The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-27
The Cor ersnoo Action.

. y, MAY -O---StEid<t ~
.publicans at a conference today from
Whtcb several proCrcssives abseutcl
themselves. approved the committee Sc
Iactious of the committee on committees
fncluding chief Of senators Prnrose NJ
PENNSYLVANIA and Warren Of WYOMING
H,n he chairnen Of the finance and appro-
epriatton committees respectively.
A motion by Senator Johnson OF CAL
fsAor,ia 10 strike out Senator PcnrDses
name as chairman OF the france com
rnfttee was defeated So TO s. Those sup
porting It were Senators Johnson Cum
rnins. Iowa: KelloE. Minnesota: McCor-
mick. Illinois and McSary' Oregon, ee...
ator johnson indicated In an address to
the conference that he would not carry
his opposition 10 the sehate Tloof.
Action Of the conference was sn-
nounced by Senator Wordsworth OF New
York. secretary, who sad Their" was no
ron call on adoption 81 the committee
assizuments after the cnference hao
( approved the selection OF Senator ZEN
rose. Progressives who nave Opposes
Senators Penroee and warren ana VINO
Ala mot attenl the conference were no
sah Taaho. Ken yon. Iowa ard MONTHS.
Nebraska. Other absentnes were La1oi-
cite, Wisconsin: Lenro=t Wisconsin anu
Capper. Kansas.
4 The Republ!cl COMMITTEES assignments
made include rhe following:
Foreirn rela .iprs. holdnv"r members
T.oape Massa,>husr':s. chairman; Nc
{ rsnmber. North Dakota: HIrah. Idaho:
& Brandaxee Connecticut: Fail. Now Mex
leo: Knox. Pennsyirani7 anu Haralhs'
Ohio. New memhHrs: Johnson Ca'i'F-
yia. New, Indiana; Moses. New Aamp-
shire.
EInance-hold3vHr msr1bcrs, Pcnrusc
S,s,rryIvanja- chairrna,; Mc1lrubcr.
gorth Dakota: Smoot. Utah: LaF'ollette'
!, Vyisconsin and Dcllingham. Vermont
Me- members. Mclean. Connecticut;
: rs,rtts. Kansas. Watson. Inidana: Calder
NJ, York and Sutherland, West Hlr-
I zinia.
So senators Lodge and Townsend. OF MI
ehtEan, retired from the commi''se.
Appropriations, warren ChalE h n,-
seSnoot. Utah; Jones. Washington; Cur
"a. Kansas. Kenyon, Iowa; sherman
yIlinols. New Members: Gronna. Soren
3 ToaNota. Hale, Maine: Spencer. Missouri
: pnJnna Colorado; Newberry. Michigan
senator calder retired from the com
$ mittee. r,,
f1ttersertc Commercc-HoldoVe mem
hers, Cummins. Iowa chairman towns
q .r,a Ia Toilette, PoindeXter Washing
! to-,. Mclean. Watson. Kellogg. Ne"
! r,enbera, Fernald. Frelinghuysen' Ill
,kins 49, ,1,u.o
Observation-Disclosures Nelson. Mime
Eotn- chairman: Dillingham;. Brandasee
Ae&ah. Cummins. Colt and Sterling. NC"
.,pernbers, Fall. Norris and keliosS
senaaor- P6indexter retired from the COM
intttee.
worth. New York. chairman; "&rter
sutherland, New. Frelinghuysen. John
4 "a
hers. Lenroot, Spencer and Capper.
observation-disclosures members. Page. Yer
,,-nnt chairman: Pcnrose. Lodge. Poin
: dexter and Hale. New members. Ball
SHFccorurIck, Newberry and Reyes Tn'
-ratirinr member was Harding.
~ Observation-Disclosures members. Jones
Nvrasffngton, chairman; Nelson. Sherman
Harding, Fernald, Calder and Lenroot
y Nevv members, Colt McNary. Ball anc
Ecd1e Senator johnson OF Washington
retired
nth Dakota. chairman: Page
cr'-rni" Kenyon. Uadsworth and France
Ncw members, Capper and Reyes. Soma
tor Warren was the only retiring mem
y Der.
Banking and Currency Foldovel
members. Mclean Connecticut. chair
man; Page. Gronna. Norris and frelinS
huysen. New members. Penrosc' Calder
Newberryg and Reyes.
Cha1rnnen Of the other committees IN
ciude:
Contingent expenses. Calder; CANADIAN
safa4fous Hale. Maine: census, Suther
land. West yirgi MA civil service. Ster
: ling. 9outh Dakota: claims. Spencer, Mis-
Ff nouri: coast survey. Edge. New Jersey
..oazt defenses, Frclinghuysen. Now Jer
new: Cuban relations, Johnson. Califor