Burrows For Ways And Means

In thejiatural order of eventsJ. C. Burrows, of Michigan, will bocomo chairman of tli l' waya and menas committee, with Reed in the speaker' s chair, and thoro is Litóle doubt that hc will bc givcn this important pust which carrios with it the Republican leadership on the floor of the house if hc failg in hisambition to succeed Senator Patten to a seat In the sonate. With Reed In the speaker's chair and Burrows in the senate Ihere would be oulv three Repiiblioan members of tho present eominittoo left to choose from, these being Payne of New York. Dalzoll of Pennsylvanla, and Hopkin.s of Illinois. ]J. B. Henderson of Iow-a is the ranking Republican member of the appropriktions coonmittee, with Cogswell of Massachusi-tts. Binghain of Pennsylvanla, Bingley of Maine, G-rout of Vennout and Cannim of Illinois coming in tho order named. Tnere is likely to be a conflict betwee.n tln flrsl and lat nanied of this list. While Henderson ia nowthe ranking República i mrnihi-r of the oomniittee Cannon vis chairnian in the ï'ifty-iirst congrees and will probably wajit to have his. oíd placo back. It is possiblo that neither Cannon nor Henderson will get tho place, for m tha event of Burrows bocoming cliairman of the ways and means couimitteo the probabilities are strong that the east would demand the ehairmanship of the noxt most important committee, which would be that of appropriations. In that contingency Gogswell's chances for bolng proniotod to the he:idof the committee would be excellent. If Iïovd bocoincs apeakerof the house tlia Republican moiubership of the committee on rules wiil prubabïy be composed of hlmsi'll' siid the chairman of the appropdatiaus and wflysand means oommittees. He pur.-ued this plan in the 1-ifty-ürst congioss and theie. s reason to bolieve that lie would revive it rather titan imitate Crisp by mo;-e generally distributing the honors.