The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-30
NeSvEaolase Leaders Who Will lave Charge Of lie
PILOTS of Future Measures AFFECTING j
NJ JOHN ELFRErH WATKINS.

h Washington, D. G., April 29.-Every
!. taxpayer will be Interested to learn the
calibrc OF the new Democratic leaders
who. on the House side of Congress
will now proceed to engineer the ex-
pcnditure OF the public moneys and the
making of the new Federal laws. The
new chairmen of the Committees on
Z Ways and Means. on Rnles and on Ap.
preparations have been so thoroughly
written up-as we'll as down and cross
wlsc-since their appointments were
anticipated that by now newspaper
readers know their careers pretty near
~ by heart, but the later appoin tess,
under tho new regime. although many
OF them Will he closer to the people in
their various influences, have as yet
received hut meagrc attention from
journalists who have biographical the
latest arrivals within tho political hall
of fame.
New Champion of the Farmers.
Our farmers want to know what
manner OF man is the rev chairman
OF the House Committee OH Agricul-
turc, the man who will have charge
upon the floor, OF the debates on the
hills npproprintinE money for their
h benefit. John Lamb, of Virginia.. who
= y.
will be seventy-onc next June and is n
Con fcderatc veteran and u Southern
gentleman OF tho old school Although
born on a farm III Sussex county, down
near the North Carolina line he was
reared farther North. Iii Charles City
county. on the James River, where his
father kept n private school. Here
John Lamb received his education. d.
rec;ly under the patcrnal eye, and soon
after Sumter was fred upon. fifty years
$50 he clampei OH his spurs. took his
good IA from the stable and rode Off
10 join the Confederate cavalry. fight
Ing 1rst as private. hut during the
last ,hree years OF the war as cap
tain. Although wounded on several
hattlcfelds. lie fought through the
struggle between the states until its
erd. Then lie returned to Charles City
COUNTY. settled down as farmer and
country gentleman and shortly after
ward took unto himself wife
That re was one OF the most popular
rieiiI in Ills region is proved by the fact
taat during the next twenty years he
Rad pretty nearly the pick of the coun-
u ofnces. serving successivcly as
sheriff. treasurer and surveyor. Thirty
three years ago he moved still farther
rc-th ana INFO Henrico county, which
contained the city OF Richmond. He Is
GeN serving MS sixteenth year in the
House Of Representatives. wherein he
vas ranking Democratic member OF
The Committee on Agriculture before
ascending TO the craftsmanship.
VIII Look Out for Pensioners
Our thousands OF Civil War pen
E!oncrs are eager 10 learn something
about the now pilot who will steer
the legislative channels of the
Democratic House the bills affecting
their stipcnds from Uncle sam The
Democrat selected for this RESPONSE
hility Is Isaac r. Sherwood OF Toledo,
Ohio, who succeeds Cyrus Sulloway,
the Republican giant from New Hamp-
shire, as chairman Of the House Com
mittee on Invalid Pensions
The new chairman was a Republican
until the centennial ycar,1S76. when
he changed his faith and now he labels
himself a reform Democrat. He is
even an older man than Lamb. being
now In his sevcntysixth year. AL
though he was born in New York State.
fhis parents took him when a child to
Ohio. where ne went through Antioch
College and later through the Ohio