The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-09

almost that long to climb to the head
 of the great committee on the judiciary.
 |. Alabama loses both Underwood and
 Clayton in the House in the Sixty-fourth Congress and with them these two inn important place on the rivers and har- bors committee by the retirement of Rep resentative G. w. Taylor, and a place on the naval affairs committee by the | retirement of Captain Hobson. She lost through death the chairmanship of the committee on pensions, Representative | Richardson being chairman of that im- pOrtant committed Alabama has suf- | fered considerable loss in the last year. ! The death of Senator Johnston deprived the state of the services of senator 1 for several months, and lost the chair manship of the Senate military affairs | committed
 The changes in the House will leave Representative Burnett the dean of the Alabama delegation in the house and the chairmanship of the committee on immi- grafton. Representative Hefiin is fourth democrat on the agricultural commit tee and Representative Dent Is the sec- ond democrat on the military affairs com mittee of the House, of which Repre- l sentative Hay of Virginia is chairman. Although serving his first term in Con
 gress, Representative ADercrombie Is the fourth man the committee on educa- tion. Representative Blackmon Is ninth
 on the important committee of postoffices
 and post roads Repl esentative Hobson l is third on naval affairs.
 | Through political cnanges and death Alabama will lose just half of her delega-
 ton in the House and half in the Sen | ate. George Huddleston will succeed Rep lresentative Underwood who goes to the ] Senate. oscar l.. Gray will succeed Rep
 resentative Taylor; Judge E. B. Almon | will come to Congress from the Eighth l congressional district. represented by the I late Congressman Richardson: w. B. | Oliver will succeed Captain Hobson. and I someone yet to he elected will succeed l Judge Clayton. Senatcc White will come l to the Senate for the unexpired term 1 of the late Senator Johnston and in the Sixty-fourth Congress MT. Under 1 wood will succeed Senator White.
 | It is not probable that there is an- | other state in the union that will gu as far in changing the personnel of
 its delegation as has Alabama. 1t is unusual for Alabama. tot for there have | been few changes in the Alabama dele gation In the past four terms. The changes, In fact, tha, take place from ! the Sixty-third to the Sixty-fourth Con gresses in the Alabama delegation is 1 greater than all the changes in the past i five terms
 1 It Is quite likely in rfe organization of the Siyty-fourth Congress that Alabama will have no place on either of the bis 1 committees of the House which she now holds the chairmanships. Places on the ways and means committee are eagerly sought for and this Is likewise true of
 the iudieiary. Burnett, Hehin and Dent are too high up In their important com rnlttees to e willing to go to. the foot
 Of the list on either the ways and means or the judiciary. Representative Black l mon is very much devoted to his place 1 on the postofsice and post roads commit- tee. and under the new rules member ' can only be on one of the really im-
 portant committees ii the House. Mir.
 Abercrombie might become candidate