The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-26
Progressives Lose Fight
 Against Senator Penrose
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 Kansas: Kenyon Iowa; Sherman, Illinois.
 New members: Grouna. North Da- loota; Hale. Maine; spenGt. Missouri. Phillips, Colorado; Newbeary, Mich; Senator Calder retired from the com- mittee.
 Interstate commerce: Hold owe: members: oAlmmins. Iowa, chairman Townsend. IaFollette, PoindexteE Washington; Mclean. Watson, Kel. logs. New members: Fernald, Ere lnghuysen. Elkins.
 Judiciary: Hold over members: Nelson, ,Minn., chairman. Dillingham;, Brandegee. Borah. CuInmins. Colt and Sterling. New members: Fall, Nor ris and Kellogg. Senator Poindexter retired from the committee.
 Military: Hold over members Wadsworth, New York. chairman; Warren, Sutherland, New, Frelinghuy- sen. Johnson of California. and Knox. New members. Lenroot, Spencer ana CapRer.
 Naval: Hold over members, Page, Vermont. chairman; Penrose, Lodge, Poindexter and Hale, New members, Ball, Mccormick, Newberry and Keysh The retiring member was
 OOinHlerce: Hold over members. Jones, Washington, chairman; NeI- son, sherman, Harding. Fernald, Cal der and Lenroot- New nembers Colt, McNary, Ball and Edge. Sena- tor Johnson of Washington retired.
 Agriculture: Hold over members: Gronna, North Dakota, chairman; Page. Norris, Kenyon. Wadsworth and France. New members. McNary, CapRer and Keys. Senator Warren was the only retiring member
 Banking and currency; Hold ovei m embers: Mclean. Conn.,, chairman; Page, Gronna, Norris and Frelinghuy. sen. New members: Penrose, Calder, Newberry And Keys.
 Chairrnen of the other committees snclude:
 Contingent expenses, Calder: Can adian relations, Hale, Maine; census, Sutherland, West Virginia; Civil Ser vice, Sterling, South Dakota; Claims Spencer, Missouri: Coast Survey, Edge New Jersey: Coast Defenses, Frelinz- hsysen. New Jersey; Cuban relations. Johnson. California; District Of Co., lumbia, sherman Illinois; Education and Labor, Kenyon, Iowa; Fisheries, Newberry, Michigan; Immigration. Colt, Rhode Island: Indian Affairs, Curtis, Kansas: Inter-Oceanic CaEais INcC4dIild~ ton, McNary, Washington; Manufac. lures, LaFollette, Wisconsin; Mines Poindexter, Washington.
 National banks, Kellogg, Minn-; Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, Fall New Mexico: Patents, Norris, Ne braska, Pensions. McCumber, North Dakota$ Philippines. Harding, Ohio; Post Offices, Townsend, Mich; Print ing, Moses. New Ham pshire; Privil- eges and Elections, Dillingham;, Yer mont; Public Buildings. Fernald; Public Health. France, Maryland Public Lands, Shoot, Utah; Railroads. Lenroot, Wisconsin; Rules, Knox Pennsylvania; Territories. New, Indi- ana: Woman Suffrage, Watson, Indt- ana.
 The conference considered a plan to furthe U increase of the foreign rela- tions committee. so that more Demo- crats might be retained, but left the question to a subcommittee compos- ed of Senators Lodge and McCumber.
 The democratic steering committee resumed it's work of naming demo- cratic members of the senate stand ing committee today and conference of the senators was called to consider the appointpnents-
 House democrats today completed their assignment of members of the house committees. thus perfecting or ganization of committees which will begin consideration this week of much important legislation. New as- signments of democrats included Re- prese0atives Fisher. Tennessee, to military affairs; Cleary. New York. rivers and harbors; GoldfogIe, New York, postoffices, and Nichols. South Carolina, and Ayres. Kansas. naval.