Show VY BY RADFORD MOBLEY W special to the ilic park record washington D 0 nov 17 john N garner G arn r a texas tanner farmer will be the next speaker of the house of f representatives because eca use of the success the democrats had in the recent by elections which gl gives 9 that party the right to organize t the he lower house by virtue of his office representative garner aiu become one of 0 f the most powerful men in washington although the autocratic powers th the speaker possessed in the days of czar reed and uncle joe cannon have been abolished in spite of the way his privileges have been curtailed his bis office Is one of the tremendous power particularly when the incumbent beings to opposite political faith to that held by the president it Is many years since a dirt farmer has been speaker of the house in tact fact one has to go back of civil war days to fand a tiller of the soil in the position mr garners elevation to the post comes at an opportune time tor for the agricultural party as many of the problems now confronting congress have to do with farm matters while his constituency has more to do with cotton than with wheat and corn yet the underlying problems are much the same came and he can be expected to throw the weight of his decision in favor of the barinin far inin sloe loc garners own tanning farming specialty is i econs one of the big crops of all gulf states political observers here expect to see the export debenture and equalization fee issues raised early during the coming session of congress they claim that both measures will be defeated when they come before the house and that they will cease to become political questions of importance before another year has rolled around it is said here that there Is a marked tendency on the part of the farming blocs to drop their lobbying and rely more on the individual and collective efforts ol of farmers to better their condition legislation has not done much for agriculture they claim and they feel they can get further along by longtime time planning on crops and by interjecting the issues of higher tariff on competitive peti tive articles that affect the tanner farmer bananas c cocoanut coco anut oil and other imports similar in character will come under fire as they compete with american farm products another piece of legislation that will affect farming interests Is the predicted probe of fruit industries the california operative cooperative co that has been pushing the sale of wine bricks with the knowledge of the government it is said an investigation will be had of the farm boards connection with the california grape producers and an effort made to bring the latter lat a activities more strictly in line with the spirit of the eighteenth amendment 0 the advancement of representative garner gamer to the will cause his mantle as democratic floor leader to descend on joseph W byrns of tennes i see representative byrns is little known to the general public although from now on he will loom as an important figure in legislation one of the echoes of the recent investigation vesti gation of the navy leagues attack on president hoover tor for his economy program on naval expenditures Is expected to be an investigation of the committee which investigated Gar gardeners gardiners diners charges friends of gardiner claim the pr presidents si dents committee was filled with friends of mr air hoover and that such a committee was unable to arrive at an unbiased report one of the findings of the naval com was the charge that the tha navy league Is supported by wealthy armament men ship builders and others who are interested in seeing extensive new c construction 0 ns truc tion and that they tried to force the presidents hand in an effort to obtain a chance to bid on some tat con 1 tracts alred former governor governo r alfred E smith ot of new york who ran against mr hoover tor for t the he presidency in 1928 Is felt to have eliminated his name as a candidate next year by his action in ordering two organizations to stop selling stickers furthering his candidacy the stickers were being offered at one cent each in quantities and were to be used on car windows and other public places where they would attract attention in his letter ordering the two concerns to stop selling the stickers governor smith threatened leval leral action it if they tailed failed to halt the 1 sale I e the feeling la Is growing here that the ro roosevelt cosevelt boom has passed its peak and that newton D baker Is 13 looming as the most logical standard bearer against mr hoover whose Is now certain the lormer former secretary ot of war refuses to either aff affirm irm or deny that he will be a candidate although his friends are urging him to come out in the open in r pite ol of his reticence a boom lor for him Is growing every day and he now appears to be the most popular of all the men in the running governor albert C hit ahle ol of maryland Is the most active contender at present next to governor roosevelt ot of new york although his bis chances tor for success are said here to be slim allm it Is more than probable that he will receive a heavy complimentary vote when the democratic national convention casts its first vote another early bandl candidate will be senator james hamilton lewla lewis of illinois but his supporters and hose or of ritchie are not expected to make more than a perfunctory fight lor for their candidates |