The Ward County independent., 1921-04-07
ments sometime this week.

Ernest L. Peterson, editor of the
Dickinson Press, who was in Wash
ington last week enroute home from
the convention Of the National Edit
orial Association held at St. Angus
tine, Florida, on March z, had an In
terview with President Harding at
the White House Saturday when the
President, himself member Of the
association, received a number Of the
delegates to the convention, Mr.. Pet
erson Is personally acquainted with
the President, having met Mr.. Hard
ing at previous meetings Of the edit
orial association as well as at the Re-
publican Convention in Chicago last
June where Mr.. ePterson served as
an alternate from North Dakota.
Following the meeting at St. Aug
Justine the delegates visited at various
points in Florida, the Canal zone and
Cuba, at which latter place they were
entertained as guests of the Cuban
government. While in Havana Mr..
Peterson attended a reception given
to the newspapermen by the President
of Cuba. Peterson reported that w.
r. Kellogg, publisher Of the James
town Alert, and other North Dakota
men, had been detained for few days
in Havana but they were expected to
arrive in Washington early this week.
In commenting upon the outcome OF
the convention at Devils Lake Peter
son predicted decisive victory for
the independent forces in the event OF
a recall election and he warmly en-
dorsed the candidacy Of Il. A. Nestos,
of Minot, Independent nominee for
governor. Mr.. Peterson stated that ne
had discussed the political situation
with many North Dakota people win
tering in the south and added. the
eyes Of the world are certainly on
North Dakota now"
While in Washington Peterson visit
ed the members of the North Dakota
delegation in Congress-, and also met
former Congressman John NJ. Baer,
who is still in the city.
Mrs, Crabbe and Mrs. Murphy, OF
Fargo, also called at the White House
last week to pay their respects to the
new President. Mrs Crabbe was on
her way to New York City where she
expected to visit her son, who is a
student at Exeter Preparatory school,
According to an unofficial report
from the Senate committee on Com
| mittees the list of committee assign
| ments given to Senator E. F. Ladd,
| iunior senator from North Dakota.
remain the same as was announced
| in this column last week, namely, Ag-
riculture and Forestry, Indian Analrs'
Public Lands and Surveys, and ierfl'
tories and Insular Possessions.
Senator McCumber continues as
chairman of the Pensions committee
and as a member of the Foreign ke'
lations. Finance and Library commit
Seven Of the ten Republican mem,
bers Of the Committee on Agriculture
and Forestry are western men, n orris
| Nebraska, chairman; Capper, Kansas
Gooding, Idaho; Kenyon, Iowa, Nor
beck. South Dakota; Ladd, North "a
kota; and McNary, Oregon, While TN
three eastern men are WadsWorth
New York; Page, Vermont, ant
Keyes. of New Hampshire.
Under the Knox resolution the to
i atl number of Senate committees ha
heen reduced from Is to "a, many o
the smaller and unimportant commit
tees having either been done ava!
with altogether or absorbed by on
or another of the remaining commit
tees. Of the remaining 81 commit
tees only 10 are major committee:
Foreign Relations, Finance, Approprl
ations, Agriculture, Post Oflce, Com
merce, Judiciary, Interstate CON !
merce, Naval Affairs and Military Al
fairs. Each of these major commit
tees is limited to 16 members Of whom
10 are to be Republicans. Therefore
according to the report North Dakot
is represented upon three Of the grea
committees with McCumber on For
d eign Relations and Finance, and Lad
upon Agriculture. Senator Norris, 9
Nebraska. has succeeded to Gronna'
place as chairman Of the Committe
. On Agriculture and Mckinley, of Iii
nois, to his place upon Appropriation
This drastic reorganization OF tn
}. Senate committees, it is believed. WI
make for greatly increased efficienc
in the futnre. The body as a whol
will be made more compact under tn
revised system and possibilities
friction between different committee
as to their various responsibilitie
], perhaps entirely eliminated.
A caucus of the House Democrat
has been called for April 9, and it
generally believed that Claude HI
chen, of North Carolina, wall be name
I ct that time as the minority candidat
Tor the Speakership. Under the ove1
whelming Republican ntaj jority.
l course, Speaker Gillett, already 81
lected by the majority to succeed hin
SELF, will be reelected as Speaker fe
the 9th Congress. This probabl
means then that Representative kl
chin will become the Democratic leat
er in the House, succeeding the lat
Champ Clark Of Missouri. Frank MOI
dell, Of Wyoming, will continue
| floor leader for the majority.
Former Congressman Charles +
Burke, Of Pierre, South Dakota, ha
taken the oath Of office as Commi!
sioner Of Indian Affairs and has a
ready announced that he will tex
steps at once to better protect the II
dams from oil land exploitation as on
Of the new policies of his administrs
ton
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