Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-11-12
MANY CHANGES IN oR6ANtzA
TON AS CONSEQUENCE or RE.
DucEp MAJORITY will BE
FORCED ON DEMOCRATS.
SHIFT or IL VOTES WOULD
GIVE MINORITY CONTROL.
Republicans Likely to Gain larger
Representation on Committees and
Proaresslves Lose What They
Had, Duo to Election Changes
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In the organization of the house OF
representatives will be rlade when
Champ Clark and Uncle Joe" Cannon
once more face each other across the
center aisle at the beginning OF tAel
next congress. The dwindling Of the
Democratic majority, which win drop
after the close Of the December ses-
sion from 40 to "a win necessitato q
general shifting Of the working order
In the house.
Perfect Organization Necessary
with their slender majority, the
Democrats, while abIa to re-elect
Speaker Clark and retain control ot
the committees win be forced To main.
tain an almost perfect organization.
With d full attendance IN the house d
shift or ID votes would thrown tho
control to the minority eide.
Practically complete returns give the
Democrats 22s, Republicans l9e. Pro-
gressiges 4, Socialists 1, independents
/, and doubtful 1. This would give
the Democrats q plurality of 3S ever
the Republicans and cf 81 over tina
combined opposition.
This narrow margin will probably
result In Encouragement Of commit
tee representation, the Democrats now
holding overwhelming nlasorities lii
oil Of the standing committees. The
falling OF OF the Progressives from
10 IN the present honse TO I. probably
will cut their committee representa-
ton materially. and even may lose
them the few important places they
hold IN the present house
KItehln Probable Leader.
Democratic leadership in the House
win undergo great changes. Repre-.
sentative Underwood was elected to
the Senate and will leave fsle House
ct the close of the December session.
Representative Kitchin Of North Caro-
lima, the ranking Democrat on the
ways and means COMMITTEES, will claim
the Democratic leadership by right OF
seniority and 10 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 Can
nons numerous other Republicans who
have recaptured the places they lost
In the 1912 campaign.
FIye TarIff Framers out.
The election will vacate ave 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 Massachas.
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 gennsyl.
vania surrendered his seat to run for
the Senate and was defeated and Rep.
resentafiye Stanley OF Kentucky
sought the senatorial nomination I'm
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
ta 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 I'VE members who were
on the military affairs committee, the
Republicans one and the PFogressives
one. The judiciary committee viii BIZ
practically unchanged. u.... .
In the Senate the indicated increase
in the Democratic majority was vel
coined by administration leaders, whe
have been hampered during the pres
ent Congress by the narrow margin
Of their control.
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