Evening star., 1915-12-05
"Big Navy Men, Are Pleased
With the Committee Named
by House Democrat Caucus

With harmony and good feeling that
augurs wells for the democratic team
work in the House for the coming Con-
gress, the democrats of the House yes
terday selected a list of majority mem
bers of committees which practically
assures the success Of the first steps
of the administrations preparedness
plans. All eyes were turned toward
the naval and military affairs commit
tees, and. although there had been
some uneasiness with regard to the
five vacancies on the former commit
tee, big navy men last night seemed
eminently satisfied with the commit
go.
The republican membership will not
be announced for few days.
These are the democratic designa-
tions to the army and navy commit
tees:
man; ralbots. Maryland: Estopinal.
louisiana; Rtordan. New York: Trib-
Bile. Georgia: Hensley. Missouri: Bu-
chanan. Illinois; Gray. Indiana: Gala
way. Texas; Hart, New Jersey; Con-
nelly. Kansas; Oliver. Alabama. and
Liebel, Pennsylvania.
Military-Hay. Virginia. chairman
Dent. Ala bama; Fields. Kentucky: Nc
Kellar. Tennessee: Quin. Mississippi I;
Gordon. Ohio: Littlepage, West Vir-
and Caldwell of New York: Wise.
Georgia; olney, Massachusetts,, and
Nichols South Carolina.
Chairmanships Unchanged.
The chairmanships of the larger
committees remain unchanged from
the last session. Representative Rags
dale of South Carolina, who figured
prominently as an insurgent of the
banking and currency committee last
year, was not renominated to that
committee, but was placed on the for
eign affairs committee. Thirteen dem
ocrats and eight members of minority
parties will compose each of the
larger committees.
Representative Galloway Of Texas. who
is on the committee to succeed Repre-
sentative Witherspoon of Mississippi,
who died only few days ago. is to be
included in the small navy list. as he S
opposed to any material increases in the
navy. 1t Is understood that the new
military affairs members are "a unit in
favor of larger army.
Mr.. Kitchin Is Satisfied.
Representative Kitchin. chairman of
the ways and means committee. as is
tration's preparedness plans. but he said
last night he Is satisfied with the per-
sonnel of the committee. and that he
would not attempt to embarrass his
party because of his personal views on
the subject.
No opposition developed against Mr..
kitchin as ways and means chairman.
That committee was given an extra
a., a he
cans to place both Representatives Hin of
Connecticut and Longworth Of Ohio on
the minority end. Otherwise there would
be but one place vacant on the republi-
can membership of that committee and
the plan is to give both of those former
members seats on their old committee.
Representative London of New York,
the single congressional socialist. was
taken care of by the democrats, at his
request, and will be a member OF the
committee on labor.
The committee assignments announc-
ed after the caucus were as follows:
Elections No. Hubert d. Stephens.
chairman. Mississippi; Cyrus Cline,
Indiana: Claudius U. Stone. Illinois;
Michael T.. Burke, Wisconsin,; Jen Nc
Lemore, Texas; Riley j. Wilson. Louisi-
ana.
Elections No. flames A. Hamill.
chairman, New Jersey; Joseph J. Rus
sell Missouri woodson r. Oglesby,
New 1oEk Jonn nahuah
Georgia: Jouett Shouse. Kansas: John
n. Tillman, Arkansas.
Elections No 3-Lewis L. Morgan.
chairman. LouisianaS William K. Smith.
Texas: Walter A. Watson. Virginia;
Michael F. Phelan. Massachusetts;
Joseph v. Flynn. New York; William
J. Sears. Florida.
Appropriations-John ]. Fitzgerald.
chairman, New York: Swager Sherley.
Kentucky; Robert. n. Page, North Car
olina; George w. Rauch. Indiana:
Joseph w. Byrns, Tennessee; Thomas
Upton Sisson, Mississippi: William +.
Borland. Missouri; James McAndrews.
Illinois; William Schley Howard,
Georgia; John NJ Evans. Montana;
John J. Eagan. New Jersey: ]. p. Bu-
chanan. Texas; James A. Gallivan,
Massachusetts,
Judiciary-Edwin Y Webb. chairman.
North Carolina: Charles C. Carlin. Vir-
ginia: Robert Y. Thomas, jr., Kentucky: