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Show i REPUBLICANS WILL FIGHT MNTIL Leader Mann to Be Candidate Candi-date for Speakership of the Next House. WASHINGTON-, Feb. 15. The committee commit-tee of twenty-seven Republican members of the house, created at a recent caucus to consider "matters affecting the organization organ-ization of the next house." agreed tonight that the Republicans shall exert every ef-1 ef-1 fort to secure control of the house In the next congress. The committee organized by choosing Representative Madden of Illinois chairman and Representative Greene of Vermont secretary and adjourned ad-journed to meet next Thuisdav night. There was a general round-table expression ex-pression of views tonight. The Democrats claim 215 members of the next house and the Republicans claim 215. with both sides looking to the five members of the independent inde-pendent group for the balance of strength. While there was some expression nf doubt as to the advisability of seeking a doubtful control of the house under the extraordinary situation confronting the nation, it was agreed that the country expects the Republicans to seek control and the decision to organize for that purpose pur-pose followed. Even- effort was made to consolidate the conservative and progressive elements within the party as represented at the meeting. There were no formal resolutions resolu-tions and the discission, after decision to go ahead with organization, was of a pre-Uminatv pre-Uminatv nature. It Indicated the probability prob-ability of a fight for revision of the rules of the house, the creation of a steering committee and of a committee on committees com-mittees as part of the programme for bringing all elements of the party together. to-gether. There was incidental reference to the speakership in the event of the Republicans Repub-licans gaining control of the house and general acceptance of the view that Republican Re-publican Leader Mann would he the party's candidate f"r speaker. The subject sub-ject of floor leadership. In which Representative Rep-resentative Lenroot's name has figured, bpangler. |