The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-12-17
Committee Lists Of Floor Leaders
Put Through.
CID GUARDSMEN are PLACED
Joe Cannon Returned to the Commit
tee On Appropriations and Long
worth and Hill to Ways and Means.
More Than Twenty Million Dollars
Asked Of Congress For Coast De-
fense.


fense.
Washington. Dec. 15-with the
organization of the house by the adop-
ton Of the committee lists submitted
ty Representatives Kitchin and Mann,
the majority and minority leaders, re-
spectively, the Progressive party as
O political entity in congress came to
en- end. The six members of the Pro-
gressive party in this house accepted
committee assignments at the hands
of Mr.. Mann
In parcciine out the committee pat
ronage, Mr.. Mann took care of such
notable come backs" as Uncle ice
Cannon, Nick Longworth. Hill of Con
recticut, William B. Mckinley, and
other "old guardsmer.~ who fell by
the wayside in 1910 and 1912 cleo
tions. Most Of these members were
given the places which they filed IL
former congresses. On the whole the
committee assignments made by Mr..
Mann gave general satisfaction
1hNAC JSG NeAiLN-l n~-S ACl0AAC4 W
the committee on appropriations. OF
which he was chairman for many
years prior to his election as speaker.
Uncle Joe was not given the place at
the head of the minority side of the
committee. Representative Gillette
retains mis- position as ranking Repub-
lfcan member of the appropriations
committee, thus assuring his assign
ment as chairman IL he is reelected
and the Republicans control the next
house.
The single Republican vacancy on
tie naval committee was given to
Representative Sidney E. Mudd. whose
father. as a member of the house.
served on this particular committee
for many years.
The three Republican vacancies on
the ways and means committee. which
frames revenue legislation. will be
filed by Representatives Hill and
Longworth. who served on the COM
mittee when the Aldrich-Payne law
was framed. and Representative Fair.
child of New York.
Coast Defense.
Further light was thrown on the
scope of the administration defense
plans when the war departments es-
Inmates for coast defenses during the
coming year were submitted to the
military committees Of congress in
the form Of preliminary draft of the
Notifications appropriation bill, car
rying a total Of $23, ,305.123 for all pur.
poses, including the maintenance and
increase of permanent works In Ha-
wall and the Philippines.
Estimates for the Panama canal.
which win fall under the canal gov
ernment. will add another 100000 to
this sum. and in addition the war de-
partment asks authority to make con-
t,nuing contracts during the year to .
total of more than $4,000. 900 for mo-
lille and coast artillery and ammuni-
tion, the appropriations to be made
next year. The bill last year granted
such authority to the extent of $780,.
600. covering contracts for mobile
artillery. field guns. siege guns. noun
tain guns and howitzers only.
BY a strict party vote the commit
tee on ways and means ordered a re-
port on a resolution recommending
that the emergency war revenue act
be extended from Dec. 81 next to Jan.
1, 1917. The resolution will be pre-
sented to the house and viii be
promptly passed.