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Show TO FIGHT FOR SENATE POSTS Smoot's Claim to Finance Chairmanship Among Those Contested WASHINGTON, Nov- 13. Notice already has come from senators of the "irregular" Hfepublican group that they Intend to fight the seniority rula and demand what they consider ado quate QQmfhitt o i " presentation. Tho fight is expected to center about twj r three Important chairmanship,. I The IHiuocnits have not shown any 1 liu llnatlon, so far, to abandon tho seniority rulfl ln the filling of minority mi-nority committee pi Lees, SMOOT VS LINE. Chairmen of at b-ast three important impor-tant senate committees, finance, naval and postoi'flce, are lo be chosen hi the next ( i ingress. Chairman M -Cumber, finance, Townsend, of the postofflee. and Senator Polndexter, in line for the chairmanship of naval committee, will be out after March 1. Si nator Smoot, rt.-ih, is in line for the finance committee chairmanship and Senator Sterling, South Dakota, for poNtofflce. Senator Lodge Is second man now on naval, but It Is known I he desires to continue at the head of foreign relations. With Senator Polndexter Poln-dexter eliminated, Senator Hale. Maine, under the seniority rule, would bo In lino for the naval chairmanship. chairman-ship. HANDLING H MI Md'Ains. Qq the finance committee, besides tho chairmanship there will bo one Democratic and three Republican vacancies va-cancies ln the new congress. Senators Sen-ators Caldcr. New York, Sutherland, West Virginia, and Frellnghuysen of New Jersey, were defeated, and Senator Sen-ator Williams, Democrat. Mississippi retired. It is predicted by some Ro-publicans Ro-publicans that Senators Wedsworth and Edge will succeed Senators Caldcr Cal-dcr and Frellnghuysoq Another important committee In which will be an unusual number of changes, Is Interstate commerce, Which will have to deal with efforts to abolish the railway labor board anil to amend the transportation a tl and the Adamson eight hour law. SU members must be replaced Four if - publicans, ienators Townsendi Kel- logg, Polndexter and Frellnghuyso, were defeated, with one Democrat, Senator Pomerone, Ohio, while an-otl.er an-otl.er Democratic member, Senator Myers, Montana, was not a candidate for reelection. DESIRABLE AC INI M s. On Hie fondgn relations committee three Republican members, McCum-ber, McCum-ber, N.w, and KellOfsTi and three r)emoerats, Pomerene. Illtcheock and Williams, retire. The foreign rela . tlons post Is regarded as particularly desirable and vacancies always aro the subject of sharp competition. |