Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-12-18
Oregon Senator Secures Committee
and Room Nebraskan Expected.
BURKETT IMPROVES POSITION
Senator Gamble Prepares to Have q
Showdown with Kittredge.
LIVELY TIMES ARE EXPECTED
senator Burkett Denies Any Respon-
sibiIity for Organising Hughes
Club and His Candidacy
for Vice President.
From a stan corresrondent.l

CFrom a Stan Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. l7.--(Special Tele,
gram. )-Unless there should be a sudden
and complete change in Speaker Cs1snon'a
program of committee assignments, Con.
gresham Pollard OF the First district will
secure the much sought after place on the
committee Of agriculture. This assignment.
The Bee correspondent understands. has
been decided upon, and II the committees
were to be announced tomorrow Mr. Poll
lard's name would appear as a member OF
the agriculture committee.
There Is however, nothing uncertain
as politics, especially In the makeup Of
committee assignments, as Senator Brown
can well testify, for he had been assured
yesterday that he would have the chairman
ship of the committee on fisheries which
would permit him to retain his present
room in the capital terrace. During this
evening. however and before the list Of
committees on the part OF the majority was
submitted to the senate, fine piece Of
legerdemain was perpetrated and Senator
Bourne of Oregon became chairman OF tho
fisheries committee through the clever work
of his colleague. Senator Fulton, who haps
pened to be a member of the committee on
committees. Senator Brown confidently exs
pected to secure the craftsmanship of fisher,
les but when he heard the name of Senator
Bourne read IN conjunction with the chair,
manship OF the committee he was com.
pletely surprised, and especially so wheu
he heard his name read as chairman Of the
committee Of expenditures in the Depart.
ment of Justice, which has a room set apart
In what is known the old Maltby builds
ing and commonly known as senate annex.
1t may be that Senator Bourne will prefeI
to stay in the annex, where he is located
at present, IN which event Senator Brown
would retain his present location. But tho
chances are all in favor of Bourne taking
the room in capital terrace and Brown go-
ing to the annex until the completion OF tho
new senate ofice building which will giva
the Junior senator from Nebraska a finG
suite Of apartments.
Nebraska Senators Placed.
Senator Browns committee assignments
in addition TO his chalrmanship are as fol-
lows Civil service and retrenchment:
corporations organized in District of Co.
lumbia; Indian affairs; Mississippi river
and its tributaries and revolutionary claims
Two of these committees arc of very great
Importance, Indian affairs and civil sery-
ice and retrenchment. The other commit
tees have little or no standing except to
afford chairmanships to republican sena-
tors.
| Senator Burkett greatly increased his
| COnnnItee assignments Dy DelnB assigned
to a place on the committee on public
buildings and grounds and which may ao-
] count for the large number OF public build
= ing bills which the senator has introduced
n for places in his state In order to secure
e a place on this extremely important COM
+ mittee of which Senator Scott OF West
l Virginia is chairman Senator Burkett
= yielded his places on pensions and on
claims both of which are among the hard
est working committees in congress. and
, the senator felt he could not give time to
these committees in view of his position
. on the District of Columbia and geological
= survey committees. Senator Burkett re-
e tains his old chairmanship, that of Pa
cihc railroads.
" AS has been discounted Senator KIT
:, tredge becomes chairman OF interoceanid
canals, the place made vacant by the re-
tirement of Senator Millard His other
! committee assignments remain the same, as
do those of his colleague, Senator Gamble.
Senator Allison again heads the impor-
tant committee on appropriations, while
Senator Dolliver retains education and
/ labor.
, Gamble Ready for Fray.
] Senator Gamble today threw down the
1 gauntlet to Senator Kittridge, his colleague.
, by requesting the president this morning to
, send to the senate the name OF Edward
| g. Wagner OF Alexandria s. D., to be-
, United states attorney for the district of
South Dakota. When the late lottery was
had at the White House over South Da-
kota appointments the district attorney
ship which had been filled by the presi-
dent during the recess OF congress, the ap-
7 pointee being a friend Of Senator Gamble,
it was stated before the drawing began
~. riO Mt Nfe1f hc1 rad IN
! Senator Gamble. This Senator Kittredge
vehemently protested against, but the pres
: ident II is understood. was just as pro-
nounced IN his understanding OF the situa-
ton and made no bones about the Gamble
appointment The drawing took place, as
the country knows, and eventually the Sc
, lections of the warning senator's were sent
to the senate for confirmation, but Mr..
! Wagner's name did not accompany the list.
/ Senator Gamble believed Senator Kittredge
would knife" Mr. Wagner, II he could,
z and at the request Of the senior senator
, mis- name was withheld for the time being,
3 hoping, possibly, against hope, that a COM
( promise might be effected. But Kittredgs
knows no compromises and realizing the
E fight would have TO be made sooner or
later, Gamble requested today that tho
name of his friend for United states dis
7 trlct attorney be sent in, thereby putting
il up to Kuredge 10 defeat the confir-
= nation Of Wagner, If he so desires, on the
ground Of being personally obnoxious to
him And when that is done Gamble will
e undoubtedly respond I'm kind By holding up
z all Kittredge appointments peRding before
d the public land committee, II Is an ex-
= tremely nasty situation and hot times are
h expected hereabouts after the holidays.
Gamble Pushing Land Opening niII.
Today Senator Gamble was IN consulta-
tion with Secretary Garfield and Indian
n Commissioner Leupp with reference to his
q bin opening lands in the Stand Rock and
M Cheyenne river agencies 10 homestead en-
'e try. In all probability Major Mclaughlin
% will be sent 10 negotiate a treaty between