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and yesterday Of Representative
Harlan, Sd Ohio district.
The successful candidacy of Rep
resentative Mead for Senator (short
term from New York vacates the
Craftsmanship of the House Com
mittee on Post Offices and Post
Roads, which under the seniority
rule goes to Representative Romjue
OF Missouri.
Kennedy Has Choice of Posts.
Defeat of Chairman Palmisano of
the House District Committee by a
narrow margin in the Maryland
primary, and the reelection of Rep
resentative Kennedy of Maryland by
the small margin of 4O2 votes, gives
Mr.. Kennedy his choice between
continuing as chairman of claims
or succeeding to the Craftsmanship
of the District Committee. In the
event he decides to continue in his
present post, Representative Ran
dolph of West Virginia is next in
line for chairman of the District
Committee.
If Representative Kennedy elects
to take charge of the District Com
mittee, Representative Ramspeck of
Georgia is in line for chairman of
claims, but he probably would prefer
to continue as chairman of civil
service, in which event Representa-
tive Smith of Washington would
have his choice between chairman
of claims or of pensions, vacated by
the death of Representative Gasque
of South Carolina. Representative
Wood of Missouri would then be in
line for chairman of pensions.
The decision of Representative
Lambeth of North Carolina not to
seek reelection vacates the chair
manship of the House Committee
on Printing, for which Representa-
tive Jarman of Alabama is in line.
Defeat of Representative Fletcher
OF Ohio causes a vacancy in the
Craftsmanship of the Census Com
mittee, which has important work
ahead in the coming session to ar
range for the 1910 decennial census.
Representative Larrabee of Indiana
will succeed to this position if he
cares to relinquish the Craftsmanship
Of the Committee on Education, for
which Representative De Ruen of
Louisiana would be eligible under
the seniority system.
Revision of Laws Post Open.
The primary defeat of Represent
ative Cannon of Wisconsin leaves
open the Craftsmanship of the Com
mittee on Revision of the Laws
with Representative Keogh of New
York as likely successor, since Rep
resentative Crosby of Pennsylvania
was also victim in the primary.
The defeat of Representative
Better of New York places Repre-
sentative Gavagan of the same State
in line for chairman of War Claims,
If he cares to relinquish the chair
manship of Elections No. 2, in which
event Representative Mahon of
Texas would take over that chair
manship. Otherwise Representa-
tive Dean of Georgia would take
charge of War Claims.
There are at least five vacancies
on the Appropriations Committee
and seven on Ways and Means. For
these important assignments there
will be scramble by some of the
House veterans, who would have to
give up posts on other committees,
thus causing still further trouble in
organization.
An interesting newcomer is Jo-
seph w. Byrns, jr., of Tennessee, son
of the late Speaker Byrns. He de-
feated Representative Atkinson.
Southern States continued to re-
turn solid Democratic delegations:
Alabama, 8; Arkansas, 7; Florida,
5; Georgia, 10: Louisiana, 8; Mis-
sissippi, 7; North Carolina, II, and
South Carolina, 6. So did Utah.
with two members, while Maine on
September IL returned a solid Re-
publican deleagtion of 3 to the
House.
Mrs. Jenckes' Post Undecided.
While there were 81 woman can
dldateS, no new woman member was
elected, but Nan Wood Honeyman
of Oregon, personal friends of the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt, failed
of reelection. The fate of Repre-
sentative Jenckes of Indiana, active
in District affairs for several years,
is in doubt.
The patriarchs of the House were
returned-Representative Taylor of
Colorado, 80, chairman of the APP
propriations Committee; Represent
ative Doughton of North Carolina,
IS, chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee; Representative
SABBATH, who has seen 80 years serv-
ice.
Much interest centered in the de-
cision of the 10th New York dis
trict, where Representative O'Con-
nor, object of the Presidents
purge" opposed the Presidents
protege, James H. Fay, one-legged
World War veteran. Mr.. Fay de-
feated Mr.. O'Connor, who is COM
pleting 16 years of consecutive serv-
ice, 24,513 to 20,681.
Probably the narrowest win was
that by Representative Kennedy of
Maryland, with a 402-vote margin.
Representative Towey, who won in
| the 18th New Jersey district two
year sago by 02 per cent from the
veteran Chairman Lehlbach of the
Civil Service Committee, was de-
feated by Robert w. Kean OF Liv-
| ingston.
Thomas d. Alesandro, who de-
feated Chairman Palmisano of the
House District Committee by only
a handful of votes in the primary
was elected with nearly 1000 ma
jority.
Several who were elected as new
members of the House already are
well known On Capitol Hu-notably