Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-18
c. 0. P. COMMITTEE
LIST |SAPPROVED
House Accepts Assignments
Presented by Minority
Leader Mann.
SELECTION SHOWS CARE

| The House today approved the ~
publican committee list presented py
Minority Leader Mann. The assign
ments show increased committee rep
resentation for the republicans, ana
also show careful selection for the III
portant committee posts. One OF 'he
| most interesting is the selection OF KEEP
| resentative Davidson of Wisconsin 10
| fill the single vacancy on the military
| affairs committee, as information VI
.suaIIv undoubted character has it that
Mr.. Davidson will vote for the admin
| istration's selective draft military s!s-
TEN. Mr.. Davidson is understood TO De
in favor of combination volunteer
and conscription system, II possioie'
hut also believes that TO save the
country from failure in this Crisis
conscription law may be necessary.
On the naval affairs committee the
republicans elect Representative Peters
of Maine, Hicks of New York and NC
Arthur of oregon. three fine, upstand-
ing and hard-working members OF the
House. Representative Hawley OF ore
eon is a new republican on the appro-
tiyes Will Wood of Indiana and Smell
of New York are the new repuollcans
to be placed on the important COM
mittee on rules. Miss Rankin has peen
assigned to the committee on puoiic
lands.
The entire list follows,
ELECTIONS NO. Merrill Moores.
Indiana: Frederick w. Da1linger, Mas
sa chusetts, and John NJ. Rose. Pennsyi-
vania.
ers. Massa achusetts; Frederick r. Lehl-
h,oh NaU Jersey and Victor HelntZ,
ELECTIONS NO. 3-cassius G. Doweil.
Iowa: Fiorello H. LaGuardia, New YORK.
and Everett Sanders, Indiana
WAYS AND MEANS-Joseph W. Foro-
ney, Michigan: Augustus r. Gardner'
Massachusetts,; j. Hampton Moore,
Pennsylvania: William r. Green. iowa
Charles H. Sloan, Nebraska; Ebenezer j.
Hill. Connectient; ,n6,d NiGn1ias New York
John A. Sterling, Illinois, and Whltmeli
p Martin. Louisiana.
APPROPRIATIONS H: Gil
lett. Massachusetts,; James P. w. Good.
Iowa: Frank W. Mondell. Wyoming;
Charles r. Davis, Minnesota: William
Isl Ware. Pennsylvania; Joseph G. Can
non, Illinois; William H. stafford. Wis
consin; c. Bascom Slemp. Virginia, ana
Willis G Hawiey; 7 Oregon yo,stead.
Minnesota; John NJ. Nelson. Wisconsin:
DICK T. Morgan. Oklahoma: George 3
Graham. Pennsylvalia; walter. a
Missouri: Joseph walsh. MASSACHUSETTS,:
c. +. Reavis, Nebraska; Walter w:
AsssNsik sssNkfSe INC AND AND CURRENCY Evefis
A. Hayes. CALIFORNIA Frank Z; WOODS,
T. McFadden, Pennsylvania; Porter q.
Dale. Vermont; Roscoe G. McCuiioch.
ohio: Edward J. King. Illinois,; George
P. barrow. Pennsylvania; John II. Cap
'..SH. coiNAGE. WEIGHTS AND MEAS
URES-E e. Roberts. Nevada; James
W. Hustled. New York; Edward Cooper.
West Virginia.: Albert H; vestal. In
diana: John M. Rose. Pennsylvanla
Mark r. Bacon. Michigan; John F. MIL
ler. Washington; Louis B. Goodall.
Maine: ]. Kuhio Kalanianaole. Hawaii
INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COM
MERCE-John J. Esch. Wisconsin: Ed
ward L. Hamilton. Michigan: Richard
Wayne Parker, New Jersey; Samuel E..
W1nslow, Massachusetts,: James S. Par
ker New York; Charles H. Dillon. South
Dakota; Burton E. Sweet. Iowa: Walter
r. Stiness. Rhode Island; John 6. Coop
RIVERS AND HARBoRs-Charles A.
