance Of their fate until next Monday.
Present indications are that when the
Democratic caucus assemblies next
Saturday morning the leaders will have
a program mapped out which will keep
the majority members busy throughout
The day on matters other than the
committees.
wavs and Means members are anx-
tous to hold back their committee as
stgnments until such time as they can
be considered at length and without
the interference of other business. For
this reason it is probable that Satur-
DAYS session will not disclose the in
formation in which the members of the
majority are most interested.
Fight for Sergeant-at-Arms.
It is becoming more and more ap-
parent that the first caucus will be eX-
fremely interesting, to say the least
and 1t is more than probable that 1t
will be prolonged throughout the day
and into the night. The election OF
.of6cers of the House will be the first
business over which there will be Il
serious contest. Friends of WilliaHt
RYAN, formerly a member OF the House
from New York, asserted today that he
would have enough votes to insure MS
election as sergeant-at-arms as sue
cessor TO Henry Casson.
Supporters of Stokes jackson, Of In
diana. declare that Ryan cannot be
hut 10
will get Casson's place, and that JACK
son and his supporters VIII Se placateu
with the office of doorkeeper. Ihere
will be no serious contest over tho
cIer,ShiD of the House, South Trimble,
Of Kentucky, a former member OF INT
House, being conceded that place oy
an overwhelming majority.
At Work on Rules.
Not the least important of the sub
3ects TO come before the caucus will be
the rules by which the House will be
.euided during the Sixty-second Con-
gross The Rules Committee has been
working diligently on a revision OF the
Yules for several days. In this work
the committee members have been as
sisted bv Judge Crisp, son Of the for
rner Sneaker of the House, and IN. 1.
lCrutchfeld. who served at the Speak
er's table.
While II is expected that the rules IN
the main will be patterned after the
rules which were used by the Demo
Gratis in the Fifty-third Congress, there
will be many notifications, especially
in connection with the reforms adopted
IN the last Congress. SeNeral OF tne
Democratic leaders already nave ap-
peared before the Rules Committee IN
support Of reforms in the ruies, Go,1 among Q 1s
them being members of the ways ana
Means Committee, who wish TO nave
the Rules Committee provide the ma
chinery by which tariff Legislation can
be put through the House VIII. WIN 'nf ne
least possible delay at the hanos OF
the minority members.
1t is because of the numerous changes
IN the rules, in addition TO the night over
patronage, that II VIII take al IeasI
of such business as requires caucus
action before they will be ready TO &c
into the House to perfect organization.
Prospect for Peace Bright.
As the date Of the caucus draws near
the Democratic leaders, and especially
the men who have been making up the
committee assignments, are becomins
more and more confident that there will
he no serious conflicts between the con-
eervative and progressive factions, not
withdrawing the fact that two or three
Of the committee chairmanships art
suspected to be OF a nature entirely
unsatisfactory to the progressives
While a contest from these men Is eX'
pected, It is believed the rank and fllt
WI be so thoroughly satisfied with tht
nature Of their committee assignment
that the dissatisfied ones will be aolt
to command little support in any effor
they make TO overthrow the recon-
Inendations of the Ways and Means
Committee.
There remains considerable doubt a.
70 whether the caucus will instruct thu
WAYS and Means Committee in regarC
to tariff matters. While II is admitted
that the caucus can Issue instruction
In that connection there is feelinl
among members Of the Ways and Mean
G0nmittee that they should be allowed
q free hand and that they be permitted
to use their own judgment as to wha
measure should first engage the atten
ton of the House. Several Of tn
members believe that no tariff bi
should be reported until reapportion
ment bill has been sent over TO tn
Senate.