Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-03-20
COMMITTEE HEADS
NAMED BY SENATE
Personnel of New Organisations
to Be Made Known Soon
chairmanships Settled.

Washington. ID. c., March 15.-It is
expected that the democratic Senate
steering committee" will complete the
list OF committee appointments today
IN time for their submission to the
caucus. The republican minority al
ready has been completed. Most of the
chairmanships have been decided upon
lmprtant Charm anships.
The more important democratic
chairmanships are now believed to
have been settled upon as follows:
Senator Gore. agriculture and for
ator Bacon. foreign relations; Senator
Stone Indian affairs; Senator New
lands. interstate commerce.: Senator
Johnston. military affairs: Senator Gull
berson. Judiciary; Senator Bankhead,
postoffices and postroads; Senator
Swanson. public buildings and grounds;
Senator Overman. rules; Senator
Fletcher printing; Senator Pomerene.
District of Columbia; Senator Owen.
banking and currency: Senator Thorn
ton. fisheries Senator O'Gorman. inter-
oceanic canals.
Finance Committee.
The personnel of the finance COM
bills became definitely known last
night. AS now agreed upon 1t is:
Observation-Disclosures Senator Sim
mons, North Carolina Senators Stone
Missouri; Williams, Mississippi; john
son, Maine; Shiveley, Indiana; Gore,
oklahoma: Thomas. Colorado; James,
Kentucky; Hughes, New Jersey.
Republicans-Senator Penrose, Penn
sylvania; Lodge, achusetts; Nc
Cumber, North Dokota; Smoot Utah:
Gallinger. New Hampshire; Clark, Wy
oming; La Toilette, Wisconsin.
Officers Of Senate.
The democrats elected Senator Clark
of Arkansas. president pro tempore,
and chose other officers as follows:
secretary; Charles P. Higgins. Mis-
souri,, sergeant at arms; Forest J.
Prettiman, Washington. ID. G., chap
lain; Thomas w. Keller. West Virgin
ia, assistant doorkeeper; Carl A. Loef-
fer. Pennsylvania, acting assistant
doorkeeper.
New republican members received
the following assignments to the follow
ing committees Senate Burleigh
Maine. claims. public buildings, Ash
cries and coast defenses; Senator Colt
Rhode Island. civil service. immigra-
ton, patents. postoffices and revision
of the laws: Con-. West Virginia, mill
tary affairs, pensions claims and con-
servation; Norris, Nebraska, agricul-
ture, public lands, claims: Sterling,
south Dakota. civil service, public
lands, pension and conservation:
Weeks. Massachusetts, banking and
currency, Philippines. public health
and conservation.
Republican Changes.
Senators Dillingham; and Jones were
AIDED to the appropriations COMMITTEES
giving up places on other important
committees Senator Lippitt was added
to the District of Columbia COMMITTEES
of which Senator Gallinger long mar
been chairman. Senator Gallinger re-
tired from the committee because OF his
election as republican leader. Sena
tors Gronna, Townsend and Fall were
added to the Indian affairs committees.
Senator Kenyon to the military at
fairs committees; Senators Catron and
Jackson to the postofflce committees.
Senator Fall to the public lands com
m1ttee and Senator Jones to the com
mittee on territories.
Senator Dillingham; retired from the
committee on foreign relations and
Senator'S Lodge, Borah and Gallinger
from the committee on civil service
Senator Burton retired from the cor.
mittee on commerce on which he has
been leading member in the debates
in the Senate. He received assien-
ments to the banking and currency
foreign relations and immigrations
committees; besides a number Of other
committees. -