The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-04-26

eAAO le6uldIb are pdChluS the uQanCo
and interstate commerce committee,
the first named. to prevent assaults
upon the Payne-Aldrich bill and the
principle Of high protection and the
latter to keep railroad legislation out
of the hands Of insurgents whom they
claim have made studies Of this SUBJ
ject. They insist that they are fight
Ing for an opportunity to impress
their progressive views upon the
policies of the government on the
great questions connected with the
tariff and the regulation of the rail-
roads.
What the outcome will be in the
contest tomorrow is not clear. The
regulars declared they would not
yield another inch to the insurgents
and the stand they have taken in the
committee on committees will be the
stand Of all Of the rega..ars in the
senate tomorrow afternoon. Whether
the insurgents will forcs a division
in the caucus is not certain as they
declined to announce their intentions.
Before the caucus the committee on
committees will hold Its final meeting
to- vote on the four places yet to be
decided. 1t was stated that Senator
Bourne, on the ground of seniority
and because Of geographical reasons,
probably would be given place on
appropriations, but that the demands
of LaFollette, Cummins and Bristow
for places on interstate commerce,
finance and foreign relations respec-
lively, would be rejected.
In spite Of diligent efforts to pre-
vent the disclosure of the assign
ments as agreed upon by the. commit
tee on committees, the interest in the
most important places was SO great
that most of them became known. The
majority membership of the great
committees follows:
Observation-Disclosures of Wyom-
ing, chairman; Perkins of California,
GalHnger, New Hampshire; Curtis,
Kansas; Gamble, South Dakota;
Smoot, Utah; Wetmore, Rhode Is-
land; Dixon, Montana and probable
Bourne, Oregon. --
Finance - Penrose, Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts,. McCumber, North Da-
kota; Smoot, Utah; Gallinger, New
Hampshire; Clark. Wyoming; Hey
burn, Idaho and LaFollette, Wiscon-
sin. The minority members of this
committee, which has charge of all
tariff bills. will be as follows: Bal
ley, Texas; Simmons, North Carolina;
Stone, Missouri; Kern, Indiana; Will
liams, Missippi and johnson, Maine.
Foreign relations-Cullom. Illinois,
chairman; Frye, Maine: Lodge, Mas
sachusetts; Smith, Michigan; Root,
New York; Borah, Idaho; Burton,
Ohio; Sutherland, Utah. and one
place to be filled. -,
Interstate commerce-Capp. Min
nesota, chairman; Cullom, Illinois,
Crane. Massachusetts,; Nixon. Nevada;
Cummins. Iowa; Oliver, Pennsylvan-
ia; Townsend, Michig:s:, s.sd Lippitt,
Rhode Island. Z - 80
Judiciary-Clark, wyoming. chair
man; Nelson, Minnesota Dillingham;,
Vermont; Sutherland. Utah; Brande-
gee, Connecticut; Borah, Idaho; Root,
Brown, Nebraska.
Many changes will occur in the
chairmanships Of other committees.
1t is isFunderstood that Page of Vermont
will have agriculture; Curtis of Kan
sas, Cuban relations: Lodge of Mas
sachusetts, immigration; Gamble of
South Dakota, Indian affairs; Bran
degee Of Connecticut, inter-oceanic
canals; Nixon Of Nevada, irrigation; !;
DUPONT of Delaware, military affairs;
Richardson of Delaware Pacific is
lands and Porto Rico; Guggenheim of
Colorado. Philippines; Dillingham; of
Vermont, privileges and elections !;
Sutherland of Utah. public buildings
and grounds. and Smith Of Michigan,
territories. There will be no changes
in the chairmanships of other inn
portant committees. Ten addition
al chairmanships of minor commit
tees will be given to Democrats.