Show I SCRAMBLE FOR FORTHE THE BEST PLACES v Vacancies o on Senate and Committees LI Ji RS NAl NAD D DJ J GREAT f CK OF FULTON OF Q OREGON R GO N M j Special to The Washington No Nov only of importance e which Is at atto to of the th jt Is th the reorganization ot of the committees of f and house houie It Is that any legislation n Iii Is attempted before th the holidays In the long s sion Jt Ja Customary to hold hort ort sessions md adjourn aver from y to day dllY on the tha thalIen plea lIen that the first three weeks are for complete reorganization While no flO such amount of time will be this year eor nevertheless there Is no Indication that congre will get Ight down to le legislative 81 work Thai rhal is not c and is Il a grea great t for custom The ot of the house or of telf will b made up by Speak t Cl 1 Cannon assisted by Representative Williams ot of IS leader ot of the The akel will VIII determine how Jott many any members eath committee he have wm win select an all committee t and will name the majority members or of each committee Mr 11 Can Cannon Cannon non departed from custom two years ago and permitted Williams to select the D and aad he will do the same me thing thi year Mr S Senate Committees I The senate committees are made up J by a 8 different method Vice President has no such power as the speaker he does not make committee appointments in the senate he merely looks on The senate every two years n a committee Oil committees u of sven seven r nine members antI and this committee Is charged with root 1001 glUt ln aU all committees S and the Gloe tion or of chairmen The ot this committee are haiti there is Ii no aX ap Soon oon after the 5 Session opens a week Monday the senate will choose it its committee on and andS andt t that committee nill devote som some little S tUne timo to reorganization Unlike the speaker this committee cannot work worIc workout out Its it committee before congress convenes for foa the committee Is not no hOW in existence and no one knows what will ga on the committee Speaker Cannon on the other othar hand knows in advance that hp will have the naming of the tho house he knows what vacancies ha bave 0 been bean clea created ed and he be knows what members be J For effect be will not announce his so 4 h immediately but Is IL a sure thin thlu that the tle speaker l can tell to o a aman aman man how his hie committee lists will road read Desirable Vacancies I There are man many va atch to be tilled In the th senate due to the tho retirement ol at many on the ot of last March Md and what Is Ismor ismore more mor Important there are nine good goOt to be filled But in iii most instances It I Is known who secure secureS S the vacant chairmanships for these places Are always apportioned accord jug ins to y in the senate as a 11 usual Ll thing that rule ves no doubt UI as to who U the luck lucky men will be In Inthe I Ithe the however there ar only two important to be hilled on the appropriations committee and iid the committee OR on public buildings and grounds All other of important hou haa been reelected and It Is I presumed will WUl be ben n reappointed Pr Proctor tor or of will re re the or of the corn com commUteR mUteR on In order to secure th lp of the committee on Oil military affairs made by the ot of Senator Hawley 3 Proctor is hot the ranking but Warren arren of Wyoming V who Is 18 at the bead ot of the list is hi also In line Uno for Or the theS S chairmanship of the public buildings s which he prefers and will willi i low alow to lo hAve military affairs S There are three RePublican on the to be tilled tiled One on Democratic Side Aspiring n senators will willa hUV a no 50 opportunity to get on the ap apS S committee as there ro are re no vacancies on th the side ot of the table though there is one Democratic to be AIled The rhe defeat of Senator Quarles ot of Wi Wisconsin inside vacant cant the tho chairman chairmanship ship of oC the committee on census Md and it Is a who will wUl succeed him Jivery Iery other Republican member ot that committee committe hits has a 8 better chairman chairmanship ship this plum will have to go to tome some me senator ator not now ft a member of the tho committee There also have tu tube be bc three e Republican filled It ht hi seldom that a senator after only two to years service enice heir to so lm irn a chairmanship a as that ot of the thebes committee yet H thAt is the lot of oC senator Fulton of Oregon Claims I Il is isa l a hard working committee anti and a corn com committee mitte of oC standing large urns ot of money mone each Fulton j iii now at the jle toot foot or of the committee lable but the senators who rank him 11 have 1 places which they do not care to iI Fulton is If In line Uno to sue ace aceA A teed Warren sa as chairman ot claims Prospective Scramble Probably the tho liveliest t scramble fA or orI r I places this session iii b for tor the two Republican vacancies OR on commerce committee the commit t t handles bandle ilver and harbor leg A Foster Fosler of Washington ye lE tired one and Quarles 1 he other e Pacific coast will whit Job ably get the 1 Iter ter vacancy