Show DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS richardson WILL DE THEIR LEADER IN THE HOUSE new york nov 22 A special to tho herald from washington says the selection of representative james E richardson as the leader ot the minority in the house of representatives a seems assured A careful canvass presents the situation thus james E Rt chardson 62 john H bankhead 23 D A dearmond 32 william sulzer 18 total vote pledged total vote 26 should the straight democrats caucus by themselves 81 votes will be sufficient to nominate but should the populists lists free and buslon ests enter the caucus which seems unlikely it will require 87 votes to nominate representative sulzer of new york s given the entire democratic delegation from that state on the first ballot after which the delegation Is to go to representative richardson this with the sixty two pledged votes will give him within one of a majority of pie straight democracy and it Is insisted by his friends that after the first ballot many of those who will support representative bankhead will go to richardson thus insuring his nomination representative richardson has arrived in washington and after conference with a large number of his democratic colleagues declares that ho was well satisfied with tha outlook for his nomination |