Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-15
IN
SENATE CONTROL
CcTIoN or cUMMiNs AS PRES
icsNT PRO TEN. DEFEAT
Fo7 OLD GUARD.
c. O. p. IN SADDLE
81 TWO MAJORITY
Prosressises Will Have Majority OF
Ten Over Old Guard-Row over
Committee Places Passed on to Com.
rni,tee on committees--Rsnro and
Warren pismayed at Developments.

! WASHINGTON, May with the har-
| monious selection Of officers, inclua-
| ing Senator Cummns. OF Iowa ds
| president pro tempore, the republicans
in caucus today paved the way for or
ganization Of the senate next Monda!
/ BY their slender majority of two votes
| At the same time the progressive re-
| publicans won a decided strategic ad-
/ vantage in their fight to prevent Pen
rose and Warren from elevation TO the
! chairmanships of the two most impor-
tant committees in the senate.
Ten Asains. Old Guard.
AS a result OF the harmonious agree
ment of officers the senate will have
been organized before the committee
! fight comes on. With republican or
! ganization assured, the opponents OF
! Per rose and Warren nave become more
/ aggressive. Progressiyes who would
! have lined up with the old guard In
preference 10 geopardizing republican
! control OF the senate are now promis-
I ing TO vote against Penrose and War
/ ren for chairmen of the finance and
! appropriations committee, respectively.
| Senator Borah, insurgent generals
siIno. predicted tonight that both PEN
4 rose and Warren would be defeated by
+ tho detection Of az least ter republic
/ ans II was explained the insurgents
/ would not vote for democrats for the
! chairmanships, but would deadlock the
j senate by preventing Penrose and
| Warren from receiving a majority and
wonld compel the substitution of other
/ either McCumber or Townsend for
! Penrose.
Penrose and Warren Dismayed.
Penrose and Warren and their fell
/ low old guardsmen were disnayed b.
I the sudden ebullition Of Insurgency
against them following the harmonious
! caucus in which the old guard had ac-
! cepted with alacrity the proposal by
| the progressives to make Senator Cum
( minis president pro tempore.
| Fenrose admitted the fight is a des-
! perate one and betrayed the hope that
he would be saved by the absence Of
/ enough democrats 20 give him a ma
| jority despite republican defections.
| Republican old guardsmen are count
ing on the sympathy and affection OF
| democratic old guardsmen for friend
| ~ turn which they would reciprocate
should the democrats ever get into d
| similar tight pinch.
While Penrose may be saved there
is every indication that Warren will
De sacrificed and SIIIoot made chair
man of appropriations.
Try TO Get lenroot.
When the progressiyes were unable
! TO get into communication with Sena-
! tor Lenroot of Wisconsin they met be-
/ fore the caucus tfks morning and
| agreed 10 present Senator Cumnins for
| president pro tempore. In the caucus
| Senator Boran nominated Cummins
| and the selection was approved unani
mously. The Iowa sena tor is eminent
| ~ entitled TO the distinction and would
! have been put forward earlier had il not
| been for the fact that he will be chair
| man also Of an important committee
! Interstate commerce-and the DISPOSE
| ton in recent years has been to award
| the pro tempore presidency TO a sena-
tor having no important craftsmanship.
! For secretary Of the senate George
| A. Sandenson. Of Chicago. retired
business man and railroad engineer
! was chosen over former Congressman
Ben I. Fairchild. David 5. Barry.
| Washington cores ondent OF the
| Providence Journal and publicity man
! ager OF the Hughes campaign in 1916,
| was selected for sergeant at arms over
". L. Cole, of Union, No. Carl A.
I>oeffer was selected assistant door
keeper. Senator Curtis of Kansas was
| re- elected republican whip.
Row Over Jobs.
The row over committee places was
passed on to committee on commit
tees Of which Senator Brandegee Of
Connecticut will be chairman. Senator
Lodge, who was made chairman Of the
caucus and as such will be majority
leader Of the senate. SAID ne would ap-
/ point this committee at once and that
an effort would be made to bring in
the full slate Of committees on Mon
day.
One Of the progressive gains of the
day was the formal adoption by the
caucus Of the Norris resolution to
break UP interlocking committee mem
berships and the close corporations
controlling conference committees. The
resolution prohibits a senator from
serving CT -cc-e than two important
committees and limits service on con-
ference committees.