Evening star., 1919-03-02

ests. of this country wherever they
may he and 10 defend both coasts IN
case OF attack by foreign nation. ~
Committees on the District.
OF more interest than any other
committee to the citizens Of the Dis
trict are the committees on the Dis
trict of Columbia in Senate and House
These committees handle all the leg
islation which deals with the Capital
city except the appropriation bills
In the case of the Senate District
committee, in all probability it will
be Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman of
Illinois, fourth republican on the COM
mittee, for Senators Dillingham; Jones
Of Washington. and Kenyon are be-
lieved to be slated for other commit
tees. Senator Calder of New York is
the fifth man on the committee. Sem
ator Sherman is one of the most in
dependent men in the Senate. He. has
taken a keen interest in District af-
fairs in the past and as chairman of
the committee could be relied upon to
press with energy needed legislation.
He is lawyer, and his home is in
Springfield, Ill. He is a born fighter
and viii fight against any odds for
what he believes to be the right His
term expires March 3. 1921, and it is
understood he will not be a candidate
to succeed himself because of his ever
increasing deafness.
Among probable other important
ator Knute Nelson of Minnesota, as
chairman of the judiciary commit
tee; Senator Charles E. Townsend
of Michigan. as Chairman of the
committee on post Office and
post roads; Senator Reed Smoot
of Utah. as chairman of the
committee on public lands; Senator
Philander Knox of Pennsylvania. as
chairman OF the committee on rules:
Senator Hiram W. Johnson OF Cali
fornia, as chairman of the committee
on woman suffrage; Senator Carroll s.
Page Of Vermont, as chairman of the
committee on agriculture and for
estry; Senator LIE Baron 3. Colt. i'm
migration; Senator George P. Mclean,
banking and currency. and Senator
William p. Dillingham; of Vermont.
privileges and elections
Appropriations to Warren.
Senator Francis Emroy Warren of
wyoming, who. next to Senator
service record in the Senate, and who
served year or two before Senator
Lodge entered the Senate, but was
out FOR year, is scheduled to be-
come chairman of the committee on
appropriations, the place which he
held when the republicans were last
in control of the Senate. This COM
mittee passes upon the huge annual
supply bills. and the chairmanship
is of the first Importance. Senator
Warren is an old soldier, having
served in the civil war, and received
the congressional medal of honor for
gallantry on the eld of battle az the
siege of Port Hudson. Incidentally.
his son-in-law is Gen Pershing
Senator Warren is regarded as one
of the 'soundest" of the senators
He is not inclined to go off at
tangent upon any subject and his
views carry weight with his col
leagues.
1t is a coincidence that there is
fight on for the Craftsmanship of the
revenue committee of the House, the
ways and means committee, very
similar to the contest over the chair
manship of the finance committee in
the Senate. The ranking republican
is Representative Joseph Warren
Fordney of Michigan, a standpat, high
tariff republican for years. The pro-
gressive element among the repub-
licans in the House say that he shall
not be chairman of the ways and
means committee. Next to Mr.. Ford
ney is J. Hampton Moore Of PennSyl-
vania, who is regarded as strong a
standpatter as Fordney. The sugges-
ton has been made that Nicholas
Longworth of Ohio. son-in-law of the
late Col. Roosevelt, who is also
member of the committee. be made
chairman. He is student of reve-
nue. and tariff matters. good debater
and we'll liked by his colleagues. Like
Senator Penrose, who is to be chairman
of the finance committee, Mr. Long
worth is a graduate Of Harvard.
Good of Iowa in Line.
James William Good of Cedar Rap
ids Iowa, is slated to get the chair
manship of the House appropriations
committee, regarded with much rea-
son as the most important outside of
the ways and means in the House. He
is the second man on the list TODAY.
ranking next to Mr.. Gillett of Massa-
chusetts.. but with the selection of
Mr.. Gillett as Speaker. under the rule
of seniority, which is pretty sure to
be followed in this case. Mr.. Good
will get the chairmanship He is
native Of Iowa and a graduate of the
University of Michigan in the class
of 1898. and lawyer by profession.
He has served ten years in the House.
The Craftsmanship of the foreign af-
fairs committee of the House. under
the rule of seniority. will go to Stephen
Geyer Porter of Pennsylvania. He
halls from Pittsburgh. where he prac-
ticed law successfully for a number
ington, in the Sixty-second Congress.
When the split came with the pro-
gressives Mr.. Porter was Endorsed
for reelection by both the republican
and progressive parties. Whiie the
treaty Of peace is ratified by the Sem
ate alone, and the House has no hand
in the treaty making, undouotedly