Arizona republican., 1919-02-28
NAME GILLETTE HOUSE SPEAKER
 FUR NEXT TERM

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-RepreSen- tative Frederick H. Gillette of Massa- chusetts was nominated on the first ballot tonight. by the republican con- ference, as the party candidate for speaker in the house of representatives.
 Representative James R. Mann of H. linois ran second, with Representative Phillip Campbell of Kansas, who en- tered the race few days ago, after Representative Simeon D. Fess of Ohio had withdrawn. far behind. As the re- pubhcans will have a majority in the next house. nomination was regarded by them as equivalent to election. Tho official vote as announced by Representative Horace NJ Towner of Iowa, chairman of the conference, fol- lows: Gillette 13S; Mann 69: Campbell f3: scattering 5. Four for Representa- tive John J. Esch of Wisconsin and one for Representative Frank w. Mondell of Wyoming.
 Immediately after the ballot was an- nounced the election of Mir. Gillett was made unanimous on motion of MT. Mann.
 After a brief address by the success ! f1l candidate, the conference proceeded with the nomination of other candi- dates for officers in the house of rep resentatives. w. Tyler Page of Mont gomery county, Maryland. was nomi- mated clerk by exclamation, and Joseph l c. Rodgers. of Philadelphia, now a | house employe, was nominated as ser | geant -at-arms over Representative l William J. Carey of Wisconsin, whose ! term expires March 1.
 Immediately after his nomination. 1 Mir. Gillette issued this statement: T have received the goal of my am bition. a happiness which suppose | comes to few men. 1 feel the deepest gratitude 10 my generous supporters | but have no tinge of hard feeling | against anyone. My ambition now will
 be 10 establish harmonious cooper ration among all republicans that we
 may cope successfully with the prodig-
 ious problems of the coming session" For continuous service, NIT. Gillette | is the veteran of the house. He is
 rounding out his twenty fourth year of ! consecutive service in that body. Al l though he entered congress when Rep resentative Cannon of Illinois was a
 veteran legislator. Mir. Gillett's record for unbroken service exceeds that ot the former speaker whose forty years
 in the house have been interrupted by absence from two congresses.
 Despite his long service, Mir. Gil.
 lette Is not one of the most widely known members of the house. and hi. friends ascribe hissrise to republican
 leadership to his close application tt legislation. rather than to any persona advertising. In this connection they
 pointed to the fact that all of the
 speeches he has delivered throughou
 nearly a quarter of a century of ser vice, would scarcely fi. one smal
 volume.
 ! Representative Gillette is from tn,
 second Massachusetts district. and hi. : home Is in Springfield. He was borI in Westfield. Massachusetts, in ls5.
 and was graduated from Amherst Col lege and the Harvard Law School.
 Echoes from the recent conferenc, between Will Hays, chairman of tn,
 republican national committee. an,
 Representative Fess and the Ohio ant
 Indiana delegates, which preceded NIT
 Fess' withdrawal from the race, wer
 heard at tonights conference.
 Some of the representatives spealSin:
 in support of Representatives Mani
 and Campbell, declared that Chairman
 Hays and Senator Penrose of Pennsyl
 vania and other senators sought to die tate the organization of the next house 1T Tt looks rather 'hazy' and 'penrosy
 for the republican party" declare,
 Representative Sweet of Iowa, speak
 ing in support of Mir. Campbell. Repre- ! sentative Magee of New York, speakin
 for Mir. Mann, said no one could giv any reason why we should be influ ensed in our actions by outsid pafties.r