Evening star., 1912-11-08
Elected, But Not Accredited.

Inc legislature OF New Mexico mas re-
elected him, but the democratic executive
| has refused to sign his credentials, and the
democrats announced that if they cap
tured the coming legislature they would
| elect a democrat to the Senate in Mr..
Falls place. The republicans remaining
will be Senators Gallinger of New Hamp-
shire, Dillingham; of Vermont, Jones of
Washington. Works of California and
kenyon OF Iowa.
OF the democrats the committee
Senator Paynter of Kentucky is the only
| one not to be in the Senate after March
| 4, he being succeeded by Senator elect
| Ollie James The democrats remaining,
therefore, will be Senators Martin of Vir-
ginia, Johnston of Alabama, Smith of
Maryland, POmerene of Ohio and Smith
of Arizona.
Unless either Senator Martin or Sena-
tor Smith of Maryland take the District
committee Craftsmanship. as seems un-
| likely, it is probable District apprOpria-
ton affairs and District legislative affairs
will be in different hands. Under the ar
rangment of the last few years, Senator
Gallinger has been chairman of both the
Senate District committee and of the sub
committee on District appropriations OF
| the Senate appropriations committee
| Messrs. Martin and Smith are the only
| two democratic members of both appro-
| priations and District committees.
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| Five vacancies will exist in the House
| District committee as the result of the
| changes in the legislature. The repre-
sentatives on this committee who will not
| return after the coming session are
| Stack of Illinois and Redfeld Of New
| York, democrats, and Sulloway of New
Hampshire and de Forest of New York
| republicans, and Victor Berger, socialist
! OF Wisconsin. Representative Anderson
| Of Ohio has died, making a sixth va
| cancy.
| OF the men who will not return, it i.
probable that Representative Redfield Of
| New York Is the most important member
! Of the committee as far as his commit
| tee work deals with the affairs of the
| District of Columbia.
/ Mr. Redfield probably will present tc
/ the House, at the beginning Of the coming
session. his report on the business man
agement of the District government, it:
methods of purchase. its handling of GER
| tain of the school problems and if hi:
views are adopted by the committee ano
the House there will be several impor
tant changes in administrative method.
at the District building.
Redfeld's Inquiry of Interest.
/ Representative Redfeld's subcommitte,
summer and the printed testimony fill
several volumes. Next to the investiga
ton into the Districts financial affair
undertaken by Chairman Johnson, Mr.
Redfield's inquiry is looked upon as bein,
the most interesting to the residents o
Washington.
| II is understood he had intended to be
come a candidate for reelection but tina
he refused to run after his neighborhoo
in Rroohiyn. n. Y, had been rearrange
under the new congressional apportion
ment the reason being that the new dis
trict had an extremely heavy republican
vote.
Representative Sulloway Of New Hamp
. shire, a giant in stature and one of tn
most picturesque characters in the House
I was not extremely active on the Distric
committee at the last session, and wa
one of the members who refrained from
! attending the meetings when called. Rep
resentative Stack of Illinois rarely attend
/. ed a meeting of the committee. Rep
. resentative Berger. however, is extremel,
interested in the affairs of the District
and is q member of several subcommit
tees which will present reports at th
| coming session.
J. Ben johnson Central Figure.