Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-14
KEYSTONE STATE
f EADS IN HOUSE
COMMITTEE HEADS
PcnnsvIvanians Chairmen
of Seven Lower Branch
Bodies.
ONO PLANS WAR ON
OLD SENIORITY RULE
With Solid Delegation. Hard
ing, State Has One
Chairmanship.
low, WELL RErnE>E>rED
OHIO PLANS WAR ON
OLD SENIORITY RULE
inw, WELL RErnI>E>TED
Representative Mum. n Chairman Of
'"mmiur- on Committees. iin.
I'inrr ~ Power.

WASiiiNGTON. Nov l3.-Fcnnsyl-
Nau!a. "ith seven. will top all tn.
State~ in Zig Iious" committee heads
iu 'hr new Congress. unless tn. Sc
m'ority rule is abroEat.d
NJ told there are sixty standing
c"Mm.ttccs. but some OF them haze
li;ile 20 do Win Important le.lsla-
ion Til" sev"u Important chairman
Sh!ps. r.muSyiv5u!a is expected to
maze are. H.nA!Es. Claims, Foreign
, An"-rS Judiciary. Naval Post Office
and PRINTING. gam % two
Iowa viii haN. iuur-Lll big ones
They az: Ways and Means. !l-puw-r-
;rl II i's"l:: Roads. Agriculture and
iusular Affairs 81 housh Chirniau
rowner. OF ;h- latt"r. could vcl!m-
uGiSh control there 10 take Educa-
Ion. lost t. Ohio through the shift
or Representative Fcss 20 tn. SEN
ate
Illinois Holds Appropriations.
Illinois VIII hold ON 70 Nppro-
priaiionS. Tn. biaG.st rommitt-. o:
the House. ana Rules will pass from
Kansas to New York. Rivers and
iiarhorS. Accounts aud Indian AZ
ta!rs VIII r.naiu with New York.
wh!yh has e." luIlans ljk. thoS, WHO
! nsrd :" bc th"r".
In -. present House. with solid
d"lcSation. OHIO has he chairnan-
-l.IiA
cation. Ol.io members insist tn. old
seniority system ought no, 10 keep
them cut OF honors they claim as
;hcir due.
The Far West viii hold on TO sew
'Tai important committees Labor.
Military and Territories
Niinnesotn Loses Out.
MINI. sofa last TUESDAY lost the
heads Of Judic.ar. and post-oaicc.
holding on to Pensions aud ;he
Northwest IL beginning TO clamor
for greater representation.
Some of the c"mmi;tees were SHOT
| 10 poc:s- The Committee on EN-
| positions and Industrial Arts looks
/ IS IL cyciuu, had struck tight
! OF tn" tn Republicans being OF after
March &
! Indian" VIII get the chairmanship
OF census. winch anus; frame the bill
| for House reapp"rtionment
Thc:c Will be "a big shift around
. regardless oi watcher the seniority
/ ,ystr;a holds up or fa'ls down. Ahou;
! ,cn vacancies ar, 10 b. nled ON APP
.:opriatiols y scramblc already
.Is started Tor four OF the eight Re
| 'ublican PLACES on the Rules Com.
/ m!ttee which viii he vacant
/ Nnssnrhus-tt. Holds Two.
| Massachusetts, will cling 10 Mer.
| mevcc. two committees i'll which i'm
| portant eGis!a,ion will be considered
| The steering committee. which
| shapes legislation, consists OF seven
| members. two or whom will not come
| back Greene. %: Vermont. was
elected to tn. Senate. and Dunn.
Of New York did not run The
| Others who hold over are Darrow
! Ptnnsylvania: f.onEworth, Ohio: San
| ders. indiana: Anderson. Minnesota
and Nolan California. New England
| and New York viii insist on CON
| tiuucG representation.
| Mny Abolish Two.
! Two committees may he abolished.
! one j. Woman Suffrage and The other
! IS Control Of the Liquor Traffic Mem
brrs say they might as wcil bc wiped
! cut
| As chairman Of til. committee on
| committees. which picks men for the
! hundreds OF places. Representative
Mann. "f Illinois. tho veteran OF
| many legislative battles. occupies a
position OF power greater than tina,
| "f ans mai in SHAPING tho organ
| ,zation OF the next House.