The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-13
MANY OTHER POSSIBILITIES

There are many other possibilities with the party division so close, and until the votes are counted and certificates of cleo tion returned there will be no definite steps taken by either side. The con- gressional result in New Mexico is doubt full, the chances now favoring the demo- crats. Tn Pennsylvania there are two dis tricts and probably three in which the soldier vote may change the results. In two of these republicans, and in one, democrat, have been elected by small ma jorities on the face of returns thus far reported. In the Tenth North Carolina district Britt, a republican, is claiming the election over Weaver, democrat, by 13 majority. Several contests are expected.
 FORNEY IS IN LINE
 In the event of republican organization of the House the majority leadership would go to Joseph Forney of Michigan, who automatically would become chair man of the ways and means committee. Among the majority members of that inn portant committee which would have charge of tariff revision would be Rep resentatives EbeneZer Hill of Connecticut, LoEgworth of Ohio, Gardner of Massa- chusetts, Moore of Pennsylvania, Green of Iowa, and Fairchild of New York. Rep- resentative Gillett of Massachusetts prob ably would succeed Fitzgerald of New l Oih dS Clldil lildi ol tiiS dPpTOpTldllOUS committee. and with him in control of this committee would be Former Speaker Cannon and Representatives Slemp of Virginia, Good of Iowa, Mondel of Wy oming, Ware of Pennsylvania and David of Minnesota. Among other important probable changes would be Hayes of California, to succeed Glass of Virginia as chairman of banking and currency; Cooper of Wisconsin, for Flood on for aip aff of Co 1 amson of Georgia on interstate and foreign commerce; Vosted of Minnesota for Webb of North Carolina on judiciary; Albert Johnson of Washington for. Bur nett of Alabama on immigration; Kahn of California for Dent of Alabama on mili- tary affairs; Butler of Pennsylvania for Padgett of Tennessee on naval affairs; Greene of Massachusetts for Alexander of Missouri on merchant marine; Teenerson of Minnesota for Moon of Tennessee on postoffices; Lee Root of Wisconsin for Ferris of Oklahoma on public lands, and Campbell of Kansas for Henry of Texas on rules.
 CANNOT CONTROL LEGISLATION
 Whatever happens republicans cannot control legislation in the next Congress because the Senate will be democratic by safe working majority of 12 In this situation little partisan legislation can be looked for during the first part of the new Wilson administration. Because of this administration leaders will ex- ert every possible effort to complete the democratic legislative programme before March 4, next, when the Sixty-fourth Congress will end.
 Important legislation which is to be pushed as soon as Congress convenes in December includes immigration reform: corrupt practice law further to limit political campaign expenditures, conser- Vation and water power legislation: re- vision of the laws affecting railroads, vocational education law law to per init organization of collective selling agencies in foreign countries and fur ther measures to perfect the national de- fense