The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-04-26
Senate Factions Clash
Over Committee Places
'nsursent Demands Rejected by the
Re9ulars-Clain Demands
Are impossible.
SPLIT MAY COME
IN CAUCUS TODAY.
Possible Fight May be Carried on to
the Floor of the Senate
II is said.

enc"s between the regular and in
sutsent Republican Senators over the
organization Of committees appear far
from being healed and cucus called
l"r tomorrow afternoon To consider
IN" assignments agreed upon by the
committees may develop an absolute
party break. Two sessions OF the
committee were held today and tho
regulars poS.trly declined To meet
insurgont dems-nds which they de-
citrcd To u" unreasonable
Inc regulars have a large ma iority
IN the caucus and 10 is not improb-
HbIr that tho Insurgents may carry
their dt tmands To- m" flpor OF the sen
ate. which leaders in both factions
split.
-Four points of difference remain
10 u" settled. La Folctte wants to 40
on Interstate Commerce Cummins ON
nance. Bristow ON foreign relations
am Bourne on appropriations All
ot these are members of IN. commit
zee on committees Apparently there
Is no difhCulty about the assignments
ENeh by the regulars To members OF
thr insurg"nt faction who are not on
IN. committr" on committees
lh' iSNu~ between thu regulars and
Insurgents - clearly defined. accord-
ms To IN" views of each faction.
nc Regulars point tu the fact hat
IN" lhsufE"nt members of the COM
mlttce on committees all have. good
places among them the following.
I-hF"Iette. chairman of sensus. fin
ahc". manufactures indian affairs and
9I'hc committees of less Importance.
lie was offered appropriations gcDer-
any regarded as tho greatest of all
committ' IS. but declined il and in
SISTED upon Interstate commerce.
ummins-Ch hartman of CiviI SER
wee. interstate commerce judiciary,
Manufacture. rules public expendi-
lures ana number Of smaller as
sisnmcntS lu addition he has de-
manGcd finance.
Bfistow Pustufiice and post roads.
military affairs. int.r-oceanic. terri
l"iies. public buildings and grounds
ana a number of others. including
chalrmanship of expenditures I'm the
pustoiiice department. lie declined a
place on commerce and demanded A
place on foreign r,latiobs.
i5oufue-' hartman Of POstoffices
ana post roads. commerce. public
lands. printing. public health and q
number Of others. He demanded a
place on appropriations and il is gem
orally believed that this will be con-
ccd"d To- him
insurEcnt Republicans charge that
thr regulars are packing the nnancs
ana inter state commerce committees
tn first named To- prevent assaults
upon tho Payne AIdrich hin and IN,
principle of high protection and the
latter 10 keep railroad legislation out
ot the hands of insurgents whom they
claim have made studies Of this
sui jcct
Before the caucus tho COMMITTEES
on committees viii hold IT'S final meet
ing 10 Not" on the four places vet tobe
decided. u WAS stated tonight that
senator Burn' ou th, ground II SEN
iority ard h,caus. OF geographical
reasons probably would boz given q
place on appropriations hut that the
demar is OF LaFulctte. Cummins and
Hfist"w for places ON interstate COM
m.rc' hnanc" and for,icn relations
respectively would boz rejected
Important Committees.
I'm spit" OF dinrent efforts 10 pre-
vent thu dIsclusYr. Of the assign
n' nts as agreed upon hy the commit
tee ON committ',s. the interest in the
more important places was 80 great
that most OF them became known.
The majority membership of the great
con mites follows.
Appropriations Warren. ~ Wvom-
INK chairman. Perkins. Califorain.
GalilnErr. N,N Hampshire. Curtis.
k.tsas. k. Gamble. south Dakota.
Smoof. Utah. W,tmoro Rhode
Island. Di,pu. Montana and probably
'vhfir. ''I' E"h.
itu.uf. Isurnr. P.nnayItaula-
chairman. 'ul"m. Illinois. Lodge.
NlestD Dhl-.tf~. Nt'umH.r North
bakotI. Smn"t Utah. Gauinccr. New
Ilamp-hir.. tldrt. Wyoming. Hcv-
burn. Idaho ahd lHfoI.ft,. Wisconsin.
Th" minoritt members OF this com-
miff.r. which has charge OF all the
tfrif bills vtI l. ae follows.
i.Iii't. I.NIe. simmons North