The Washington herald., 1912-11-07
|sEhlTE DISTRICT
BODY IS CHANGED
Democrat to Succeed Senator CAL
lnger - Head II the
Comnittss.
|lGARTM, OF vnql11A,
MAY 1E new CHAIRMAN
Few Important Changes contem.
plated in the House
Committee.

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District committee there in the handi
H. Gallinger, Of New Hampshire, from
the chairmanship. there viii be . mum
Der Of changes in the District commit,
tees Of the House and Senate rssultina
from the election verdict Of Tuesday.
In the Senate committee Curtis. Of
Kansas. who has acted largely - vice
chairman Of the COMMITTEES. was beaten
| in the spring primaries by Gov
Stubbs. whose election to the Senate ID
by no means assured in the Sundowes
State. where the control Of the Legisla-
ture still 10 in doubt. The place occu.
pied by Lorimer, Of Illinois. was moi
filled in the closing days Of the last
session, Mr.. Lorimer having been de-
prived Of his seat in the Senate. Ken
yon, of Iowa, who IL up for reelection
probably VIII be returned whether the
State goes Democratic or Republican.
late returns indicating that the Repub-
licans and Progressives will control the
State Legislature between them. Other
Republican members. Gallinger. New
Hampshire: Dillingham;, Vermont: Jones,
Washington: Oliver, Pennsylvania, and
Words, California, are not affected by
the election returns.
Martin Probable Chairman.
In point Of seniority. Senator Martin.
Of Virginia, Is in line for the chair
manship Of the committee under the
Democratic regime. Senator Martin oc-
cupies somewhat the same position
among the Democrats a. Senator GAL
linger did among the Republicans, and
II the Virginian accepts the chairman
ship Of the District committee he will
be In a position to obtain for the Dis
trict the ear Of the Senate majority.
Senator Paynter Of Kentucky. the next
In point Of seniority among the Demo-
cratic members Of the District Committee
In the present Congress. was defeated for
denomination by Representative Ollie
James last spring. SO there will be . va
cancy there to be filled. Other Demo-
cratic members. Johnston. Alabama:
Smith. Maryland: Pomerene. Ohio, and
Lea, Tennessee, all will be members of
the sixty-third Congress-
Recapitulating, there would be one
Democratic and two Republican vacan-
cies In the committee. except that the
majority will be swung to the Democratic
side. with the result that the Republican
vacancies probably will not be filled,
while two additional Democratic mem.
bers will be added.
In the House side. the District Com.
mittee will continue. as In the present
Congress, In control Of the Democrats
Ben johnson of Kentucky is chairman,
and II he desires to continue in that ca
pacity probably will be retained on the
committee. There are now twsnty-one
members OF the District Committee OF
the House. fourteen Democrats and six
Republicans. and one Socialist. Mr.. Ber-
ger. This ratio may be changed when
the committee assaspments are given out
next spring.
Democratic CHANGES.
In the Democratic majority. there will
be three changes. Carl Anderson, OF
Ohio, recently was killed in an auto
mobile accident; Edmund J. Stack, OF
Illinois. will not be back. and William
c. Redfield. Of Brooklyn, retired after
having been gerrymandered into a
strongly Republican district This leaves
a bare majority Of eleven Democrats,
Johnson, Kentucky; Aiken. South Caro-
lima; Rothermel, Pennsylvania: Hamil,
New Jersey; Adair. Indiana: Dies, Texas:
Oldfeld. Arkansas; OShaunessy Rhode
Island: George. New York; Lobeck. Ne
braska: and Konig. Maryland. who from
present returns have been reelected. In
the case of Representative O'Shaunessy,
Of Rhode Island. final returns may
change the present indications.
Inc hepuDncan minority ID badly bat.
tered by the Democratic landslide. Rep
Kahn, the ranking minority
may be defeated by the final
from California. Cary, Of Wis
consin, probably will be returned, but
the result is by no means decided. Cyrus
A. sulloway. the New Hampshire giant
and the most picturesque figure In the
House, appears to have been beaten for
despite his old soldier pension
efforts. Dyer. Of Missouri. the most &C.
tive Republican on the committee last
session, seems to have been returned
Judging from available St. Louis re-
turns. De Forest. Of New York, seems
to be out. Judge Prouty. Of Iowa, 10 re-
turned. Victor Berger. the lone Social
lst. Of Milwaukee. seems to have been
defeated.
Summing up the House committee,
from available returns. there are three
vancancies and probably
the same number Of Republican holes in
the committee.