The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-04-28
REPUBLICANS FACE BREACH.
Little Hcpe Of Agreement Among G.
@. 2. Senators-ReguEarS Refuse
to Acccde TO Demands.

Washington, April 25.-Differences
between the regular and insurgent
Republican senators over the organ
ization of committees appear far from
being healed and a caucus called for
tomorrow afternoon to consider the
assignments agreed upon by the CON-
mittee on committees may develop an
absolute party break. Two sessions
of the committee were held today and
the regulars positively declined to
meet insurgent demands, which they
declared to be unreasonable.
Four points of difference remain to
be settled. LaFollette was to go on
Interstate commerce, Cummins on
finance, BristoW on foreign reasons
and Bourne on appropriations. 1t is
stated tonight that the demand for
places on these committees will be re-
jected.
The regulars insisted that they have
given the insurgents everything to
which they are entitled under the
rules laid down-that of length Of
service, which gives to this minority
the choice of a large number of i'm
portant places.
Insurgents Charge Packing.
Insurgent Republicans charge that
the regulars are packing the finance
and interstate commerce committees,
and first named to prevent assaults
upon the Payne-Aldrich bill and the
principle of high protection, and tie
latter to keep railroad legislation out
of the hands of the insurgents, whom
they claim have made studies Of this
subject. What the outcome will be in
the contest tomorrow is not clear. The
regulars declared tonight that they
would not yield another inch to the
insurgents.
= In spite of diligent efforts to pre-
vent the disclosures of the assign
ments as agreed upon by the commit
tee on committees, it became known
that the majority membership of the
great committees is as follows:
Appropriations and Finance.
Appropriations, Warren, of Wyom-
ing, chairman; Perkins, of California;
Gallinger, of New Hampshire; Cur
tis, of Kansas; Gamble, Of South Da-
kota: Smoot, Of Utah; Wilmer, of
Rhode Island; Dixon, of Montana,
and probably Bourne, of Oregon.
Finance-Jenrose, of Pennsylvan-
ia, chairman; Cullom, Of Illinois:
Lodge, of Massachusetts,, McCumbe-,
of North Dakota; Smoot, of Utah;
Gallinger, Of New Hampshire; Clarke,
Of Wyoming; Hepburn, of Idaho, and
LaFollette, of Wisconsin.
The minority members Of this corl.'
mittee, which has charge of all tarid:
bills, will be as follows: Bailey, OF
Texas; Simmons, Of North Carolina;
Stone, of Missouri; Kern, of Indiana;
Williams, of Mississippi, and Johnson.
of Maine.
Foreign, Interstate, Judiciary.
Foreign Relations -Cullom, of Illi-
nois, chairman; Frye, of Maine;
Lodge, Of Massachusetts,; Smith, Of
Michigan; Root, of New York; Borah.
of Idaho; Burton, of Ohio; Suther-
land, of Utah, and one place to be
filled.
Interstate Commerce -Crapp, of
Minnesota, chairman; Cullom, Of 1lli-
nois, Crane, of Massachu setts; Nix
on, of Nevada; Cummins, of Iowa;
Oliver, of Pennsylvania; Townsend, Of
Michigan, and Lippitt, of Rhode Is
land.
Judiciary Clark, of Wyoming,
chairman; Nelson, Of Minnesota; Dill
lingham, of Vermont; Sutherland, Of
Utah; Brandegee, of Connecticut: !
Borah, of Idaho; Root, of New York:
Cummins, of Iowa, and Brown, of Ne
braska. Many changes will occur in
the chairmanships Of other commit
tees. The entire committee slate, in