The Washington herald., 1915-12-05
SOUTH AGAIN
RULES HOUSE
Gets 81 of the So Chairman
ships of Committee in
Lower Body. -
DEMOCRATS IN CAUCUS
Preparedness Men Slightly in Majority
on Army and Navy Com
mittees.

As a result of action taken yester-
day by the Democratic caucus OF the
House of Representatives the South
ern States are once again in control
of the lower branch of Congress. OF
the ffty-eight committees of the new
House Southern members will occupy
thirty-seven chairmanships: Twenty
one were allotted to Democratic mem
bers from the North and West. OF
; the committees of the first rank only
one will be directed by a Democrat
outside of the South. This honor fell
20 Representative John ]. Fitzgerald.
of New York, who will succeed him
self as chairman of the Committee on
Appropriations.
1t is conceded that national defense
will be the big question for considera-
ton by this Congress. The work will
be divided between the Committee on
Naval Affairs and the Committee on
Military Affairs Representative Pad
gett, of Tennessee, is chairman OF the
Naval Committee and Representative
Hay, of Virginia, head Of the Mill
tary Committee.
The Committee on Ways and Means
originates revenue legislation. and
makes up the committee lists for the
Democratic side of the House. 1t is
headed by Representative Kitchin. of
North Carolina
The administration ship bin will be
referred either to the Committee on
Merchant Marine or the Committee on
Naval Affairs. Representative Alex
l., ~. @f
former committee. The ship bill is
one of the principal items on the ad-
ministration's Legislative program.
Committee Chairmanships.
Next in importance comes rural
credit legislation. 1t will be consider
ed by the Committee on Banking and
Currency. of which Representative
Glass. of Virginia, is chairman.
Here is a list of other committees Of
the first rank with their Southern chair
men: Judiciary, which passes on all trust
legislation and constitutional amend
ments Representative Webb. OF North
Carolina, chairman: Interstate and For
eign Commerce, which originates railway
legislation and deals with all CONNER
c!al phases of shipping. both foreign and
domestic, Representative Adamson, Of
Georgia; Rivers and Harbors. Represen-
tative Sparkman, of Florida; Agrtcul-
ture, Representative Lever, Of South
Carolina; Foreign Affairs. Representa-
tive Flood, of Virginia; Postofiices and
Postroads, Representative Moon. of Ten
nessee: Indian Affairs, Representative
Stephens, of Texas: Insular Affairs.
which will report the administration
Philippine independence bill. Representa-
tive Jones, of Virginia; Railways and
Canals, Representative Dies. of Texas;
Public Buildings. Representative Clark.
of Florida; Labor. Representative Lewis,
of Maryland; Civil Service. Representa-
tive Goodwin of North Carolina; Elec-
tion OF President. Representative Rucker,
OF Missouri: Immigration, Representative
Burnett. of Alabama: Rules. Representa-
tive Henry, of Texas: Good Roads. Rep
resentative Shackleford. of Missouri.
REPRESENTATIVE Foster. of Illinois. land
ed the craftsmanship of Mines and Min
ing: Representative Ashbrook, OF Ohio.
the Craftsmanship of Coinage, Weights
and Measures; Representative SABBATH, of
Illinois head of the Committee on the
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic, and Represen-
tative Hamill, of New Jersey, chairman
of Elections Committee
The Defense Committees.
Administration leaders were chiefly
and military committees. A perusual of
the list seems to indicate that what
are known as the big navy" men have
slight majority on the naval commit
tee The same thing is understood to be
true in the case of the military commit
tee The naval committee will be COM
posed of twenty-one members, and the
military committee will have the same
number. On each of these committees
there will be thirteen Democrats and
eight Republicans.
The Democratic personnel Of the naval
cor mittee follows: Mr.. Padgett. chair
man: Representatives Talbot, of Mary
land: Estopinal. of Louisiana, Riordan. of
New York; Tribble, of Georgia, Hensley,
of Missouri: Buchanan. Of Illinois, Gray,
Of Indiana; Galloway, of Arkansas; Hart,
of New Jersey; Connolly. of Kansas;
Oliver, Of Alabama, and Liebel. Of Penn
sylvania.
The Democratic end Of the military
committee is: Mr.. Hay, chairman; Rep
resentatives Dent. of Alabama: Fields,
of Kentucky: McKellar. of Tennessee;
uin, OF Mississippi; Gordon. of Ohio: Lit
tlepage, of West Virginia: Shalleberger.
of Nebraska; Farley, of New York; Cald-
well. of New York; Wise Of Georgia
0lney of Massachusetts, and Nichols