Show GILLETT NEXT SPEAKER republican conference selects veteran from massachusetts washington 1 frederick 11 II gillett or of massachusetts was nominated on the first ballot thursday by the republican conference its as the party candidate for speaker la in the next house of representatives representative james n R mann of illinois ran lan second representative philip campbell of kansas who entered the race a few days ngo ago after representative simeon D I 1 fess of ohio had withdrawn tar far behind i for co continuous service mr G gallett Is the veteran of the house and lie he Is round ing oil out t its ills tw enty fourth year year of continuous service in ili that body although lie he entered congress when representative cannon of was A veteran legislator leg slator mr gilletts record for unbroken service exceeds that of the former speaker whose forty years in the house have been interrupted by absence from two congresses representative gillett Is froni from the second massachusetts district and his home Is in springfield ile he was born in westfield mass in 1852 and was graduated from amherst Amli erst college and the harvard law school |