Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-27
COMMITTEES To
Be DISCUSSED IN
OPEN COME RENEE.
Republican Senators To Pull
Together Against Demo-
Gratis Fall Is Given Iinpor-
tant Committee Assignments


Washington, May 2G.--3epublican
senate committees assignments al
though approved at & republican con-
ference today over the opposition of
the progressive group will come up
for discussion at a public party con-
ference tomorrow.
The call was issued by Senator
lodge at the request of progressive
senator's, who said that given an up-
portunity to express publicly their op-
position TO Senators Penrose of Penn
sylvania and Warren of Wyoming for
chairmen Of the finance and appro-
priations committee, respecf lively, they
would not carry their opposition to
the floor of the senate.
Senator Borah of Idaho said the pro
gressiyes would cooperate to prevent
democratic control of the senate.
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-
vention approved the selection of Sen
ator Penrose, Progressiyes who had
opposed the election of Senators PEN
rose and Warren and did not attend
the conference were Borah, Idaho;
Kenyon, Iowa, and Norris, Nebraska
Other ahsentees were Lafolette, Wis
C3nsin: Lenfoot, Wisconsin, and Cap
per, Kansas.
Republican Assignments.
The republican committee assign
n,ents made included the following:
Foreign reiations--Hodover men-
bers; Lodge, Massachusetts, chairman;
McCuniher North Dakota; Borah,
l IN: Brand zee. Connecticut, Fall,
#g air IL PennsYlra MA atG
ohi6
New Members johnson, Califor-
MIA New, Indiana; Moses, New Hamp-
shire.
Finanee.--Holdover Members PEN
rose Pennsylvania, chairman,
Appropriations--Wa Warren, chairman;
Phipps, Colorado.
Interstate Commerce -- Cummins
Iowa, chairman.
udielary--Nelson, Minnesota, chair
man; Fall, New Mexico
Wadsworth, New York,
chairman.
Neval--Page, Vermont, chairman.
Commerce - Jones, Washington.
chairman.
Agriculture-Gronna, North Dako-
to, chairman.
Banking and Currency-McLean,
Connecticut. chairman.
= Chairmen of the other committees
include:
Canadian Relations-Hale, Maine:
census, Sutherland, West Virginia;
civil service, Sterling South Dakota;
coast survey Edge, New Jersey; coast
defenses, Frelinghuysen, New Jersey;
Cuban relations, Johnson California;
and labor, Kenyon, Iowa;
fisheries, Newberry, Michigan; immi-
grafton, Colt, Rhode Island; Indian
affairs, Curtis, Kansas; inter-oceanic
canals, Rorah. Idaho; irrigation and
reclamation, McNary. Oregon. manu-
facturies. LafolleSe, ! Wisconsin,
mines, Poind' .,ter, Washington pa-
tional banks, Kellogg, Minnesota;
Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, North
Dakota; Philippines, Harding, Ohio;
postoffices, Townsend, Michigan; priv
ileges and elections, Dillingham;, Yer
mont public lands, Smoot, Utah; rail
roads, LenrOot, Wisconsin; -ules, |
Knox, Pennsylvania; territOrieG, New
Indiana; woman suffrage, Watson, In
diana.
The conference considered a plan for
iuTlfler increase OF the loIelSn Ieii-
tions committee so that more demo-
Gratis might he retained but left the
question to a sub committee composed
of Senators Lodge and McCumber.
The democratic steering committee
resumed its work of naming demo-
cratic members of the senate stand
ing committees today and confer
ence of senate democrats was called
for 5 o'clock this afternoon to consider
the appointments.
House democrats today completed
their assignment of members of the
house committees, thus perfecting or
of committees which Will
begin consideration this week of much |
important legislation.