Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-27
HALTEDBYCUMM|NS
Adoption Of Senate Commit
tees Goes Over to Tomorrow.
PR0GRESSIvES TO CONTEST
Slate Will Be Carried. Democrats
Supporting the Majority.
SELECTIONS OF MINORITY
Assignments Made at Today's eau
cus-Newlands Complains That
His Claims Were Ignored.
PR0GRESSlvES TO CONTEST
SELECTIONS OF MINORITY

| Through the objection Of Senator Cum
Minis the selection of Senate committees
was postponed today until tomorrow.
The Iowa senator asked that the resolu-
ton making the appointments go over
to enable the progressive senators to pre-
pare for the conflict which they expect
will be precipitated when they present
their demand for the addition OF the
names Of Senators La Toilette and Cum
MINIS for membership on the committees
on interstate commerce and finance, re-
spectively.
Soon after the Senate met today Senator
Gallinger. as chairman Of the republican
committee on committees. presented the
full list of committee assignments as
agreed upon by the republican and demo-
cratic caucuses and at the same time
moved the adoption Of a resolution for
the designation OF senator's specified.
Resolution Goes Over.
Mr.. Cummins asked that the resolution
60 over. and under the Senate rules there
was no alternative but to permit that
course. The request for delay was the
result Of a decision reached at a confer
ence Of progressive senators earlier in the
day, at which 1t also was decided that
they would ask the Senate to pass upon
tho question Of tho assignment Of Sena-
tors Bristow and La Toilette.
but the slate Of the regular republicans
will be sustained. Democratic sena-
tors generally say that they will sup
port the right Of the majority OF the
republicans to name their committees.
There was only one jar in the demo-
cVo ~ Senator
lands complained Of the failure of the
steering committee to recognize his
claim to a place on the finance COM
mittee. He claimed to be entitled to
ice. but made no further objection and
the assignments Of the committee were
accepted.
Assignments Adopted by Caucus.
The following is the list Of appoint
ments:
F1nance-Bailey, Simmons. Stone, WILL
liams, Kern, johnson (Maine.)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Foster, Culber-
son, Martin, Overman. Owen. Smith
(Maryland).
Judiciary-Bacon, Culberson. Overman.
Rayner, Paynter. Chiffon. O'Gorman.
Interstate commerce-Tillman. Foster,
Newiands, Clarke (Arkansas), Gore, Wat
son, Pomerane.
Foreign relations-Bacon, Stone, Shive-
ly. Clarke (Arkansas), Rayner, Hitch
cock
Post offces and post roads-Bankhead,
Taylor, Terrell, Smith (South Car6lina),
Swanson, Bryan, Martin.
District Of Columbia-Martin, Paynter,
Johnston (Ala.).. Smith (Md.), Pomerene,
Lea. = 4
Claims-Aartin, Overman, Davis Payn-
Agriculture and forestry - Bankhead,
Gore. Chamberlain, Smith e. c., Percy.
Terrell. Lea. u
Commerce-Martin, Simmons. Newlands,
Bankhead. Fletcher, Percy, Reed.
Education and labor - Rayner, Bank
head, Shively. Swanson, MARITIME.
Immigration-Davis, Gore, Smith Is. Co.
Percy. Kern. O'Gorman.
Irrigation and reclamation of arid lands
Bailey, Newlands, Gore, Smith (Md),
Manufactures-smith (south Carolina).
Terrell. Reed, Pomerene, O'Gorman.
Military affairs-Foster, Johnston (Ala-
bama), Clarke (Arkansas), Taylor. Cham
berlain, Hitchcock, Williams.
Naval affairs-Tillman, Smith Mary
land), Thornton, Swanson, Bryan, John
son (Maine).
Pensions-Taylor. Gore, shively. Bryan.
Johnson CMaine), Pomerene:
Privileges and elections-Bailey, Payn-
Lea.
Public buildings and grounds-Culber-
son. Taylor, Swanson, Owen, Watson.
MARITIME, Reed.
RuIes-Bacon, Bailey. overman.
Canadian relations-Tillman, Foster,
Gore, Smith (Maryland).
Census-Bailey. shively. Thornton, Chill
ton, Pomerene.
Newlands. Overman, Bankhead. Smith,
Watson. Lea.
Enthusiastically, overman. Fletcher,
Thornton.
Indian affairs-stone, Davis. Owen,
Chamberlain. Watson, Myers.
Interoceanic canals-Simmons, johnson
(Ala.), Percy. Thornton. Chiffon. O'Gor-
man.
Mines and miDng-Tillman. Johnston
(Ala.). Watson. Myers.
MISREPRESENTATION (Ala.), Paynter,
Chamberlain. Fletcher. Hitchcock. Reed.
Public lands-Newlands, Davis, Cham
berlain, Thornton, Bryan, Myers.
Democratic ohairmen.
Following are the less important COM
mittees OF which democrats are ap-
pointed chairmen:
Additional accommodations for the Lii
brary of Congress-Bailey.
Corporations organised in the District
Of acknowledgements.
Disposition OF useless papers in the
executive OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES (Ark.).
Engrossed bills-Simmons.
To examine the several branches Of
the civil service-Paynter.
Five civilized tribes of Indians-Till-
man.
Geological survey-Taylor. \
i Indian depredations-Rayne
To investigate trespassers upon In
dian lands-Smith (Md.).
Mississippi river and its tributaries
Davis.
Pacific railroads-Owen.
Private land claims-Bacon.
Public health and national quaran-
tine-Culberson.
Railroads-Gore.
Revolutionary claims-Stone
Standards, weights and measures
Bankhead.
Transportation routes to the sea-
board-Smith g. c..
transportation and sale Of meat prod
ucts-Foster.
University Of the United States
Johnston (Ala.).
Woman suffrage-Overman.
Territories Owen, Chamberlain,
Shiveley. Johnson (Me), Hitchcock
Coast defenses-Simmons, Foster Smith
CMd.), Terrell. MARITIME.
Cuban NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Stone, Wat
son, O'Gorman.
Industrial expositions - Rayner, Over
man. Taylor, Paynter, Swanson. New
lands.
Pacific islands and Porto Raco-clarke
Ark.). Owen. Fletcher. Watson. Kern.