Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-14
G, 0, P, to Organize Chamber
When it COnveneS Next
Monday Without FaCtional
Fight on Any Office,
WARREN AND PENROSE
FIGHT is POSTPONED
Conference to Be Held Tomor-
row viii Be Closed But Un-
derStood All Disputes VIII
Be Gone Into.

Washington. May 13.--On the eve
of the organization conference tomor-
row of republican senators, leaders Of
the generally considered regular and
progressive groups Joined tonight IN
predictions that the republicans
would organize the senate when IL
convenes next Monday, The leaders
also agreed that settlement of the
controversy over the proposed cleo
tion of Senators Penrose of Pennsyl-
vania and Warren of Wyoming to
chairmanship of the finance and
appropriations committees. respects
lively, would be postponed until after
the senate organization is effected
next week.
Many conferences were held be-
tween members of both factions today
and resulted in an agreement to unite
in organizing the senate and postpone
factional troubles. A large attend
ance at tomorrows conference Is ex-
pected. only three of the forty nine
republican senators, Lenroot of Wis
consin, Townsend of Michigan and
Fall of New Mexico being unable 20
reach Washington.
The initial conference tomorrow,
according to plans. will be closed al
though subsequent conferences to dis
cuss the progressive protest against
ohairmanships for Senators Penrose
and Warren may be open.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts.
conference chairman, conferred dur
ing the day with many republicans
and late today seven OF the progress
sives held a meeting with Senate:
Rorah OF Idaho to discuss organtza-
ton plans. senator Botah ANNOUNCE
ed that senator Johnson Of California,
who had been urged to become the
candidatae Of the progressive groun
for president pro tenn had refused
to have his name placed before the
conference.
Senator Johnson's decision clint
Mating himself as a candidate for
president pro tenn left that office un-
settled tonight with Indications that
Senator Curtis of Kansas would be
named at tomorrow's conference Sem
ator Curtis was understood to be ac-
oeptable to the progressives, The
regular action 1t was said. were
prepared to elect Senator Johnson or
any one upon whom the progressives
,ould agree.
As a result of the negot ations to-
day 1t was virtually agreed that to-
nrorrow's conference would deal only
with selections of a president pro
TEN and other routine business.
The committee on committees 10 he
selected by Senator Lodge will be
composed OF nine members and at
todays meeting of the progress'ves
1t was decided to present the names
Of Senators Jones of Washington ami
Kenyon OF Iowa for membership as
representatives of the progressive
group. Those attending today's pro-
gressive conference were Senators
Rorah McNarv of oregon, Moses of
New Ham pshire, Kenyon of Iowa,
Jones of Washington, Johnson of Call
ifornia and Norris of Nebraska.
The committee on committees will
begin work Immediately but is not
expected to reach any decision re-
garding chairmanships or other COM
mittee assignments until next week,
probably delaying committee organi-
cation of the senate.
The progressive group today gave
no signs of agreeing to compromise
in their opposition to Senators PEN
rose and Warren while friends of the
latater saaid they were determined to
insist upon chairmanship preroga-
tives IL the seniority rule is followed.
Progressive leaders stated that their
opposition was not against the senior
ity rule. but directed primarily against
the Pennsylvania and Wyoming sena-
tors.