The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-21
Rivers And HarbOrS
 Congress Convention
Expected That Session Next Month Will be Most Important Body Ever Held

Washington. D. C., Nov. 21-(SpeciaO The Ninth Annual Convention of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress which meets in this city on Dec. 4 to continue in session three days. gives abundant promise of being the most largely attended convention this sociation has had since its reorga nfzation at the old Arlington a de- cade ago.
 President Taft will deliver the open ing address and is expected to still further emphasize his position looking to a broad and stateSman-lixe policy by the national government, in the treatment of the waterways of the country to the end that all streams susceptible of navigation may be made navigable.
 And after the present administration is ended progressive citizens in all the ministration to carry on the work of the river, harbor and canal improve-- ment now under way on the ground that the platform of the Democrats is even stronger than the platforms of other tparties with respect to this vedy vital question
 while it does not affect the advance meat of sentiment for waterways inn trines of the National Rivers and Har- bors COngress,~ has in a number of in- stances changed the personnel of the committees of both Houses having to . deal with river and sharbor appropria-
 The Senate Comnittee on Commerce, which consists of seventeen members, lost two-Messrs- Bourne, Oregon, Re- publican, and Percy of Mississippi, Democraf-while the House Committee on Rivers. and Harbors, consisting of tzrenty-one members, lost eight-three DemecRatss Messrs.- Ransdell of L4ouisi- ana. E1lerbe of South Carolina and Boehne pf Indiana: Lawrence of Mas Mas Young of Michigan. Rodenberg of H. linois and Kennedy of Iowa. Repuh-
 The onlv member of the House Com naittee who will continue in Congress is Mr. RaHsdeHs who has been elected vice not only in the House but as President since it's reorganiza ton. of the National Rivers and Harbors Con greess should in the very nature of Committee of the Senate.
 The hoId-over Senators on the Com of Minnesota. Perins of California, Smith of Michigan, Stephenson of Wis consfn. Burton of Ohio. Burnham of New Hampshire. Crawford of South Dakota and Oliver of Pennsylvania, Republicans: Martin of Virginia. Sim mons of North Caroline, fewlands of Fletcher of Florida and Reed of Mis- souri Deznocrats.- M Fss.
 Noszesthat the, Democrats are prac- tically assured of the control of the Senate, MT Nelson will be retired from. the Craftsmanship of the Com merce, Committee for a Democrat, the membership of the committee being increased by the addition Of four to make mp the ten, the apportionment accorded to the majority party. There are nine Republican members of the committee holding over, two of whom would have to be eliminated, and six ho1d-over Democrats.
 As the election did not change the party complexion of the House, the superintendent of the Rivers and liar bors Committee will remain the same, with Mir. Sparknan, of Florida. as chairznan. The new members. assuna- ing the present members re-elected will he reappointed. there will be three Democrats and five Republicans.
 Besides the Chairman. the reelected Democrats are Burgess of Texas, Humphreys of Mississippi, Taylor of -A1abazna, Edwards of Georgia, Small of North Carolina, Booher of Missouri Galfaghers Of Illinois. Driscon of New York Donohoe of Pennsylvania; and Scug1y of New Jersey, Democrats: Humphreys of Washington and Barch- neId of Pennsylvania, Republicans