Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-07

present democratic congress expires
by limitation March 3, 1919. Lead
ers of both parties rather believe the
president will avoid an extra session
if possible.
Will Initiate New Policies.
Republican policies in the new
congress cannot be developed until
the complexion of the senate is GER
tain. In reconstruction, fiscal and
other legislation, however, the re-
publicans are prepared to initiate
new policies in the next house, with
bearing on the presidential cam
paign OF 1920. Although somewhat
dependent on the senate outcome,
the house republicans are planning
definite constructive program deal
ing with after-the-war problems,
They have pledged themselves Wig
orously to prosecute the war to its
conclusion.
After organizing the new house,
the republicans also will be in con-
troll of the elections committees,
which will deal with several con-
tests expected from yesterdays bal
loting.
Committee Chairmanships.
With the seniority rule followed
committee Craftsmanship changes
would include:
Ways and Means-Fordney of
Michigan succeeding Kitchin of
North Carolina.
Appropriations-Gillette of Mass
achusetts succeeding Shirley OF
Kentucky
Foreign Affairs-Porter of Penn
sylvania succeeding Flood of Vir-
ginia.
Rules-Campbell of Kansas sue
ceeding Pou of North Carolina.
observation-disclosures of Iowa sue
ceeding Lever of South Carolina.
Banking and Currency.-Platt
of New York succeeding Glass of
Virginia. This comes about through
the defeat of Hayes of California,
after ID years service and defeat at
primaries of Woods of Iowa, who
outranked Plat.
Immigration-Siegel of New
York. succeeding Burnett of Ala
bama.
Interstate Commerce-Esch of
Wisconsin, succeeding Sims of Ten
nessee.
Judiciary-Volstead of Minnesota,
succeeding Webb of North Carolina
Labor. NJ. C. Smith of Mich
igan, succeeding Maher of New
York.
Merchant Marine 49, Green of
Massachusetts, succeeding Alex
ander of Missouri
Military Affairs-kahn of Calfor-
MIA, who piloted the selective draft
and other administration army bills,
succeeding Dent of Alabama.
Mines-Garland of Pennsylvania,
succeeding Foster of Illinois.
Naval Affairs-Butler of Pennsyl-
vania "a big navy" champion), sue
ceeding Padgett of Tennessee.
Postofice-Steenerson of Mime
sofa, succeeding Moon of Tennes-
see.
Water Power-Esch of Wis
consin, succeeding Sims OF Tennes-
see.
Public Lands-Sinott of Oregon,
succeeding Ferris of Oklahoma.
Woman Suffrage-Mondelt of
Wyoming succeeding Baker of Cali
fornia.
Rivers and harbors: Kennedy of
Iowa. succeeding Small of North
Carolina. ~
These and other committee
changes also entail transfer to re-
publican of the distribution of much
traditional patronage.
In the committee changes south
ern democrats, who have held most
of the chairmanships, under the
senior service rule, will be displaced
by northern ond western republicans,
Solid republican delegations will
come to the next house from at
least II safes: Delaware, Idaho,
Iowa. Maine, Nebraska, New Hamp-
shire, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode
Island, Vermont. Washington and
Wyoming. The democrats also will
retain solid fronts from at least IL
states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkan-
sas, Florida, Georgia, louisiana,
Mississippi. Nevada. North Carolina,
South Carolina, Texas and Utah.