| Show ARRANGING CO3OXITTCES Slahoncs Position Better Defined De-fined Washington I Kopublicaos in caucus to day completed the Senate committees except the vacancies left fur democrats teller i transferred to chairman of the pensions and Kellogg to the raIlroad coxraittee and Ferry IS booked as chairman of tha committee on rules Mnbone remains chairman of the committed on egriculturc and is on the naval and posUffico committee The full republican membership remains unchanged un-changed on the principal committees ex cpt Teller in place of McMillan on tho election committee Democratic senator conferred yesterday yester-day afternoon and decided not to pair with absent republican but not to push the organization This afternoon when the Senate adjourned democrats again concurred and agreed not to accept the republican position until it i decided by vote and they canm t filibuser but accept tho minority position Republicans Repub-licans have not considered tbo question of Senate officers yet It is believed Mahone will be allowed tbo searcentatarmt The military affairs committee is to be composed as follows as far as republicans era concerned Logan chairman Burn aide Cameron oCPennylvama Harri on and Sow i the majority The membership of tho naval committee will consist of Cameron of Pennsylvania chairman Anthony Halite Mhcrno and Platte of N w York The poitoffice committee will bo headed by Ferry and other republicans of the majority will be Sawyers Hill of Colorado Plate Mahono and In regard to the policy of Mahono its it-s said on good authority that his alliance with republicans in Virginia will be recognized and bis influence be assisted byithe Administration in that belief that many people of the south are willing to support the Administration and that through Mahone all such can be welcomed wel-comed Unless the new senators from Minne Iota and Maine are unexpectedly delayed ha ienato will be organized this week It is supposed the democratic caucus will now rearrange the committees in accordance ac-cordance with last evenings developments develop-ments in the Senate Some democratic senators refused to go into tno caucus this afternoon saying hey ware disgusted with the caucus agreeing to a line of acton and then die regarding it The democrats who stayed out are those who insisted upcn prompt organization while democrats had a nmjurity The caucus this aft rnoon was Dgaged in a ducusion over tio aCton of tha paity in which onsidorablo criticism was indut din d-in because of the alleged waste oC timpfin fleeting an organization Some ° whore who-re mad at the dilatory action of tho to democrats say they might well give up at once but evidently the plan of action will ba to let matters remain a s now and not foice action until republican sEal are file and submit to the majority |
