Show REVOLT OF SENATORS SEAtORS AGAINST RECENT SESSIONS IN INS IN'S S 'S SECRET WASHINGTON April prU 4 Interest Interest In legislation oln tho the senate side aide of ot the capitol lagged today while tho the senators discussed the standing of ot nine of ot their members who nho are aro in open revolt against meetings behind clo closed ed doors ex except ept for consideration of oC torel foreign relations relation The revolt led by Senator La Follette came camo last night a a. executive session In which the senate by a vote voto o of oC 36 to 27 confirmed tho the nomination of ot WInthrop jr r. Daniels as a a. member of ot the interstate commerce commission With Senators La Follette Cummins Kenyon Norris BrIstow Clapp Jones Gronna and Poindexter promising to talk publicly and freely about all aU domestic matters considered in executive session In future it was waa wa f conceded that virtually could be accomplished ly W closing dosing the tho senates senate's doors to the public publio and th the pr press ss There was much speculation as to whether the senators would hold bold to their positions and whether an n effort materially ma ma- materially I to to o alter the tho rules would result It was understood that no one contemplated contemplated contemplated plated an attempt to have tho the senators disciplined for violating the rule or secrecy The confirmation of or Mr I Daniels closed a contest that had coupled th the tho senate for four tour days day and which was v. marked by one of oC the bitterest debates debt ever heard fn n the upper r h house of ot congress Opponents of ot confirmation objected chiseled to to Ms Mr Dan Daniels' Daniels els' els t views on tho the valuation of of public utility property as demonstrated in the decision of the New Jer Jersey 1 public utility Ion aion of ot which ho he was waa chairman in the Passaic gas Jas rate They claimed that the gas gu companies companies' property was overvalued and that a a. man whose Ideas led him to Join loin In such a a. decision should not be placed upon the interstate commerce commission particularly particularly at this time when the commission Is beginning a valuation of ot the country's railroads |