The Detroit times., 1911-03-24
SEN. PENROsE OR
] GAlL|NGER TOlEAO
AIdrich's Mantle VIII Fall on One Of
Them-Progressives To Demand
Prominent Places.
BY OLSON GARDNER.

n unfit In a demand for membership on
fbe ave great committees which con
troll legislation in the upper Dranch
OF congress-. These are the commit
tees on finance, interstate commerce
postofices. judiciary and foreign rela'
lions.
The chairman of the finance com
mittee has In the past carried Win
n the leadership OF the regular he
publican majority. With the exit OF
Nelson w. AldricE and the operation
Of the seniority rule governing com
mittee chairmanships, the majority
leadership falls TO the Hon. Bots Pen
rose, of Pennsylvania
Aldrich was a good man for TINS
position. He was always leVelheaa-
ed. Industrious More than TINS,
he was tactflll and shrewd. On the
other hand, Penrose is product Oh
one OF the worst political organiza-
lions I'm the country--the kind OF po-
Iltlcal organizations produced IN such
cities as Philadelphia and Chicago,
and which have been made known TO
Z the world By their "Hinky Drinks ana
"Bathhouse Johns"
The old guard has even discussed
setting aside the rule of seniority pro-
motion and leaving Penrose as chair
man OF the postoffce committee, ana
selecting arbitrarily Jacob Gallinger
of New Hampshire as leader OF the
majority Any talk about Culiom TOT
this place. is preposterous. The oid
gentleman Is far from strong, ana
never showed the qualities OF leader
ship. Il will be either Penrose or
4 Gailineer. Gallinger would be more
efficient, but both belong TO the same
school
Two positions will be demanded by
the progressives on the finance com
mittec. Hitherto they have had no
membership on this important com
mittee. Probably LaFollette and Brls-
tow will be selected for this work.
On the interstate commerce com
,nfttee Senator Clapp is already rank
ing member, and there is no reason
why he should not succeed to the
chairnanship of that committee. IL
n expected TO add TO this committee
s.ofris Brown and Boar of Idaho. The
principal business before the inter
state commerce committee since the
massage of the last railroad regulative
at Is physical valuation Of railroads.
and Senator LaFollette would natur-
al;y have a position on the commit
& ,es. hut he thinks that he will fore
70 this appointment in FAVOR OF the
Committee on foreign relations.
The dollar diplomacy" OF the ad-
minla.ration makes IL desirable that
tie people should have look-in on
scias of the queer doings OF the state
Apartment. At the present, time the
foreign relations COMMITTEES Is hard-
4 and fast, tied-up combination OF the
special privilege members, ana Things
like the Japanese treaty, wnch re-
pca,ed the clause for the exclusion
Of Asiatics, go through with the APP
X proyal of this committee without
knowledge OF their provisions ever
reaching the outside world-----4
Senator Bourne is already a mem
Der Of the committee on postornces
and postroads. This fact became OF
Immense value to the country during
the closing days OF the recent session,
when his membership on this commit
tee enabled Senator Bourne TO dis
cover Ind foil the plot Of the admin
istration to throw a gaff into the pop
Z ular magazines. II is planned that
senator Bristow shall be added to this
committee. Senator Bristow Is the
man who took up the postofiice frauds
some years ago and sent Machen and
his pals to. the penitentiary. lie was
then third assistant postmaster-Sen-
eral. and he knows something about
postoffice affairs.
Senator Cummins win no doubt be
added TO the judiciary committee. The
Iowa senator Is an. excellent lawyer,
and II is desired to have a couple oil
procress.ves on this committee who
Will not only know the law In cases
like the Bailey resignation with q
string 10 n. but who will have the
nery to examine the qualifications OF
President Taft's candidates for the
felerri judiciary. IL has been observed
az late that the federal nominations
show 4 streng disposition toward
hacking the courts In the interests
OF special privilege. II Is felt, there
fore. that the progressiyes ought TO
have a couple OF good men on this
committee Senator Borah Is already
member
A good insurgent who has not re-
ceiSed recognition With any import
ant committee assignments under the
y old regime Is Norris Brown. Ii is pro-
posed TO give Brown any two good
committees which he may select, prob
ably Interstate commerce ana the
postoffice committee. Other progress
siyes who will be taken care OF TO
their own satisfaction with good com.
mittee appointments are Dixon, Gron-
na and Crawford. The latter has been
near.yrogressive, but he has cast
hts lot with the progressives Tor the
next term
Good committee assignments will
be made up on the progressive slate
FOR the new Republican senators
Townsend, Works and PoindeXter.
Oyertures were made by leaders OF
the Democratic minority, looking TO
Joining the forces of the Democratic
and TIE progressives and taking ovef
by force the organization of the sen
ate. These oveFtures were met in .
friendly spirit, but were not accepted
The progressives have decided to ac'
AZ an Independent organization. swing
Ing A balance OF power between th'
resctIonAry Republicans and the Dem
ocrafs.
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or I0TIIS. Mo-. March 24.--Yegg