Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 139, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1903 — Indiana Congressmen Fared Well. [ARTICLE]

Indiana Congressmen Fared Well.

Give* Fiyc Very loportast Places By Uncle Joe Cannon Uncle Joe Cannon, speaker of the House, announced his oommittee appointments Saturday, and it is many a long year, if ever that Indian Congressmen have had as many important places given them. This is however only the natural result of the polioy of re-electing congressmen to term after term. Of the 29 most importent standing committees four chairmanship have come to Indiana. and besides this one assignment to a leading position on the great oommittee of all that of, Ways and Means. James M. Watson is the Indiana member of this committee ~

After Ways and Means, the committee on Appropriations is the most important, and of this oom, mittee James A. Henenway, of this state, is chairman, The oommittee on Post-offices* and Post Roads, also one of great importance, is Overstreet, of laniana. These two aboved named commi't-es are in the very first rank, of LIB committees each containing 17 members. Of great importance a'so. though not quite equal to the two mentioned, is the oommittee on Publio Printing. This com mi tee looks after the multitudinous printing operations of the govermeut, purchasing supplies, rpp oving oontraots, eto. Thi-chairmanship is given to the well htiowu and always popular ooneresemau Charles B. Landis, of Delphi. Congressman E. D. Crumpacker, of this 10th district, suoeeds to the chairmanship of the committee on Census. This committee is important at all times though muoh more so as the time of taking the census approaches then at present. Mr. Orumpaoker also still retains his former position a member of the oommittee on Insular Affairs.