Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-04-27
CONGRESS-.
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Observation-Disclosures,

Brown, Bradley, Poindexter
Printing-Smoot, chairman CALM
ger, Richardson, Page, Kenyon.
Following are the chairmen Of the
minor committees:
Canadian relations-Oliyer, chair
man: Cumnins, Burton, Root. Mclean.
Civil seryiee--Cummins, chairman;
La Toilette, Lodge, S1noot, Borah,
Dixon, Gallinger.
Claims Crawford. chairman; Smoot.
Bristow. Oliver Bradley, Page, Jones,
Mclean, Townsend.
Coast and insular survey-Townsend
chairman; Richardson, Frye, Cullom,
Works.
Coast defences-Curtis, chairman;
Nixon. Dupont, Crane. Root, Works.
Cuban relations-Page. chairman;
Burnhap. Clapp, Curtis, Crane.
Enrolled bills-stephenson. chair
man; Gonna.
Expenditures in the departments
Agriculture, Lippitt, chairman; Steph-
enson. Gronna; interior, Pendexter,
chairman, McCumber, Frye; justice,
Bradley, chairman; Burns, Borah;
navy. Gronna, chairman, Dillingham;,
Bradley; post office, Bristow. chair
man, Smith. Penrose; state. Kenyon,
chairman, Warren, 7 a Follette treas
ury. Burton, chairman. Briggs, Works,
war, Works, chairman, Dupont, Cum
Minis
Ffsheries-Jones. chairman, Bourne,
Perkins. Briggs. Curtis.
Forest esefvations-Milan, chair
man, Perkins. Burnham, Lodge, Pom
dexter.
Industrial expositions-Root, chair
man. Jones, Crane Stephenson, Oliver,
Gronna, Works.
Irrigation Nixon, chairman, War
rem. Sutherland, Borah, Jones, Brande-
gee, Works.
Revision of laws-Heyburn, chair
man. Sutherland.
Library-Wetmore, chairman Briggs,
Cummins. Root, Burton.
Misunderstanding chairman,
Oliver. Lorimer La Toilette, Cummins,
| Mclean.
Mines and mining-Lorimer, chair
man, Hepburn, Nixon. Sutherland,
Guggenheim, Poindexter.
Pacific islands and Porto Rico-Rich-
ardson, chairman. Clapp, Lorimer, Nell
soE. Burnham, Brandegee. Poindexter.
i AAAiIliiito Nf06 CHAIRMAN,
Lodge. Nixon, Hepburn. Bristow,
Crawford, Mclean Lippitt.
The new Democratic appointees to
FIVE of the principal Senate commit
tees We're given out by Senator Martin,
chairman of the Democratic steering
committees. They are:
Appropriations. Smith of Maryland,
owen; finance. Williams. johnson of
Maine and Kern; foreign relations,
| Rayner, Clark OF Arkansas, and
Hitchcock; judiciary, O'Gorman,, and
| interstate commerce, Dore.
When the caucus met about 80 SEN
ators were present all of the Pro-
gressives being there except Senator
Crawford. Senator Cummins put the
issae squarely without any prelim-
inaries He urged the selection of
La Toilette for the interstate COM
merce committee. because of his Fit
| ness and seniority" and the selection
of Bristow for the committee on fl
nance because of his Capacity for
hard work and deep interest in the
subject.
Senator Gallinger replied that the
committees already We're filled and
that 1t was inexpedient to enlarge
them. He added that the Progressives
had been shown all due consideration
and given all the committee assign
ments to which they We're entitled.
Senator Cummins asked for a sepa-
rate vote ON the two subjects. The
motion to place La Toilette on the
Interstate commerce committee was
voted down, 33 to IL Thos voting
60 . no
Bristow, Brown, Clapp, Cummins, Dix
on, Gronna. Kenyon. Poindexter and
Works. Neither Senator La Toilette
nor his colleagu Stephenson, voted
In the case of Bristow, the motion
was lott, 81 TO IL. Curtis left the
Regular camp for a moment and voted
with the Progressives ont of compH-
| ment to his colleague.
Cummins Immediately gave notice
! that he reserved the right to carry
| the question of reconstruction of the
votes TO the floor of the Senate. La
Toilette went further, however. lie
said that he proposed to decide for
himself whether he would take into
/ tho open Senate not only the ques-
| ton OF the votes but also the broader
question of the committee appoint
| ments.
| Immediately after the adjournment
| of the caucus the Progressive group
| held secret conference to decide
! on their future action. Although tney
were in session nearly two hours, no
! decision was reached and the entire
| matter went over until tomorrow
morning, when another conference will
| be held.
| 1T was reported that the Progress
sives are not united concerning the
| extent to which they should go as &
group in showing their resentment. of
what they termed the high-handed
methods of the Regulars III making
| the committee assignments Most OF
them expressed satisfaction with their
| assignments and appeared to believe
that they had been dealt with liber-
ally. All seemed to feel however. that
there had been q studied effort to
minimize their representatives on the
two important committees of inter-
state commerce and finance which