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Show SEN. CiilS CHOSEN HEAD OF THE SENATE WASHINGTON'. Mav 14. Senator Cummins of Iowa, favored by the Progressive Pro-gressive group, was chosen unanimously unanimous-ly for president pro tempore or the senate at the organization conference today of Republican senators. Sens tor Lodge of Massachusetts w;is re-electel re-electel party leader and discussion of !h-- controversy over committee ..hair manshlps for Senators Penrose of Pennsylvania and W arren of Wyoming I was post poned Senator Lodge was authorized to ap-' ap-' point a committee on committer and pending its report the light of the Progressives against election of Senator Sena-tor Penrose to tho chairman of the finance fi-nance committee, and Senator Warren as head of the appropriations committee, commit-tee, will be held in abeyance. The Progressives, however, at a meeting before the conference, determined to pur.-uo their opposition to the senate floor if necessary. Some of the Progressives Pro-gressives said they had reports that the Democrats might bo asked to cooperate co-operate to elect Senator Penrose i absenting themselves when the finance fi-nance committee is organized and thus Offsetting the Progressive opposition. opposi-tion. Forty-three of the -19 Republican: senators and sonalors-elect atlended 1 the conference todav. Th- absentees were Senators Cummin.-', LaFolleMe Of Wisconsin; Gronna of North Dakota: I "Townsend. of Michigan, Lenroot of1 I W isconsin, and Fall of New Mexico. Beside the president pro tempore, the conference chose its candidates for j all other senate offices. George A. Sanderson, a Chicago attorney, was .-elected for secretary and David Barr, a Providence. R. I., newspaper man, I ; for sergeant-ai arms. |