The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-15
Administration Forces Yield Gracefully h An Awkward
 Situation
NAMING OF COMMITTEE IS NOT NOW 4 PROBLEM
Democrats Will Be Allowed to Name Two Members of Committee Ac- cording to Present Plans or
 Fight VIII Be Renewed.
By WATTERsoN sTEALEY.

By PATTERSON STEALEY.
 Washington, January 14-(special.) Following it's defeat in the House last week and the disturbing developments incident thereto. the combined Cannon Taft organization has thrown up It's hands and promised to be good. That Is the understanding that the repub- lican insurgents and democrats have tonight. The usual suspicion attends 1t but unless there is another shift in the situation the democrats are to have the naming of two men on the Ballinger committee and the insur- gents one. If there are developments between now and next week, when the committee Is appointed, to persuade the organization to believe that 1t can control the plan will drop through.
 Tonight the organization confesses itself beaten by the combined forces and is therefore submitting with aa good grace as possible. The House democrats will caucus tomorrow night for the purpose of naming two men to go on the committee. Their names Will be presented to the organization by the democratic leader and if they are not accepted the democrats will vote against the committee with probably considerable insurgent strength with them.
 Representative Champ Clark of Mis- souri. the democratic leader, returned to Washington tonight and imme mediately went into conference with Representa- tive Underwood of Alabama, who has so capably filled MT. Clarks position in his absence, and Representative James of Kentucky and Representative Hitchcock of Nebraska, who have been prominent in the Ballinger contro- versy. It was decided to call a caucus for tomorrow night as the best means of disposing of the partys position on the proposed committee.
 It Is thought likely that Represen- tative Slayden of Texas will be one of the members selected by the democrats. Representative James of Kentucky can have one of the places If he desires it, but MT. James hesitates to under take a work to which he will have to devote all of his time to the absolute exclusion of all other congressional duties.
 Representative Madison of Kansas may be the insurgent member of the committee.
 Representative Dalzell of Pennsylvania is expected to head the House end of the committee as one of the organi- zation members if the present com promise arrangements hold good.
 The Alabama patronage row is still on and according to J. 0. Thompson of Birmingham there are today no develop ments in the situation. The contest over the Montgomery marshalship is causing widespread interest by reason of the fact that Judge Thomas G. Jones has gone to the extreme of taking an active part in favor of Marshal Judkins. the incumbent, against B. E. Walker of Mill stead. Walker is indorsed by the entire Alabama republican organization and there would ordinarily be no question about his appointment by the President.
 The action of Judge Jones has placed the President in extremely embaras- sing position. Mir Hitchcock is believed to desire to grant the wishes of the or ganization but is confronted by the fact that federal judge is insistent upon the appointment of one of the applicants. The fact that Judge Jones is a democrat still further complicates the situation. There are some who predict that Judge Jones will be turned down by the administra- tion. It will be something of sensa- ton if he Is.
 The district attorneyship at Montgom- cry is still hanging fire, being overshad- owed by the marshalship fight.
 Representative Clayton is working on the rivers and harbors committee for an appropriation of s200,000 for the dredging of a 2S-foot channel in St. Andrews Bay If this is accomplished the people of the Chattahoochee valley will have a gulf outlet for their cotton which they are now forced to send to Savannah The project Is regarded as very meritorious one by members.
 It is reported tonight that the name of Robert S. Sharp. collector of internal revenue of the Chattanooga, Tenn, dis trict. is under consideration for the first assistant postmaster generalship Mir. Sharp is 8 close friend of Postmaster General Hitchcock and an active factor in Tennessee republican politics.
 Private Denison. formerly of Prattville Ala, is confined in prison at Fort Bar rancas Tor assertion. Representative Heflin is in communication with the war department officials to try to secure his release.
 The tentative appropriations for the state of Alabama in the rivers and har- bors bill were passed upon by the come mittee today. The state is we'll taken care of in the first draft of the bill
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