Evening star., 1926-12-11
Senate Committee on Com
mittees Votes to Assign
Him as Republican.
McNARY Is CHAIRMAN
OF AGRICULTURE GROUP
Norris Will Direct Judiciary Body
as Successor of Late Sena-
tor Cummins.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

The Senate Republican committee
on committees today voted TO restore
Senator Lynn J. Frazier, North Da-
kota insurgent OF 1924, TO his place
in the party councils and to assign
him again to standings committees
as Republican.
For the last TWO years Senator
Frazier has been neither fish, flesh
nor good red herring, so far as his
committee standing was concerned.
He rated neither as a Republican
nor as u Democrat nor as Farmer
Labor Senator.
In addition to deciding formally on
the restoration of Senator Frazier to
full participation in the party or
ganiZation, the committee on com
mittees assigned Senator McNary of
Oregon To the chairmanship off, the
Senate committee on agriculture and
Senator Norris of Nebraska to the
ChairmanShip of the Senate judiciary
committee. The Chairmanship of the
agriculture committee was made va
cant by the resignation of Senator
Norris on the last day of the last
session. The chairmanship of tho
judiciary committee became vacant
on the death last Summer of Senator
Cummins OF Iowa.
Ends 1924 Split
The restoration of Senator Fra zier
to party recognition in the Senate, il
was declared today, is the final act in
the drama which opened after the 1924
elections and which began with the
ousting of Senators Frazier and Ladd
nf lal lynt I a IEnllntta nf WIS.
consin and Broolhart of Iowa from
the party because they had supported
the late Senator La Toilette for Presi-
dent against the Republican national
ticket.
Since then Senator'S Ladd and La
Toilette have died, and Senator Brook
hart has been ousted from the Senate,
giving way to Democratic Senator.
The successors of Senator La Toilette
and Ladd, Senator Robert NJ. La
Toilette, jr., of Wisconsin and Senator
Nye of North Dakota, have both been
recognized by the party orga ganiZation
as Republicans. Col. Brookhart has
been reelected to the Senate as a
Republican and will be recognized as
such. Senator Frazier was the last
left beyond the party barrier.
Some of the Republican Senators
from ltte W cSl were dNeESt III IJEt--J y
to the ousting of the four insurgents.
The first move to bring Senator Fra
zier back under the party fold was
made few weeks ago by Senator
Borah of Idaho; who wrote to Sena-
tor Watson Of Indiana, chairman of
the committee on committees, urging
that Frazier be restored to his Re
publican committee assignments.
On Indian Affairs Committee.
This was followed by some negotia-
tions, and it was decided to accept
Senator Frazier as Republican. He
is in his old place on the Indian af-
fairs committee, under the pan
adopted today, and will become chair
man of that committee in the next
Congress, when the present chairman.
Senator Harreld OF Oklahoma. goes
out of the Senate.
a conference of the Republicans of
the Senate is to be held Monday and
at that time the committee on com
mittees will submit its report. Upon
it's approval by the conference the re-
port will become effective. 1t is prob
able that Senator Frazier. in view OF
the action taken by the committee to-
dav. will be invited to attend the Re
DuDIlCd1 oii
that he will be .reinstated as full
fledged member of the party confer
ence.
The committee on committees is to
meet again this afternoon to continue
the work of assigning Senators to va
cancies in the standing committees
and of assigning Senator Gould,
Maine, and Senator Steward of Iowa
to their committees.