Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-17

|rekrdieGs OF argument. reason or pub
lic interest
E Determines Fate Of Legislature.
sHlf6 che organization Of the sen.
ate xhA GAte OF 1egislation-ats.a least
Important leEislatIon affecting large
publio determined for two
years. TOR theslife oflone congress- The
Organizations OF the senate II deter
mined In q CAUCUS Of the majority par
ty. Heretofore IN recent years. the
business Of the. caucus has been trans
acted In the space OF from three to
Eve minutes as the clock, ticks
."The CAUCUS sconvsnes; one system
boss nominAfes another system boss
for chairman OF the caucus and he Is
rnade chairman. The first system boss
then moves that the chairman appoint
!, committee on committees. This mo-
ion Is carried and the caucus adj
jou1neA The system boss chairman
tee on committees. consisting of other
SYSTEM bosses. who mako up the=hss
Of assignments Of senators upon the
committees of the senate, according to
their ideas of what is fitting and prop
err ana in the interest of-the inter-
ests. Then this list is put thru the
caucus and adopted in+the senate. Act-
ualv. tic committee list Is made up
largely or wholly in advance in the
course of little private conferences
among the system bosses with the aid
OF slch helpful suggestions as may be
received from friends on the outside.
All that is required 70. put this pro-
gram thru Is majority Of the votes
in the caucus Of the majority. party"
Details 81 the FIGHT.
/ Senator la Toilette then discusses
the details Of tho fight over the organ
izatlon OF the counnittees. He tells how
the progressive republicans secured
JUST one representative on the finance
committee Speaking Of the progress
siye sep,1blfcans Eeftngstwo places on
privileges and elections. ne says:
eThis would be thought . bit care
less Of the old guard were Il not that
Of the six democrats, three, Bailey,
Paynter and Johnston, Joined In the
Lof1mer whitewaah Of the last session
ana are as devoted 10 Lorinerism and
the system Is II Boss Penrose him.
self. n
Senator La Toilette discusses the
statement Of Senator Gallinger that he
had given the progressives 11l places
while they were entitled to but 100. He
says,
ITO appreciate the significance of
Gallinger,s defense and tho generosity
ana SELF denial practiced by the sys-
tenn bosses, II iswel to compare Gall
MngeIs committee assignments with
those Of Works, the progressive repub-
Mcan senator from California =
'Gallinger, while taking only SIX
committee places himself, generously
gave Works ten"
-"Ganinger IL chairman Of the COM
aa!.tee&on the District Of Columbia,
which gives him practical. control Of
the government Of the nation's capital
city and its 100000 odd population. He
- . member ofthecommittee on appro-.
Dfsations. Of. first rank In importance
among the senate COMMITTEES. He r. a
member OF the committee on sulsa- 1Ie
is 1nember OF the COMMITTEES on
printing Of the senate, which exerc1sss
censorship over matters to be pslb1ished
by order OF the senate, and member
Of the committee on ctvilsservice. which
altho not an important committee, IL
above the merely ornamental class,
71% sPlaese Mean. Mott,in1.
sesnatorsIA Toilette then points out
that Senator Works has rot, Q lot Of
petty assignments that loom up largs
III iumbers but small IN othsr respects.
Tbs only committss No Aag that has
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