The sun., 1916-11-13
NEW CONGRESS HAS
YEAR TO ORGANIZE
Party Conferences Are Expect
cd to Precede ManTuvres
for Control.
q. q. =. CLAIMS MAJORITY
Republicans Look for support
Of Independents. but Con-
cede Socialist Vote.
q. q. J.. CLAIMS MAJORITY

they are making Of their ability to con-
troll that body by from five TO seven ma
jority during the text Congress.
That Representative Mann, present
Republican leader. will be the Speaker
Ia assumed in many quarters, but there
Is likely to be some opposition. The or.
g~anizstion will probably not occur for
about n year. The new House will not
meet in regular session until a year
from December. and there appears no
present prospect OF an extra session.
In the yea yet 20 eiapse vacancies
may occur by death. designations and
otherwise n the narrow majority
either way may be shifted. With Il ma
jority OF but Ave a change In the polMi-
cal complexion OF the House would &c
worked by a change in the politics Of
but three members.
Importance Of independents.
The independents. so called, will also
play an important part. Chairman
Woods, who is claiming from five 10
seven majority to-day. comedies the
| SOCIALIST vote In the new House to the
Democrats and claims the progressives
and other Independents. Martin OF
Louisiana WAS elected as a protection
ist.' although u former Democrat. His
election vas n protest against free sugar.
He was opposed In the recent election
by a regularly nominated Democratic
| candidate who II now taking steps 10
contest tho election. TIL possibility %,
| his voting with the Democrats II he IL
seated Is limited at.
Fuller OF Massachusetts elected as an
independent to succeed Roberts. Re.
1 ..llaA& O.. l.A -, tha hnn4VN1t.a o.
Congressional Committee az certain ,o
vote with them.
Randall, elected az a "prohibitionist'
in California. acted with the Democrats
in the present Congress. and it ~ as
aumed he will in the next. Schall. elected
as a Progressive in Minnesota IL
vouched for by the other Republican
members Of the House from Ninnesots
as certain to vote with them.
The Democrats are not yet ready e
concede the House. although they admit
the chances seem to be gains them
CLanp Clark. Case.
There are certain TO bo some Inter
csting and lively party conferences 81
both sides before any organization
tickets are finally launched As the
Democrats apparently will be II
the minority. some OF Il friends 81
Champ Clark are no; certain that ht
will he a candidate to succeed himself.
Unless he can he elected speaker they
prefer that he abandon the race snC
become a candidate for minority leader
the post he held for many years before
the Democratic ~sscendency in 1910. Sucl
n development might prec!pitat- = lNclI
contest within the Democratic ranks
with Claude k!tchin. the present ma
jority leader, and Speaker Clark as Thu
rival candidates for the minority leader
ship.
In the event OF Republican organize
ton Of the House the majority leader
ship. under seniority rule. would go tt
Joseph W. Fordney Of Michigan. WHIT
automatically would become chairman
of the Ways and Means Committee,
Among the majority members Of tina
important committee. which would haV'
charge of tariff revision, would toe Rep
resentat!ves Ebcnezer I'm OF Connect
cut, Longworth Of Ohio. Gardner o
Massachusetts. Moore OF Pennsylvania
Green OF Iowa, and Fairchild OF New
York. Representative Gillett OF Massa
chusetts probably will succeed f1tz
gerald OF New York as chairman OF tn
lamentations Committee, and with hin
i'm control OF his committee would b'
former Speaker Cannon and Representa-
tiyes Slemp OF Virginia, Good Of low
Mondeil Of Wyoming. Ware OF Pcnns!l
wanna and Davis OF M!nnesots.
Chairmanship Changes.
Among other important prnhaol
changes would be Hayes OF California 4
succeed Glass OF Virginia az Chairman
o. the Banking and Currency Committee
Cooper OF Wisconsin for Flood OF
Foreign Affairs Esch OF Wisconsin 70
Adamson. Georgia, on Interstate an
Foreign Commerce; Volstead OF Mime
sofa for Webb. North Carolina. on Judd
clary Albert Johnson OF Washington 10
Burnett, Alabama, on Immigration
Kahn OF California for Padgett, Ten
nessee. on Naval Affairs Greene q
Massachusetts, for Alexander, Missouri
on Merchant Marine STEVENSON. Mime
sofa, for Noon. Tennessee. on Post or
flee: IRnroot. Wisconsin, for Ferris
Oklahoma, on Public Lands, and Camp
bell OF Kansas, for Henry. Texas. o.
Rules.
Whatever happens Republicans canno
control legislation In the next Congress
because the new Senate will be Demo
cratic by 4 safe working majority o
twelve. In this situation little partisan
legislation can he looked for during Thu
fret part OF the New Wilson Admins
tration. Because Of this. Administrstio
leaders will exert every possible efor
to complete the Democratic Legislative