Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-01-10
DEMOCRATS WIN
FIRST VICTORY,
ELECTINC Smith
Alignment Of Progressives
With Democrats on Many
Important Measures Ex-
/ pected as Result Election

WASHINGTON, Jan. l0.-Es vcrhcra-
tions from the months battle ia fhc
senate which resulted ycsts rday il tn,
election Of Senator Smith, democrat.
South Carolina. as chairman Of the In
tersta;e Commerce committee over Sen
ator Cummins, republican, Iowa, con
tinugd today in the form of rumblings
that presaged a somewhat similar fight
over the retention Of the Iowa senator
OF the office Of prcsid Mt protein.
The house. meanwhile. began work on
the first big appropriation measure ci
the season-the interior department sup
ply bili-which WAS reported yesterday
by the appropriations commit with
total cut to $26l. .727, ,g65. which is
s35. .792. .044 less than allotted to the
department last year.
Senator Cummins was defeated for
the interstate commerce commit &
chairmanship on the 32nd ballot, re-
ceiving only - votes against 80 for
Smith. which in-.udcd six cas- for Sen
ator Lafoilette, republican. Wisconsin.
AID five members of the insurgen.
group he heads. Senator Couzcns, re
publican. Michigan, received six votes
on the final ballot
Cummins May be Defeated
The likelihood of an effort ID unscat
the Iowa senator as president nro tenn
now that the chairmanship fight j. ou.
OF the way, has brought suggestions in
some quarters that certain Il the re-.
publican insurg' nts and the IA mcr-la
Dor senators comprising The Lafollctte
group might throw their support 10
Senator Pittman Of Nevada. The insurg-
en's have been described as willing 70
vote for Senator CumminS for the ~
fics If the democrats precipitatcd
contest. but animositics developed dur
ing the interstate comm rec commit
tee deadlocks have raised hopes on
part Of some of Senator Pittman's sup
YoIters that their votes can be count 4
on in an effort 70 elect him. Rcpuhlicn'
organization senators have contendfd
that Senator Cummns retains the n
at presidency by virtue of his clcc-
tion at the last session of congress anf
they have not formally endorsed him for
TC, lection.
Bonus Legislation Conference.
In the house the ri publican confer
ence tonight on tax and bonus legsla
tion overshadowcd other activities 10
some extent. but the Dyer anti-lynchinr
bill. the Mexican situation and agri
cultural problems received 4 fair share
Of committee attention with the ways
and means committee continuing is
work on revenue legislation.
The Dyer bill, which was passed by
the house at the last 81 ssion but fallcf
TO get through the senate. was taken
up by ths Judiciary committee. and the
Administrations policy with respect 40
aiding the OfreEon govcrnm NJ through
the sale Of surplus war materials and in
other ways occupied the foreign affairs
committee in It's cOnSide Of tn
resolution introduced by Repre scnta-
tive Fairchild. republican Of New York
20 prohibit the sale e munitions by the
United States 70 any foreign gov rn-
mtnt.
New immigration Bill
The house immigration committee be-
gsn work on draft W the proposed ncw
bill. which would restrict immigration
20 two per ceat of thu foreign born ~
each nation IN the United States in
1890 and TO Two per cent Of tbs blood
relatives Of foreign torn here and tie
agricultural committee of both tn
senate and house continued their stud
les Of farm relief legislation.