The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-19

carefully and report them back, ana
they win be passed and sent over 10
the senate where the same general pro-
cess will be followed until they are IL
| nally passed and sent to the Presi-
dent for approval
The first thing the house VIII 90
when it meets will be TO swear In All
Of its 43s members. All members, Ola
! and new, must take the OATH the
roll will be called by states and an the
members from one state will take the
oath at one time.
Next will come the election OF the
speaker, and Congressman FREDERICK
| l. Giliett of Massachusetts, is assured
of being chosen by the republicans.
Then will follow the election OF the
clerk, sergeant at arms, doorkeeper,
postmaster and chaplain. The caucus
of the republicans held last March de-
cided upon the election of Tyler Page
of Maryland as clerk: Joseph Rogers
of Pennsylvania as sergeant at arms
and Herbert Kennedy of Michigan as
doorkeeper. This trio has served as
house employees on the republican pat
ronage for many years.
The committee to wait on the Presl-
dent will then be named and the mouse
will probably adjourn until Tuesday,
when the Presidents annual message
to congress, which is to come from
Paris by cable, will be read and the
house will get down to business.
It is generally expected that the
squalls within the ranksspf the repub-
licans in the senate and house over
committee places will blow themselves
out before the end of next week with
out doing any appreciable harm to the
party or affecting material changes in
the plans of the regulars. The So
called progressives and insurgents will
have their fling and then settle down
to be good, il is expected, without hay-
ing gained anything but little news
paper publicity back home and abroad,
chiefly back home.
There seems but little room for
doubt that former Speaker Champ
Clark will be easily elected by the dem
ocrats as their floor leader in the
house. The insurgent movement
against Clark was quickly snuffed out
when the Missourian came out firmly
for the League of Nations. His OPP
ponents had pinned their chief hope
on his anticipated opposition to the
league.
The fight by the seven or eight So
called progressives among the senate
republicans, lead by Senator William
P. Borah of Idaho, to prevent Senator
Boies Penrose being elected chairman
of the finance committee appears to
be doomed to early and easy defeat.
There is abundant evidence now that
the "Old Guard among the senate dem
ocrats will give Penrose the votes he
needs to win shoul dthe progressives
decline to vote for the Pennsylvania.
The democrats make no secret of their
wish for man of the Penrose type
at the head of the important finance
committee in preference to one of the
cratic, sensational and visionary type
preferred by the Borah group.
The usual serenity of the first days
session of the house will probably be
disturbed by an effort to prevent Vic
tor Berger, the socialist congressman
elect from Wisconsin. convicted under
the espionage act, from taking his
seat The sentiment against allowing
Berger to be seated is very strong in
both parties. Berger is here and says
he will be present Monday to be sworn
in. Speaker-elect Gillett says ar
rangements will be made to prevent
him taking the oath.