The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-16
Representatives Will Hold eau
Gus Thursday to Organize
for Next Session.
MERGER WITH INSURGENTS
MAY HASTEN TARIFF WORK
Presidents Veto, However,
Stands in the Way of In
mediate Revision.

| members OF the house OF representatives
arc busily engaged in preparations Tor
the party caucus to be held next Thurs
day night which all Democratic Repre-
sentatives-elect are expected to attend
1t is Intended to commit the Democratic
majority OF the next house to an organi-
Zation TO be perfected next winter,
II Is expected that committee on
ways and means Will be chosen; the
method OF designating the personnel OF
the standing committees Will be deter
mined and a selection will be made for
speaker of the house. The selection OF
Champ Clark OF Missouri seems fore
gone conclusion.
Nearly all the Democratic leaders ia
yor the selection now of the Democratic
membership OF the ways and means COM
mittee, In order that there shall be no
delay in beginning work on the tariff re-
vision.
The slate which seems to find favor
with most OF the Democratic leaders
gives the Craftsmanship OF the ways and
means committee to Underwood OF Ala
bama. and disposes of the remaining
places on that committee as follows:
Peters of Massachusetts. Harrison Of
New York, Palmer OF Pennsylvania, Dix
on OF Indiana. James OF Kentucky, Ham
mond of Minnesota, Hughes OF New Jer-
sey. Shaclsleford Of Missouri. Randall OF
North Carolina, Hull OF Tennessee and
Rainey OF Illinois, The selections, aside
from reasons OF fitness. have been made
along geographical lines.
contest LIS HEODdDle.
The method OF electing committees is |
not expected to be disposed OF without |
a contest although the declaration is |
freely made that two-thirds OF the DEM
ocrats OF the next house favor the selec
tion by caucus OF committee on COM
Fitzgerald of New York, the ranking
member OF the committee on appropria
tons. who was appointed by Speaker
Cannon 10 his present place ON the COM
mittee on rules after breaking with his
own party, probably will introduce a res
olution providing for the continuation OF
the present method of progress on com
mittees appointed by the speaker,
II may be the members of the house
will come back from the Tuesday har-
mony conference in Baltimore In such
complacent mood that fight over the
appointment Of committees can be
committee to frame a tariff BILL the sit
lation In the senate Is interesting. In
hat house the tariff measures are han
lied by the committee on finance. the
OF which will undergo a con-
siderable change in the next session.
Although the senate will be Republican
our OF the Republican members OF the
inance committee. now constituted.
will not be members OF the next con-
sress. Those who will drop out are
chairman Aldrich. Burrows. Hale and
81int
Senate Committee Changes.
|
'cratic membership, as Senators Money
md Taliaferro have not been elected and
here Is a vacancy because OF the death
4 4 Senator Daniel The total member
nd therefore In the next session half
Il that number will be new to tariff
making.
Insurgen: senators are planning to de-
nand places on the finance committee,
n the ground that their selection Is
ecesssary to insure downward revision
IN this issue they confidently count UPON
democratic support In the event they are
xcluded by the Republican committee on
ommittees. which nominstes for COM
,ittee places. II the committee on COM
litteeS OF the senate should recommend
,r places on the finance committee only
lch senators who believe next year is
DO early for another revision OF the
irlf. the prospects are that there will
e a contest.
A combination OF insurgent Repub-
cans and Democrats. 1t is conceded,
light easily overturn Republican control
wise the tariff as they please. In case
such a combination. the only hope OF
'nators who oppose radical tariff revi-
ITO any tariff measure passed.
Taft Gould Prevent It.
There is little doubt that the house
'esident,s . veto; this would not be so
ats and insurgent Republicans could
aster a majority. 1t is extremely
,ubtful whether they would be able TO
It the necessary two-thirds to pass a
riff measure over veto.
Some Of the Democrats do not hesitate
say such a contingency from their
lint OF view. presents an opportunity
'voutly to be wished, They say that
ch an issue would aid them in the
.mpalgn OF 1912.
senator's will avoid be-
e drawn into such a position II they
n and hope that mutual concessions
stand pat" and insurgent Republ
n senators viii save for the Repub-
an control Of the upper house.
So far as this session is concerned
ere seems to be little prospect OF legis-
lion except that carried by the appro
iation bills. The Lorimer case viii
ke a great deal OF time in the senate
d the debate on the resolution propos-
3 an amendment to the constitution
oviding that senators shall be elected
the people will be long and heated
lere will be a contest also over the hin
create permanent tariff commission
Among the important measures that
~ come up In the house at an early
te are those relating to canal regula
n the promotion of Carroip