Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-08
SENATORS TO GIVE
LAFOLLETTEPOST
IN FINANCE GROUP
Progressives Win Tentative
Victory in Fight Over Com
mittee Personnel.
BODY WAS DEADL0 CKED
IN FILLING TWO PLACES
Chairman Smoot Witholds Vote
for Further Study of G. 0. P.
Situation.

By G. GOULD LINCOLN.

The progressive Republicans won a
tentative victory today in their fight to
have Senator La Toilette Of wisconsin
made a member of the Senate finance
committee.
At a meeting Of the Republican COM
n,ittee on committees today it was
tentatively agreed, 1t is understood, that
Senator La Toilette and Senator Thomas
Of Idaho should be assigned to the
finance committee to I'LL the places OF
Ambassador Edge, former Senator from
New Jersey. and of Senator Sackett OF
Kentucky, who is soon to be Ambassa-
dor to Germany.
Senator Con of West Virginia, whose
application was filed for the finance
committee. 1t was also reported Will
he content to retain his membership
In the interstate commerce committee,
which he might have had to rellnqulsn
had he gone on the finance committee.
The committee on committees was
hers. all Old Guards, voting 10 place
Goff and Thomas on the finance COM
y,ittee which would have excluded
IA Follette from that committee. and
four voting against that proposal:
Senator Smoot of Utah, chairman OF
the finance committee and MEMBER
Of the committee on committees dio
not vote yesterday, withholding MS
vote for further consideration OF the
matter.
Metcalf Considered.
n Senator La Toilette had been
turned down in favor OF Thomas, the
rule of seniority, which usually governs
in making committee assignments, would
have been utterly disregarded. IL Is
understood that Senator Metcalfs name
was brought forward as 9 candioats Ior
the finance committee also TO stop SEN
ator La Toilette. since Metcalf outranks
La Toilette in length Of service In the
senator Metcah is from Rhode Island
and New England ig already so heavily
reysresented on the finance committee
that the suggestion that he be made a
member caused immediate opposition.
The committee on commttees Is 20
expected that It will complete It's work.
Members Of the committee were pledged
to say nothing about what transpired At
the meeting today. The surniise, how
ever. is that Senator Snaoot broke the
deadlock which existed In the COM
mittee yesterday. If any OF the other
members Of the COMMITTEES shifted the
stand which they took yesterday at to-
DAVIS meeting 1t was not revealed.
The firht made by the Old Guard
members of the committee on commit
tees to keep La Toilette OH the finance
committee threatened to bring about
real row in the Republican party. The
Progressive Republicans from the West
we're quick to announce that, II SEN
ator La Toilette were denied place on
the finance committee they would carry
the fight to the hoor of the Senate and
out into the States Of the West II nee
essary.
westerners Not Content.
It was clear, too, that Western Repub-
lican Senators who have upheld the ad-
ninistration we're not content to have
La Toilette sidetracked. as proposed by
Senator Reed Of Pennsylvania at the
meeting yesterday. The other Senators
who voted with Senator Reed on this
question were Moses Of New Hampshire.
Bingham of Connecticut and Deneen OF
Illinois
The committee on committees. it Is
understood, after acting on the finance
committee vacancies, took UP the as
signment of Republican Senators to
other committee vacancies. There has
never been any queStlOn Inat oSnaIoI
Jones Of Washington would succeed the
late Senator Warren of wyoming as
chairman Of the committee on appro-
priations and his assignment to that
Craftsmanship was agreed TO.
II the committee on committees sticks
70 its determination to place Senator
La Toilette on the finance committee
and that assignment Is carried out. 1t
is believed that the Progressives from
the West will be satisfied, although
Senator Thomas has not been regarded
as q member of their group, generally
speaking The ProgresSives have in
sisted that the big States Of the West
and Northwest, west of Illinois. should
be granted additional representation on
the finance committee, which handles
all tariff and revenue legislation. Thomas
halls from Idaho, one Of that group Of
Western States.