The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-07
Pennsylvania Offers TO Make
Trade With Massachu-
sets Candidate
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS
SET FOR FEB. 27
Speakership VIII Be Decided at That
Time-Thought Pennsylvanians Have
Got Sight of Band Wagon-Gillett
Strong In New York.

Strong In New York.
WASHINGTON. Feb : 4 heavy slant
toward gillett as speaker Of the next
house of representatives was evident when
the house Republicans met III caucus to
decide upon the date Of their organization
meeting. They decided To call meeting
for the 9TH, at which all Of the Republic
can members OF the next house will gather
to determine who shall be speaker
One Of the most significant develop
ments Of the day was the attempt by the
Pennsylvania Republicans the largest
| single block Of Republican members il the
house, 29-to make a deal with the Gil
lett forces by which Pennsylvania 20
votes would be cast for Gillett, and the
New York and New England votes now
lined up for Gillett would be cast for Rep
roscntative Graham Of Philadelphia. as
| floor leader OF the Republicans
| \ poll oi the New York delegation was
| said to show 10 certain votes for GIIett,
| four for Mann and one So far not ascel-
tanned With the p votes pledged 10
| Gllett from New England this New Yort
/ SAAtASNh EFfS tAAiti 49, 1ttA'9tt''&ettt TX
| ceus and practically certain election, as
the Indiana delegation Of 10 votes, which
| is already on record as against Mann, has
bound itself to the unit rule.
/ THE significance of the move on the part
Of the pennsylvanians i'll approaching tho
| Gillctt people with Il proposal to DO bust
| ness is regarded ia the house as striking
! and has convinced many members whc
4
| wagon lay that the canny Pennsylvania,
rad discovered it.
Several members of Gle New Work .dele
cation, who have beenN working for Gil
lett SAID that they Wtre favnrably lis
posed to the PENNSYLVANIA proposal Nj
Graham who is a lawyer in Philadelphia
! of conceded keenness, is highly RECON-
mended in the house, and while he Ia
rot been as active ae-somc other mem
beers. due 10 his frequent absences on Il
gai business. il IS said that he would.
elected floor leader. be willing to max
that his Job and arrange To- be in Wash
!, ington all the time congress vEs IN ses
:. son
The Graham proposal was nevertheless
q surprise. as il had been thought tina
toe Pennsylvanians would want some
thing mote than the honor of having TIL
floor leader for them y votes Natural
there are few pretty fair plunls in til
way Of patronage IN the house TO /
divided. and every delegation is on til
lookout for all of these it can nal dawI
The Pennsylvania delegation had NEE
ing prior To the general caucus and
metiou was made by Representative CIR;
ham to bind the delegation to Represen
-tiye Moore himself ion speaker. NJ
Moore himself changed this motion
DELAY action until after the caucus I'll
delegation is not proposing u go to Mool
Is real candidate for speaker, since NJ
Moore ambition is not to be speake
, lut 80 be chairman OF the ways an
ncana committee, on which he ranks sc
, end. next to Fordncz Of Michigan Thel
Is considerable light against Fordne
hasod GA the assumption that lac is +
/. dictionary. which las heen famed to ne
: heat by his work IL lining up the Mich
! san delegation to Mann far speaker.
The original plan OF tying the deleg
: ton up 20 Moore was TO keen it inta
: for trading purposes, which will probab
be done in a day or two, unless the de
, with the Gillett forces should be co
I summated at once
= Ia the New York delegation the Cald
Il and anti-Calder forces alike are lined
G ion Gillett, the split even going To Il
5 four who are planning to vote for Man