The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-11-13
T|LLMAN TO HEAD
BIG COMMITTEES
Will Be Chairman of Naval
r Affairs. ,.s.a
has CHOICE OF SEVERAL oTRERe
Control by Democrats Will Cause
Many Changes-E. ID. Smith
In Line.
has CHOICE OF SEVERAL oTaERe

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE begin
ming iof the 63d congress after March
a, next will make many important
changes in the personnel OF commit
tees assignments in the house and
senate, and these are most interesting.
from a southern standpoint. The fol-
lowing are, now the ranking Demo-
Gratis in the senate on the committees
named and will be entitled to CHAIR,
manships of those committees when
the senate is reorganized, as result
of its control by the Democrats Ag-
riculture, Bankhead Of Alabama; ap-
preparations, Tillman of South Caro-
lima: Canadian relations, Tillman;
census, Shively of Indiana; Bailey or
Texas retiring; claims, Martin OF Vir-
ginia; coast defenses, Simmons OF
North Carolina; commerce, Martln;
conservation of national resources,
Newlands of Nevada, with OVerman
of North Carolina next; Cuban rela-
tions, Simmons; District OF Columbia,
Martin; education and labor, Rayner,
of Maryland; finance, Simmons In
Bailey's place; fisheries, Overman;
foreign relations, Bacon OF Georgia;
forest reservations and protectlon o,
game, Tillman; Five ClVlhzeo
Tribes of Indians, Tillman; immlgra-
tion, Jeff Davis, Arkansas; interocean-
ic canals, Simmons; interstate COM
merce, Tillman; judiciary, Bacon;
manufactures, E. D. Smith, Soutn
Carolina; military affairs, Johnston,
Alabama, Senator Foster retiring;
mines and mining, Tiliman; naval al
fairs. Tillman; pensions, Gore OF Ok
lahoma, in the place of Taylor OF Ten
nessee, deceased; postoffice and post.
roads, Bankhead; printing, Smith OF
Maryland, with Fletcher OF Fiorloa
next; privileges and elections' JONI
ston, taking the place OF Paynter o.
Kentucky, the latter retiring; puonc
buildings and grounds, CulDerson oi
Texas, with Swanson OF virginia next
nublic health and national quarantine
Culberson, with Fletcher next; rules
Racon: TRANSPORTATION rules to the
seaboard, Smith of South Carollna'
woman suffrage, Overman.
All told, there are not more taan
two committees in the entire nst !ust
given which are not OF the greatesi
i'm nortance. Senator Tillman WILL
nrobably 20 to the head OF the naVal
affairs committee In preference W
others. Senator Bacon may nave tae
choice of judiciary and foreign a.
fairs, and it is a certainty that otner
chairmanships will fall to Senator'S
Fletcher, Martin, Swanson, HoKe
Smith and E. D. Smith of South caro-
lima. Of course provision must De
made for taking care of the new men
in the senate who were electe~ III
TUESDAYS landslide to succeed repuD-
licans, but they will probably nave 10
be content for some time, at least un-
iii the best assignments have been
nassed around and distributed among
the old timers.
Another thing that the election set
tied is that Senator Bacon Will De-
come the president pro tenn OF ths
senate when that body Is reorganizeu
For some time it has been Impossible
for the members of the upper house
to agree upon a presiding officer, put
now that the Democrats are to be III
control after March the we'll known
Georgia legislator will succeed vice
President Sherman as president OF tne
upper house. -, . =,
In the house there will also Dc
some interesting changes when the
new session begins.
Everything considered the coming
session of congress bids fair to be
Democrats mean that every part or the
the country. Wilson'S election ana
the future control of the senate by the
Democrats mean that every art OF the1
legislative machinery is to be take
apart and given a good overhauli1
and oiling before it starts runn1
with a Democratic engineer at
for the next four years,