The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-28
Warning Republican Fac tions Are Still Fighting
 Under Cover
PROGRESSIVES ONLY
 PROTEST FORMALLY
Do Not Expect to Win Their Point. Bankhead Goes on Agriculture and Forestry, Post Offices
 and Post Roads

Washington April H.-The fight in tho open between the warning progressive re- publican senators and the regulars over 1 committee assignments will take place l tomorrow Contrary to expectations, the progressves did not force the issue to- day when Senator Gallinger. chairman OF the republican committee committees, submitted the completed lists. Senator Cummins extended the armistice by ask ing that consideration of the report go over under the rules of the Senate
 The progressive group will content itselt with making formal protest on the ac- ton of Chairman Gallinger's committee in refusing to appoint Senators LaFollette and Bristow to the interstate commerce. ' and finance committees. The militant clan does not expect to win it's point, its members seeking solely to place themselves on record. The dem ocrats, it was announced at the close or the caucus of that party today, will render them no aid, believing that the republican majority Is entitled to a free hand in ad- l justing it's own domestic differences.
 The following is the list of appointments to Senate committees adopted by the dem- | ocratic caucus today:
 Finance-Bailey, Simons. Stone. Will Hams. Kern Johnson of Minnesota. Aprropriations-Til Foster, Gull person. Martin, owen. Smith of Mary | land. 1 Judiciary--Bacon, Culberson, overman, Rayner. Paynter. Chilton O'Gorman.
 Interstate Commerce -Tillman. Foster. Newlands, Clarke of Arkansas, Gore, I
 Watson, Pomerene. Foreign Relations Bacon, Stone, Shive- ley. Clarke of Arkansas, Rayner. Hitch- | cock.
 Postoffices and Postroads- -Bankhead. | Taylor, Terrell. Smith of South Caro- lima. Swanson. Bryan. Martin.
 District of Coumbia-Martin, Paynter. Johnston of Alabama. Smith Of Maryland, Pomerene, Lea.
 Claims-Martin. overman, Davis. Payn- ter, Bryan, Martin.
 Agriculture and Forestry-Bankhead. Gore, Chamberlain, Smith of South Caro- lima, Percy. Terrell, Lea.
 Commerce-Martin. Simmons. Newlands, l Bankead. Fletcher. Percy, Reed.
 EducationLahor = Rayner Bankhead. | Shivley, Swanson. Martin.
 Immigration-Smith. South Carolina, | Percy, Kern, OlIOrTnan. 1 Irrigation Bailey, Newlands, Gore, Smith, Maryland. Chamberlain, Meyers.
 Manufactures-Smith, South Carolina. Terrell Reed Pomerene, o'Gorman.
 Military Afrairs-Foster. Johnstone, Ala tama Clark, Arkansas: Taylor, Chamber | lain, Hitchcock, Williams. 1 Naval Anairs-Tillman, Smith. Nary land Thornton. Swanson. Bryan, John- | son. Maine.
 Pensions-Taylor. Gore. Shivley, Bryan. Johnson, Maine; Pomerene. l Privileges and Elections-Bailey. Payn- | ter Johnstone, Alabama, Fletcher, Kern, l Lea.
 Public Buildings and Grounds-culber- l son, Taylor Swanson, Owen. Watson. | Maritime. Read.
 Rues-Bacon. Bailey, overman. | Canadian Relations-Tillman, Foster, | Gore, Smith, Maryland. Census-Baiey Shivley, Thornton, Chil- | ton, Pomerene.
 Conservation of Natural Resources | Newlands, Overman, Bankhead, Smith, l South Carolina Watson, Lea. | Fisheries-Bailey, Overman, Fletcher. l Thornton,
 Indian Affairs-Stone. Davis, Owen, | Chamberlain, Watson. Meyers. | Inter-Oceanic Canals-Simmons. John ston. Alabama, Percy, Thornton, Chiffon. | OGorman.
 | Mines and Mining-Tillman, Johnston, 1 Alabama: Watson, Myers 1, Philippines-,Johns Alabama; Payn- ter, Chamberlain, Fletcher, Hitchcock. l Reid.
 Public Lands-Newlands, Davis, Chamberlain, Thornton, Bryan, Myers.
 Territories-Owen Chamberlain, Shiv- ley, Johnson of Maine. Hitchcock. The following democratic senators | were given chairmanships of minor | committees as follows
 | Bailey, additional accommodations for the library of Congress-; Newlands, cor porations organized in the District of | Columbia Clark, Arkansas, disposition | of useless papers in the executive de- partments; Simmons, engrossed bills; | Paynter, to examine the several branches of the civil service; Tillman, five civilized tribes of Indians; Taylor, | geological survey Rainer, Indian | depredations: Smith of Maryland, to in- lvestigate trespassers upon Indian lands; Davis, Mississippi river and its tribu- tarie; Owen, Pacific railroads, Bacon. private land claims; Culberson, public health and national quarantine; Gore, railroads: Stone, revolutionary claims: Bankhead, standards, weights and measures Smith of South Carolina. transportations south to the seaboard; Foster, transportation and sale of meat products; Johnston of Alabama, uni- versity of the United States; Overman, | woman suffrage.
 Coast defenses: Simmons, Foster, Smith of Maryland, Terrell, Martine; Cuban relations, Simmons, Stone, Wat. son, O'Gorman; industrial expositions. Rayner, Overman, Taylor Paynter, Swanson, Newlands; Pacific islands and Porto Rico Clarke of Arkansis, Owen. Fletcher Watson, Kern; patents, Shively, Smith of South Carolina, George; printing. Smith of Maryland. Fletcher Chiffon; to audit and control | the contingent expenses of the Senate, Clarke of Arkansas. Williams; civil service and retrenchment. Clarke of Arkansas, Rayner Owen, Johnston of Alabama. Myers; coast and insu'sr survey. Culberson, Davis, Bankhead, Terrell: enrolled bills. Foster; expendt- lures in the department of agriculture, simmons, Gore; interior, Davis, Cham berlan; justice, Bailey, Rayner; navy. Martin, Tillman. postoffice, Bacon. Clifton; state, Stone, Percy; treasury, Smith of Maryland, Lea; war, Foster, Johnson of Maine; forest reservations and the protection of game. Tiilman, Overman, Taylor, Hitchcock; revision