Show Gillett Chosen As Next Speaker I Of Lower House Republican Conference Unanimously Pi Picks Veteran Veteran Vet Vet- Veteran eran l From rom Massachusetts to Wield hl Gavel Gayel When Rel Representatives Sl Again Convene W WASHINGTON Feb 2 27 e V Y Massa Massachusetts was nominated o 0 publican conference as the party can cai of representatives Representative c James R. R Mann o olive of oft f r t live tive c Philip Campbell of Kansas who 4 Representative Simeon D. D Fess cs of 0 the Republicans cans will have a majority y ar regarded cd bv by them as equivalent to d e e o 0 f r 4 0 y e c Frederick H. H Gillett of on n the first ballot tonight by the Re- Re a c for speaker in the next b house Illinois s ran second with entered the race a few days ago after hio had withdrawn far behind Asin As in the thc next Hou House e nomination was as ct ion Immediately after his 1 nomination Mr rr Gillett Issued this statement I have ht reached the goal oal of oC my ambition ambition ambition am am- a happiness which I suppose comes to few Cew men I feel Ceel the tho deepest gratitude to m my generous supporters but I have ha no tinge of oC hard feeling against anyone My ty ambition now will wilt willbe b be to establish harmonious cooperation opera co tion amon among all Republicans that we wema ma may cope successfully with the prodigious prodigious pro pro- dl lous problems of oC the coming ses sea sion Winner 1 Far i IB In InThe Le LeThe I The official vote veto as announced by bJ Representative Horace M M. r. r Towner of or orIo Io Iowa a c chairman of or the tho conference ColI follows follows fol Col- fol- fol I I lows Gillett I I Mann I nn 59 Campbell 1 13 Scattering 5 5 4 4 for Representative e f John J. J Esch of oC Wisconsin and 1 I for forI I 1 Representative e Frank W. W ondon of oC i Wom Wyoming In Immediately Immediate after the ballot was an- an i noun ed the election of or Mr r Gillett I was ma made e unanimous on motion of or Mr Ir Mann Iann i After Her a brief brier address by bj the sue- sue 5 i candidate the conference proceeded proceeded proceeded pro- pro with the nomination of oC other j I candidates candidate for office in the tho House W. W T Tyler ler Page o of Montgomery omery county count Md ML was nominated clerk b by acclamation and Jos Joseph ph Rodgers ers of or Philadelphia now a House assistant sergeant ser ser- geant at arms was nominated for tor sergeant ser see geant at arms areas over Representative William J. J Cary of oC Wisconsin whose term expires March 4 4 24 4 Years Year In lit For continuous service Mr Gillett is Ie I the veteran of ot the House and he- he heis is rounding out his hs twenty fourth year ear of or continuous s that b body d Al Although 4 1 though he entered Congress when Representative Rep flop e Cannon of oC Illinois was a a. veteran le legislator Mr Gilletts Gillett's record for unbroken service exceeds that of ot ortho otho tho ho former speaker whose tort forty years In th House h have ho o been Interrupted by br absen absences e from two Congresses s Despite his Ions long service Mr lr Gillett Is not one of oC the most widely Ide l known no non n members of or tho the House and his friends ascribe his rise to Republican leadership leader header I ship to his close lose application to le legislation legislation legis legis- ls- ls I lation lallon rather than to any personal ad advertising ad- ad In this connection the they pointed to tho the fact that all of ot the speeches he lie has delivered during al almost almost almost al- al most a quarter of or a century of oC service ser would Woud scarcely fill one small volume Representative Gillett is from the Second Massachusetts district and his home Is in Springfield lIe He was as born in Westfield Mass ass in 1852 and was as graduated from Amherst college o and the Harvard Har law school IA Is n elected Re I td 13 Times Time The nominee for speaker entered public life lito In two 1879 two years ears after aCter re receiving re- re I his law Jaw degree b degree being being appointed appoint appoint- ed assistant attorney general which I position he hi held until when he returned to private ate law Jaw practice His lila first election to tl office was in 1890 as a member of the Massachusetts house of ot re-elected re in representatives e He was 1891 and at the tho conclusion of ot his term was nominated to Congress and elected I b by a large largo vote ote He lie has hM received thirteen thirteen thir thir- I teen re elections from Crom his district andIn andin and andin in the last alt campaign had no Democrat opposition Upon ent entering Congress Mr Ir Gillett hoped to be a assigned to the tho foreign affairs committee but went to that on civil chU service reform later to military mill mili tar tary affairs an ant anu others and finally appropriations on which he Is the ranking Republican member Government Government Govern Govern- ment expenditures has been his study ud Ills His ability ns na a floor leader header was demonstrated tho the Illness last year ear of oC Mr Ir Mann Iann his rival rhal for the I With the country countr at war I he ho publicly announced a friendly and Continued on Page Pago 2 u n 1 I GIllETT IS SELECTED NEXT HOUSE SPEAKE Continued from Pago Page 1 helpful disposition to toward ard the ad ad- ministration Massachusetts has not furnished a I. I speaker of oC the House since before the flU Civil II war and New England but twice since sinco that time time James James G G. Elaine Blaine an and I Thomas B. B Reed Preliminaries occupied tho the first hal half hafi hour of oC the meeting meeting- Representative I Horace M. M Towner of Iowa W was chosen L I presiding presiding- officer and the conference I then adopted a resolution outlining the thc j program ram of or the nights night's work Besides BesIde providing for Cor selection of or a a. candidate for speaker with two hours' hours time be bc beIuS' beIuS being be- be lug ing divided ed equally among amonS- supporters I of or the three aspirants tho the resolution L provided pro for or the election of ot committees to make the assignment of or members to tc various arious House committees to revise I the rules and to select various House including cl clerk rk doorkeeper and sergeant serg at al arms Vigorous applause greeted the tho- first mention of or the names of oC tho candidates Representative Green of oC Vermont nomInated nominated nom noni mated Mr Gillett and tho the nomination I was seconded by Representative Anderson Ander Ander- son of oC Minnesota Representative Kahn of or California In Iii L nominating Mr declared he h knew no reason to change chango his vote ote from the man who was the Republican L candidate In tho the last three Congresses ses I when we were in th the tho minority His I assertion that charges that Mr Mann L was nt not in accord with tho the administration administration adminis adminis- in the conduct of or the war were without foundation was applauded I |