Show CUMMIS IS S DEFEATED N SENATE VOTE Democrats Heads powerful ful Committee In G O 0 P Congress EVENT IS EPOCHAL Minority Now May Try to Out President of Senate I W Wi WASHINGTON i Jan Acter 10 10 After many weary stages congress 1 cached the threshold of Its milo milo-I ma- ma maJor ma major jor legislative opportunities y tod i Kith sith precisely fh Ih e months re- re re remaining In which to write rite the rec- rec record rec record ord of Its accomplishment before the convening of the Cleveland l l Ko publican cons convention Confident they now hold the hIp hip hand and over the blocs bloc and com corn combination combination of blocs that ha hae ha e tor- tor tormented tormented tor tormented them majority leaders In InI inthe Inthe I the house pushed tot total al d the tho fIrst of the big appropriation bills To-I To To- To Tonight To Tonight night In the privacy of a Republican lican house hou p conference they the expect an effective I to those who vho ho want ant to put the tho ho- ho bonus bo bonus flu nus ahead of Mr 1 Mellons Mellon's tax plan Tile The charrin of thA senate te load lod lead leader er ell 0 oser er elevation of a southern t to 10 the chairmanship of the Interstate commerce commit commit- committee committee committee tee was nas almost forgotten in their great relief that the long election deadlock at last was broken Sena Sena- Sena Senator Senator tor Smith tho the new chairman help help- helped helped ed out with aith the announcement that lIe fa favored ord sane handling of the almost at the moment when Senator as aa wa in- in introducing lu lull ll a bill for sweeping le- le le ision If of the rate law lav I WASHINGTON Jan 10 Rever Rever 1 I nation from the months month's battle In the senate resulted In th the Wednesday of Senator Smith Democrat South Carolina as chairman of the interstate com corn commerce commerce merce committee over Senator Cummins Republican Iowa con con- con continued to today lay In the form ot of o rum rum- rum that presaged aJ ed a somewhat similar fight tight ot 0 over er th retention by bythe the Iowa baa senator of the office of pro tern tem The Tho house meanwhile began ok ock on the first t big appropriation tion ion e of the the session Interior department supply bill- bill bill which i as ta reported bythe bythe by the he appropriations committee with the tot tutu tot 1 cut to which l I 33 35 7 2 OH less lees than allotted to lbs department lat la t year ear Senator Cummins was as as defeated for the Interstate commerce chair chair- chairmanship chairmanship manship on the second second bal bal- ballot bal ballot lot receiving InK only 29 2 sote votes otes against 19 l for Smith which Included six not cast Republican by tor Sentor lican Wisconsin and five mem mem- members mem- mem members members beheads bers of the Insurgent group he be heads Republican Senator Couzens Couzen lican Michigan n received ed 6 f otes on ih the final 1 ballot The Th likelihood o oil nn Il effort to toun un president the Iowa senator as prest- prest dent proem pro tern em now that the th chair chair- chairmanship chairmanship chairmanship manship fight is out of the ways way has brought out suggestions In tome some quarters that certain of the Republican insurgents and the Labor Farmer Labor senators In ing comprising the he group might throw their support to Senator Pittman Democrat Nevada The Insurgents have hate b boon bean n described as Billing to vote tote oto for tor Senator Cum Cum- Cum Cum- Cummins mine mins for tor office It if the Democrats precipitated a contest but ani- ani animosities ani animosities Interstate developed during the In- In In commerce committee dead dead- lock deadlock have hate raised hopes on the part of some ome of Senator Pittman's sup sup- sup n porters supporters that their votes can cao be counted on en In an effort erfort to elect him Republican have conten contended led that Senator Cum Cum- Cum Cummins mIne mins retains the senate senat thela thelast by virtue of his election at 11 a the last t sf lon of congress and they hate ha not formally Indorsed him for election re-election In the lie house the till tonight on tax and ho- ho bonus bo bonus flu nus legislation overshadowed ac- ac ac activities to some extent bu but t the tho Dyer lynching anti bill the Mex Hex Mexican ican situation and agricultures agriculture's d a share of com corn comi committee i attention with lIh Ith the stays an and means mean committee continuing It It work tork on revenue rp legislation I The Dyer DYlr bill which was passed y y the house at th the last Session but failed filled to get gt through the sen- sen senate Hen ate ate was wag taken up ull by the judiciary committee and the tho policy with respect re to aiding the th Obregon gO through the th sale andin of surplus war materials material and In other ways the for for- for eIgn foreIgn acta affair In 1 committee In It Its con con- con consideration of the resolution Intro Intro- Introduced Fairchild by Fair Fair- Faira child Republican New York a to dey prohibit P 0 sale of ot munitions Hois by the thU l t States to any foreign gov- gov j r |