The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-12-12
SENATE COMMITTEE
NOW COMPLETE
Senator Barrett of Shawnee Heads
Capitol Building Division--Re-
=. port Is Adopted.

Oklahoma City, Dec. 12.-The com
mittee on committees made its report
to the senate Tuesday of the commit.
tee assignments for the regular ses'
sion; and though the work of the com.
mittee has not given the most perfect
satisfaction to some members of the
senate, the report was adopted.
1t is the feeling among the old
senator's that the new" senators who
controlled the committee were little
unjust in their division of the assign
ments, for some of the leaders who
have served from the first and second
legislatures are ignored on many OF
the important committees, and have
but few chairmanships between them
Neither Senator Thompson nor Sen,
ator Echols nor Senator Rode, the
first a congressman-elect, and the two
other congressional aspirants from
their respective localities, were given
the Craftsmanship of the highly impor
tant congressional reapportionment
committee. The place went to Sena
tor McClintic of Snyder, one of the
youngest senators and leader among
the new" members. Senator McClin-
tic, however, proved himself bigger
than the place and capable of pretty
bit OF senatorial courtesy, by Offering
the post to Senator Echols, who held
the post in the SHRD SHRDRRRFRF
it in the 1911 session, and assisting
in passing an amendment to the com
mittee report permitting chairmen to
exchange places with one another on
the various committees, so that he
could turn the Craftsmanship over to
Senator Echols.
Barrett Heads Capitol Committee.
Senator Barrett of Shawnee, gets
the craftsmanship of the highly i'm
portant committee on public buildings
and the capitol, to which will go all
the bills to abolish state institutions
an dthe capitol appropriation bill.
Neither the Guthrie nor Oklahoma
City members were given places on
this committee, on the grounds that
they were disqualified by local inter
ests
Senator Thomas gets the chairman
ship of the appropriation committee; !;
Senator Carpenter legal advisory;
Senator Roddie, constitution and con-
stitutional amendments; Senators
Sutherlin and Mcintosh, of the first
and second judiciary respectively;
Senator Shaw, revenue and taxation.
President Pro Tempore Kendrick is
made an -officio member of all COM
mittees.
In presenting the committee report
to the senate, Senator Barrett, chair
man, said that efficiency and not
seniority" had counted in making the
assignments He repudiated the idea
of any scant treatment of the "old"
members, and insisted that the fatted
calf had been killed and fairly di-
vided. "The minority" he said, "hav-
ing grown less in numbers but greater
in quality, had better representation
on the committees than ever before. +"
Assignment List.
The full list of committee assign
ments follow, the chairman of each
being named first:
Rules and committees: VandeVen-
ter Kendrick, Blassengame. Roddie,
Sorrels, Dutt0n
Legal advisory; Carpenter, Roddie,
Shaw, Franklin, Vandeventer, Thomas,
Briggs.
Constitution and constitutional
amendments: Roddie, Burford, Rus
sell, Thomas, Shaw, Redwine, McIn-
tosh.
Judiciary No. 1 Southerlin, Nit
chell, Burford, Horton, Thompson,
Redwine, Vandeyenter.
Judiciary No. 2: Mcintosh, Nc
Mechan. Echols, Franklin, Kendrick,
Carpenter, Curren.
Code revision: Mitchell. Echols,
Harlan, Thompson, Sutherland, Rus
sell. Jones,
Appropriation: Thomas, Meminger,
Barrett, Garrett, Shaw, McClintock,
Thompson, Roddie, Mitchell, McMech.
an, Anderson, Austin, Switzerland,
McCulIy, Watrous.
Revenue and taxation Shaw,
Switzerland, Thomas, Russell Nit
chell, McClintock, Meminger. Burford,
Jones
Privileges and election: Board. Rod
die Switzerland, Thompson, Pugh, Hor-
ton Shaw, Blassengame. Warner.
Public service corporations; Ander-
son, Carpenter, Redwine, McAlester,
McMechan, Mitchell, Watrous.
Private corporations: Ayeock or