The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-15
Virginia Senator Given
Craftsmanship Of Ap-
preparations.
TILLMAN REFUSES
TO QUIT CONTEST.
South Carolina Man Will Garry
Fight Into Caucus To-Day in
Effort to Overthrow Commit
tees Decision-His Health
Given as Reason for /.
His Defeat. IS

Washington. March 14-senator
lima, to-day lost his long and hard fight
for the craftsmanship of the powerful
senate Committee on Appropriations.
The Democratic committee lists. com
pleted Tonight by the steering oom
mittee'' headed by Senator Kern. ar.
coros the Appropriations chairmanship
10 senator Martin. OF Virginia, and
places Senator Tillman at the had -,
the Committee on Naval Affairs
The decision OF the committee u,;,,
i'o' oe accepted by Senator Tillman. st
Is Understood. a Democratic caucus ba.
oeen called for 1880 to. o.morrow ,n,r
'ns' when the committee lists vi,1 \.
presented to the full Democratic mar
oeFship OF the Senate 1t is exn.ctaa
'hat senator .Tillman, countfny
support of four or FIVE memhar.
The Steering committee" nil, =
'n me caucus to overthrow the
eo'''''''''ees decision. The chief reason
ior suppianting Senator Tillman who
headed the list OF Democrats on 49,
.,p pp."priations Committee, is unders
| hot ,, T.
health would not enable hIn, ms
dertake the severe tasks go. ua
the position s''aeheu 10
Radical Changes.
..,; auiGaI changes in the method of
nittao senate legislation and com
'''ees' winch formed the basis fo,.
.ne so-called progressive Demncr,tta
,eorsanization fight begun last Decan,s
per- We're approved. by the Den,ror,
aI w .nsahaBers' and Will he offered for
uops'on ri, py tho caucus to-morrow.
ihese recommendations are.
All committee chairmen .b,u
erected by the Democratic merhar.
.ne committees. The practice has haen
lor she steering committee. to annojnt
al chairmen a majority of the Den,n'
o.I'ic members of any committee NAV
call meeting OF that committee ~ a.,'.
time. 'eee at any
Members of Conference committeesn
shail be selected by the Democrat;,
majority of the COMMITTEES h,yins
charge of the legislation in ouestion
steering committee" members shall
ne selected by n Democratic c.,,c,,r
instead OF through appointment Nv ths
caucus chairman '"e
,Nppointments by the Steering com
,ii.'ee 10 MI vacancies on all SENATE
committees must be passed on hv tho
full caucus. the
me recommendations to he made to-
lures from the practice that has pra-
aaiie" In the Senate and are similar
III many ways to tile changes thai
were made In the House at the he
ginning or the last Congress.
Committee PersonncI
me complete personnel of the lead
ing committees. including Democrats
ana Republicans, has been arrned ,,no,.
as follows: opon
Appropriatlons-Dem sepa-
.ors Martin. Virginia, chairman: Till
man. south Carolina; Culberson, Tey-
as as CVerman, North Carolina, owen.
oklahoma: Smith. Maryland: Chiffon
west Virginia; Lea. Tennessee: Rrvan
FLORIDA; Shaffroth, Colorado. Renuh'
lcans: senators Warren. Wyominr.
rerkins' California: Gallinger, New
hampshire; Smoot. Utah: oliver, Penn
Washington.
Foreign Democrats: sen.
ators bacon Georgia. chairman: Stone.
missouri; Shively, lndiana: Clarke
Arkansas; Hitchcock. Nebraska; O,Cor,
man. New York; Williams, MississIp-
ph, p,, swanson Virginia; Pomersne.
ONO: Smith. New Mexico. Republi.
cans: Senators Lodge, Massachusetts:
smith. Michigan; Root. New YORK:
Mccunoer, North Dakota; Sutherland.
Utah; Borah. Idaho; Burton. Ohio.
udtclary-Democrats: Senator's Gull
oSrSoii' lcSaS, Cna1Tman. Oyerman
North Carolina; Chiffon, West Virginia.
OGorman. New York: Fletcher, Flor
ida: Reed. Missouri; Ashurst, Arizona:
shields. Tennessee: Walsh, Montana:
Bacon, Georgia. Republicans: Clark
wyoming; Nelson. Minnesota; Diliipx-
ham, Vermont; Sutherland. Utah; Bran
degee. Connecticut; Borah, Idaho; Cum
Minis. Iowa; Root. New York
| Banking and Currency (new)-Dcm.
ocrats: Senator Owen, Oklahoma. chair
man; Senator's Hitchcock, Nebraska:
O'Gorman. New York; Reed, Missouri:
Shafroth. Colorado; Hollis. New Hamp-
shire: Pomerene, Ohio Republicans.
Nelson. Minnesota; Bristow. Kansas:
Burton. Ohio: Jones, Washington:
Weeks. Massachusetts.
Senator Clarke, of Arkansas. ha,
been slated for the chairmanship Of
the Committee on Commerce, which
handles river and harbor Improvement
legislation: Senator Hoke Sr,fth haa
been added to the Finance COMMITTEES
and named as chairman of the Com,
nittee on Education and Labor: Sena,
tor Chamberlain has been selected for
the chajrmanship OF the Public Lands
COMMITTEES: Senator Luke Lea is slated
for the chairmanship of the Committee
on Library. and Senator Swanson heads
the Committee on Public Buildings and.
Grounds s = = :, St4,rss'S>