Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-06
TO
GOVERN in new
HOUSE PLACES
Western Representatives En-
ter Good Natured Protest
Over Cut and Dried
Methods.
WASHINGTON Bureau, OMAN Bee.

WASA4Ai6bOt 0hA eau OAAoiAa 0SS'
Washington, March S.-With
desire to get majority committee
places settled as expeditiously as
possible, the committee on commit
tees in the republican caucus met
this morning and elected Repre-
sentative Mann temporary chair
man, although it had been the in
tention to elect Rep. ]. Hampton
Moore of Pennsylvania chairman of
the committee.
A good-natured protest was
entered by a number of western
representatives to the cut and dried
plan of the Mann followers and as a
result Mann himself consented to
serve.
One of the first things the COM
mittee did was to decide that the re-
publican membership of the ten
leading committees of the house
should be continued as at present
constituted, although Representative
Longworth asked that the ways and
means committee matter be passed
over. -
Congressman Mondell of Wyom-
ing. who will be a candidate for
floor leader, called Longworth's
hand by saying that he had two
motives in his opposition to present
considerations. First, he wanted to
beat Fordney of Michigan for the
Craftsmanship, and second he wanted
the craftsmanship of the ways and
means committee to carry with it
majority leadership.
Accepting Mondell's version as
representing the true situation, the
committee on committees at once
decided that seniority should gov
ern as to committee chairmanships
which made Fordney the new chair
man of the ways and means. Han
sen of Iowa will preside over agri-
culture, Kennedy of Iowa over
rivers and harbors, while Good of
Iowa will get the important chair
manship of appropriations,
What Nebraska Wants.
The afternoon session of the com
mittee was given over largely to
hearing nominations of representa-
tives Nof state delegations for COM
mittee places for their colleagues.
Judge Kinkaid nominated Jefferis
for military affairs, which nomina-
ton was seconded by Green of
Iowa on political grounds, although
there are only three vacancies on
the military affairs committee and
a number of the older members
want one of the vacancies. Kinkaid
further placed in nomination An
drews for ways and means; Evans
for rivers and harbors; and Nc
Laughlin for agriculture.
As all the other delegations made
their nominations it easily will be
seen that the committee on COM
mittees has no small job in front
of it to prepare a list of commit
tees which it must submit to the
full conference before its final adop-
ton. ... ...Fs
Among other things the commit
tee on committees did was to select
chairmanships for other important
committees. Judge Kinkaid of the
Sixth Nebraska district was given
the Craftsmanship of the committee
on irrigation of arid lands. Although
he was also the ranking member
on invalid pensions he chose irri-
cation, subject upon which he is
regarded as an authority.
Canvass Situation.
Towner of Iowa was given the
craftsmanship on insular affairs.
subject, of course, to the CAUCUS
action.
While no effort was made today
to select a majority leader, Mr..
Mann declaring himself wholly out
of consideration, the supporters of
Mondell of Wyoming, Moore of
Pennsylvania and Longworth of
Ohio were busy canvassing the sit
uation. ....
Mr.. Mondell said that as long as
Mr.. Mann had decided not to allow
the use of his name, he was
prompted to make the race because
the west had right to be consid-
cred in this matter and for the
further fact that Massachusetts,
and Pennsylvania might in way be
looked upon as reactionary, es-
pecially as to the votes of their rep
resentatives on woman, suffrage.
prohibition, good roads, etc.
Mondell said he was opposed to
dumping everything in the way Of
political preferment in the east and
would ask his friends west, east and
north to support his candidacy for
floor leader.