Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-28
SENATE. REBELS !! !
ABANDON Fight
cAucus COMMITTEE ASSIGN.
laENTs CONFIRMED WITHOUT
oPPoslTloN.
pRooaEssivEs CONTENT
WITH FORMAL PROTEST
'Oesnessats Refuse 20 Come to Their
AId-yvay 10 Now cIsa ed For Bus
L lnsse Of Extra ssssion-Tariff Bill
\ Taksn Up in House and Dsbats Will
8 Continue Several Days.

formally organazed today by accepting
the cosnmlttee appointments drawn up
by both parties. The expected fight
against the adoption Of the lists threat
Sened ~ tho progressives did not de-
:.velop, Senator IA Toilette contentins
Il,imself with reading a formal com
plaint against the appointments OF the
arepublican-cGuch1. t''
Th0 senate today was setting its
house In order and the completion OF
4 athe task meansi readiness to proceed
with business. Combination OF the
appomtments to the various commit
tees held up by opposition, the pro-
Gresstve republicans. clears the posi-
tion and permits the gearing OF the
genate1 executive machinery.
Was q Losing Fight.
i- The opeo8Tessive8 have not abandoned
sl1ope OF winning their fight to have
fkAnakor L. Toilette placed on the In
sxNrStato commerce committee, and SEN
Afpr Bsistow on finance. The demo-
SSatss declined to be drawn Into the fac
tiona1 strife. recognizing the right OF
thu rspublican majority to make its
own ooaoctions. Therefore. the defeated
ir1mEonts were content with making
>fuexnnl protest. dn this way SETTING
forth their rsasons for their stand in
the controversy
Il Tie laFollstts statsmsnt.
The LAEbllette statement at q con-
t1srsnce of IL thirteen insurgents. Sem
ator Kenyon, OF Iowa, having Joined
the original twelve. set forth at some
laneth - growth Of tho so-called pro-
spaxty,h Il asserted that the proSres-
ssv1 sepublicansI entertained marked
assds wen dedned dtnerences Of opinion
1ses tl,e xsgulszs. that the prosres-
sotV6S nov h1vo more than on0-3ourth
- - 4aarbl6ean nsmhsrship In thu
S6iiafo 6ud they have become Q set.
s4tisd factor "a political history.
80 Tho proeressiveA it was claimed
hav6 q right to one-fourth representa-
ton ON the various committees. The
protest was directed especially against
the nnance eommittee. on which the
insurgents wished to place Senator
Bristow. and the interstate commerce
commission. on which Mr.. LaFollette
desired q place.
says They Get Share.
when Mr. LaFollette had concluded
the insurgent statement Senator Gal
finger. chairman Of the committee on
comnittees, said he was quite content
to let the insurgent statement go be-
fore the country with the list of ap-
pointments made. Mathematically he
said the insurgent wing was entitled to
400 committee places. as matter OF
fact they were given III places. In
the division Of assignments he added
the committee on committees believe
IN equality and Justice. The report was
then adopted with only few scattered
noes from the insurgents.
Tariff In the House..
Tariff akain holds the attention OF
the house. After having been laid aside
to permit Consideration Of the reap
portionment bin 1t again came up to-
day. The debate will continue several
days. S
Consideration was resumed Of the
free -list tariff measure. Representa-
tive Prdnce, OF Illinois, incident to his
tariff talk, attacked the Canadian reci-
nrocity bill. already passed by the
mouse ana criticised the democrats Tor
their appointment Of numerous investi-
eating committees.
s.T3iis ought to be called a session OF
congress for the investigation of every
thing, said Mr.. Prince. 'The various
committees are around investigating
each other and doing little else."
Mr. PRINCE declared that the farmers
had been sold and that the reciprocity
bill IS tho worst bargain ever driven
BY one nation with another."