The Cairo bulletin., 1913-04-08
Necessity for River improvement
Emphasized by 0hios
Overflow. i,
CHANGES IN COMMITTEE
Clarke of Arkansas, Heads Senate
Body--HOuse Members Not
Yet Picked.

Washington, April win TOR
rental Hoods pouring from the wa
tersheds of the great inland stream.
OF the country, bringing ruin ant
desolation in their wake, interest In
the preservation of navigation and
of the integrity of the channels oi
the great streams themselves has
naturally greatly increased 1t Ii
already evident from present dis
cussion that Congress will take up
the food control subject and it will
necessarily be considered in connec-
tion with river navigation improve
ment
The Senate Committee on Com
merce has been appointed, Will that
| of the House Is yet to be named.
The change of political complexion
OF the Senate changed the chairman.
ship and shifted the majority. The
new chairman is James p. Clarke oi
Arkansas. The rest Of the Demo
Gratis are: Duncan s. Fletcher Of
Florida, George E. Chamberlain oi
Oregon. Joseph e. Ransdell-of Louis.
lana. Morris Sheppard of Texas
.Iames X Vardaman OF Mississippi
John X. Shields OF Tennessee
Thomas s. Martin of Virginia, John
H. Bankhead of Alabama and Funi,
fold NJ Simmons of North Caroline
The Republicans are: Knute Mel
son of Minnesota, former chairman,
George p, Perkins of California
William Alden Smith of Michigan
rhoo. f.. Burton of Ohio, Isaac
Stephenson of Wisconsin, Coe l.
Crawford of South Dakota and
George 4 Oliver of Pennsylvania
Every part of the country is rep
resented, from the Atlantic to the
Pacilc and from the lakes to the
gulf, and by men who have had ex.
perience in both houses on one OF
the other of the committees dealing
with navigation improvement, ex.
cept in the cases of Messrs. Clarke
Sheppard. Vardaman and Shields.
Ransdell an Authority on Rivers.
Chairman Clarke comes from 8
state Of the Mississippi Valley vital
| ly concerned. as dc Messrs. Ransdel
| and Fardaman. Mr.. Ransdell Is tn,
most notable acquisition TO the Sen
ate Committee on account both o.
the distinguished service he rem
dered In an official capacity as ;
member OF the House committees o
| recent Congresses and as president
since its present organization of thu
National Rivers and Harbors Con
| gress.
The eliminations from the las
| Congress are: Messrs. Bourne o
Oregon, BurEham of New Hamp
shire, Crane Of Massachusetts, IRE
publicansl. and Percy of Mississippi
and Reed of Missouri democrats
The House Committee will, with
the exception of vacancies to b.
filled. probably remain the same
with Stephen NJ. Sparkman OF Flor
ida, chairman, and Messrs. Burgess!
of Texas. Humphreys of Mississip
pi. Taylor of Alabama. Edwards o
Georgia, Small of North Carolina
Booher of Missouri, Gallagher o
Illinois, Driscoll of New York, Demo
hue of Pennsylvania and Scully o
New jersey, continuing members o
the majority, with Young of Mich
igan, Humphrey of Washington
Kennedy of Iowa and Barchfeld 0
Pennsylvania. holdover Republicans
The Ways and Means .Committe
as a Committee on Committees, will
nominate members to fill the vacan
lcies. 1t is understood that ther
will be considerable number of as
pEants to fill the vacancies, anon
them being William Kettner of Sa
iDego, CAL: II. Garland Dupre @
New Orleans; w. S. Goodwin G
Warren. Ark; s. M. Taylor of Pin
Bluff. Ark; Kenneth ID. McKellar Q
Memphis, Tenn, and three Demo
Gratis from Ohio---W. b. Francis d
Martins Ferry, E. r. aBthrock Q
Akron and w G. Sharpe of Elyria
The three Republican vacancies lef
by Messrs. George p. Lawrence Q