| Show WRANGLE CERTAIN GERT AIN IN ING G CONGRESS With Probable Republican Plurality and Possible Majority Majority Ma Ma- Next House Will Become Be conic coni come Storm Center Wi With i Important Bearing on Laws La NO EXTRA SESSION APPEARS PROBABLE Chances Ci Are That Reorganization Reorganization Will Go Over Until December of Next Year Realignment Presents Great Many Unique Problems MAN l 11 1 MAY i Y BE SPEAKER ER W v. No Nov 12 Mem Members bers of the tho House Hou c of or R Representatives ti cs in in the thc newly nc elected Sixty Sixty- fifth Congress lace face one of the most uncertain organizations in the thc history of or the government With a a. few districts sun still In doubt the lie Republicans m appear to ha have e ea a a. p plu- plu u- u j allty of ot r four ur or five live members and a aT T majority m of ot two or three when It lt is figured that an In Independent tp el eH-ct- eH ct cd d In In Massachusetts ras antl a l Progressive she sive elected in JInez tT t probably will vote ote with them for organisation purposes Independence nce of oC action has characterized charac charac- tensed a number of ot the re elected members on the Republican side how- how over aver and their attitude toward Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cra cratic lie legislation in the last Jast few years have given slen Democratic leaders cau cause came e etor for tor hope that some of or them might earT Carry their Independence Into the or organization or- or of ot the next House While Philo there might be a few changes when the official returns arc are counted the chances aro arc that the these e would not materially material alter the general re result In view of oC the fact that Democratic leadens leaders lead lead- ers ens regard It improbable that President Wilson will call an extra session of ot the new Congress next spring the organization organisation tion tf fight ht may mar not come como until the tho re regu regular regu- regu ular u lar kit session In December 1317 As As matters stand the tho candidate of ol the thc Republicans for speaker will be Jame 1 ll It Mann tho the present minority leader Jeader and Speaker Clark generally g Is re regarded as the Democratic choice to succeed himself Already however there are arc rumblings of uncertainties because of ot the close political division islon Lively ely Contest Content Promised There arc are certain to be some somo Interesting Inter Inter- Interesting esting and an lively party conferences on both sides before an any organization tickets are finally launched As 11 tho the Democrats apparently will be In the tho minority of the friends of oC Champ Clark aro are not riot certain that he ho will bo be a L candidate to succeed himself Unless s she he can bo be elected speaker they prefer that ho abandon that race raco and become a candidate for lor minority leader lender the post he held for tor man many years ears before the Democratic ascendancy in 1912 Such a development ml might ht precipitate a lively contest within the Democratic ranks The con congressional re result In New Mex- Mex ex- ex ContinUed on Page lago la e 2 I I I I I i WRANGLE LIKELY UKEL Y NEXT CONGRESSI CONGRESS No Extra Session Probable With Jf Republicans in is 11 Control Control Control Con Con- o of 0 Lower House Continued From Paso Page 1 1 ico is 18 doubtful the chances now favoring favoring favor favor- ing inS the Democrats ts In Pennsylvania there thero are two districts and possibly three where the soldier vote when counted ma may change chanSe the thc results In two of oC these theMe Republicans and in one a Democrat have o been elected b by small majorities on the thc face ace of or the returns reported In the Tenth North Carolina district Britt a Republican is claiming claim claim- claiming ing the election over o Weaver cr Democrat Democrat DemoI Demo Demo- crat by thirteen majority I In the ont e of o Republican organization tion of or the House the majority leadership leadership leader leader- ship under seniority rule would go to Joseph W It Fordney of ot Michigan who automatically would become cl chairman of the ways wt and means committee Among the thc majority members of or that Important committee which would ha have charge of ot tariff revision would bo be Representatives Rep TIep- Representatives Ebenezer er Hill of oC Connecticut cut Lon Longworth worth of ot Ohio Gardner of ot Massachusetts Moore of or Pennsylvania Green of oC Iowa and Fairchild Fairchilds of New York Some somo P Change Representative Gillette Gillotte of oC M Massa Massachusetts probably will twill succeed Fitzgerald Fitz Fite gerald geral of Now ow York ns as chairman of oC the appropriations committee and with I him in control of oC this Mils committee a would be he former Speaker Cannon end and Representatives Representatives Slemp of ot Virginia Good of Iowa of or Wyoming rare Valo of of Minne Pennsylvania and Davis sota probable Amon Among other Important changes would be Hayes of California to succeed Glass of oC Virginia as lS chairman chairman chair chair- man of banking and currency Cooper of Wisconsin for or Flood on foreign affairs af at- fairs tails Esch of ot Wisconsin for Adam- Adam Georgia Georgin on interstate and foreign commerce com Halstead of Minnesota for tor Weber eber North Carolina on judiciary Albert Johnson of oC Washington for or Burnett Alabama on immigration Kahn of ot California for tor Dent Alabama Ala Ala- Alabama bama on military affairs Butler Butte of Pennsylvania for tor Padgett Pa h tt Tennessee on naval affairs Greene of or l Massachusetts for tor Alexander Missouri l on merchant merchant mer mer- I chant marine Minnesota for Moon oon Tennessee on postoffice Lenroot of Wisconsin for F Ferris Oklahoma Oklahoma Okla Okla- homa on public lands and Campbell of Kansas for Henry Henr Texas on rules Senate Gentile IH is Democratic Whatever happens Republicans cannot cannot cannot can can- not control legislation log in tho the next next the thc new Senate willbe will willbe be Demo Democratic by a safe working majority ma ma- of oC twelve In this situation little partisan legislation can be looked for tor during the first port part of or the new net Wilson Wil il ilson ilson il son administration Because of ot this administration leaders loaders will exert every possible effort to complete the Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic legislative program before MarchI March l 4 I next when then the Sixt Sixty fourth fourth Congress will aill end Important legislation legislation which h Is to be pushed as son so n as Con Congress ress convenes con convenes In December includes Immigration re reform reform re- re form a corrupt practices law further I to o limit political campaign expenditures expenditures expenditures expendi expendi- tures conservation and water power legislation revision lon of or the tho law la affectIng affect affect- In Ing n railroads l a n. vocational education law aw a law to permit organization of ot selling agencies in foreign countries and further measures to perfect per per- the national defense ense I |
