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Show arranpemeut would ro to Sulzyr of New York and there la little doabt that he will eapluit- mis important chairmanship under whatever plan Is adopted Whether tho seniority rule is retained, re-tained, or the speaker be permitted to name committers, or whether their slectlou be left to the membership of th house, all of those who are now the minoilly ranking members of .the principal committees arc expected to insist upon promotions to chairmanships. chairman-ships. They will claim that their lone: service in tho house entitles I hem to these places ns a matter of right. TROUBLE FOR THE DEMOCRATS Washington, Nov.' io. Another contest con-test over the power of the sneaker to nam committees la expected to i develop soon after the house of. rep- resentat vc-3 convenes next time. This i time It is not unlikely that tho move- I inont will roceivc the support of bpcaker Cannon and his allies, inso- inueh as the next . rusignments will ! be made by the DomocraU mtr- views with Representatives Murdock ' ilSh ,an;1hNoiT1,i of Nebraska in- . dlcate that they Intend to los0 no I me,,a opening tho fisht urKed by ! tho Insurgent Republicans last sum- jner which deposed Speaker Cannon from membership on tho rules com-mitteo. com-mitteo. That contest was won by insurgent in-surgent and Democratic coalition Jt i- J not known what th0 attitude' of the Democrats will La the coming I ) iff session when an effort is made f.t II further to sh-ar th.- .Hpeal.crship of Its Kieiit nuthority, luti the chances are they will Ff-M; lo force the battle over to the 'iie,eeJing session when j they will be In undisputed power. I Some members of the house who I are now hero believe that if the power pow-er to appoint comruittci.'s !s taken away from the Democratic speaker In the sixty-second congress and handed hand-ed over to the house membership, all hop,, of harmony in the Democratic house Is -.one. It would mean the up-betting up-betting of the seniority rule and tho' turning down of many men of lon fci vice who have been the minority ranking members of tho most powerful power-ful committees. On the other hand. It. is pointed out that harmony would nl-to nl-to suffer from a maintenance of the seniority rule as that rule would givo to the South the .chairmanship "of nil the great committed - andi?l-ov in-recognized in-recognized the new Dmnociat;cBieni-hershlp Dmnociat;cBieni-hershlp from northern aud western btatrs. Under tho seniority rule, the com- mlttoo on agriculture would go to I,imh of Virginia; foreign affairs, to Flood of Virginia; immigration to Burnett Bur-nett of Alabama; Indian affairs to Stephens of Texas; inter-state and foreign commerce to Adaiuon of Georgia; merchant iiiflrlne and fisheries fisher-ies to Clark or Florida; naval affairs to Padgett of Tennessee; patents to Lt?are of South Carolina; pensions, to Richardson of Alabama, postoffices I to Moon of Tennessee; printing to I'.nley of South Carolina; public buildings to Shenard of Texas, public I lands to Robinson of Arkansas; rivers aud harbors, to Sparkman of PMorlda- and ways and means, the greatest ; or all, 1o Underwood, of Alnbarua unless un-less Champ Clark of Missouri, 'who Is now ranking minority lead, should fall to capture the speakership. Appointments under these seniority rules would go to Fitzgerald of ,w York, but it Is said such - Is his unpopularity un-popularity with the prospective spc-ak-f-r that this place probably will ho I given to Burleson of Texas. Military affairs, under the seniority |