Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-11-12
Shift of IL Votes Would Throw
Control of House to Minority
Side-Many Differences When
Uncle Joe" Cannon Returns.
CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP
committees Must Be Reorgan.
lied Increased Democratic
Majority in Senate Welcomed
by Leaders, Whose Margin o.
Control Has Been Narrow.

Washington, Nov. 5--Many changes IN.
the organization of the House OF ReDrn
sentatives Will be made when Chann
Clark and Uncle Joe" Cannon once mora
! race each other across the center aisle al
the beginning OF the next Congress- The
| dWlndling of the democratic majority
which will drop after the close of the De-
cember session from 40 to "a. Will n.cessi-
tate a general shifting Of the working or
der In the House.
| with their slender ma jority, the demo-
Gratis, while bic to re-elect Speaker Clarl:
| and retain control OF the committees. will
| be forced to maintain an almost perfect
organization Even with a full attend
ance In the House shift of IL votes would
throw the control to the minority side
fractoally complete returns tonight gave
the democrats 2E9, republicans 1876 progress
siVes :, socialists |, Independents /. doubt
ful l. This would give the democrats a
plurality of 81 over the republicans, and
y over the combined opposi .on
This narrow margin will probably re-
suit In n Encouragement Of committee
representation, the democrats now hold
ing overwhelming majorities in all Of
the standing committees. The falling of
OF the progressives from 70 in the present
House to seven. probably will cut down
their committee representation mater
tally. and even may lose them the few
important places they hold In the pres
ent House
CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP.
Democratic leadership in the House will
undergo great changes Representative
Underwood Vas elected to the Senate
and Will leave the House AT tbo c,osa
Of the December session Representative
kitchn Of North Carolina. the ranking
democrat on the ways and means com.
f't'ee' VIII claim the democratic leader
snip by right of seniority, and Is OK
Pec'ed 10 nave the support of the south
ern democrats generally
representative Mann Of Illinois IN
oountedly VIII retain the republican bad
ership' facing the democrats with formid-
able support. His ranks will include be-
sloes former Speaker Cannon numerous
other republicans who have re-captured
the places they lost in the 1912 campaign.
Inc election Will vacate five of tha
fourteen democratic places on the wavs
ana means committee, which framed the
Underwood tariff law. Representative
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DEMOCRATIC LOSSES
Two democ-a,.o ,h -.
committee vii, No. ra,,,rn
tive tJardv,o, 90 ,,.or,-,,
ate and Representatives Go,d,og,o =, NJ,
York was defeated nv soc,a,,s, ~.
London. Representative Kelly of Per-.
sylvana. the progressive member Of the
committee, was defeated by a republican
and the progressives may lose their place
on the committee.
The labor committee lost two democrats
Representatives Baltz of Illinois and
Walsh of New Jersey, who represented
resident "Ilsohs district representa-
I'VE Macdonald OF Michigan, the progress