Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-01-09
First Break in the Program Comes
on the Banking Committee.
FIGHT ON OTHER POSITIONS
House Committees Expected to Be
Ready for Mondays Caucus.
POOL IS INCLINED TO KICK OVER
Says lie VIII Approve of Only Such
Portions of Committee RECON-
mendati0ns as PIeases
Him, But
trrom a staff Correspondent

LINCOLN. Jan. S-(Special) )--"The
wings of the senate organizers have been
clipped. except possibly on the option
question"
This is the opinion of a leading sena-
tor of the majority party expressed to-
day after the committee on standing
committees had been In session for sew
eral hours and adjourned until Monday.
when the completion of the committees
will be taken up
Tho assertion is possibly true unless
the senator Is deceived. in the outward
menifetation of conciliatory spirit from
the Douglas county delegation He has
been assured. however, that the commit
tees will not be plugged, as evidently was
the intention at the outset in the favor
of the allied interests.
For the last few days the Douglas con-
tinRent that started In TO rulo with
high hand has been more cautious. The
introduction of the DER motion to in
crease the number of the banking COM
mittee to seven was public notice OF
tn cir capitulation. Since then there have
been other evidences to the same effect.
1t has since transplred that the Douglas
county managers. who seized the committee
on standing committees and attempted to
appoint all the bankers in the senate on
the banking committee, with men on the
railroad and corporation committees that
were unsatisfactory to the more radical
members. found they would have been
minority in caucus OF the majority party
at any time the members were called
| Quietly. a few OF the leaders opposed to
the methods instituted. circulated call for
| caucus and had the assurance Of Senator's
Tibbets. Henry and Diers that they would
sign the call IL necessary to protest against
Al. A.
out a majority In caucus. the organizers
would have been helpless. and they yielded
on the banking committee gracefully, with
| out the necessity of holding the caucus.
| They are now in the act of yielding on
some of the other committees. but the
! process Is q heart t-rending one and st Is
quite likely that the opposlton to them in
the majority ranks. II caught mapping at
any time, will yet be outgeneraled.
How slate Was Fixed.
| The slate was to put Bartos of Saline
county at the head of the railroad commit
| tee. Bartos Is the manager OF a brewery
and has an interest in bank.
| Opposed to him for chairman is Senator
Oils II Valley county. whose resolution in
Joint session quickly settled the tangle into
which the democrats had como through the
iDsistence OF Senator Ransom on his mo
tion for an immediate recanvass. Tho
/ Douglas county men have found there arc
some sharp wits in the membership and
are now sparring for wind In an effort e.
make headway against them. 1t is nov
said that Mr.. Oils will be member OF tn
railroad committee II he is not It's chair
man.
The same process is under way with othCr
committees. Need for extreme diplomac
Is evidenced by the fact the Douglas county
members are anxious not to ALLEVIATE an
member who may vote against county oi
ton who is not committed by campaig
pledge to either side. There are a few sue II
I'm the upper house. When the lineup final ,
comes out the position of a number, al /
possibly some republicans, may be explain
in this manner 1t has been made know
that the republicans will not be given DE
worst Of it from top TO bottom of the ns
in the distribution of committee places.
Mr.. Bryan is still watching the legslatu-
carefully. AZ the inaugural reception ~
was extremely cordial to a number of tla
minority members. He fears the corpora
ltion members may. by their alertness. over
come his desires and undoubtedly would le
/ grateful for lift in a pinch, but there s.
no disposition TO grant II by the party rep
Tesentatives as whole Some individu al
members, with local bills to push, hEve
! been consulting the majority.
As the senate stands there are twenty
democrats and thirteen republicans, seven
Oeen being necessary to control -Four dem
pcrats at any time voting with the repub-
iicans might take decisive action. or
, hsightly larger number Of republicans vot-
I ing with either faction OF the democrats
would be a majority.
5 Work on House Committees.
, Leaders OF the house are spending the lr
= time today whipping the members into nro
on the selection OF standing committed p.
/, The list will be made up and submitted 10
The caucus scheduled in advance of the
house session Monday.
e Clark OF Richardson is after the chair.
fnanship OF the committee on judiciary, and
/. the standing committee has its way about
\ II he viii yet the Job, while II the speako~
E Is able to exert any influence over the d ,-
lberations Shoemaker of Douglas COUNTY
$ Smay actually get the lob
g Shoemaker was a Pool man from the
: start and came 20 Lincoln IN that frame
Of mind. so Pool is under some Obligation
to the Omaha statesman. On the othe
hand Clark is at the head OF the committee
selected to advise with the speaker ard
. he may be able to get the job for himself
Notwithstanding Mr.. Bryan walked Poo
at Z o'clock in the morning to tell him 10
:, submit to his dictation. Pool has given II
= out cold that he will take the advice OF
| the standing committee only In so far as
. It's suggestions are in line with his own
e ideas.
!. Henry Gerdes Of Lincoln county is prob
y ably in line for the head place on H.
!, ways and means committee, as he has nc
previous experience in the work wbic.
. this committee will be called upon to d.
y Wilson Of Polk Is after the chairmanShi
e Of the committee on banking2 as are Bow
u an OF Nuckolls and Greb OF Cunning.
9 The minority party win submit its pro
u posed membership on committees 20 a.
Ie majority caucus on Monday afternoon On
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