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Show IT'S STATUS STILLJDUBTFUL Much Depends on Outcome of Fight on Wyoming Senator: t Special to The Tribune. WASHINGTON, May 17. Just where Senator Keed Smoot will finally land in the senate reorganization has not yet been determined. He may become chairman chair-man of the appropriations committee and will have thia position if Senator Warren is sidetracked or induced to tako some other committee. But if Senator Warren retains the appropriations chairmanship Senator Smoot will resumo the chairmanship chairman-ship of the public lands committee, which he held at tho time tho Republicano lotit control of the senate. Tljc Smoot-Warren situation Is interesting inter-esting and Involved. Senator Smoot was strongly opposed for president pro tern., for a reason never clearly apparent. The senators who voiced thla opposition baed it mainly on the ground that they would not stand for Penrose aa chairman of finance. Warren aa chair ma n of appropriations appro-priations and Smoot as president pro tetn. They held that wuch a tOate would throw too much power into control of tho "old guard.' Yet tho very senate r who opposed Senator Smoot for president pro tern, are now the mof-t outspoken advocates of hi selection as rJiairman of the '-ominitt' on a pproprlat ion:', and t hrir lire is now centered on Srnutor War rem, v. horn thpy are determlfu-d 1o beat for tho appropriations appropria-tions chairmanship. W h ether t he Progressives can lead a. fight thnt wilt nr'-vrnt tfn; f.t--tlon of Snatejr V.'arrcn as e-h-ir-man of the appropriations commit- tee, or whether thy will fail, vili d"p''td chairman of the a ppropria lions coirmn'-tec. coirmn'-tec. or whether tu-y rnil, will nnf-nd larpriy on the yipnort tn-- -an ct from r':gw,ar F;pub!l'-anf-. In-M-- ir,ns are- that a fonsff rabie brx: y of ,)'..: -u n - n;i -tor. if tlicv vote the'e fw -- ioiiy, vou'.d faor Smoot a.e- agalnyi Warren feir trliair-man trliair-man of t'ie appropriatlonM commit r, and a vote rf rh-' tir.g t'n" r'al f'-ntiineiil? eif t hf Hepu ; b can ca udjs prot'af "Jy w rnjid make Smoot tiiairman of apnrooriat'on'. SfTiator Varnn. ''iov.'"v"r, by reason of lorn, t'-rvi.-c, W'jiib'., nii'i'T the snio-i'y rul. b'm", chairman of 1k: fT'nropria-tions fT'nropria-tions roiom; tt "-, and prnf ''iia'oiM ho,'! t!if t'.niorUy ru)'- as titthj short of j-;-r-rj. Ml t ''-a t r-iiu -h ii I oday. tn r r o-T"- ' '- -''. a t r If;: it- is t t. 1 -f-re (Continued on Pagfl 2, Column 1.) SMQDT'S STATUS STILL DOUBTFUL (Continued from Page One,) has been no decision as yet on the appropriations ap-propriations committee chairmanship, and until that question is formally put to a voio the result will be in doubt, bnrrins some amicable agreement reached in advance. ad-vance. If Senator Warren does not land tho appropriations chairmanship. he would bo in line for another ot his old chairmanships, military affairs; but he is understood to have said he would not accept ac-cept that place, much coveted by Senator Wadswortli of New York. |