Arizona republican., 1919-05-15
NAME CUNNINS PRESIDENT PR0
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Lodge Is Floor Leader er-Mc- Cunber Heads Steering Committee Fight On Penrose and Warren Car ried Over-Smoot For Ap- propliation

WASHINGTON. May RepGb- hcan senators in conference today agreed unanimously upon a program for organization Of the next senate, but deferred discussion of the opposition by the progressive group, to the cleo tion Of Senators Penrose of PennsyI- vania and Warren of Wyoming as ehairmen. of the finance and appro- Priatoin committees, respectively.
 Senator Cummins of Iowa, upon mo- ton of SenatorB Borah of Idaho, spokes- man of the progressive group. was chosen for president pro tenn of the senate without opposition. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts was reelected whip and Senator Wadsworth of New York, conference secretary. George A. Sanderson of Chicago was chosen for secretary of the senate and David Bar ry. a. Providence, R. l. newspapers man, for sergeant-a arms.
 All committee assignments were left to a committee on committees which Senator Lodge was suthoI.2ed to ap point and of which Senator Brandegee Of Connecticut, of the regular group will be chairman. Eight othe~ members will be named soon and another party conference will be held. probably next week, to receive the committees re- port. The seniority rule. it is expected. will be followed closely by the commit tee, although some of the progressives , today declared privately that they would carry their fight against Sen ators Penrose and Warren to the senate ] floor.
 MoCumber. Steering Committee
 The conference also authorized Sen ator Lodge to appoint a committee on | order of business, or legislative steer ing committee, of nine members. with { Senators McCumber of North Dakota as chairman and Mir. Lodge as ex-of- . ficio member. A committee on patron age distribution, headed by Senator New of Indiana also was ordered.
 Indication of the fight against Sen ator Penrose and Warren developed in the conference, which was confined to | the routine business of plans for or ganizing the senate. It was said that the factional dispute was not men, tioned. Seven members of the pro- gressive group met in Senator Borah's office previous to the conference anc agreed to nominate Senator Commins for president pro tempore,' after Sen ator Johnson of California had rejected a suggestion from 8 delegatoin of tn' so-caIled regulars. that he become 2 candidate
 The contest over the selection ol Senators Penrose and Warren to tho committee chairmanship is expected tS develop in the committee on commit tees, and at the next conference. Sen ator Borah declared today that h' would not attend the conference unles' it was open to the public and under al agreement that Senators are not to D. bound by majority vote on commltte' assignments.
 A few of the progressives, 1t wa stated, plan to absent themselves iron the committee conference while other were reported to intend to vote agalns Senators Penrose and Warren in con ference, but prepared to accept a ma
 iority vote of the conference. It wa said the progressives would nominat Senator Townsend of Michigan 10
 chairman of the finance committee ol the floor of senate. Friends of Senate Penrose expressed confidence that n , finally could head that committee, pu there is said to be strong sentimen among the regulars. as well as tn progressives, for election of Senate Smoot of Utah, to the appropriation committee chairmanship.