The Washington herald., 1913-03-11
POMERENE FOR
DISTRICT BODY
Ohioan' Slated to Succeed
Senator Gallinser as
Committee Head.
SENIORITY RULE DENTED
Democrats Spend Day Confering On
Apportionnent Of Chairnanships.
Tillnan for Apprspria6ous.
SENIORITY RULE DENTED

At the end Of a day of comforting and
cloakroom conventions among the Demo-
Gratis. it appeared last night that the
committee tangle in the Senate would
be Strengthened out. and that the rule
of seniority would be slightly bent. but
not broken. in apportioning chairman
ships.
incidentally. it looks as though SEN
ator Atlee Pomerene of Ohio will head
the District committee. an assignment
which would not be displeasing to the
Buckeye Progressive.
Senator Pomerene Is outranked. in
seniority. by Senators Martin, Johnston.
and Smith Of Maryland. but these prob
ably will move to other chairmanships,
Martin to the Commerce committee.
Johnston to Military Affairs. and Smith
to Naval Affairs. providing the rule of
seniority Is made to apply to Senator
Tillman. who will then be given Appro-
priations II Senator Tillman Is given
Appropriations. he will move out of rank
ing place on Naval Affairs, and leave the
Craftsmanship to Senator Johnston.
Fight on Simmons.
Certain chairmanships of important
Senate committees are foreshadowed by
the work of the Democratic Committee
on Committees as 1t has proceeded thus
far. Apparently there Is no disposition
among the Democratic Senators to deny
chairmanships to Lose Senators who
would be entitled to them under the rule
Of seniority. The principal attack on
the rule is at the point where 1t is
sought to be applied to retain for the
older Senators choice committee assign
ments bel'w the rank of chairman. 1t
is not unlikely that those Senators who
exercise their privilege of choosing chair
manships of the more important COM
mittees, under the rule Of seniority, will
be required to relinquish membership on
other important committees, thus making
way for more active committee work
for the younger men.
Senator Tillman and Senator Simmons,
who are in line for the chairmanships of
Appropriations and Finance. respective
ly. are not entirely certain Of being
chosen. An effort has been made to per-
suade Mr.. Tillman to go to a committee
that Is less active than Appropriations.
but he is not disposed to do so. He is
the ranking Democratic member on Ap-
propriations. Interstate Commerce. and
Naval Affairs. II he gives up Appro-
priations. Senator Martin of Virginia will
be next in rank to Tillman on Naval
Affairs. There has been a strong fight
waged against Senator Simmons of North
Carolina. who is in line for the chair
manship Of the Finance Committee. on
the ground that he Is not sufficiently
progressive to meet the views OF the
younger element in the Democracy of the
Senate. But the indications are to-day
that Mr.. Simmons will take his chair
manship under the rule Of seniority.
What Indications Are.
On such a basis the following chair
manships Of important Senate commit
tees are indicated:
Agriculture and Forestry-Chamberlain,
Of Oregon.
propriations-Tillman, Of South Caro-
lima.
Commerce-Martin, of Virginia.
District Of Columbia-Pomerene, ofl
Ohio.
Finance-Simmons. of North Carolina.
Foreign Relations-Bacon. of Georgia.
Immigration-Smith. OF South Carolina.
Indian Affairs-Stone. OF Missouri, or
Owen, of Oklahoma.
Interoceanic Canals-o'Gorman. OF New
York. |
vada.
Judiciary-Culberson. Of Texas.
Manufactures-Reed, Of Missouri.
Military Affairs-Johnston, of Alabama |
Mines and Mining-Myers. of Montana. |
Naval Affairs-John Walter Smith. of I
Maryland.
Pensions-Gore. OF Oklahoma.
Philippines-Hitchcock, of Nebraska.
Post-ofiices and Post Roads-Bankhead,
Of Alabama.
Privileges and Elections-Fletcher. OIL
Florida.
Public Buildings and Grounds-swan-
Son, Of Virginia
Rules-overman. Of North Carolina.