Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01
Republican Caucus Selects Six
Members to Serve on Dis
triCt Affairs.
PROGRESSIVE CHOICE
COMPLETES THE LIST
Other Assignments Announced Yes
acknowledgements to Name Their
Representatives Tomorrow.

SIN republican members of the House
committee on the District of Columbia
ratified ut the republican caucus yester-
day afternoon. and one progressive mem
ber appointed several days ago, com
pletes the minority of that organiza ton
The democrats are To be announced fol-
lowing caucus tomorrow The new
minority members are Representatives
Cary of Wisconsin,. ranking republican;
Prouty Of Iowa, Wallin Of New York.
Ninslow of Massachusetts, keister of
Pennsylvania, Mapes of Michigan and
Walters. a progressive from Pennsyl-
vania.
OF these Representatives Cary and
Prouty are the only members of the re-
publican half dozen remaining from the
last committee. Representative H. Hamp-
ton Moore. now an active member of the
ways and means committee. resigned from
the District committee last session.
Kahn, Friend of District.
Representative Julius Kahn, warm
friend of the District who believes the
National Capital should be the greatest
city in the world, is this year ranking re-
publican on the military affairs commit
tee and is member of the industrial arts
and expositions committee. Representa-
tive Dyer of Missouri. who had investi-
gated the affairs of the tuberculosis Hos
ptal. and whose report was all but COM
pleted. is not a District committee MEM
Der this year He is on the judiciary
committee. one of the most-sought-after
positions in the House. Representative
Sulloway was defeated for reelection.
Representative De Forest is not in Con-
gress this session, nor Is Representative
Victor Berger
The minority of the committee. there
fore. has five members new to the House
and therefore new to the District of Co
lumbia committee. Samuel Wallin is
manufacturer and is man of wide ex.
per1ence- He lives in Amsterdam, n
Y. Representative Winslow of Massa
chusetts is a manufacturer. from Wor-
cester. Representative Keister of Penn
sylvanfa comes from Scottdale in the
coal regions. and has considerable ac-
nuaintance with the coke industry. Rep
resentative Mapes of Michigan is known
as a progressive citizen in his district
Representative Walter the only "bul-
mooser' in the list. Is from Johnstown
Pa. where he is the publisher of
newspaper.
Other Assignments Announced.
The caucus of the republicans lasted
only ten minutes yesterday The re-
publican committee assignments included:
priations-Gillette, Massachu-
SOUS, 1oOu IOWA. MOnucll, w yOHlnR,
Davis. Minnesota: Calder. New York;
Ware. Pennsylvania.
Insular affairs-Towner, Iowa; Miller,
Minnesota; Fess, Ohio: Goodwin Maine;
Frear. Wisconsin; Young. North Da-
kota.
Public buildings and grounds-Aus-
tin. Tennessee; Langley, Kentucky;
Smith. Michigan; Dunn. New York;
Barton, Nebraska; Kraider Pennsyl-
vania.
Labor. NJ c. Smith, Michigan; Haw-
ley. Oregon; Browner. Wisconsin.
Pensions-Sells, Tennessee; Greene
Vermont: Kiess, Pennsylvania; Avis.
Immigra Massachusetts:
Haines. California; Moore, Pennsylvania;
Merritt. New York: Manahan, Minnesota:
Johnson, Washington.
Banking and currency-Hayes. Cali
fornia: Guernsey, Maine: Burke, Penn
|sylvania; Woods. Iowa: Platt. New York;
Smith, Minnesota.
Good roads-slemp. Virginia: Prouty,
Iowa: Dunn. New York; Sutherland.
West Virginia; Shreve. Pennsylvania;
Browne. Wisconsin.
In Charge Of Judiciary Affairs.
Judiciary Volsted. Minnesota; Nell
son, Wisconsin; Morgan. oklahoma:
Danforth, New York; Dyer Missouri.
kraham, Pennsylvania.
Interstate and foreign commerce
SleNeHS, MlHneSOta, EScn. Wisconsin,,
knowland, California; Hamilton, Mich
igan: Martin, South Dakota; Willis,
Ohio.
Rivers and harbors = Humphrey.
Washington; Kennedy. Iowa: Barch-
field. Pennsylvania; Hughes, West
Virginia: Switzer, Ohio; Powers. Ken
| lucky; Treadway, Massachusetts.
Foreign affairs1ooper. Wisconsin
Bartholdt, Missouri: Fairchild. New
York: Porter Pennsylvania: Ainey,
Pennsylvania; Rogers. Massachusetts.
Military-Kahn. California; Anthony,
Kansas; Mckenzie. Illinois; Greene,
Vermont; NORM. Pennsylvania; Avis,
West Virginia. Wickersham, Alaska.
Naval-Buter. Pennsylvania; Roberts,
Massachusetts, Browning, New Jersey:
Farr, Pennsylvania: Britten. Illinois:
Kelley Michigan.
Post offce-Samuel w. Smith. Michigan:
STEVENSON. Minnesota: Madden, Illinois.
Stafford Wisconsin,: Griest, Pennsyl-
vania: Kennedy. Rhode Island Kalani-
anaole Hawaii