and nat the light fight will eUI rest between Ful Fulton ton Con of Oregon An anC of ju lugton ton with the chalices fAvoring Fut Ful ton toll c cOmmit cOmmittee tee Is not hot vacant Is ISA k other that offers but one Republican vacancy th the is true of tO foreign rel tons but there b be two place oit that will so go to Republican senators Stewart of Nevada Novada I left ft the eu te lust last March he heft leU vacant Ue the of the Indian I is successor be either McCumber of North Dakota or Clapp or of ui Is chairman of pen and may prefer to hold his pres opt chairmanship If he does doBS Clapp get Indian affairs but It If McCurn bor prefers Indian affairs Clapp who is i second In line Uno will have havo to yield more will also be one Republican vacancy I fO o Mitchells Championship Senator lUt Mitchell of Oregon is chair of cc the tt e on o a chairmanship which h he so se the seniority rule though opposition was raised against Nm him But he never nevel enjoyed the chair since he succeeded Senator Hanna lianna The committee did nothing in inthe inthe the last session but this thi winter it will vill hoo havo Its hands full tun Of course Mitchell Q act as chairman and it is whether the senate wilt do him of the chairmanship and aud up ap pInt some othel ot her senator or r the committee will m be presided over b by Senator Platt the senior member If n a anew new chaIrman Is It would have to be Millard IllIard according to senior seniorIty It Ity IUS as Platt Piatt ot of Now New York repeatedly declined tills this chairmanship but KIt trodge ot of South Dakota to get this vla place e M l will make lL a fight for it ft Thor There are no vacancies to be filled on onUe Ue the in Late commerce committee which Is to 10 handle the rate bIjl 0 or bills Chairman l will hold II Senator Ankeny Anken or of Washington Is another an another other luck lucky senator for like he Is In iii hue IIno for m an important o that of the tho on nils Committee commit tee may map lave oon work cut out for It this winter and for that oth other r sea sen Pare striving to crowd Ankeny to the tho wall But he Is In much danger of losing the place to which his service him blip There must be four fOUl Re Republican publican and one Democratic member appointed to tills this committee at the seine time n a ha s nam named d Clark of Wyoming is 18 another nother lucky roan man he has served but one term tenn in the senate he now tails hoh to the tho of time the committee on judiciary one of the big committees of the tho senate Never Neer before has this chairmanship gone gona to a man of su such h short service as but lIe he Is sure of the tho place Three other Republican va n caneles must be filled The rhe committee on naval affairs will riot be changed Halo Hale of Maine remains as 8 chairman There Is no change In beyond the tho appointment of members to fill i Nol will there be any uny change on the postoffice committee which passes upon aU all nominations ot of presidential postmasters ors The Smoot committee committe as it is lio now known otherwise the tho committee on privileges and ol elections wUl have one Republican added and ond possibly a Dem Democrat to take the place which Clarke ot of Arkansas does loes not want Clarke ift he dir dis displeased pleased with Ith this assignment and last refused reful to attend atten l any of the Smoot Thor are throe three vacancies to be tilled on Oil public lands but Hans of North Dak tn On Tubs rules there js is no t nor on on territories save for the ot of one Republican an and one member BeYeridge ofIn retains the ip and will vill handle the statehood a again House Chairmanships i As sUited above fire are but two to be filled tUle In III the I of I is son lor member of Public buildings and grounds find and andIs Is Ii apt to r receive But SIt lt Is If Impossible to tell who wm e chairman appropriations of i of lUnn ta is IR in line lIm but he is not an ideal man and many believe ho he will not get It There Thore Is talk of makIng Tawney l or of Minnesota Burton of Ohio and other members chairman of this committee hut but the tho speaker has I Inot not hits his choice and nobody knows vho ho I Is going goin to get this tho big geat in the house with Uh the exception of ways and There Ther will b be numerous good om corn In the hou house e however which will he be given to mOon who l are rc worthy The Important va caneos canco are arc arca Ways a s and me means ns two Democrats appropriations four Republicans and two Democrats interstate commerce one Republican merchant marIne two Democrats tS foreign affairs three Dem military a hS three Demo rats naval affairs two tavo Republicans and three Democrats public lands one Republican and two Democrats tories two Republicans and two Demo rats cents public buildings two Democrats rats and immIgration two Republicans and three Democrats The members of the senate and house who are looking for better committee will wUl have havo to find them among th the vacancies above aboc AtOO atod But until the lists are made up It Iii is a bug guess as to who will secure the coveted d p aside from the above enumerated |