The Washington herald., 1913-03-15
SENATOR Smith
HEADS Committee.
Continued. from Page One.

tees. filling vacancies, and providing fol
conference committees. The first Of these
| resolutions is as follows:
BE 1t resolved, That a majority OF the
| Democratic members of any committee
may call a meeting of such committee
and shall select all Democratic members
| of conference committees and OF all sub
committees representing the committee by
| recorded vote OF such members.
The other resolution Is as follows:
! First. Resolved. That hereafter the
members of the steering committee shall
| be elected by the conference.
Second, that hereafter the majority
| members OF committees shall elect their
| own chairmen.
Third. that all vacancies on commit
| tees in future shall be nominated by the
steering committee. subject to the ap-
proval of the conference"
This means that the practice OF senior
ity assignment to committee chairman
ships, which has prevailed from the
earliest days, has been completely. over
thrown
List of Chairmanships.
The tentative list of important chair
manships, although 1t was not disclosed
| tonight, is understood TO be about as
follows:
Agriculture. Senator Gore of Okla
homa; Appropriations, Senator Martin
of Virginia: Commerce. Senator Clarke
of Arkansas; District of Columbia, Sen
ator John Walter Smith of Maryland; !;
Finance. Senator Simmons of North
Carolina: Banking and Currency. Sena-
tor Robert l.. Owen OF Oklahoma; For
eign Relations. Senator Bacon of Geor-
gia; immigration, Senator Smith Of
South Carolina: Indian Affairs. Senator
William ]. Stone of Missouri: Interocean-
ic Canals. Senator O'Gorman. New York;
Interstate Commerce. Senator New
lands of Nevada: Irrigation. Senator
Myers of Montana; Judiciary, Senator
Culberson Of Texas: Library. Senator
Hoke Smith of Georgia: Manufactures.
Senator Reed of Missouri; Military Az
fairs, Senator Johnston of Alabama:
Naval Affairs. Senator Tillman of South
Carolina; Pensions. Senator Bryan of
Florida: Philippines. Senator Hitchcock
of Nebraska: Post-offices and Post Roads.
Senator Bankhead of Alabama: Printing.
Senator Fletcher of Florida; Privileges
and Elections, Senator Kern of Indiana:
Public Buildings and Grounds. Senator
Swanson of Virginia; Public Lands. Sem
ator Chamberlain of Oregon: Rules, Sem
ator Overman of North Carolina: Ter
ritories, Senator johnson of Maine.
New Committee on Banking.
The new Committee on Banking and
Currency of .he Senate that has been
created to have jurisdiction of the bank
ing and currency legislation, will be
composed Of the following members:
Senator Stone of Missouri. chairman.
and Senators O'Gormln. Hollis. Reed.
Pomerene and Shafroth, Democrats, and
Nelson. Burton. Bristow, Weeks and
Townsend. Republicans.
The Finance Committee. which will
have charge Of the tariff legislation. will
he as follows:
Senator Simr1ons OF North Carolina,
chairman, and Senators Stone. Williams.
Shively. johnson of Maine, James,
Thomas and Hughes. Democrats. and
Senators Psnrose, Lodge. McCumber.
Smoot. GallinGer. Clark and La Toilette,
Republicans.
Senator O'Gorn:an will be chairman of
the Comitrtee on Interoceanic Canals.
and a member of the Judiciary, Foreign
Relations and Banking.