Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-27
PE|vROSE CHOSEN As
FINANCE CHAIRMAN
Al AFTER En- HARD FIGHT
Gets Appropriations
Despite ProgressiveS Who
Are Given Good. Compro-
mise Assignments

WASHINGTON. May 26.-Senate
Republicans at a conference today
from which several progressives alb
sented themselves, approved the COM
mittee selections of the committee
on committees, including choice OF
Senators Penrose, of Pennsylvania,
and Warren. of Wyoming, to be chair
men of the finance and appropria-
lions committee, respectively.
Action of the conference was an
nounced by Senator Wadsworth, of
New York, secretary, who said there
was no roll call on adoption of the
committee assignments after the con-
ference had approved the selection
of Senator Penrose. Progressives
who have opposed Senators Penrose
and Warren and who did not attend
the conference were Senators Borah,
Idaho; Kenyon, Iowa, and Norris, Ne
brasila. Other absentees were La
Toilette, Wisconsin,; Lenroot, Wiscon-
sin, and Capper, Kansas.
Committee Chairmen
The assignments included the fol-
lowing as committee chairmen:
Foreign Relations-Lodge Massa-
chuSetts.
Finance-Penrose, Pennsylvania.
priations-Warren. Wyoming.
Interstate Commerce - CumminS,
Iowa.
udiciary-eNlson. Minnesota.
Military-Wadswort New York.
>Naval-Page, Vermont.
Commerce-Jones, Washington.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., North Da-
kota.
Banking and Currency-McLean
Connecticut.
Prompt action in the senate on the
woman suffrage resolution was pledg-
ed by the Republican senators in
their conference.
House Democrats today complet-
ed their assignment of members of
the house committees, thus perfect
ing organization of committees, which
will begin consideration this week
of much important legislation. New
assignments of Democrats included
Representative Fisher. Tennessee. to
military affairs; Cleary, New York,
rivers and harbors;, Goldfoogle, New
Carolina. and Ayres. Kansas. naval.
Progressives Satisfied
Though defeated in their fight on
Senators Penrose and Warren as
chairmen of the respective finance
and appropriation committees, pro
gressives'' declared their strategy
had won them much.
The fight on the two powerful "old
guard leaders, progressives say, has
resulted in:
Forcing senate Republicans to
adopt the Norris rule which ends
erful senators.
2-Getting a large progressive
4 representation on the agriculture
committee, which will deal with leg
islation to regulate the packers and
reduce food costs.
3-Obtaining other important chair
inanship and committee places. insur-
ing them a powerful influence on re-
construction legislation.
These things are all the outgrowth
of the fight on Senator Penrose,
which began last session and which
came to a head this week.
The Norris rule. agreed to by Re-
publican Leader Lodge and others
only after the stubbornnest kind of
fight. prohibits senators who are
members of any of the big ten" san
ate committees belonging to more
than one other of the big ten; and
any chairman of "big ten commit
tee can't be on conference commit
tee except on bills from the commit
tee he heads. In former years, few
senator's have been members Of all
the big committees. and through con-
troll of the conferences, have abso-
lutely moulded legislation to suit
themselves. The adoption Of the Nor
ris rule ends this.
WILSON ACCEPTS CITIZENSHIP
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May 26.
President Wilson has sent an accept
ance of the honorary citizenship Of
the city of Lausanne offered him re-
Gently by the municipality. The
american president wrote the au-
thorities that he accepted the honor
with profound pleasure"