The Washington herald., 1913-03-16
DEMOCRATS NOW
Control SENATE
After Twenty Years Of Repub-
lican Rule, Conditions Have
Been Reversed.
TILLMAN ACCEPTS FATE
All Important Chairmanships Pass Into
Control of the Majority
Party.

The Senate was reorganized yesterday
in its committee membership and chair
manships without a disquieting feature
or a discordant note. The chairmanships
of all the important committees passed
to Democrats, after nearly twenty years
of Republican control.
Senator Tillman of South Carolina,
who threatened Friday night to stir up
trouble not only in the Senate Demo-
cratic caucus yesterday morning, but In
the open Senate later, confined his pro-
test to the Senate caucus. When he ap-
peared in the Senate later in the day, he
looked disappointed, but reconciled to his
fate, and at the opportune time. under
the promptinGs of his Democratic col
leagues he rose in his place and moved
the adoption of the report of the Demo-
cratic caucus on committee assignments.
A motion was made in the Democratic
caucus yesterday morning TO substitute
Senator Tillman's name for that of Sem
ator Martin of Virginia as chairman Of
the Appropriations Committee, but the
motion only received four votes.
Senator Tillman had prepared a state
ment which Was read in the party
caucus by his colleague, Senator Smith
of South Carolina. Senator Tillman was
present during the reading of ii. He
made few remarks TO the caucus. His
statement had been carefully prepared
and revised under the advice of his
friends. 1t was less aggressive in tone
than when ii was first drafted Friday.
TiIIman Make. Statement.
When the list of committees was sub
mitted in the Senate by Senator Kern
OF Indiana. chairman OF the Democratic
caucus. it read from the desk. At
the conclusion. Mr., TiIlman arose and
moved that it be adopted. In making
lima said:
Il nder the rules that have prevailed
in this body. ! WAS entitled to the chair
manship OF the Committee on Appropra
tionS. | desired that craftsmanship and
told the steering committee So The
members OF the steering committee are
all my friends. | believe. In their wis
dom they decided that | should go hack
into the still waters and that the bat
tleships should come out into the open.
l Weld to their wishes in the matter
and move the adoption of the report
There was tone of pathos in Mr..
Tillmans S brief speech. He seemed COM
pletely subdued. in striking contrast to
the attitude he assumed Friday. His
Democratic colleagues adopted extraor-
dinary measures to reconcile him. James
NJ. Baker, the new Secretary OF the
Senate and protege of Mr. Tillman's.
was impressed into service and labored
with the Senator Friday night and yes
terday morning to try TO induce him to
avoid precipitating a row. One of the
strongest arguments brought to bear on
the Senator was the suggestion that any
undue excitement would add to his
physical infirmities and might prove
fatal Senator OGOrman brought Mr..
Tillman into the Senate chamber and
spent considerable time at his side, evil
IDENTIFY trying to conciliatc MIN.
Burton on Commerce.
In the list Of committee assignments
reported in the Senate and adopted yes
terday there was only a slight variance
from the list as given in The Herald
yesterday morning. Most of the changes
werc in minority assignments. Senator
Burton Of Ohio. who had been taken off
of Commerce and put on the Committee
on Banking and Currency. at his own
request. was restored to the Committee
on Commerce. Senator Crawford of
South Dakota was given the place on
the Committee on Banking and Cur
rency.
The following is the list of important
chairmanships approved by the Senate
yesterday: Agriculture, Gore of Okla
hOma: Appropriations. Martin of Vir-
Sinia: Audit and control of the Contin-
gent Expenses Of the Senate. Williams
of MisSissippi: Banking and Currency
owen of Oklahoma: Canadian Relations
Shields of Tennessee; Census. Chiffon of
West Virginia: Civil Service. Pomercnc
of Ohio Claims. BRYAN Of Florida: Coast
and lnsular Survey, salisbury of Della
Ware: Coast Def"nses, MARITIME of New
Jersey: Commerce, Clark Of Arkansas;
Conservation Of Natural Resources.
Smith uf Arizona: District Of Columbia.
Smith of Maryland: Education and La
Dor. Smith Of Georgia: Finance. Simmons
of North Carolina: Fisheries. Thornton
of Louisiana; Foreign Relations Bacon
of Georgia: Forest Reservations and
Protection of Game. Lane of Oregon: I'M
Smith of South Carolina: In
Gian Affairs. Stone Of Missouri: Indus
trial Exposition. Ashurst of Arizona: In
teroceanic Canals, O'Gorman of New
York: Interstate Commerce, Newlands of
Nevada: Irrigation. Myers of Montana:
Judiciary, Culberson of Texas: Library.
Lea of Tennessee: Manufactures, Reed
of Missouri: Military Affairs, Johnston of
Alabama. National Banks. Johnson of
Maine: Naval Affairs. Tilman of South
Carolina: Pacific Islands and Porto
Rico, Shafroth of Colorado: Pensions.
of Indiana: Philippines. Hitch
Roads, Bankhead of Alabama: Printing
Fletcher Of Florida: Privileges and Elec-
tons, Kern of Indiana; Public Buildings
and Grounds, Swanson of Virginia; Pub
lie Health and National Quarantine
Ransdell of Louisiana: Public Lands.
of Oregon; Rules. Overman
OF North Carolina: Territories. Pittman
Of Nevada; Woman Suffrage, Thomas of
Colorado.
Personnel of Finance Committee.
membership of the Committee on
Banking and Currency. The Finance
Committee, in addition to its chairman,
is composed of the following members:
Democrats-S;one of Missouri. Williams
of Mississippi, Johnson of Maine Shive-
" of Indiana. Hoke Smith of Georgia
Thomas of Colorado. James of Kentucky.
Hughes of New Jersey. and Gore of Ok
lahoma. Republcans-Pen-ose of Penn
sylvania, Lodge of Massachusetts, Nc
Cumber of North Dakota, Smoot of
Utah, Gallinger of New Hampshire.
Clark of Wyoming, and La Toilette OF
Wisconsin.
The new Banking and Currency Com
mttee is composed of the following men,
bers, in addition to its chairman, Mr.
Owen: Observation-Disclosures of Ne
braska, O'Gorman of New York, Reed
of Missouri, Pomerene of Ohio, Shafroth
of Colorado, and Hollis of New Hamp-
shire Republicans-Nelson of Mime
sofa, Bristow of Kansas. Crawford or
South Dakota. Mclean of Connecticut,
and Weeks of Massachusetts.
The assignments given to Senator |
O'Gorman are exceptionally desira BILE. /,