The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-16
SENATOR TILLMAN
FALLS INTO line
WITH COMMITTEE
Moves Adoption Of Report on
All Chairmanships When
Senate Convenes
HE is RECONCILED
TO NAVAL AFFAIRS
In Brief Speech South Carolina
Man Declares Himself in
Accord With Decision
Of Committeeman

WASHINGTON, March t5.-The
senate was reorganized today in it's
committee membership and chairman
ships without a disquieting feature, or
a discordant note. The chairman
ships of all the important commit
tees passed to Democrats after nearly
twenty years of Republican control
Senator Tillman, of South Carolina,
who threatened last night to stir up
trouble, not only in the senate eau
Gus this morning. but in the open sem
ate later, confined his protest to the
senate committee.
When he appeared in the senate la
ter in the day, he looked disappointed,
but reconciled to his fate, and at the
opportune time. under the prompt
ings of his Democratic colleagues, he
rose in his place and moved the adop
ton of the report of the Democratic
caucus on committee assignments.
When the list Of committees was
submitted in the senate by Senator
Kern, of Indiana, chairman of the
Democratic caucus, 1t was read from
the desk. AT the conclusion Mr. Till
man arose and moved that il he
adopted. In making the motion the
senator from South Carolina said:
Senator TilIman Talks.
Under the rules that have prevailed
In this, body L was- entitled t.. the
craftsmanship of the committee on APP
preparations / desired that chair
manship. and told the steering COM
mittee so. The members of the steer
ing committee are all my friends, |
believe. In their wisdom they de-
cided that / should go back into the
still waters, and that the battleships
should come out into the open.
yielded to their wishes in the mat
ter, and move the adoption Of the
report"
In the list of committee assignments
reported in the senate and adopted
today there was only slight vari-
ance from the list. as given in these
dispatches last night. Most of the
changes were in minority assignments
Senator Burton, of Ohio, who had
been taken Off OF commerce and put
on the committee on banking and cur
rencys' was. at his own request, re-
stored to the committee on commerce.
List of Chairmanships.
The following is the list Of import
ant chairmanships approved by the
senate today:
Agriculture-Gere. OF Oklahoma.
Appropriations-Ma Martin. Virginia.
Audit and Control of Contingent
Expenses of Senate-Wiliams, Miss
issippi.
Banking and Curreney-0we,1, Ok
lahoma.
Canadian elations-shields. of
Tennessee.
Census-Chilton. West Virginia.
Civil Service--Pomerene, Ohio.
Claims--Bryan. Florida.
Coast and InsuIar Survey--Sauls-
bury, Delaware
Coast Defenses-Martine, New Jer-
sey.
Commerce-Clarke of Arkansas.
Conservation of Natural Resources
Smith, Arizona.
District Of bia-Smith, Mary
land
Education and Labor-smith.
Georgia
Simmons North Carolina
sheries-Thornton. Louisiana.
Foreign Relations--Bacon, Georgia.
Forest Reservations and Protection
of Game-Lane, Oregon.
Immigration---Smith South Caro-
lima.
Indian Affairs-Stone. Missouri.
Industrial Expositions-Ashurst.
Interoceanic Canals--OGorman.
New York.
Interstate Commerce-Sewlands.
Nevada
Irrigation-Myers, Montana.
Judiciary--Culberson, Texas.
Ltbrary-Lea, Tennessee.
Manufacturers-Ree Missouri.
Military Affairs-Johnston, Ala
bama-
National Banks-~Johnson, Maine
Naval Affairs-Tillman, South Car
olina,
Pacific Islands. Porto Rico-Shaf-
roth, Colorado.
PensionsAShively Indiana.
Philippines-Hit Nebraska
Postoffices and PosIFoaus--baIiA
head Alabama
Printing-Fletcher. Florida
Privileges and EIections-Kern, In
diana.
Swanson, Virginia.
Public Health and National GUAR
iantine-Ransdel, Louisiana.
Public Lands-Chamberlai ore
Public I.ands-Chamberiain ores
Rules-Overman. North Carolina.
! erritorles-Pittman. Nevada
/ Woman Suffrage-Thomas. Colo-
RADIO.
/ Finance and Banking.
! The principal interest centered In
the membership of the committee on
/ finance, and the new committee On
/ banking and currency. The finance
tcommittee, in addition to its chair
man, Is made up as follows.
Democrats-Stone, Missouri. wilt
I iiams, Mississippi; Johnson. Maine;
Shively, Indiana; Smith, Georgia.
Thomas, Colorado: James, Kentuckys
/ Hughes, New Jersey. and Core Ok
llahoma.
/ Republicans --Penrose, Pennsyt-
vania: Lodge. Massachusetts,. McCum-
Der, North Dakota: Smoot, Utah. CAL
ilinger, OF New Hampshire; ClaEk