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Show jot Likely to Jeopardize Jeopar-dize Senate Organiza-a Organiza-a tion by Opposition ; to Pennsylvania Man. Conference to Deter-. Deter-. mine the Issue; Smoot May Succeed to Senator Sen-ator Warren's Post. By ARTHUR SEARS HENN1NG. (Chicago Tribune Special Servicff.) WASHINGTON, May 12. After a day - secret conferences there appeared to-ght to-ght to bo no danger of the Republicans .Uing to organize the senate next Mon-v Mon-v ly by their slender majority of two :":-)tes. - The developments of the day were in ic direction of a compromise between . ie conservatives and the eight progress- es whereby Senator Penrose will be :: ected chairman of the finance commit-, "'' e. Senator Smoot chairman of the ap- J I; .'opriations committee and Senators ;-')hnson of 'traliro'hTa,lCenyon of Iowa, : oot of Wisconsin or some other pro- : -essive chosen president pro tempore. :" Tlitj progressive senators opposed to enrose and Warren for the chairijian-lips chairijian-lips of the finance and appropriations r--: immittees held another long conference :'-ils afternoon and adjourned until tomorrow to-morrow without deciding anything, -ORAH EMPHATIC 5 HIS OPPOSITION. None of those present would ta:k, '' 1 1 li the exception of Senator Borah, who ;;; -iclartd that ho could speak only for jiinsclf and that he would not vote for A- inator Penrose, either in the Republl- '.n conference on Wednesday or in the nate. When he was asked if he would :r. 'to for a Democratic chairman of the lance committee in preference to Sena-,..r Sena-,..r Penrose, he simply repeated, "I will v't vote for Penrose." -. The other senators present were Cum-"i Cum-"i ins and Kenyon of Iowa, Johnson of difornia, McConnick of Illinois. Norris iry of Oregon and Moses of New Ilamp- i'V- The latter was supposed to be p I'osent as a mediator between the in-J in-J ''ii'gcnts and the majority of the Repub-rnns Repub-rnns who are supporting Penrose. -. HINK WAY IS OPEN ; OR AN ADJUSTMENT. Moses would not discuss the conference, It'ept to say that the way appeared to '.i open for harmonious organization of "g ale "cxt Monday. Tho anti-Pen-!. with the exception of Senator ', rah. appear to be chiefly desirous ot .', vlns 11 known that they are opposed to -.file Pennsylvania senator without being , "ling to carry their opposition to ' P"hit of defeaUis him. They will undoubtedly vote against him 1 t ie Republican conference, which will -lean nothing, but after the conference -decided In his favor they are ex-;;:-ied to support the caucus action by m votes in the senate. fjf'AY DEFEAT WAREN C0K A CHAIRMANSHIP. It Is believe to be probable, however. m tlloy v.ijj ,,,feat warren of Wyo-tor Wyo-tor tile chairmanshiD of the appro-k:.oiu appro-k:.oiu commiuee and t:-at Warren will . t to content himself Willi the chair-' chair-' .of lh military affaire cotninit-"Inch cotninit-"Inch the progressives are nuile iu"K he should baie. Thev v. ill also roaioly fmv.) tlie election of S enator , meet of Utah as chairman of the rto- "nations committee instead of War-, War-, I", which Is exactly what Smoot wants. u the same time, however, the pro- iiw? will have eliminated Smoot as - rt candidate for the pro tern. oy of ,llJ i-enate and leave that ,,- Position open for one o.' their j. "'i number. ENY0N AND NORRIS H3P0SE PENROSE. '', e"?'r,"'s Kenyon rind Xorris have been I toed as uiieompromisin? opponents om , 'atHr prose and there had been ; me bencf that they would join wuh ntS ' bolting the action of the 1- - itlVt " nierence and carry his the ,, ,t-','1 '0 the floor of the senate. Neither o est senators, however, was prepared : J.-" "'"'-self to such a course after 'fi.S, 1Ie-'cllce this afternoon. Jt'ci i iu2Pest!on of a procresive for Uv 1U pro tempore is understood to i,,.r,een made bv the major! f of the 121133 through Senator Lodge at a ' Wtmunued. on Pa-e 2, Column 2.) INSURGENT SOUHS 11! STOP FIGHT (Continued from Page One.) conference between Lodge and Senators Jchnson and Borah this morning. Senator Johnson has not consented to become a candidate for the place and, should he decline it, Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin or Kenyon of Iowa may be elected, provided the rest of the compromise com-promise program goes through. At the conference of the antl-Penrose men tomorrow it is promised eome definite defi-nite action will be taken. Assurances are given that there Is no intention of causing caus-ing any party rupture at this juncture and the presumption is therefore general that an agreement will be readied upun a harmony program, winch will leave Senator Penrose as the party choice for, the chairmanship of the finance inommlt- i tee. I |