The Washington herald., 1911-04-22
MI. Fabinn VIII present, IN
Piano Recital.
William A. Engel, Jr.
WANT
PLACES IN SENATE
Bitter Clash in Sight as Re-
suit of Their Demand.

The factional strife m the Republican
ma jority of the Senate, which was
thought to be happily overcome at the
time of the Republican caucus, broke
out afresh yesterday The eleven MEM
bers of the Senate Republican COM
mittee on committees. authorized by the
caucus to make the assignments to COM
mittee places of Republican Senators.
held stormy session in the morning.
and after a vote in which the seven
regular Republicans voted down a reso-
luton offered by Senator La Toilette, the
meeting broke up in a row. In the
afternoon the seven regulars held their
meeting in Senator Gallinger's room. and
the four insurgent Senators who sup
ported La Follette's resolution met with
others Of their comrades in Senator
Clapps room.
The situation is regarded as rather Sc
rious by Republican Senators. who be-
lieve they foreSee a long controversy
over the committee assignments. an open
revolt against the Republican leadership
in the Senate by the twelve insurgents.
and prOlongation of the extra session.
May Bring Deadlock.
Incidentally. the reciprocity legislation
and other work of Congress mapped
out for the extra session is imperiled
by the lack of cohesion among the Re-
publicans 1t is expected that a ma
jority and a minority report on commit
tee assignments for Republican Senators
will be submitted to the Senate, and
there is possibility of a coalition between
certain Democrats and insurgent Re-
publicans in an effort to upset the Re-
publican plan for reorganizing the Sem
ate.
The clash in the committee yesterday
came over resolution offered by Senator
La Toilette, recognizing the twelve insur-
gent Republican Senators by names as a
class unto themselves, and concedng TO
them as matter of right one-fourth of all
the committee assignments. and accord
ing them the right to make their own Sc
lecuonS from among their number of
the Senators who were to fill the COM
mittee places accorded to the twelve.
La Follette's resolution produced SEN
satiCn in the committee 1t proposed TO
emphasize party differences and to recog-
nize a faction, in the opinion of the Re-
publicans present, and it was promptly
voted down. the four insurgent Senators
voting for II and the seven regular Re-
publicans-Gallinger Lodge, Penrose
Hepburn. Warren, Smoot, and Bradley
voting against II.
Factions Far Apart.
motion was then made and carried
that the committee on committees pro-
ceed to fill the assignments on the stand
ing committees of the Senate by calling
the roll of committees alphabetically and
voting upon Senators nominated to make
UP the membership Of the majority Of
the committees. 1t was plain that the
plan was not satisfactory to the insur-
gents, and the meeting adjourned with
the factions far apart. but with an un-
derstanding that the meeting would be
resumed in the afternoon. Later the
meeting of the full committee was post
poned until this morning and each side
went into a conference on the situation.
which lasted until late yesterday after
noon.
One Of the results that may follow the
revolt yesterday may be a breaking up
of the insurgent coterie. The Republican
leaders in the Senate deplore the situa-
ton but they believe they have made
every concession in the interest of party
harmony that could be properly expected
of them. From this time forward il looks
as If the war between the regulars and
the insurgents in the Republican party
ii the Senate would be waged relent-
lessly.s and that it may be carried into
the next Republican national convention.