Show L GARRETT ETI LEADS FOR FOLLOWERS OF DEMAND CONCESSIONS IN P COMMITTEE SEATS aA i Eighteen New Member Members Are Sworn In Gumming Cummings Democrat Demo r crate crab Have No Trouble In r i. i t Organizing r r 1 r er cn Washington The new congress iJ began tegan Its It it first fire session lenlon Monday and y before it wa was an hour old the tho ho house houseIn e eIn In the new throes throe of a spectacular fight over the election of a speaker The little progressive bloc made ap 11 of ot followers follower of Senator Lafollette of ot Wisconsin refused to support Speaker Gillett for reelection and precipitated a deadlock blocking all ether other business Mr Ur Gillett had the support of ot the Republican organization but hi his hll strength fell feU short of the majority r r over all necessary to elect The Th Democrats voted solidly for Kopro of ot Tennessee and the bulk of the progressive bloc strength went to Representative Cooper of ot Wisconsin Compromise negotiations to permit an aD election within a day or two were expected by the Republican chiefs there were but as the voting went wont on no DO indications of capitulation to the LIle progressive bloc demand for conces conces- alone in committee assignments and andI I changes in the house rules rule On the senate side things went much lunch more smoothly By lly prearrange prearrange- 9 meat a truce was was declared In the fight over senate reorganization and after of ot BO an a a session cession of three three quarters quarters r hour bour adjournment was taken until inUI o- o r Tuesday out of If respect for senators senator rb f who have died during the month 0 I. I re- re teat cess On the first ballot in the house fight tight GlUett received votes Tote otes to for Representative Garret Gar Gar- ret and 17 for Representative Cooper Representative Madden Republican Illinois was as given ilven five votes Madden voted for tor GUlett Gillett Berger Socialist Wisconsin voted present as a. did GlUett G Garrett and Cooper Then the house begun began to take a second ballot The second ballot which also tailed failed r I to result in III an election was Gillett Ui Garrett Cooper 17 Madden t L 0 IL Go ILA f. f A third ballot was begun tI In the house and senate the tho gavels fell promptly at 12 o'clock with Senator Sen Sea ator Cummins of Iowa Iowa the president pro tern tem presiding over his colleagues es es and Clerk William Tyler Page lage ac ac- the speakers speaker's hair choir of the f house pending the outcome of the the k fight tight over Senate Democrats quickly perfected r their organizations at a conference t r just assembling f 1 Senate Robinson of Arkansas was wast t elected chairman of ot the conference and party leader Senator Walsh of ot Montana vice chairman Senator r. r Hitman of ot Nevada was nominated as the Democratic candidate for president president dent of the senate and Senator Garry of Rhode Island was reelected party r whip Senator I lung King of ot Utah was wu named secretary of ot the conference J J. J Edw Edward rd Halsey of ot Virginia wa was wu nominated Dominated by the Uie Democrats Democrat a as can for secretary of the senate J and John J J. J Burns Bums of ot Monticello N. N l Y was was selected a BI as candidate for fort t sergeant at arm arms |