The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-27
Demand for More Com
mittee Places Is
Denied.
FIGHT MAY GO TO
SENATE FLOOR
'Progressives, Defeated After
Day of skirmishing, Are
Breathing Defiance, and
Threaten Move Which Will
Still Further Widen
Party Breach.

Washington, April 26.-Eollowing a
day of ~caucuses conferences and secret
meetings, in which tho demands of the
Progressive Republicans or the Senate
Were blocked by the regular Senator's,
the two factions tonight are resting
ON their arms. Whether the fight be-
gun over the demands OF the Progress
sives for more appointments to COM
%:nfttees OF Increased Importance will
be transferred to the open floor of tho
Senate cha mber rests with n meeting
of the Progressive clan to be held In
the morning. Tonight the Progress
sives arc breathing defiance.
The skirmish began in the meeting
of the Republican Committee on Com
mittccs early in the day. senator
Gallinger. chairman of the committee,
reported the list of appointments. I'M
mcdiately Senator LaFollettc objected
TO the selections. insisting that the
Progressive Senators were being treat
ed "~unJustly and unfairly"
One Concession Mnde.
AS q concession to the Progressive
wing, a change was made in the as
signments to permit Senator Bourne
to tuke a place on the Committee of
Appropriations. The attempts of tho
other three Progressive members of
the committce-LaFollette CumInins
and Bristow-to get places OF the
Committees on Interstate Commerce.
Finunce and Foreign Relations, rcspec-
lively. were voted down. Considerable
feeling shown in the meeting was car
ried INTO the caucus.
Chairman Gallingcr gave out n list
of the committee appointments, which
We're later accepted by the caucus
The following appointments as chair
men OF the more important committees
were announced:
Observation-Disclosures, of Wyoming;
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., of Illinois,;
INTERSTATE Con1niepts@-ClApps ~ trnnhA
sofa; OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, of Wyoming:
Rules-Crane. OF Massachusetts,; AgrI-
culture and Forestry-Burnhain. OF
New Hampshire; Commerce-Fryc. of
Maine; Military Affairs-Dupont, of
Delaware; Naval Affairs-Perkins. OF
California; indian Affairs-Gamble. OF
South Dakota; Privileges and Elec-
tions-Dillingham, of Vermont: public
Lands-Nelson. of Minnesota; Public
Buildings and Grounds-Sutherland. of
Utah; Terrltories-Smith, of AIichigan;
Conservation of Natural Resources
Dixon. of Montana; Education and La
bor-Borah. of Idaho; Immigration
Lodge. of Massachusetts; Interoceanic
Canals-Brandagee, of Connecticut;
Observation-Disclosures, of North Dakota.
The new Democratic ~appointees to
five of the principal Senate committees
were given out by Senator Martin,
chairman of the Democratic %reorgani-
zation committees They are: Commit
tee OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. of Mary
land. and Owen; Finance-Williams,
Johnson. of Maine. and Kern: Foreign
Rclations-Rayner. Clarke. of Arkan-
sas, and Hitchcock; Judiciary-O'Gor-
man; Interstate Commerce-Gorc.
Urged by Cummins.
When the caucus met Senator Cum
INNS urged the appointment OF La Fol-
lette to the Interstate Commerce Com
mttee. because of his fitness and SEMI
GRITTY" and the naming of Bristow to
the Committee on Finance. because of
his "capcity for hard work and deep
interest" In the subject.
Senator Gallinger replied tina the
committees already were filled and that
1T was i~nexpedient to enlarge them.
He added that the Progrcssives had
been given all the committee assign
ments to which thcy were entitled.
Senator Cummins asked for q sepa-
rate vote on the two propositions. The
motion to place La Toilette on Inter-
state Commerce was voted down, SO to
II. In the case OF Mr.. Bristow, that
motion. too, was lost, 81 to IL.
Mr.. Cummins Immediately gave no.
tice that he reserved the right TO carry
tho question OF the reconsideration OF
the votes to tho floor OF the Senate.
Mr.. In Toilette went further, however.
lie declared 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 broader oues-
ton of the committee appointments.
Immediately after the adjournment
OF the caucus the Progressive group
held n secret conference TO decide on
iuture action. but no decision was
reached. and the matter went over un-