Show MAJORITY SILVER senate senat ananco committee will stand seven to five washington dekl dec 9 the republican caucus committee of the senate was in three hours houra today but adjourned 0 until tomorrow without completing tta its assignment of 0 committee 4 tho the work accomplished la is only tentative but so eo far as it hag haa progressed it hax has confirmed the tore fore oabe of assignments sent out by the associated press presa last night 1 l mAdi madision tion to these theae places it la in now r decided that senator totter teller ely ome chairman of the committee on 11 cl Clai jiB p senator on lt lil 1 f Gall gallanger on pensions and senator shoup on patents Pa tenta there has ha been an exchange of plana by which senator benator cameron takes takeo IL a membership place on foreign rela tlona and senator wolcott the place on finance which was conceded to mr cameron before ho he announced hla his intention riot not to stand for election reelection re to tile the senate there la Is a probability that thin committee will be increased by tho the addition of only one member this in crease reauie la IN to be made to give the ile he an opportunity to put a elli 11 ver man and an anti silver man on the committee senator jones ot of nevada la Is to be all allowed wed to retain his place but BB as a populist and not as a republican oa as heretofore beret 0 core this arrangement will will give five the republicans six biz members mem bera tho the democrats five and the populists lists one on financial questions tho the committee will stand seven to ive five in favor of silver it to Is about settled that the appropriations committee also will be increased hom nine to eleven bembera mem bera berst this will enable senator braco to retain hla his place on the committee and will give th tho republicans two appointments th there e ro senator pettigrew will receive c one u e 0 f ther e and the other will so go el either t her to senator quay or to a pacific e coast man tho the populists lists probably will retain their present chairmanships so BO tar far as they have them stewart remaining at the head of mines and mining allen alien of forests and reservations and peffer of the committee to examine branches of the civil service it to IB possible that kyle may be trims berred to a less important committee than education and labor butler will be given a minor committee and senar sena tor jones of arkansas will bo be restored to hla him old place at the head of the committee on contingent expenses the populist senators have chaba chajie eA their former decision concerning the organization organisation of the senate renate and have now agreed among themselves to ln interpose no objections to the cans cana taking control they will act together but bul will withdraw as aa a body and allow the rep republicans u to elect their candidates for tho tha senate 0 offices III et S they may possibly nominate a 11 candidate tor for president pro tern tem but they will not press hla his claims nor continue co dinue hla his cand candidacy idary so as to materially 7 do delay organization |