Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-26
REGULARS SAY WILL NOT YIELD
Demands Of Insurgents Characterized
as Unreasonable.
FOUR POINTS OF DIFFERENCE
Members Of Committee on Committees
Make the Trouble.
OUTCOME OF FIGHT IN DOUBT
InsurRent Republicans Charge That
Regulars Are Packing Finance
and Interstate Commerce Com
mittees with PURPOSE.

WASHINGTON, April 25.-Dfferences
between the regular and insurgent repub-
lican senator's over the organization of
committees appear far from healed and a
caucus called for tomorrow afternoon to
consider the assignments agreed upon by
the committee on committees may develop
an absolue party break. Two sessions OF
the committee were held today and the
regulars positively declined to MEET in
surgent demands. which they said were
Unreasonable.
The regulars have a large majority inthe
caucus and II is not improbable the in
snrgents may carry their demands to the
floor OF the senate, which leaders in both
factions admit would bring about party
split.
-Four points Of difference remain to be
settled. Lafolette wants to go on inter,
stnte commerce, Cummins on fipance Bris-
tow on foreign relations and Bourne on
appropriations. All Of these are members
OF the committee on committees.
ia Apparently there is no difficulty about
the assignments given by the regulars TO
members OF the insurgent faction who are
not on the committee on committees. The
Issue between the regulars and insurgents
is clearly defined, according to the views of
each faction. The regulars insist they have
given the insurgents everything to which
they are entitled under the rules laid down
that OF length OF service, which gives to
the minority the choice of a large number
Of important places.
Insurgents Have Good Places.
The regulars point to the fact that the
insurgent members of the committee on
committees all have good places. among
them:
La Follette-Chairman OF census finance,
manufactures. Indian affairs, and some
committees OF less Importance. He was
offered appropriations generally regarded
as the greatest of all committees but de-
elined It and insisted upon interstate com
rlerce.
Cummins-Chairma1 Of civil service. in
terstate commerce. judiciary. manufactures
rules public expenditures ana agnu8Dber OF
rmaller asslenments. In addition ne has
C'manded finance.
Bristow-Postoffice ad postroads. mill
tary affairs, interoceanic canals. territories,
public buildings and grounds and a number
of othefs, including the chairmaship OF
expenditures in the postoffiee department.
lie declined place on commerce and de-
manded place on foreign relations
Bourne-Cbairman of postoffice and post
roads, commerce, public lands, printing,
puhiieS Salghf and a number u others He
demAhded afpiace on appropriations and it
is generally believed that this will be con-
Ceded 70 him,
Insurgent republicans charge that the
regulars are packing the finance and in
terstate commerce committees, the first
named to prevent assaults upon the Payne
Aldrich bill and the principal OF high pro-
lection, and the latter TO keep railroad
legislation out of the hands OF insurgents
4 whom. they claim, have made studies OF
J this subject They insist they are fighting
for an opportunity to impress their preg-
ressive views upon policies of the govern
ment on the great questions connected with
the tariff and the regulation OF railroads
Regulars VIII Not Yield.
What the outcome VIII be in the con
test tomorrow is not clear. The regulars
said they would not yield another inch e
the insurgents and the stand they have
taken in the committee on committees
win be the stand of all the regulars II
the caucus tomorrow afternoon Whether
the insurgents will force a division in IN,
caucus is not certain. as they declined tC
announce their Intentions
Before the caucus the committee on com
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