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Show SMOOT IN LINE FOR NEW PLACE Penrose Death Will Add to Committee Standing of Utah Senator. WASHINGTON, Jan 3. Senate Republican Re-publican leaders Monday forecast early ear-ly action In filling vacancies and making mak-ing committee change resulting from the death Of Senator Penrose. It was expected that Bonntor Brnndegeo. of Connecticut chairman of the committee commit-tee on committees, would iue a call soon, probably by the end of the week, for a meeting of the committee to act on necessary changes. The rule of seniority bos been strictly strict-ly adhered to in the senate and there were no Indications that a precedent would lie est ihlWhed i i , i , 1 1 , , 1 1 ; ,-i s lec- tlons, however, are largely In the hands of the committee of committees. commit-tees. SMOOT T n INGE. With the practical certainty that Senator McCumber, of Noith Dakota, will succeed to the chairmanship of tho finance committee, over which Mr. Penrose had long presided, there will arise a vacancy in tho chairmanship of the committee on pensions, now held by thi- North le.ikota senator On that committee. Senator BlliOOt of I'tah. Is the ranking Republican and. ' leaders said, he undoubtedly could have the place If he desired It, Senator Smoot Is thun orousht into the ranking position on two of the most Important committees, finance and appropriations. There was the suggest Ion among Re-, publican leaders that Senator Kn-llng-' huyaen, of Nsw Jersey, would be nam- j od as the new Republican member of the finance committee This selection, it was explained, would follow seniority senior-ity as well us maintain the balance which It ban been sought to have on all commltt't's with respect to representation repre-sentation of east and west. Should Mr frelinghuyseo not enro for the place, it was stated, Senator Edge of the same state, would bo the next in line. I si QETS PLACE. There w ro few hints as to who would be named to vacancies in the naval, Immigration and banking and currency committees occasioned by Senator Penrose s death. If the seniority sen-iority rule In followed, however, west-srn west-srn senators will bo given places on the naval and banking and currency committees and an eastern man will be added to the Immigration committee. commit-tee. Senators said that the change in the chairmanship of the flnanco committee, commit-tee, now drafting a new tariff law, would occasion no change In the policy pol-icy or the goal outlined Its program, discussed briefly and Influentlally at I a meeting of the committee Monday, Is to continue the hearings and enter upon work of writing the rates and provisions of tho bill as rapidly as possible. pos-sible. Tho committee's meeting for today has been postponed and the committee will convene at tho call of Mr. McCumber probably Thursday. oo |