The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-11
Martin, Leader Of Minority,
Wants Plunls for FOL
lowers.
SENATE ADJOURNS
UNTIL THURSDAY
House Majority Busy Ap
portioning Places to the
Faithful.

WASHINGTON, April l0.-Aftcr
three days of idlcuess both branches of
congress assembled at noon today. The
house adjourned at :07 p. m. until to-
morrow, when il is expected committees
will be announced
The senate adjourned at 2:20 p. N.
until Thursday to give both the Repub
lican and Democratic committees on
committees time to complete their work.
When Senator Martin, the new minor.
ty leader of the senate, names his com.
mittee on committees, both the Demo,
Gratis and Republicans will begin the
work of reorganization. There are now
about seventy senate committees. the
chairmanships of which, with the ex
ception of about ten, are held by Re
publicans.
AS the Republicans membership has
dwlndled to fifty the Democrats are
asking that ten additional chairman
ships be given to them. Some of the
Republicans prefer that the nuIFber OF
committees he reduced, bur while the
question has not been considered Off
chilly, the Indications arc that the re
quest Of the Democrats will be granted.
Democrats to Hold Caucus,
Before any important business is
taken up by the house this week the
Democrats will hold another caucus and
pass on the tariff proposals 10 be sub
mitted by Chairman Underwood OF tue
ways and means committee. The eau
Gus will take up the legislative pro
gram tentatively agreed on by the
! Democratic leaders and VIII determine
! what public measures are to be consid-
cred first, and what the tariff revision
will he attempted.
One of the busies, bodies in con
gress is the Democratic committee
which is apportloning the appn'ntive
positions in the house among the state
| delegations AT present the house l"
running with the old Republican EN-
ployees. The committee spent three
| days last week IN finding out how many
Jobs there are to be filed and how they
can fairly distribute them among the
delegations. Chairman Lloyd expects
TO have the employee lists ready t.ls
week 1t is understood that the schcmt
OF apportioning patronage among tho
members who do not have committee
chairmanships will give to each membe'
appointments worth about $500 an
nuaily.
This does not include the payroll o.
Sl7S,000 that comes under the char
men Of the committees or the $IO,cOl
that Is the prer0gativc Of the speaker
Mann Completes Work.
Representative James r. Mann, mi
norily leader of Tie house. today com
pleicd his task OF assigning mlnorit,
members TO the committees Of the house
orcaniZation but he docs not expect Il
make his scectipns public unt!l late TO
day or tomorrow.
Mr. Mann has treated the ranking MI
noriiy places as chalrmanships. and has
given thc appontees 10 these lmportan
, places nc other assignments. !Seithe
has Mr Mann considered that ml3olit,
member Is entitled TO remain on I'VE
of ,hc leading committees.
Wherever practicable. a veteran IN th'
house has been given an assignment Will
; a new member, so as Io avoid the en-
barrassmcn which a new member ord
narily has on a committee when alone
An early visitor to the minority lead
lcr's room today was Caleb Powers, III
only Republican member from Kentucky
whose Democratic colleagues deciarc'
/ they would not SIT on q conWittee O
which he was member. Mr.. Powers,
/ is understood. has not been assigned L
any committee on which Is another Ken
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