The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-05-26
SENATOR FALL IS
GIVEN IMPORTANT
COMMITTEE POSTS
New Mexico Lawmaker Made
Chairman Of Committee on
Pacific Islands and Porto Rico,
Member Judiciary Group

Maahirgton. Stay llcpubilcnn
senators of the progressive group lost
thulf uEht today arainat selection OF
senators iCnfoHo OF ponnay iynnia.
aud Warren OF Wyoming. a. chair.
mon ot the finance uud appropriations
committees. r'spUctiN Cly, the party
conference approving both assign
muuta.
Tho progrcssivca led by s1nator
johnson OF California. made their
Issue ON senator Fcnruao and we're
defeated 90 To o, 30 effort wga made
20 contest the selection OF senator
Warren and The conference approved
ull committee assignments az made
hy Tho committee on committees.
senator johnson Indicated that ha
would not carry the nght 10 tho scn-
ate floor
chaiunou Of tho committees In.
ciudc.
Canadian relations. Hale. Mains:
census, sutherland. West virginia
ciVil service. sterling. South Dakotn
culat survey, EdEc, Ncw Jersey. coast
dti'ufr, lrVllnghuN sen. New lcfHcy
tuhon relations Johnson. California
education and labor. Kenyon, Iowa
flHncricH. Nrwherrg MichlFani i'm
migration. Colt Rhode Island. Indian
uliuiru, curtis, kanaaa, intcr-occanic
canals. homh, Idaho; irrigation and
reclamation. McNurN, oregon; mnnu-
mcturca Lafoiicttc. Wisconsin; min,s.
loiudoAtor Washington. national
banks, keiiogF Minnesota; Pacific
l.lnnd- and Porto i,ico, fall. New
MrAtCuf Patents. NorrlH. NcbmHkn
pensions MCDumhcr. North Dakota
Philippines. Harding, Ohio: poatof
nrls. Townsend. Michigan. Privileges
uud clcrtions, pillingham; Nermonti
public ttnds, smooL Utah; railroads,
lont % WiHcunaini rules. Knox,
l'Dnnayltanla; tcruiorlca New. In-
diana; woman suffrage, Watson, In
diana.
The conference considered a plan
for further Increase OF the foreign ro-
lnuons committee 10 that more dem
orrtia might be ratuinod but left ths
question tn u Huh-rnmmiitee Cofn-
pohod of Senators Lodge ana Mc-
tuWhcr
Tho democratic steering committee
resumed itH wofk.of naming demo.
ruliic mrmhcrs OF The senate stand
iug committees today aud u confer
tncc of senate democrats was called
fur iifc o'clock this afternoon TO con-
mdcr The appointments
House democrats today completed
their assignment OF mcmbora Of ths
house committees. thus perfocting Or
sanitation Of committees witch vii
begin confederation this week uf much
important Legislation.
Action of tho conference WIS an,
nouncei hv Eenntur MndWorih ol
New York. secretary, who said thor,
vnA no roll call on adoption Of th'
committee unHiTnments after tho con
NCntion approved the selection OF son
nior lcnrnsc. lroETcssiNca who hni
opposed the election or Senators Pen
rose and Warren and did not nitons
the conference were Dornh. idaho
Kenyon. Iowa and Norris, Nebraska
other ahgouters were inFollcttc. wis
consin. Leuroot, Wisconsin. and cap
per Kansas.
The republican committee assign
mcutH made included the following
Judiciary Nelson, Minnesota. chair
man. Iail, New McNlco.
Foreign relation, holdover member
f.odrc. MassachuHQ chairman: Ne
Cumher North Dakota; Borah, Idaho
Hr1ndcgoo Connecticut. Fail, New
Nceicoi Knox. Pennsylvania. ans
! Harding ohio New members John
son. California; New, Indiana; Moses
New Hampshire.