The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-03-16
TILLMAN ACCEPTS
A GUARDIANSHIP
Is Placed at Head of Naval
Affairs Committee And
Takes His Defeat Grace
fully-Kern Says Senate
Will Be Democratic in
Practical Result as Well
as in Name.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Washington, March 15.-The demo
Gratis today reorganized the commit
tees and took actual control of legis-
lative affairs of the new senate. 1--WE
propose to make the senate democratic
in practical result as well as in name,
was the declaration of Leader Kerr
in introducing for ratification by the
caucus the list OF committees anc
rules of procedure as drafted by the
steering committee.
fractional differences disappeared in
the final PROCESS of reorganization
Tillman, who had carried to the eau
ci1airmanship of the appropriations
committee. voiced the final word IN
harmony in the senate when he waa
given the Craftsmanship of the naval
affairs committee II bow and cheer
fully submit to that decision he
said
In its reorganized form. the senate
apparently is entirely controlled by the
forces actively IN harmony with Pres
ident Wilson
The democratic caucus this morning
accepted without change the work of
the steering committee, SO far as the
committee is concerned. Another eau
Gus Monday will pass upon scheme
for senate control that is to distrib-
ute the power and give majority of
the democrats of any committee au-
thority to control its affairs without
regard to the wishes of the chairman.
Tillman made q final plea in the
caucus for the Craftsmanship of the
appropriations. but received little sup
port. Later he made a statement.
saying he gladly submitted. No Bit
ferness characterized his utterance.
er-1. ,ad fn a
the committee of women suffrage esit
of the minority lists and mako it a ma
orIty committee with Senator Thomas
ef Colorado as chairman This was
done in the expectation that equal
suffrage will be one of the live subjects
for the senate's consideration. It. was
also decided to place the committee
on public health in the maturity lists
with Senator Ransdell of louisiana
probably as chairman.
Senator Poindexter. who classes
himself. with the progressive party, win
get a minority chairmanship at the
the republicans who provide commit
tee places for him.
PROPOSE REFORMS.
The reform proposed by the demo-
cratic managers in the method of Sc
1ecting committees and committee and
chairman were presented to the eau
Gus by Chairman Kern with the eN-I
PLANTATION that they were expected to
bring the senate nearer TO the ideal.
OF democrats government than it
had been.
I'VE propose that this great body
shall be democratic. not only in name
but in practical reality" said Senator
Kern. .and that the charges so often
made that 1t is controlled by a few
men through committee organization
and otherwise shall no longer have
any basis in fact
The proposals made by the commit
tee to the caucus provided that a ma
iority of the democrats on any COM
rnittee would call it together at any
time; that the committee should elect
ali members of conference committees
and that the committee members
should elect their chafrmen and that
all appointments by the steering COM
mittee'' should be approved by the fun
democratic caucus.
These resolutions, if adopted. viii,
we believe, enable the senate to be-
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