The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-09
OLD GUARD AND
INDEPENDENTS
IN AGREEMENT
.Westerners Receive Assurance
Their Program Will Come
TO an Early Vote
COP. TO HAVE CONTROL
Independent Group, However.
Reserves Right to Vote as
It Sees Fit

Washington, Dec. 9.-R-Differ.
cnces between the senate Republi.
can old guard and five western in.
dependents over organization Of the
senate were amicably adjusted to.
day after a long series of confer.
ences.
After receiving assurances from,
Senator Curtis of Kansas, the Re-
publican leader, that a majority o1
his party favored early votes on
their legislative program, the indie.
pendents announced that they would
assist in organizing the senate, re.
serving their right ito pursue an
independent course Of action upon
questions which may arise during
the session."
This will assure the Republicans
the necessary majority to organize
the senate even without the votes
Of Senators-elect Frank l.. Smith Of
Illinois and William S. Ware Of
Pennsylvania, but there .still is q
row over the office Of sergeant-at-
arms with various reports that
David S. Barry of Rhode Island
may be defeated for reelection by
some Republicans absenting them
selves at the time of the vote.
Senator Reed, Democrat, Miss
ouri, chairman Of the special cam
paien funds committee, has indi-
Gated to the senate that he will op.
pose Barry because Of the sergeant.
alarms failure to carry out direc.
tions Of the committee to proceed
to Pennsylvania and take over the
ballots in the Vare-Wilson senator.
ial elections.
Issue Statement
After receiving a written assur.
ancc from Senator Curtis that q ma
jority of the Republican conference
favored action on the three mea.
sures they had proposed, the inde-
pendents issued q statement saying
in part:
Curtis he assured US that major
ity of the Republican conference
took the position that there should
be no unnecessary delay in securing
vote upon the three measures dur.
ing this session of congress.
"Having obtained definite assur'
ancc from Senator Curtis and thu
Republican conference we shall as
sist in organizing the senate, re.
serving our right to pursue an in
dependent course of action upo1
questions which may arise during
the session"
Action Is Delayed
The Republican leaders advised
the Democrats today that they
would not be ready to 20 forward
with organization before next week
as the standing committee states
still are incomplete.
After his conference with the In
dependents-La Toilette and Blaine
Of Wisconsin, and Nye and Frazier
Of North Dakota, Republicans, and
Shipstead, Farmer Labor, Minnesota
Senator Curtis ISSUED this state
ment:
"Senator Curtis. who was request.
ed by the Republican conference t.
confer with the five progressive
senator's in regard to thei:: attitude
on the question Of organizing tha
senate and convey to them the feel
ing of those VIII, attend the confer
cnce on the request for assurance
as to final vote on th three meas
ures mentioned in their letter ol
December |, 1927, stated that h
had been in conference with the tivt
senator's and had assured them that
while the conference would not com
nit itself on any measure, = major
ity Of the Republican conference
took the posit:s.i that there shoul1
be no unnecessary delay in secur
ing q vote on the three measures
this session Of congress-"
The three measures are farm re
lief along the lin of the McNary
Haugen Bill; Legislation TO curb fed
eral courts in issuing injunctions d
labor disputes and = resolution O
inquiry into the administrator
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