| Show I CANNON IS PUZZLED OVER APPOINTMENTS ON RULES COMMITTEE WASHINGTON W. March G. G Speaker Speaker Cannon is puzzling his bis head in the interim interim in in- between sessions of congress over o tho personnel of the tho next committee on rules The Tho appointment of this committee com corn will vill bo be ono one of tho the first duties the speaker aker of the tho incoming congress will have havo to perform unless the insurgents in muster enough h strength th to fonn form an alliance with tho the Democrats to amend tho the rules so as ns to provide for the election of ot a committee on committees Speaker SJ aker Cannon does not they th v will and lOel to io 0 be O is is cons considering some somo of f the tho problems that may maJ vex ex him in the dave davs to come There are arc two vacancies on this 8 powerful powerful pow pow- erful committee Vice President Sherman Slier Sher man has just left it i. i anti PO so has Senator Senator- elect Williams Wi iams of Mississippi 1 ant si ippi Many any members believe vo hol the thc choice of ofa a successor to Mr r. r Sherman lies between be he tweet tween twee Representative Tawney Tawne chairman chairman chair chair- chairman man of the committee on appropriations appropriations tons nois noh nois and Representative Mann Maun ann of Illi II Although h Mr r. r Sherman came camo from Now New York tho position is claimed h by western members member Mr Ir Sherman succeeded succeeded suc sue General Grosvenor of Ohio and the western delegations claim it is is' hi high h time that tho the plum bo he returned to them While the tho speaker is n a western man it is urged as customary that th the two Republican members member of the committee be he chosen one from tho the cast east castan an and tho the other from the west Representative o Dalzell of Pennsylvania is tho eastern representative Mr r. r rise riso in in the house has hs been hru phenomenal Ho has n it powerful influence on tho the floor and it i is if urged that he lie would be n a great seat strength to tho committee Most of all aU the speaker sJ desires de det 1 sires a n parliamentarian m who can defend Turc rue ny floor r-floor in an impressive and persuasive way Representative Mann ann fills fis the place well wel but the objection to him is is that ho he comes from fron the tho speakers speaker's own state Denby and Townsend of Michigan Smith of Iowa Currier of New Hampshire and Foster Fostr of Vermont are re regarded as as possibilities Tho Tue selection of the new Democratic members probably will wi bo be left to Minority Minor Minor- Inor its ity Leader Clark i It I It has been beel regarded as a n desirable move more to have havo tho the minority lea leader fr that member but Mr r. r Clark can cnn not take th the position as n l ln long ng n as Mr r. r Dearmond of the tho same amo state state Missouri remains on the tIlO committee A plan has hag been devised devised de dc- de- de vis by hv which Mr r. r Fitzgerald regarded r regard regard- ed as 00 one of f the best parliamentarians on the Democratic fiel side will wi become tho the minority's on tho the com corn mit mitte e. e As yet the th plan nian nan has lias not been approved approve bv by all interested in in it i. i |
