The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-18
House Perfects Organization By Approving Standing
 Committee States
WA SHINC1TON

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-(By Associated Press.-The dead lock in the Senate over the election of an interstate commerce committee chairman continued today, but the House perfected it's organization by approving its standing committee slates.
 Five more ballots were taken by the Senate which will resume voting tomorrow with the expectation tha: the republican insurgents will give their support to Senator Smith of South Carolina, the ranking democrat on the committee. This vote with that of the democrats would result
 in his election.
 The insurgents today supported first Senator Howell. republican, Ne braska, and then Senator Couzens, republican, Michigan, who on the last ballot, received a total of 12 votes. In addition to that of the in- surgents he drew support from Sen ators Cummins of Iowa, who has been indorsed by the republican party con- ing, Idaho; Jones, Washington; Nor beck, South Dakota and Borah, Idaho.
 On the first ballot today, Senator Cummins lacked only two votes of the majority necessary for election. Forty ythree senators supported him as against 39 for Senator Smith; six ator Couzens.
 Smith held his strength on the. second ballot, but Senator Cummins lost two votes which were trans ferred to Couzens, whose total was nine. Howelfs vote dropped to one
 On the third ballot the vote was Cummins 30, Smith 3S, Couzens H. In fourth if Cnl0n1ing 2e Smith 30, Couzens II. The fifth bal lot, the fourteenth since the dead lock began, found Cummins and Smith again tied with 3S each, while Couzens' vote was increased to 12.
 On all of the ballots the demo- crats voted solidly for Smith, except Senator Bruce of Maryland, who con- tinued to support Senator Cummins
 The House wound up it's organiza- tion which had been hanging fire for two weeks in quick order Democrats demanded debate on the republican committee assignments which had been revised to include Representa- tive Nelson, Wisconsin, the insurgent leader, on the rules committee, but failed to delay the ratification vote, the insurgents, with three exceptions, voting with the republican organiza- tion. The democratic states were ap- proved by viva voce vote.
 The House action enabled commit tees confronted with pressing legis- lation finally to get down to work, the appropriations committee meet ing at once to perfect it's organiza- tion. Division of the committee into subcommittee for the framing of the annual supply bills will be completed tomorrow.
 The ways and means committee, which must pass on revenue legisla- ton before it can be considered by the House, will hold it's initial meet ings tomorrow with the prospect that an effort will be made to give the soldiers bonus bill priority over the Mellon tax reduction program.
 Two members of the committee Frear, Wisconsin, a republican insur- gent, and Rainey. democrat, Illinois -announced today that they would offer resolutions to sldetrack tax re- vision until the bonus bill is re- ported to the House. Favorable com mittee action will be sought by bo- nus proponents on the measure in- troduced by Representative McKen- zie, republican, Illinois, which in it's essential features is the same as the bill vetoed by President Harding.