New Britain herald., 1919-05-26
REPUBLICANS FORC| PENROSE'S ELECTIO.
Heads Finance Committee Whi| Warren Tops Appropriation Sta
PROGRESSIVES ARE ABSEN
Senator Johnson, of California, Lea{ Intellectual Attempt to Strike Ol nance-Judiciary, Brandegee.

Penrose's Name-McLean on FN
 nance-Judiciary, Brandegee.
 Washington, May 26.-Senate "A publicans, at a conference today, frolN which several progressives absente8 themselves, approved the committe2 selections of the committee on cong tnittees, including choice of Senatols Penrose, of Pennsylvania, and Wa ia ren, of Wyoming, to be chairman cA the finance and appropriations comN mittees, respectively.
 Johnson in Opposition.
 IA motion of Senator Johnson, oA California, to strike out Senator PenE roses name as chairman of the fs nance committee was defeated, 35 tH 5. Those supporting it were Senat Johnson, Cummins, Kellogg, McCorH mick and McNary. Senator JohnsoA indicated in an address to the conferz ence that he would not carry his ops position to the floor of the senate
 Progressives Are Absent.
 Action of the conference was anb nounced by Senator Wadsworth, secl retary, who said there was no roll call upon adoption of the assignm enta after the conference had approved the selection of Senator Penrose. Prol gressives who have opposed Senatora Penrose and Warren and who did mol attend the conference were Borahl Kenyon and Norris. Other absenteeA were La Toilette, Lenroot and Capperl
 Foreign Relations.
 The republican committee assign ments made included these: Foreigr} relations: Hold-over members, Lodgel Massachusetts, chairman; McCumberl North Dakota; Borah, Idaho; Bran degee, Connecticut; Fall, New Mexico Knox, Pennsylvania, and Hardingl Ohio. HNew members: Johnson, Cali1 fornia; New, Indiana; Moses, New Hampshire.
 Finance Committee.
 Finance: Ho1d-over members: Pen1 rose, Pennsylvania, chairman; Mel Cumber, Shoot, La Toilette, and Dil l lingham, Vermont New members Il Mclean, Connecticut; Curtis, Kansas; Watson, Indiana; Calder, New York {; and Sutherland, West Virginia sen- ators Lodge and Townsend, of Mich- igan, retired from the committee.
 Those on Appropriations.
 Appropriations: Hold-overs War; ren, chairman; Shoot; Jones, Wash ington; Curtis, Kenyon, Sherman. New members: Gronna, Hale, Spencer. Phipps, Newberry. Senator Calder retired from the committee.
 Interstate commerce: HoId-overs: Cummins, chairman; Townsend La Toilette, Poindexter, Mclean, Wat son, Kellogg. New members: Fernald, Frelinghuysen, Elkins.
 Brandegee Holds Over.
 Judiciary: Hold overs: Nelson. chairman; Dillingham;, Brandegee, Borah, Cummins, Colt and Sterling. New members: Fall Norris and Kel- logg. Senator Poindexter retired from the committee.
 Military: Hold-overs: Wadsworth. chairman; Warren, Sutherland, New, Frelinghuysen; Johnson, California, and Knox. New members: Lenroot Spencer and Capper.
 Naval: Hold-overs: Page, chair man; Penrose, Lodge, Poindexter and Hale. New members: Ball, McCor- mick, Newberry and Reyes The re- tiring member was Harding.
 Others Who Are Named,
 Commerce.: Hold-overs: Jones. Washington, chairman; Nelson, Sher- man, Harding, FernaId, Calder and Lenroot New members: Colt Nc Nary, Ball and Edge. Senator John son, of Washington, retired.
 Agriculture: Hold-overs: Gronna, chairman; Page, Norris, Kenyon, Wadsworth and France. New mem- bers: McNary Capper and Reyes. Senator Warren was the only retiring mem Der.
 Banking and currency: Hold overs: Mclean, chairman; Page, Gronna. Norris and Frelinghuysen. New mem- bers: Penrose, Calder, Newberry and Reyes.
 Chairncn of Committees.
 Chairmen of the other committees include:
 Contingent expenses, Calder; Cana dian relations, Hale Maine; census, Sutherland, w. Va; civil service, Ster- ling, South Dakota; claims, Spencer, Missouri; coast survey, Edge, New Jersey; coast defenses, Frelinghuysen; Cuban relations, Johnson, California: District of Columbia, Sherman; edu- cation and labor, Kenyon; Iowa; fish, cries, Newberry, Mich;. immigration Colt, Rhode Island; Indian affairs, Curtis, Kas. interoceanic canals, Bo- rah, Idaho; irrigation and reclama- ton, McNary; manufactures, La Fol- lette; mines, Poindexter; national banks, Kellogg; Pacific islands and Porto Rico, Fall, New Mexico; pat ents, Norris; pensions, McCumber; Philippines, Harding; postoffices, Townsend; printing, Moses, New Hampshire; privileges and elections. Dillingham;; public buildings, Fernald: public health, France, Maryland; pub- lie lands, Shoot; railroads, Lenroot: rules, Knox; territories, New; woman suffrage, Watson, Ind
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