New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-02-28


did, it was not the opinion of fairest
students of the situation that he
would win. He was regarded as being
too closely Identified With Cannonism
and ex-Speaker Cannon to win a, ma
jority Of the new house. The greatest
argument used against Mr.. Mann was
that the republican members of the
new house would make q serious mis-
take, and would have misread wholly
the lesson of the campaign which
threw them out of control of the
house, following the fight that the in
surgents made against Cannonism. It
was argued that it would be a serious
mistake for the republicans to name
any one accused of reactionary tend
encieS.
That the Mann supporters felt deep
down in their hearts that their sta0d-
ard bearer would lose is believed to
have been evidenced by the fact that
when "Uncle joe Cannon of Illinois
| took the floor in the caucus. shortly
| before 10 o'clock last night to make
| the final fighting speech for the cleo
| ton of Mr.. Mann he attacked Mr.. Gill
| lett, for whom the tide was running
strong In his speech Mr.. Cannon
strongly condemned the interference,
as he styled it, of Senator Boies Pen
| rose of Pennsylvania and of Chairman
Hays of the republican national COM
mittee in the house speakership fight
| in favor of Mr.. Gilletts election.
According to Mr.. Cannon, a senator
had no right to take a hand in a
house speakership fight, and it was
also outside of the bailiWick of Chair
man Hays, but the vote of the caucus
showed that those who were anxious
to elect GilIett, in preference to Mann,
were not to be Influenced by this at
tack on the national chairman of the
party and on a republican senator.
"Hazy and Penrosy."
Mr.. Cannon asserted that Mr.. Gillett
had voted for Canadian reciprocity
| and seemed to regard this as a serious
! mistake on the part of the Massachu-
| sets candidate. He also asserted that
| Mr.. Gil1ett had voted against the
! Sherwood doIlar-a day pension law
| for old soldiers of the Civil War. Mr..
| Sweet, of Iowa, who made one of the
! seconding speeches in support of Mr..
| Mann, also alluded to the attitude Of
| Senator PenroSe in favor Of the cleo
| ton of Mr.. Gillett by asserting that
| the atmosphere OF the house seemed
to be getting hazy and 'penrosy.'
The vote, as announced at the con-
| clusion of the caucus showed that
| Mr.. GilIett not only had a clear ma
| jority over all, but that he had polled
! the votes Of 50 more republican mem
| bers of the next house than did Mr.
| Mann, his nearest opponent. Mr..
! Campbell. who got Is votes was
| looked upon as a Mann candidate, the
| idea being that The Kansan might
pull enough votes away from Gillett
! al Io
! ballot.
". Tyler Page, of Maryland, was
| elected clerk of the next house, and
Joseph G. Rogers, of Philadelphia,
| won the nomination for sergeant-at-
! arms
After the vote was announced, Rep
| rescntativo Mann moved to make the
| election of Mr.. Gillett unanimous, and
! this was done. Mr.. Gillett, after his
! election, said:
, II have reached the goal of my am
! billions, happiness which, I suppose,
comes to few men. I feel the deep
| est gratitude to my generous support
ers, but I have no tinge of hard feel
| ing against anyone. My ami ition will
| be to establish harm onious co-opera-
ton among all republicans that we
may cope successfully with the big
! problems of the coming session."
Bert w. Kenne dy, of Michigan, was
| elected doorkeeper over A. S. Toll
man, Of New York.
Gi1Iett Veteran.
Frederick Huntington Gil1ett is one
of the veterans of the hour in point
| of service, a man of clean-cut per
| sonality and one of the best-known
! members of that body, although he
| is not so we'll known throughout the
! country. He has been rather indie
| pendent in his votes on certain
measures and the record Of his career
| in congress shows his friends are fond
! Of saying, that he has not been afraid
| to vote his convictions.
He has voted against the resolution
! which the militant suffragists have
! been trying to force through the dem
ocratic congress for woman suffrage
: amendment to the federal constitu-
ton.