Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-03
JERSEYMEN IN
THEIR PLACES
Democrats Are Pleased With
their appointments,
cFrom the NEWS Corrsspondont)

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Washington, April 3:-The Dem
Dcratio delegation from New Jersey
In the House of Representatives are
highly pleased over the treatment
they received IN the assignment OF
committee places. as determined by
the House Democratic Caucus on
Saturday IN accepting without
change the report from the major
ity members of the Ways and Means
Committee. Each n of them OBJ
tanned a place on at least one of the
twelve committees that are classed
as among the most important out of
the total of So committees, among
which the House business is distrib-
uted.
AS four of the New Jersey Demo-
cratic Congressman are new men,
they are considered to have made a
very advantageous start In Wash
ingtOn.
Representative William Hughes,
of the Sixth New Jersey district, who
was selected as one of the majority
members of the Ways and Means
Committee at the caucus held last
January, and who has been working
with the other members of the COM
mittee as House managers is to
be credited with the work Of secur-
ing favorable recognition for his
party colleagues from New Jersey.
The committee assignments for
the New Jersey members, in addition
TO that Of Mr.. Hughes on the Ways
and Means committee, were as fol-
lows:
IIan,s11 Fra-+h n4Ztws,t Tha9rnNap
OF Elections Committee No. 2 and
District OF Columbia.
Kinkead, Ninth District-Appro-
prlations.
Mccoy, Seventh District-Judi-
ciary and Patents.
Scully, Third District-Rivers and
Harbors and Mileage.
futile. Fifth District-Post Office
and Post Roads, and Coinage,
Weights and Measures.
Townsend, Eighth District-For-
eign Affairs and Library.
All of the new Congressman were
very much gratifed with their ap-
pointments and were unanimous in
conceding that New Jersey had been
well taken care of through the inhu-
nee of Mr.. Hughes.
Jersey Editor Fails to Land.
Representative Hughes made a
strong fight In behalf of Robert
Bremner, editor of the Passatc Her.
aid, for House postmaster. one OF
the best pieces of patronage that has
come under Democratic control, but
William NJ. Dunbar, Of Georgia, won
the prize.
"Of course, ] would have liked
to have landed the postmastership
for Mr.. Bremner," commented Mr..
Hughes at the conclusion of the eau
Gus, but New Jersey cannot find
any fault with the way her Demo
cratic delegation was treated. In my
opinion, we have got the best lot OF
committee berths any New Jersey
delegation has had in many years,
and it is in this connection that we
will be able to be of the greatest
te in Jne fight TO
$500 REPRESENTATION"
The caucus determined to abolish
PS House Jobs, eight places under
the speaker, 81 under the clerk Of
the House and so under sergeant
alarms. Among the berths that
are pruned out are the House tele-
graphers, n Of whom for several
years past has been Joseph Thomp-
son, of Toms River, N. j., who has
been an Ocean county political lieu
tenant Of former Representative
Benjamin Howell. OF the Third dis
trict. 1t was decided that members
OF Congress could communicate with
the various departments by means
of telephones, and as the House tel
egraph operators had been put in
many years ago, when telephones
were not in use, their services In
volved a needless expense.
The number OF places OF patron
age still left for the House Democra
tic members total 480. This patron
age will be distributed through a
committee Of three members OF the
House to be known as the Commit
tee on Organization. The patronage
will be divided up among the vari-
Gus state delegations exclusive of
those members who have chairman
ships. According to this rule, the
New Jersey delegation will be allot-
Ted several Jobs, but just what places
will not be determined for several
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