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Show HOW CONGRESS WILL LINE UP POLITICALLY Realignment Presents Many Unique Problems Senate Democratic but .House May Show Republican Majority, Mann May be new Speaker According to the Associated Press dispatch from Washington, D. C, members of the House of Representatives Representa-tives in the newly elected Sixty-fifth 'Congress face one of the most un-' un-' certain organizations in the history of the government. With a few districts still in doubt, the Republicans appear to have a plurality plu-rality of four or five members and a possible majority of two or three when it is figured that an Independent Independ-ent elected in Massachusetts and a Progressive elected in Minnesota probably will vote with them for organization or-ganization purposes. Independence of action has characterized charac-terized a number of the re-elected members of the Republican side, however, how-ever, and their attitude toward Democratic Demo-cratic legislation in the last few years have given Democratic leaders cause for hope that some of them might carry their independence into the organization of the next house. While there might be a few changes chang-es when the official returns, are counted, count-ed, the chances are that these would not materially alter the general result. re-sult. In view of the fact that Democratic Demo-cratic leaders regard it improbable that President Wilson will call an extra ex-tra session of the new Congress next spring, th, organization fight may 'not come until the regular session in December 1917. As matters stand, the candidate of 'the Republicans for speaker will be James R. Mann, the present minority leader, and Speaker Clark generally is regarded as the Democratic choice to succeed himself. Already, however, there are rumblings of uncertainties because of the close political division. Lively Contest Promised There are certain to be some interesting inter-esting and lively party conferences on both sides before any organization tickets are finally launched. As the Democrats will apparently be in the minority, some of the friends of Champ Clark are not certain that he will be a candidate to succeed himself. him-self. Unless he can be elected speaker, speak-er, they prefer that he abandon the race and become a candidate for minority mi-nority leader, the post he held for many years before the Democratic ascendency in 1912. Such a devel opment might precipitate a lively contest within the Democratic ranks. The congressional result in New Mexico is doubtful, the chances are now favoring the Democrats. In Pennsylvania there are two districts and possible three where the soldlef vote, when counted, may change the results. In two of these Republicans Republi-cans and in one a Democrat have been elected by small majorities on the face of the returns reported. In the Tenth North Carolina district, Britt, a Republican, is claiming the election over Weaver, Democrat, by thirteen majority. In the event of Republican organization orga-nization of the house the majority leadership under seniority rule would go to Joseph W. Fordney of Michigan who automatically would become 'chairman of the ways and means committee. com-mittee. Among the majority members mem-bers of that important committee which would have charge of tariff "revision would be Representatives Ebenezer Hill, of Connecticut, Long-worth Long-worth of Ohio. Gardner of Massachusetts. Massachu-setts. Moore of Pennsylvania, Green of Iowa and Fairohilds of New York." Some Possible Changes Representative Gillette of Massachusetts Massa-chusetts probably will succees Fitzgerald Fitz-gerald of New York as chairman of the appropriations committee and with him in control of this committee would be former Speaker Connon, und Representatives Slemp of Virginia. Vir-ginia. Good of Iowa. Mondell of Wyo- . ruing Vare of Pennsylvania and Davis Da-vis of Minnesota. Among other important probable . changes would be Hayes of California Califor-nia to succeed Glass of Virginia as - chairman of banking and currency; 'Conner of Wisconsin, for Flood, on Foreign Affairs;Esch of Wisconsin, for Adamson, Georgia, on interstate and foreign commerce; Halstead of 'Minnesota, for Weber, North Carolina 'on judicary; Albert Johnson of Washington Wash-ington for Burnett, Alabama, on immigration; im-migration; Kahn of California, for Dent, Alabama on military affairs; Butler of Pennsylvania for Padgett, Tennessee on naval affairs; Greene 'of Massachusetts for Alexander, Missouri Mis-souri on merchant marine; Steener-'son, Steener-'son, Minnesota for Moon, Tennessee, on postoffice; Lenroot of Wisconsin for Ferris. Oklahoma, on public lands and Campbell of Kansas for Henry, Texas on rules. Senate is Democratic Whatever happens Republicans cannot control legislation in the next Congress because the new Senate will be Democratic by a safe working work-ing majority of twelve. In this situation situ-ation little partisan legislation can be looked for during the first part 'of the new Wilson administration. Because of this administration leaders lead-ers will exert every possible effort to complete the Democratic legislative legisla-tive program before March 4, next, when the Sixty-fourth Congress will end. Important legislation which is to be pushed as soon as Congress con-vepes con-vepes in December includes immigration immi-gration reform. a corrupt practices law. further to limit campaign cam-paign expenditures; conservation of water power legislation, revision of the law affecting railroads, a vocational voca-tional education law to permit organization orga-nization of collective selling agencies 'in foreign countries and furtber measures to protect the national defense. |