Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-20
None of the House Chair
manships Determined
He Asserts
MANY SEEKING POSTS
Believed Leaders of the Wet
and Dry Causes viii MOI
Be Disturbed.

/ Springfield H.. Feb. 2o.-speaker
+ shanahan has returned To- his home in
. Chicago. carrying O. suit case nu of
+ lists OF requests for committee assign
ments handed TO him by aspiring mem
. bers OF the house. He expects to re-
turn TO the city next wednesday and
spend the remainder Of the week at
. his Office in the state house at work
on the committees.
Before leaving. Sir. Shanahsu said
none OF the committee chalrmauships
had been decided upon and he declin-
cd 20 discuss the possibilities. II was
natural. he saiG. mat certain members
should be associated with certain COM
mittees. but conditions were such thai
he might be compelled 20 revise his
list even after % is tentatively decided
upon.
Speculation among the members
centers largely on the chairmauship OF
the appropriation committee which
Mr.. Shanahau has held for many ses-
sions past The general expectation
seems 90 be that Edward j. Smejkal.
OF Chicago, a veteran legislator and
one OF Speaker Shanahan's intimates
will be entrusted with this work.-,Air.
Smejkal was vice-chairman OF the ap-
preparations committee two years ago.
shurtieff May Get insurance.
Owing 10 the Importance OF the i'm
surauce legislation 10 be proposed at
the present session. the berth OF chair
man OF this committee will be one OF
the most responsible I'm the list Sew
cral OF the members expect Former I
Speaker Edward d. Shurtlef 10 ba as
signed 10 this post II he Is not made
chairman OF the insurance committee. .
10 Is Generally agreed that Mr. Shurt-
len. with his experience. viii occupy
one OF the most important chairman .
ships In the house unless he should .
prefer not 10 assume such responsible .
ity
II IS not known just what recoCui- t
tion viii be given the democratic side .
in the way OF committee chairman
ships. but the expectation is general .
that some desirable places viii be dis
tributed among the minority. Friends .
OF Michael Igoe OF Chicago, Governor
DUnne's personal representative in the
house. expect him 10 be substantially
recognized and some are even hopeful
that the Craftsmanship or the judiciary
viii go 10 him.
II Mr.. Igoe does not receive this ap-
Dointment. his choice probably would
be the Craftsmanship OF the waterways
Governor Dunno Is anx!-
ous 10 get a waterway bill past and he
would be pleased 10 see
his friend In this berth.
Holiday for judiciary.
II the chairman OF the judiciary
comes from the republican
side. William =. Holiday OF George
own. Is looked upon as a likely recip-
ent of the honor.
Homer J. Tice OF Menard county
nay be placed at the head OF the COM
nittee on roads and bridges.
II $ generally believed that the
wet" and dry" committees viii be
ed by the same chairman that presid-
d over their deliberations two years
.go. Thomas Curran of Chicago is the
ecognized leader OF the "wets" and
ieorge II. Wilson OF Quincy OF the !
drys." and II Is not unlikely that
hese two VIII be renamed 20 take
harge OF their respective committees.
One OF the most important commit
ees under the new system adopted by :
he house Will be that on public utili- d
les and transportation William NJ.
'canlan of Peru. has been picked by I
everal for this berth.