Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-07-14
SENATE CHAIRMANSHIPS
Many Big Places Vacant by the
Retirement of Old Timers.
Hard to Pick Out the Successor to
Aldrich-InsurEents ana Younger
Men Likely to Make Demand for
influence in Shaping Laws.


| speculation as to what men are slated
for the important chairmanships Of COM
mittees and places on committees which
are soon to be loft vacant by the de-
parture Of some Of the o'd-timers from
the upper House.
| The place of foremost impor, ancA is the
| workmanship of the finance committee
which soon will be left vacant by the re-
| 'i'ehient of Senator Aldrich. Who will get
.h's place would ordinarily be Of no great
Importance with a tariff measure recent
| " passed. But in this case IL means
e'ea' oe'Ai what sort OF senator IL named
! l" head the finance committee One rea-
son for this is that the question Of reform
IN the banking and currency laws Is loom
.hs up ana VIII loom up moro promin emit
~ when the monetary commission makes
us report ANY bills on this subject will
go to tire finance committee. Another
reason is that there ia every indication
the tariff mas not been laid on tho shelf
for any great length Of time II IL com.
monty believed about Washineton that
this question is bound to come VI again
In the next two or three wears. II will
not be surprising If 1t breaks into the
next presidential campaign and does so
| tiers, It Is well known. go to the finance
committee Of the Senate.
1t was announced few days ago tina.
the tariff board had settled down to work
in earnest to get at the bottom, of tho
| workings Of the tariff schedules The
cost Of production at home and abroad
is being studied That these inquiries
will lead to White House recommended
quite likely.
Under such circumstances. II v Ill mean
| much who heads the finance committee
Of which Senator Aldrch Is the chair
man and the moving spirit. Senator
Burrows is the ranking republican next
to Senator Aldrich Senators Burrows
has a desperate fight on in Michigan
| against Representative Townsend and
perhaps will be defeated. At any rate,
the Townsend men are In high spirits
over the outlook AT present. But even
If he is reelected Senator burrows Is
| nearing "A wears of age and is too old to
take charge of a great committee like
| finance. 1t is doubtful IL he would want
| the place or If the Senate republican eau
Gus would favor him. Next in order
stands Senator Penrose. to whose selec-
ton for chairman OF finance there would
| be serious opposition. based on the ground
that he Is too closely AFFILIATED with the
| high protected interests of Pennsylvania.
Senator Hale stands next TO Senator PEN
rose on the finance committee now but
| he will quit at the end Of this Congress-
Senator Cullom Is next. but he is too old
| for the Craftsmanship.
Then comes Senator Henry Cabot
| Lodge OF Massachusetts
While he is far down on tho finance
committee now. stranger things have
| happened than that Lodge will be the
successor Of Aldrich as the chairman Of
finance. II is true that he is closely at
tentive to the protected interests Of
Massa chusetts and New England, but
he would not encounter the opposition
| for the craftsmanship that would he
manifested to Penrose, the boss of tho
PENNSYLVANIA republican machine Just
now Lodges friends are making a great
| deal Of the high rank he Is attaining In
| the Senate. They are doing this, OBJ
| vously. to help his standing in Massa-
chusetts in view OF the fight there
STILL Lodge is now the sixth member
| of the Senate In point OF length of SER
vice, and will soon be the fourth. and n
stance At his comnl,,ee assignments
| shows that he is in position to be a force
ir Senat affairs
Close to finance in importance is the
appropriations committee. OF which Sem
atdr Hale is chairman He. like Aldrich.
will step down and out after March
next. Ambitious eyes are turned to his
place. The mpn who is most likely to
get It Is Senator Warren Of Wyoming
| now chairman of the committee on milf
| tary affairs Senator George C. Per-
kins OF California Is the second on the
committee. but he Is getting feeble and
is not really strong enough to bear the
burdens of this powerful committee. SEN
| etor Warren ia an interchangeable worker.
| and Is thought TO stand the best show
| OF the place. In the event Of mis- getting
| II he will have to give up the chair
| manship Of the military affairs commit
| tee, for which Senator Scott IL In line
| But Senator Scott may prefer to cling
| to the craftsmanship OF me public build
| ings committee. whercupon Senator
Bulkfeley OF Connecticut will be next in
| line to heal military affairs.
Senator Aldrtchs exit will leave
| cancies on such important committees
as interstate commerce. public eXpendi-
lures and rules. Senator Hale in leav-
| ing the Senate will leave vacancies In
| public expenditures of which ne is the
| acting chairman, census. finance and
| naval affairs.
The deaths of Senators Daniel and Nc
Emery within recent days leave important
committee vacancies on the democratic
side Of such committees as finance, APP
propriations. naval affsirs and public
lands.
The younger element in tho Senate will
! not sit idly by when It comes time to
| reorganizs the committee. With AL
drich and Hale gone, they will insist that
| there he reorganization of sort that
gives the younger members more power
| on committees. The Senate insurgents
will make themselves felt In this respect
| and will make big fight for larger com
nittee recognition than they now have.
| II the old-tmers insist on keeping every
thing In their own hands there will he
more insurgency in the Senate than
| ever.
JUNE MILK WAS GOOD.