The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-03
HOUSE MEMBERS
ON COMMITTEES
Northern Congressmesn I'd
tain Fair Division OF
Assignment.
.e.,,,no., hISTRlCT
JOHNSON HEADS DISTRICT
Personnel of th. Capital city'' Board
of Aldermen a" Also Is
Anneaneed.

,or1g step forward in an at
tempt to break the Southern hog com
liz. on ,snoice committee favors the
nsmocratik committee slate prepared by
tha WsvsN and Means Committee was
adopted by he caucus yesterday after
noon.
nansbins stiITS remain in Southern hands,
in the case IF every large committee
all bodias where the Democratic side
,aLes four,eeA membership fourteen
nIaces have baexn equally divided between
North and S,,ut h. with the result that a
great MANY Nd prthern Representatives.
i,st.ad of being Vburied at the bottom of
committee majort titles now are within
striking distance or the top.
CaucusS Rule Aids.
This nurpose als4 was aided by caucus
r,rIes mt through Hkhen the present Con-
zrsss first met Hhese rules prevented
members NJ the Twelve largest committees
from serving on mdre than one commit
tee. and prevented cHalrmen OF certain oI
the smaller committees from retaining
r,aubersbin on otheYr committees. This
left vacancies near 4he TOP on hummer
NJ innortant committees, thus moving
Northern members 4 nearer chaii ihah-
ships.
The one committee rule was appheo 10
the District Committee, of which Ben
Johnson. of Kentucky. again Will be
chairman The nani1es announced by
the Herald last weekly as probable selec-
tions-Johnson CKentutky), Wyatt Aiken
rSorth Cardinal Ge6rge (New York;.
Drummer New Jersey, o Leary (New
York;. Igoe CMissourD, IL Engle Florl-
daD. and Kindel CColorA dol-hold good.
Additions TO this list a9e Thaddeus H:
Caraway arkansas. Eugene E. Reed
New Hampshire), Joseph B. Thompson
cOklahomaD. and Robert Crosser Cohio)-
Personnel of Committees.
Among the important committees or
ganized by the Democrats yesterday or
previously selected are:
Ways and Means-Oscar w. Under
wood. chairman. AIabamaA Francis Bur-
ton Harrison. New York: Claude kitchin.
North Carolina: Henry IT, Rainey. llli-
nois: Lincoln Dixon. Indiana: Cordell
Hull. Tennessee: Winfield $. Hammond,
Minnesota Andrew J. Peters. Massa-
chusetts: A Mitchell Palmer. Pennsyl-
vania: Timothy T. Amsberry. Ohio: John
y Garner. Texas: James W. Collier,
Mississippi: Augustus o. Stanley. Ken
lucky.
Appropriations - John J. Fitzgerald.
chairman. New York: Swagar Sherley.
Kentucky: Charles L. Bartlett. Georgia !:
j
ert n Page, North Carolina; George w.
Rauch Indiana; Joseph W. Byrns, len
nessee: Thomas Upton Sisson. Missis-
sippi: Eugene +. Kinkead, New Jersey;
William p. Boriand. Missouri; George
White. Ohio: James McAndrews. Illinois;
Bryan F. Mahan. Connecticut; " GODS
y. Carr. PENNSYLVANIA.
Clayton Again Chairman.
JudiCiary-Henry ID. Clayton. chair
man. Alabama; Edwin Y. Webb. North
Carolina Charles c. Carlin, Virginia
John c. Floyd. Arkansas; Robert \.
Thomas. jr.. Kentucky; II. Garland Du-
pre-. Louisiana: Walter 1. Mccoy. New
Jersey: John W. Davis Welt Virginia
Daniel J. McGiIlicuddy, Maine; Jack
Bean, Texas: Joseph Taggart. Kansas;
Louis Fitzhenry. Illinois; John F. Ca
rev. New York; John b. Petersen, In
diana.
Banking and Currency-Carter Glass.
chairman. Virginia: Charles A. KorbIy.
Indiana: William q Brown, West Nir-
GINA; Robert J. Buckley. Ohio: George
y. Neeley. Kansas; Thomas &. Patten.
New York: Claude u. Stone. Illinois;
Michael F. Phelan. Massachusetts: Joe
II. Eagle. Texas; Otis T. Wingo. Arkan-
sas; Harry H. Ssldombridge. Colorado;
Emmett Wilson. Florida; Claude Weaver.
Oklahoma: J. Willard Ragsdale. South
Carolina.
Coinage. weights and measures-Thom-
as W. Hardwick. chairman. Georgia: Will
lam 4. Ashbrook. Ohio: James l.. Stay
den. Texas: Timothy d. Sullivan, New
York: jeremiah Donovan, Connecticut
I-adislas Lazaro, Louisiana: Franklin
Brockson. Delaware: John w Aber-
crombie. Alabama: Sanford Kirkpatrick
Iowa. and William II. Murray, Okla
homa
Interstate and foreign commemorative
lam e. Adamson, chairman. Georgia:
Thetus W. Sims. Tennessee: J. Harry
Ccvington. Maryland: William a. Gull
lor. Indiana: Frank f. Doremus, Michi-
gam j. Henry Cooke. Ohio: Clement c.
Dickinson. Missouri; George F. O'Shaun-
pssy. Rhode. Island; Charles 4. Talcott
New York: Dan V. Stephens, Nebraska:
Raymond B. Stevens, New Hampshire:
tlben W. Barley. Kentucky; Sam Ray
burn. Texas. and Andrew ]. Montague
Virginia.
SpurkmaR Again Is Designated.
Rivers and harbors-Stephen NJ. Spark
man. chairman. Florida: George F. Bur-
CESS. Texas: Benjamin G. Humphreys
Mississippi: George W. Taylor. Alabama:
Charles G. Edwards. Georgia; John H.
Small. North Carolina: Charles F. Boob
er. Missouri: Thomas Gallagher. Illinois;
Daniel \. Driscoll, New York: Michael
Donohue. Pennsylvania; Thomas ]. Soul
~. New Jersey; William F. Murray.
Massachusetts: Charles Lieb. Indiana,
and William Kettner. California.
Merchant marine and Observation-Disclosures
W. Alexander. chairman. Missouri; Ru