Kennedy, Iowa; Robert NJ. Switzer. Ohio:
fallen T. Treadway. Massachusetts: James
A. Frear, Wisconsin; Dow Fl. Drukker.
New Jersey: Peter E. Costello. Pennsyl-
vania; 8. Wallace Dempsey. New York;
Henry l. Emerson. Ohio. and Henry 2.
Osborne; Californ,a- life .p,Sr AMI r,s1-
ERIES-William S. Greene. Massachu-
setts: George w Edmonds, Pennsylvania:
william A. Rodenberg. Illinois: Lindley H.
Hadley, Washington: Frederick w. Rowe.
New York; George NJ. Bowers. West Vir-
gtnia; Frank D. Scott. Michigan: Richard
p Freeman, Connecticut. and Wallace ii.
White. jr.. Maine.
AGRICULTURE-Gilb n. Haugen.
Iowa: James s. Mclaughlin, Michigan;
10
Wilson. Illinois; Charles B. Ward. New
York; William B. Mckinley, Illinois: !:
George NJ. Young. North Dakota: Edward
H. Wason. New Hampshire; Elijah c.
Hutchinson, New Jersey, and j. kuhio
Kalanianaole, Hawaii
FOREIGN AFFAIRS-Henry A. Coop
| er. Wisconsin: Stephen G. Porter, Penn
sylvania: John Jacob Rogers. Massa-
chusetts: Henry w. Temple. Pennsyl-
Clarence B. Miller. Minnesota: Luther
w. Mott. New York; Ambrose Ken
nedy, Rhode Island; Simeon d. Fess.
/ Ohio.
California; Daniel r. Anthony. jr.. Kan
sas: John C. Mckenzie. Illinois; Frank
L. Greene, Vermont: John M. NORM.
Pennsylvania: John Q. Tilson. Connecti-
| cut; Thomas S. Crago. Pennsylvania:
Harry Z. Hull. Iowa; James II. David
son. Wisconsin.
NAVAL AFFAIRS-ThomasS S. Butler,
Pennsylvania; William J. Browning.
New Jersey; John r. Farr. Pennsyl-
yania: Fred A. Britten. Illinois; Pat
rick II. Kelley. Michigan: Sydney E.
Mudd. MARYLAND; John A. Peters. Maine;
Frederick C. Hicks. New York; Clifton
N. Macarthur oregon.
POST OFFICE AND POST ROADS
Halyor Steenerson. Minnesota: Martin B.
Madden. Illinois; William w. Griest.
Pennsylvania; Ira c. Copley. Illinois
De Witt Paige. Massachusetts, Harry C.
woodward, West Virginia; c. William
Ramseyer. Iowa: Robert d. Heaton,
Pennsylvania: J. Kuhio Kalanianaole.
| Hawaii.
wisconsin William L. La Toilette. Wash
ington; Nicholas J. Sinnott. Oregon: Ad-
olson r Smith. Idaho: Louis c. Cram
ton. Michigan: Charles B. Timberlake
Colorado; George c. Scott. Iowa: John
| A. Elston. California; Jeanette Rankin
INDiAN AFFAIRS-Philip p. Camp
hell. Kansas: Patrick D. Norton. North
Dakota: Homer +: Snyder. New York
Royai c. johnson. South Dakota Frank
French, Idaho; David G. Classon Wis
consin: Thomas A. Chandler Oklahoma
Archie d. Sanders. New York.
| TERRITORIES-Alber johnson. Wash.
inRton; Charles F. Curry. California: Cas-
sals minnesota @ Edward voiEt. Wisconsin Wisconsin
Daniel W. Comstock. Indiana: ]. Kuhic
| Kalanianaole, Hawaii
| INSULAR AFFAIRS = Horace M
Towner, Iowa: Clarence B. Miller, Min
nesota; Charles e. Fuller. Illinois
X. Scott. Pennsylvania: Oscar William
swift, New York: James p. Glynn. Con.
lnecticut; Henry w. Watson. Pennsyl.
vania. and William F. Waldow. New