The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-06-05
HOUSE COMMITTEES
ARE MADE KNOWN
Southerners Get Bulk Of the
Chairmanships.
LIST RATIFIED BY CAUCUS
Democratic Leaders Make Long-Await'
ed Distribution Of "Piums" and
"Lsmons'--Humphrey wants
Land Probe.

Washington, June 3.--The Demo
cratic leaders of the house made their
long awaited distribution of commit
tee "plums" and lemons" The great
bulk OF the chairmanships went to
southern congressman, the northern
ers and westerners only getting an
occasional chairmanship The full list
was made public when the Democratic
caucus met to ratify the selections
made by the Democratic members OF
the ways and means committee:
Personnel Of the ways and means
committee, accounts, mileage and en-.
rolled bills committees had already
been selected and approved.
Personnel as Named.
The following members received
these chairmanships: Appropria-
tons, Fitzgerald, New York; judiciary,
Clayton, Alabama; banking and cur
rency. Glass, Virginia; coinage, Hard.
wick. Georgia; Interstate commerce,
Adamson, Georgia: rivers and har-
bors. Sparkman, Florida: merchant
marine. Alexander. Missouri; agricul
ture, Lever, South Carolina; foreign
affairs. Flood, Virginia; military, Hay,
Virginia; naval. Pudgett, Tennessee:
postoffice. Moon. Tennessee; public
lands. Ferris. Oklahoma: Indian at
fairs. Stephens. Texas: territories,
Houston, Tennessee; insular affairs.
! Jones, Virginia; railways and canals,
Dies. Texas: mines, Foster Illinois;
Public buildings. Clark Florida; edu.
cational, Hughes. Georgia; labor. Lew
is, Maryland: patents, Oldfield, Arkan,
sas: invalid pensions, Sherwood,
Ohio; pensions. Richardson, Alabama;
claims, Pou, North Carolina; war
claims, Gregg, Texas: District of Co.
lumbia, Johnson, New York; revision
of laws. Watkins. Louisiana; reform
in civil service, Goodwin, North Caro-
lima, election OF president Rueker,
Missouri; alcoholic liquor traffic, Sab
ath. Illinois; irrigation of arid lands,
Smith, Texas; immigration. Burnett,
Alabama; census, Helm, Kentucky;
roads, Shackleford. Missouri; indus
trial arts, Underhill New York. j.
Other .chairmanchips were Assigned
to the following MEMBERS: Post of
Ohio, Hammil OF New Jersey, Gold.
fogle of New York, Hamlin of Mis-
souri,. Lobeck of Nebraska, Adair of
Indiana, Hardy of Texas, Pepper of
Iowa, Graham. of Illinois, Broussard of
Louisiana Doughton of North Caro-
lima, Rolthermel of Pennsylvania,
Maher of New York, Konop of Wis
consin Slayden of Texas. Barnhart Of
Indiana, and Ashbrook Of Ohio
Personnel Of Currency Committee.
The Democratic personnel of the
house banking and currency commit
tee. which will draft currency reform
bill for submission to congress at an
early date, was announced at the Dem
ocratic caucus. Only Ave of the "A
old members remained on it, and Of
the nine new members all but one are
from the west and south.
The Democratic members are as fol-
lows: Glass. Virginia, chairman;
Korbley Of Indiana. Brown of West
Virginia; Buckley Of Ohio, Nicely Of
Kansas, Patten of New York, Stone
of Illinois, Phelan of Massachusetts.
Eagle of Texas, Wingo of Arkansas,
Saldomridge Of Colorado, Wilson Of
Florida. Weaver of Oklahoma, and
Ragsdaye OF South, Carolina. ,,s
Demand. Land Investigation. r.,
Declaring that mighty empire,
consisting Of millions of acres. Of
land, has been given to the railroads
for practically no consideration by the
forest service, in the name of con
seryation," Representative Humphrey
of Washington in the house demand
ed special congressional inyestiga-
ton Of the service by committee OF
five members of the house. .
Humphrey declared that the rail-
roads had acquired great tracts of
the public lands through the lieu land
system" and that the Santa Fe rail-
road, among others, has been able to
acquire 10000 acres of the best land
now valued at 5000 an acre for timber
alone. In exchange for an equal amount
inhabited only by coyotes, jack rab-
bits. centipedes, tarantulas, rattle
snakes and lizards" ........