Bisbee daily review., 1919-03-14
EFFORT TO ADD FOUR MEMBERS TO STEERING COMMITTEE FAILURE
Proposal Voted Down. but New Attempt Looked for
 at Convention
CBy Review Leased wire)

WASHINGTON, March 13.-Efforts to add four members to the republican steering committee of the next house. which in directing the general course of legislation in the next congress is regarded by leaders as influencing the party platform of 1920, were de ! feated today at the final meeting Of ! the committee on committees which framed the house organization The proposal was voted down, 155 to 36. | but It was said an attempt might be made to reject the committees action at the party conference which will be held just before congress re-cOnvenes.
 After the action of the committee, ! Representative LOngwOrth of Ohio and Johnson Of South Dakota, issued protests, the Ohio member charging that the net result of all the work of the committee was the most com plete sort of a triumph for reaction ism.' and the South Dakota represen- tative declaring that the failure to in- crease the membership Of the steer ing committee, was a serious mis- take" Both intimated they would car " the fight to the party confer ence.
 I Representative Johnson had nomi- mated as additional members Repre- sentatives Anderson of Minnesota: No Ian. California; Slemp. Virginia, and Reavis, Nebraska, and said that such action would secure representation of the progressive sentiment of the west" and also give labor a voice on the committee. His motion was op- posed by Representative Moore Of ] Pennsylvania; Mann, Illinois, and MOndell, Wyoming, who said the com mittee on committees was limited to the selection Of five men and that the west had been fair representation throughout the house organization
 The 36 votes in favor of the increase were cast for the republican repre- lsenattives from Ohio, Massachusetts, West Virginia, Maryland and South Dakota, while the 155 opposing votes were cast by the Wisconsin, New
 York. Pennsylvania, Illinois, Idaho, Iowa, Oregon, California, Kentucky. Michigan, Wyoming, Indiana, Montana, Rhode Island. Colorado, Minnesota, New Hampshire and North Dakota delegations
 At tOday's meeting final approval was given the assignment of members
 of the standing house committees.
 Mir Mann was selected as the chan- man of the committee on woman sui frage. He announced later he would l introduce the Susan B. Anthony amendment in the next house "On the first day il meets and would urge speedy adoption Republican member r ship 0f the suffrage committee. as =, lected today, showed a majority in ia for Of the amendment The Eepubli- cans placed on the committee were:
 Representatives Little, Kansas; FL liOtt. Indiana; Nolan. California; Bur- rOughs, New Hampshire; Nelson, Wis cOnsin, and MeCray. New York
 Shipping Committee
 The Republican membership of the merchant marine committee, which will have charge of the legislation dealing with the policy for operating the American fleet, also was selected
 today, the new members being Rep resentative Curry, California; Rick ! etts, Ohio; ChindbloOm, Illinois 1;
 Crowther, New York; Randall Wis cOnsin, and Andrews. Maryland
 Representative Johnson. in his statement. said he believed the com mittee had been fair in its selection of men of the standing House com . mittees. He, however, attacked its action in refusing to increase the steering committee, saving that with
 Representative Fordney of Michigan
 heading the House ways and means committee and Senator PenrOse of Pennsylvania, the Senate finance
 committee, we should have the most progressive steering committee in the House that we could secure" The lib
 eral sentiment of the country, he
 added. should control the steering
 committee because it +is the legisla- tive committee of the House" and
 .'on the legislative record, we win Or lose in 1920"
 Longworth's Statement
 Representative LOngwOrth, in his
 statement, said the result of the committees work was to make James R. Mann the dominating figure of
 the next House
 If it had been deliberately planned
 to restore the conditions existing in
 the House 10 years ago., declared his statement. ''aS a result Of which the
 Republican majority became a nj
 nOrity, the plan could not have been
 more successfully consummated-" --s
 After comparing the personnel of the House leadership of 10 years ago
 with that of the next Congress, Mir. LOngwOrth attacked Mann's record during the war Congress, adding tbas Republicans throughout the country
 If they want some other leader then let them instruct their representatives to see to 1t that at least control Oi the House organization he placed in the hands of men who have stood straight on preparedness and on war measures and who believe that, the Republican party has progressed since