The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-11-12
MANY CHANGES IN ORGANIZE.
TON AS CONSEQUENCE OF RE-
DUCED MAJORITY WILL BE
FORCED ON DEMOCRATS.
SHIFT OF II VOTES WOULD
GIVE MINORITY CONTROL
Republicans Likely to Gain Larger
Representation on Committees and
Progressives Lose What They
Had, Due to Election Changes
-"Uncle Joe" to Be Back.

washington, NOV. CnduSes
In the organization of the house OF
representatives will be made when
Champ Clark and Uncle Joe" Cannon
once more face each other across the
center aisle at the beginning of the
next congress. The dwindling of the
Democratic majority, which will drop
after the close of the December ses-
sion from 40 to "a will necessitate a
general shifting of the working order
in the house.
Perfect Organization Necessary.
With their slender majority, the
Democrats, while able to re-elect
Speaker Clark and retain control of
the committees will be forced TO main
tain an almost perfect organization.
With a full attendance in the house a
shift of IL votes would thrown the
control to the minority side.
Practically complete returns give the
Democrats 229, Republicans 1876, Pro-
g~ressives Z, Socialists l, Independents
/, and doubtful 1. This would give
the Democrats a plurality of 33 over
the Republicans and of "a over the
combined opposition.
This narrow margin will probably
result in a Encouragement of commit
tee representation, the Democrats now
holding overwhelming majorities in
all of the standing committees. The
falling off of the Progressives from
10 in the present house to 7, probably
will cut their committee representa-
ton materially, and even may lose
them the few important places they
hold in the present house.
kitchin Probable Leader.
Democratic leadership in the House
will undergo great changes. Repre-
sentative Underwood was elected to
the Senate and will leave the House
at the close of the December session.
Representative Kitchin of North Caro-
lima, the ranking Democrat on the
ways and means committee, will claim
the Democratic leadership by right of
seniority and is expected to have the
support Of southern Democrats gen.
orally.
Representative Mann of Illinois un.
doubtedly will retain the Republican
leadership, facing the Democrats with
formidable support. His ranks will
include, besides former Speaker Car.
non, numerous other Republicans who
have recaptured the places they lost
in the 1912 campaign.
Five Tariff Trainers Out.
The election will vacate five of the
fourteen Democratic places on the
ways and means committee, which
framed the Underwood tariff law.
Representative Underwood goes to the
Senate. Representative Hammond
was elected governor of Minnesota.
Representative Mitchell of Massachus.
etts, who succeeded Representative
Peters on the committee when the lat
ter became assistant secretary of the
treasury, was defeated at the polls.
Representative Palmer of Pennsyl.
vania surrendered his seat to run for
the Senate and was defeated and Rep.
resentative Stanley of Kentucky
sought the senatorial nomination in
Kentucky and lost his place. Repre-.
sentative Murdoch of Kansas, the Pro.
gressive leader and member of the
committee, lost his seat in an effort
to go to the Senate.
Other Committee Changes.
Two Democratic members of the
rules committee will not return. The
labor committee lost two Democrats.
Four Democratic members of the
banking and currency committee
failed to be reelected. The Demo.
Gratis also lost five members who were
on the military affairs committee. the
Republicans n and the Progressiyes
one. The judiciary committee will be
practically unchanged.
In the Senate the indicated Increase
in the Democratic majority was wei.
coined by administration leaders, who
have been hampered during the pres
ent Congress by the narrow margin
Of their control.