The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-05
FLORIDA MEN
GET EXCELLENT
ASSIGNMENTS
STATED THAT THIS STATE JARED
BETTER AND RECEIVED BEST
COMMITTEE PLACES OF ANY
ONE IN UNION WHEN NUMBER
OF REPRESENTATIVES is CON.
sIDERED.
BY WINFIELD JONES.

Washington, June An the assign
ments Of members to committees OF
the house, announced at the house
| democratic caucus Monday afternoon.
Florida receives the best committee
PAGES Of any state in the union when
the number of her representa- tives ia
considered.
She has two Of her members az
cbairmen of important committee.
while one of the others, Representative
Wilson, a. new member, received the
high distinction Of being named as
| member OF the banking and currency
committee
Representative LEngle received the
tonly poor assignment, that of member
of the District OF Columbia COMMITTEE.
ana this was probably caused by his
antagonism towards the other mem
hers Of the Florida delegation, and his
efforts 10 create dissension among tpe
mouse democrats by organizing ~
newly elected members TO array them
selves against the representatives who
had seen former service
Sparkman Remains,
Representative Sparkman remains Sc
chairman of the committee on rivefs
and harbors, which is one Of the big
four committees. Heretofore chairnen
Of the big four" committees have been
ineligible for membership on any other
committee, but the present congress
passed a rule in caucus that no mem
Der of one of the twelve largest com
mittees could be a member of any other
committees. Therefore Sparkman is
prevented from being member Of anv
other committee. The rivers and
tarbors committee has been for years
one OF the most important in congress
Tt considers all legislation relative 10
river and harbor Improvement and
considers bills carrying hundreds az
millions OF dollars. With Florida hav-
ing one of the largest coast lines
among any of the states. Sparloman's
position as chairman Of the rivers and
harbors committee is Of immense i'm
portance.
Each year Florida makes bid for
additional river and harbor improve
efforts Of Representative Sparkman
have great portion of the improve
ments been secured by the state.
Clark's Assignments.
Representative Clark waf appointed
chairman Of an important house com
mittee. AS chairman of the commit
fee on public buildings and grounds he
will have charge of another Of the big
pork barrels" He also retains his
membership on the patents committee
but has been shifted from the commit
tee on insular affairs to the committee
on alcoholic liquor traffic. Florida al
ready has several bills before the house
asking appropriations for public build
ings, and is sure to receive due consid-
Grafton for her projects through hav-
ing Clark at the head Of the committee
Clark was previously the third member
on the buildings and grounds commit
tee, being preceded by Sheppard, who
was recently elected to the senate, and
chairmanship he jumped over Burnett,
who has been made chairman Of the
committee on immigration and natur-
alization.
Wilson Did Well.
Representative Wilson has been gen
erously dealt with in being named q
member Of the committee on banking
and currency. This committee, within
the next month, will hold as important
a position in the national affairs as has
the committee on ways and means
since the beginning of consideration Of
the tariff bill. Now that the new com
mittee on banking and currency has
been named 1t is probable that Chair
man Carter Glass will Immediately call
a meeting Of the committee to prepare
a bill to meet the wishes Of Presidthi
Wilson and Secretary of the Treas
McAdoo, for revision Of our banking
and currency laws. Wilson will neces-
sarily participate in the consideration
of this important legislation, 10 which
the democratic party is pledged by the
platform adopte dat the Baltimore con
Ventfon. Wilson is known to have had
a desire TO be a. member OF the ju-
dietary committee, but this was i'm
POSSIBLE as almost all the old members
who wished to remain on the commit
tee were from southern states, and the
were therefore distributed
among men from northern and western
states.
L'Engle Fared Badly.
Representative Claude LEngle has
been assigned TO the committee on the
District Of Columbia as the eleventh
AS this committee has nom
inal charge of the government Of the
District of Columbia, this will give
REngle ample opportunity to work
off" a few Of his many schemes for
government ownership Of public utili-
ties. This committee IS very undesir-
able, as everyone with a grievance liv-
ing in Washington comes and haunts
IL before the District OF Columbia com
mittee. The committee, having its
sessions here, sits right in the camp or
the enemy, and is continually a center
Of criticism. The committee almost
every year prepares an enormous
budget of appropriations for the dis
trict and when the house regularly cuts
l. to shreds the district committee II,
Of course, the center Of local storm.