Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-06
HOUSE COMMITTEE
PERSONNEL HARDH|T
Sweeping Changes by Election
Will Make Reorganization
Necessary.
NINE MEMBERS OF DC.
BODY WILL NOT RETURN
Dyer. Who Was 0usted, Comes Back
Senate District Member
ship Intact.

of the House will necessitate great
changes in the personnel of the COM
mittees of the House. While Repre-
sentative Ben johnson of Kentucky,
chairman of the House District COM
mittee, will return to the House in the
Sixtyfourth Congress. nine of the
other members of that committee Will
not be members of the next House. The
absentees Will include six democrats.
Representatives George. New York;
German. Illinois: O'Leary. New York.
Reed. New Hampshire: LEngle, Flor
ida, and Claypool. Ohio: two repub-
leans Representatives Prouty, Iowa.
and Wallin, New York. and one pro-
gressive Representative Walters.
Pennsylvania.
Representative Henry George, jr-, OF
New York, did not seek renominatlon'
and Represe ntative l. Engle of FLORIDA
was defeated for denomination at the
prima ries The four other democrats
who will not return We're defeated al
the polls by republican opponents.
OF the two republican memberS OF the
committee who will not return. Repre-
sentative Prouty has been chosen iof
the supreme bench in Iowa. and Repre-
sentative Wallin of New York has psen
succeeded by another republican, iho
mittee Representative Walters OF
Pennsylvania, was defeated by re-
publican.
Dyer Comes Back.
Leonidas c. Dyer of st. Louis No. a
republican member Of the DISTRICT com
mittee at the time he lost his seat IN
the House few months ago on the
grounds of election frauds practiced in
his behalf. has been elected to the
House from the same district. MI
Over took an active part IN framing the
present loan shark law Tor the DIS
trict. III
All the members of the Senate Dis
trict committee will be members OF the
Sixty-fourth Congress. Senator Jonh
Walter Smith of Maryland, the chair
man. was reelected, as was Senator
Mark Smith of Arizona, another Demo
cratic member of the committees. On
the republican side three members we're
up for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Diliihs-
ham of Vermont. Jones or w asningtoti
and Sherman of Illinois. All three
pulled through.
The democrats in both Senate and
House, by virtue OF their maJoFlties
| in those bodies. will be able to retain
control of the standing committees.
The falling off in the House democratic
majority probably will result IN re-
arrangement of the committee repre-
sentation The falling off of the pro-
| yressive membership of the House
from 10 to z will cut down the party
representation on the committees. ana
probably will lose it all important
committee assignments it now holds.
Appropriation Changes.
| The House appropriations committee
will lose seven of its present mem
beers in the next House. They are
| FIVE democrats. Representative Bart
lett, Georgia: kinkaid, New Jersey
White, Ohio: Mahan. Connecticut. and
Carr Pennsylvania: one republican
! Representative Calder. New York. and
| one progressive. Representative flhe-
| baueh Illinois. The chairman. Repre-
sentative Fitzgerald of New YORK. was
returned to the House.
| The election Will vacate nre OF the
| fourteen democratic places on the ways
and means committee. which framed
| the Underwood tariff law. Representa-
| tive Underwood goes to the Senate.
Representative Hammond was elected
Governor of Minnesota. representa-
tive Mitchell of Massachusetts,, who
succeeded Representative Peters on the
Committee when the latter became as
sistant secretary of the Treasury, was
defeated at the polls. Representative
Palmer of Pennsylvania surrendered
his seat to run for the Senate. ana was
q
Kentucky sought the senatorial noml-
nation in kentucky and lost his place
Representative Murdoch of Kansas. the
progressive leader and member of the
committee. lost his seat In an EFFORT TO
go to the Senate
All of the republican members of the
committee were returned. and in addl-
ton, Ebenezer Hill, tariff expert ana one
of the trainers of the Payne law, was
sent back after a two-year stay at home
L.
place on the committee.
Rules and Labor Committees.
Two democratic members OF the rules
committee will not return. Representa-
tive Hardwick of ,ieorgia goes to the
Senate and Representative Goldfosle of
New York was defeated by Il socialist.
Never London Representative Kelley of
Pennsylvania. the progressive member of
the committee, was defeated by repup-
Iican and the progressives may lose
their place on the coninlttee
The labor committee lost two demo-
GRATIS Representatives Baltz of Illinois
and Walsh of New Jersey. who repre-
scented President Wilson'S district. Rep
resentative Macdonald OF Michigan, the
progressive member. also was defeated.
-Four democratic members OF the bank
ing and currency committee failed to be
reelected. They Were Representatives,
Korbly of Indiana, Buckley of Ohio.
keelcy of Kansas and Seldomridge of
Colorado.
Representative Hobson OF Alabama,
long "a prominent member of the naval
affairs committee. lost his place IN an
effort to defeat Representative Under
wood for the Senate. Representative
Rathrick of Ohio and Gerry OF Rhode
Island also will be missing from naval
affairs.
The democrats lost live members who
were on the military affairs committee
tile republicans one and the the pro
.reSSiNeS one.
The judiciary committee will be prac-
tically unchanged.
Changes in Senate.
The possibility of the defeat of SEN
ator Newlands OF Navada threatened
to leave vacant the craftsmanship of
the Senate interstate commerce COM