The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-03-07

port to congress at the beginning Of
the regular session in December.
The Democratic members of the
committee realize that there ia con-
siderable difference of opinion among
the house membership in their party
as to the methods Of revising the
tar1n, some favoring wholesale bill
and others schedule by schedule in
accord with the views of leaders like
Messrs. Clark and Underwood. There
Is no conclusion yet as to whether the
schedules are to be tackled on the
Canadian reciprocity bill 80 that a
vote In the senate against the sched-
ule revision would be striking q blow
at the reciprocity agreement, though
the bill will carry out the terms of
the agreement in good faith.
One Of the things the committee has
considered Is the elimination of USE
less offices at the capitol. mostly in
the humble capacities. There are up
wards OF six hundred places which
nave salaries attached to them at the
capitol and some of the Democrats
believe that a wedding out of the USE
less ones might save 100000 a year
to the government.
The committee has not vet passed
upon the committee chairmanships
beyond those of the ways and means
and rules, but in many instances more
or less complete assurances of in.
divfdual members Of the WAYS and
means committee have made the
chairmanships largely matter Of
ratification by the formal action of
the committee. One of those most
conJuctural Is the committee assign.
ment of Mr.. Lloyd Of Missouri who is
chairman Of the Democratic congress.
s1onal committee.
Mr.. Lloyd is a leading member of
both the postoffice committee and the
territories committee. He would pre-
fer the postoffice chairmanship but
both Moon of Tennessee and Finley
of South Carolina. who is vice chair
man OF the Democratic congressional
committee, outrank him. It ia possi-
Die Moon may be transferred to the
rivers and harbors, where Sparkman
OF Florida Is the ranking Democrat.
These constitute tentative list Of
cha1rmanships, some Of them being
fully assured:
Appropriations, Fitzgerald, New
York; ways and means, Underwood.
Alabama; rules, Henry, Texas; ju-
dietary, Clayton, Alabama; Interstate
commerce. Adamson, Georgia; foreign
affairs, Flood, Virginia; military af-
fairs, Hay, Virginia; public lands,
Robinson, Arkansas; naval affairs,
Padgett, Tennessee; insular affairs,
Jones, Virginia; Indian affairs, steph-
ems, Texas; postofflce or territories.
Lloyd. Missouri; banking and cur
rency, Pujo. Louisiana; pensions.
Richardson, Alabama: printing, Fin
ley, South Carolina; agriculture, Lev
er, South Carolina or Beall, Texas:
census, Wilson, Pennsylvania; immi-
grafton, Burnett, Alabama; industrial
arts and expositions, Heflin, Alabama;
invalid pensions. Ansberry, Ohio, or
Lindsay, New York; irrigation, Smith.
Texas; rivers and canals, Korbly, In
diana: private land claims, Carter,
Oklahoma; mileage, Denver, Ohio, or
Collier, Mississippi; Pacific railroads,
Slayden, Texas; patents, Sulzer, New
York; manufactures, johnson, South
Carolina; District of Columbia affairs,
johnson. Kentucky; claims, Cold
fogle, New York; election of president,
vice president, ETC., Rucker, Missouri;
merchant marine, Clark, Florida;
militia, Floyd, Arkansas. or Ashbrook,
Ohio; mines and mining, Foster, Illi-
nois: public buildings. Sheppard,
Texas; civil service reform, Goodwin,
North aCrolina: revision Of the laws,
Watkins. Louisiana; rivers and har-
bors. Moon, Tennessee, Ransdell,
Louisiana, or Sparkman, Florida; ter
ritories. Lloyd, Missouri, II not given
the postoface; war claims. Sims. Ten
nessee.
The new rules committee is almost
q complete transformation from the
present one. OF the six Republicans
out of the ten members, Smith of
Iowa was reelected but retired to
become circuit Judge; Boutell Of Illi-
nois was defeated for denomination
and has been named minister to Por-
tugal and Fassett Of New York was
not returned by his district, while
Smith of California is in such grave
physical condition as to give appre-
hension among his friends and to
cause his resignation from the nation
al monetary commission. With these
eliminated, Dalzell Of Pennsylvania,
who was the chairman In the last
congress and Lawrence Of Massachu-
sets are the only Republicans on the
old committee who will figure in that
connection with the present congress.
CANADA READY.