The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-03-10
MEN TO GUIDE DESTINIES
OF SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS
Rules Committee, With Robert Lee
Henry, Of Texas at Head, Has
Seven Democrats.

OF the house committees Of the sixty
second congress, with Representative
Robert L. Henry, of Waco, Texas, at
its head, was formally created by the
new house wars and means commit
tee at it's first meeting today. The fol-
lowing were announced as the seven
Democratic members of the commit
tee: Robert Lee Henry, Waco, Texas !;
Edward W. Pou, Smithfeld, n. c.;
Thomas ". HardWick, Sanderville,
Co.; Augustus o. Stanley, Henderson,
Kentucky; Finis J. Garrett, Dresden,
Tennesse; Martin D. Foster, Olney,
Illinois, and Matthews R. Denver,
Wilmington, Ohio.
Has II Members.
The committee will consist of II
members. The four Republican mem
bers will be chosen by the Republl-
cans later, along with the other Re-
publican personnel of the committees
of the new house. The ways and
means committee, which is charged
under caucus dictum with the func-
ton of selecting the committees, is
not empowered to name the chairman,
but it recommended to the new rules
committee that it elect Mr.. Henry as
chairman, which is tantamount to
designation at this time.
The members of the rules commit
tee were named in the order of the
seniority of service. Messrs. Hard
wick and Stanley have served in con-
gress the same period and the ser
vice of Messrs. Foster and Denver has
been identical and to choose the pro-
priety of rank of these, in each case,
members of the ways and means COM
mittee drew lots, resulting in the Or
der given.
Long Service of Stanley.
Mr.. Henry has been elected to eight
CONGRESSES, was once mayor of Texar-
kama and assistant attorney general
of Texas, and has performed notable
service on the house judiciary COM
mittee. The members will meet to-
morrow morning to confer over its
preliminary work.
There was some discussion by the
committee of the programme Of tariff
revision, but the committee is delib-
Grating carefully on that, which is the
greatest task before it, and which it
expects to complete in time to report
to congress soon after it eonvenes on
April f.
Difference as to Methods.
The Democratic members of the
committee realize that there is consid-
cradle difference Of opinion among the
house membership in their party as
to the methods of revising the tariff,
some favoring a wholesale bill and
others schedule by schedule, in ac-
cord 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 to the
Canadian reciprocity bill so that vote
in the senate against the schedule re-
vision would be striking blow at the
reciprocity agreement, though the bill
will carry out the terms Of the agree
ment in good faith.
The committee has not yet passed
on the committee chairmanships be-
yond those of the ways and means
and rules, but in many instances more
or less complete assurance of indiVi-
dual members of the ways and means
have made the chairman
ships largely a matter OF ratification
by the formal action of the commit
tee.
These constitute a tentative list of
chairmanships, some Of them being
fully assured:
The Probable Chairmen.
Appropriations Fitzgerald, New
York.
Ways and Means Underwood, Ala
bama.
Rules-Henry, Texas.
Judiciary-Clayton, Alabama
Interstate Commerce -Adamson,
Georgia.
Foreign Affairs-Flood, Virginia.
Military Affairs-Hay, Virginia.
Public Lands-Robinson, Arkansas
Naval Affairs-Padgett, Tennessee.
Insular Afairs-Jones, Virginia.
Indian Stephens, Texas.
Postoffce or Territories-Lloyd,
Missouri
Banking and Currency-Pujo, Lou
1siana.
Pensions Alabama.
South Carolinians Likely.