The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-07
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are to be provided for and no one can estimate the need for further war taxa ton after the end of the fiscal year, which the pending war revenue bill is framed to cover.
 Speaker Clark was minority leader be- fore the democrats came into control. A question to be decided is whether MT, kltchln Is to step down from that place in the new Congress to give way for MT. Clark or whether the speaker will be obliged to take places in the usual run Of committee assignments.
 CAN FORGE INVESTIG ATION
 There are m the Hoese several com mittees which have power to investigate expenditures of the executive depart ments. During control of the democratic majority the republicans have been pow erless to compel investigation of things which they have attacked In control of those committees, which in times of peace are virtually of no importance the
 field for investigation of the democrats by republican House is thrown open almost on the eve of the next presiden- tial election. The republicans of course, do not come into their position of ad- vantage until the meeting of the new Congress, which will be the first Mon day in December. 1919 unless Presiden, Wilson should call it in extraordinary SC1SAOAA SS'AAASAs 1iAt pESSGUl QCI1OCTdllS Congress expires by limitation March S 4919. Leaders of both parties rather be- lieve the President will avoid an extra session if it is possible.
 Republican policies in the new Con- sress cannot be developed until the com plexion of the Senate is certain In re- construction, fiscal and other legislation, however, the republicans are prepared to initiate new policies in the next House.
 xxyith hno s.I. paign of 1920. Although somewhat de- pendent upon the Senate outcome, the House republicans are planning def nite construction programme dealing with after the war problems. They have pledged themselves to vigorously prose- cute the war to its conclusion. After organizing the new House, the republicans also will be in control of the elections supervision committees, which will deal with several contests expected from yesterdays balloting
 CHAIRMANSHIP CHANGES With the senIorlty rule Ionowed com 1 mlttee chairmanship changes would in | clude the following:
 l Ways and Means: Fordney of Michigan | succeeding Kitchin of North Carolina. | Appropriations: Gillette of Massachu- setts succeeding Sherleg. of Kentucky. l Foreign Affairs; Porter of Pennsyl-
 0an.a succeeding Flood of Virginia. | Rules: Campbell of Kansas succeeding Pou of North Carolina.
 1 Agriculture: Haugen of Iowa succeed ing Lever of South Carolina &s l Banking and Currency: Platt of New
 York succeeding Glass of Virginia. f This comes about through defeat o1 l Hayes of California after fourteen years l service and a defeat at the primaries o1 l Woods of Iowa who outranked Porter. I Immigration: SiegeI of New York suc- ceeding Burnett of Alabama.
 Interstate Commerce: Esch of Wiscon. sin succeeding Sims of Tennessee. Judiciary: Volstead of Minnesota suc' ] ceeding Webb of North Carolina. Labor: J. NJ. c. Smith of Michigan suc- ceeding Maher of New York.
 Merchant Marine: Greene of Massachu. setts succeeding Alexander of Missouri. 1 Military Affairs: Kahn of California who piloted the selectivel draft and othel administration army bills, succeeding Dent of Alabama
 Mines: Garland of Pennsylvania sue
 ceeding Foster of Illinois.
 Naval Affairs: Butler of Pennsylvania Ga big navy champion), succeeding Fad gett of Tennessee.
 1 Postoffice: Steenerson of Minnesota succeeding Moon of Tennessee.
 Water Power: Esch of Wisconsin sue ceeding Sims of Tennessee.
 Public Lands: Sinnott of Oregon sue l cedding Ferris of Oklahoma.
 4. Woman Suffrage: Mondell of Wyom ing succeeding Raker of California. | Rivers and Harbors: Kennedy of low' succeeding Small of North Carolina.
 These and other committee changes als entail transfer to republicans of the dis tribution of much traditional patronage
 SOUTHERNERS DISPLACED In the committee changes southern dem ocrats, who have held most of the chair manships, under the senior service rule will be displaced by northern and west ern republicans. Solid republican dele cations will come to the next Hous from at least F states: Delaware Idaho Iowa, Maine, Nebraska. New Hampshire | North Dakota, oregon, Rhode lslanc T Vermont, Washington and Wyoming. l. The democrats also will retail soli l fronts from at least F states: Alabams Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, Mort Carolina, South Carolina, Texas an Utah. i8