Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-04-27
SENATE FACTIONS
RESTING ON ARMS
Meeting of Progressives This
Morning Will Decide Ques-
tion of Further Strife.
LA TOILETTE IS VOTED OUT
He Reserves Right to Garry Ques-
tion of Committee Appoint
ments to Floor of Cham
ber for Decision.
LA TOILETTE IS VOTED OUT

Washington. April 26.-Following a
day of caucuses, conferences and secret
meetings, in which the demands Of the
progressive republicans of the Senate
were blocked by the regulars, the two
factions tonight are resting on their
arms. Whether the fght will he trans
ferred to the open floor Of the Senate
chamber rests with a meeting Of the
progressives to be held in the morn
ing.
The skirmish began In the meeting
of the republican committee on COM
mttees early in the day. Senator Cal
linger, chairman of the committee. re-
ported the list of appointments
Immediately Senator La Toilette OBJ
jeCted TO the selections. insisting that
the progressive senators were being
treated "uniustly and unfairly"
As a concession to the progressive wing.
4 change was made in the assignments to
give Senator Bourne a place on the com
mittee on appropriations. The attempts of
the other three progressive members of
the committee. Ia Follette Cummins and
Rristow. to get places on the committees
on Interstate commerce, finance and for
c!gn relations. respectively. were voted
dowr. Considerable feeling shown In the
meeting was carried into the caucus.
MOTIONS ARE VOTED DOWN.
When the caucus met about 80 senators
were present, including all the progress
sives except Senator Crawford Senator
Cummins put the issue squarely without
any prelimlnaries. He urged the appoint
ment of La Toilette to the Interstate COM
merce committee because OF his fitness
aud seniority and the naming Of Bris-
tow to The committee on finance beca use
or his capacity for hard work and deep
interest in the subject"
Senator Gallinger replied that the
committees ALREADY were flled and
that II was inexpedient 10 enlarge
them. He added that the procressives
had been given all the assignments 70
which they were entitled.
Senator Cummns asked for sep
arate vote on the two propositions
The motion to place La Toilette on in e.
terstate commerce was voted down, 80
to II. Those voting for the motion
were Rorah, Bourne, Brrstow. Brown.
Clapp, Cummins, Dixon. Gronna Ken
yon, Poindexter and Works Neither
La Toilette nor his colleague, STEPHEN
son. voted. In the case of Bristow.
that motion, too, was lost 81 to 70.
Senator Curtis deserving the regular
camp for moment and voting with
the progressives out of compliment to
his colleague.
MAY CARRY IT BEFORE SENATE.
Mr Cummins Immediately gave no
: hat 1,
ry the question OF reconsideration Of
the votes to the floor Of the Senate,
Mr.. La Toilette went farther. He de-
| clared that he. proposed to decide for
| himself whether he would take into
| the open Senate not only the question
of the votes, but also the question Of
the committee appointments.
Immediately after the adjournment OF
| the caucus. the progressive group held
| a secret conference to decide on their
| futlse action. Although they were r
| session nearly two hours, no decision wa,
| reached and the entire matter went over
until tomorrow morning. when another
| conference will be held.
1t was reported that the progressives
! are not in accord as to the extent tc
which they should go as a group In show
| ing their resentment OF the methods of
the regulars in making the committee
| assignments Most OF them expressed
satisfaction with their assignments and
appeared to believe that they had beer
dealt with literally. All seemed to feel
| however that there had been a stud lec
| effort to minimize their representation or
the two important committees OF inter.
state commerce and finance. which dea
with Legislative questions in which tn,
progressive group has It's livelest in
| tereSt.