Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-27
Insurgent Republicans Be
lieve They Have Been
Disseminated Against
Democrats Stir Up Row.
HOUSE BUSY ON
FREE LIST BILL
Calendar Wednesday Bill Is
Put Aside For Present;
Mann Attacks Measure
and James Makes Reply.

Washington, D. c., April 26.-The
split in the republican ranks which
threatens republican supremacy in the
senate assumed grave proportions to.
day when the regular republicans nat
" refused to meet the demands of the
progressives. These demands are that
Senator LaFollette be given a place
on the committee on interstate com
merce; Bristow on foreign relations,
and Cummins on finance. Coupled
with these demands was the one that
Mr.. Bourne be appointed to the ap-
propriations committee, which was
granted.
z The meeting today was brief and re-
ported to have been somewhat acr1-
monious. Senator Gallinger, chair
man Of the committee, laid before 1t
a completed list of appointments to
the various committee. When 1t was
discovered by Mr.. La Toilette that on
ly one of the four progressive claims
had been allowed he Immediately an
nounced his complete disapproyal OF
the tentative list. II reserve the right
to object further" he said, because
We consider we have been treated un-
fairly and unjustly."
On a vote to adopt the regular list
the committee divided sharply z tof4
the four progressfves voting solidly..
The caucus which meets at 3 O'Clock
probably will support the regulars IN
their selection and the fight then will
be carried into the open.
GaIiinger List Of chairmen.
Senator Gallinger's list Of commit
tee chairmanships follows:
Agriculture, Burnham; appropria-
tions, Warren; contingent expenses,
Briggs; census, La Toilette; civil SER
vice, Cummins; claims, Crawford;
coast defenses, Jones; commerce,
Frye; conservation, Dixon; Cuban re-
lations, Page; District of Columbia,
Gallinger; education and labor, Borah;
enrolled bills, Stephenson; finance,
Penrose; fisheries, Curtis; foreign re-
lations, Cullom; immigration, Lodge;
Indian affairs, Gamble; interoceanic
canals, Brandegee; interstate COM
Clapp; irrigation and reclama-
ton, Nixon; judiciary, Clark; library,
Wetmore; manufactures, Hepburn;
affairs, Du Pont; mines and
AllA11iEs LII lAASA A0fdl dAdAo Z "a
kins; Pacific Islands and Porto Rico,
Richardson; patents, Brown; PEN
sions, McCumber; Philippines, Gug-
genheim; postoffices and post roads,
Bourne; printing, Smoot; privileges
and elections, Dillingham;; public
buildings and grounds, Sutherland;
public lands, Nelson; rules, Crane;
territories, William Alden Smith.
Interest In Finance Committee.
The most interest has been shown
in the makeup of the finance commit
tee, because of the important bearing
the personnel of that committee Will
have on the impending tariff legisla-
ton. The committee probably will
consist of the following members:
Republicans-Pen Of Pennsy-
lvania, chairman; Cullom of Illinois,
Lodge of Massachusetts. McCumber OF
North Dakota, Smoot of Utah, Hey
burn Of Idaho, Clark of Wyoming. Gal
linger of New Hampshire, and La Fol
lette of Wisconsin.
Bailey of Texas, Sim
mons of North Carolina, Stcne of Mis-
souri,, Kern of Indiana, Williams OF
and Johnson of Maine.