Evening star., 1919-05-14

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been made or will be made with demo-
cratic senators by the supporters of
Mr.. Penrose, under which a sufficient
number of democrats would absent
themselves and enable the supporters
Of Mr. Penrose to have a majority
when the vote is taken for chairman
of the finance committee. Progressive
republicans today expressed doubt that
the democrats would enter any such
deal. They said that if the democrats
did, the matter would be called to the
attention of the country, and the re-
sponsibility would be placed upon the
democrats.
Forty Three Attend Conference.
Forty-three of the forty-nine repub-
lican senators and senators-elect at
tended the conference today. The alb
sentees were Senators Cummins.
La Toilette of Wisconsin, Gronna of
North Dakota, Townsend of Michigan.
Lenroot of Wisconsin and Fall of New
Mexico.
A committee of six senators called
on Senator Johnson OF California be-
fore the conference met and urged
him to accept the presidency pro
tempore. but the senator again de-
consisted of Senators Kellogg of Min
nesota; Frelinghuysen, New Jersey;
Sutherland. West Virginia; Calder,
New York; Hale. Maine. and Curtis.
the position, but who has been active
in seeking to adjust factional diff
cu1ties.
Senator Cummins of Iowa. one of the
leading opponents of Senators PEN
rose and Warren as committee chair
men, was chosen by the progressives
before the conference met as their
candidate for president pro tempore,
and his selection was acceptable to
the regulars. The progressives de-
days conference open to the public,
but they expect to press for an open
meeting when the finance and appro-
priations committee chairmanships are
taken up, later in the week.
Mr.. Barry Was Senate Page.
David S. Barry is native of Michi-
gan. He was a page in the Michigan
legislature and came to Washington
ator Isaac P. Christiancy as a page in
the United States Senate. He studied
stenography in the office of the off,
cial reporters Of the Senate and was
employed as an amanuensis by vari-
GUS public men, including senators
and representatives. He became a
newspaper reporter and correspondent,
his first regular employment in this
capacity being by the Detroit Post
and Tribune. Afterward for several
years he represented the Detroit
News and the Detroit Journal as
Washington correspondent. He was
for two years attached to the Wash
ington bureau of the New York Sun,
his particular assignment being the
United States Senate, and in 1889 he
was appointed chief Of the bureau,
occupying this place for fifteen years.
when he resigned to become editor-ln-
chief of the Providence Journal A
few years later. owing to a change
of ownership of the Journal. he re-
turned to Washington as it's corre-
spondent. place that he still holds.
Mr.. Barry is president of the Path
finder Publishing Company of Wash
ington, which publishes a weekly
culation. countrywide. In the cam
paign for the election of President in
1908 Mr.. Barry was assistant to Rich
ard V. Oulahan, who succeeded him as
correspondent of the Sun in 1904. di-
rector of publicity of the republican
national committee, and in the cam
paigns of 1912 and 1915 Mr.. Barry was
director of the bureau. He has been
a member of the press gallery for
more than thirty years, and knows the
customs and usages of the Senate and
has written much about them.
Mr.. Barry was married at twenty
three to Miss Cora Bonney of Mary
land. and has two sons and two
daughters, the older the wife of
Sevellon L. Brown, a well known
newspaper man of this city. One son
is a lieutenant commander in the
Navy. graduate of Annapolis. and
the other a major in the Marine Corps
Mr.. and Mrs. Barry live at 1915 JEFF
ferson place. in this city. He is a
member of the National Press Grid
iron. Chevy Chase and Metropolitan
clubs.
Mr.. Sanderson's Record.
George A. Sanderson Is from Chi
cago. He was born in Hamilton, But
ler county. Ohio. and is a graduate Of
the United States Naval Academy at
Annapolis. He resigned from the
service to enter the merchant marine
Later Mr.. Sanderson engaged in rail-
road business and in civil and mining
engineering. He retired from busi-
ness in 1908. During theslast cam
paign for the election of senators Mr..
Sanderson rendered valuable aid at
the Headquarters in ChicaPo