The Washington times., 1922-11-09
L0NGWORTH To
Be REPUBLICAN.
HOUSE LEADER
Election Also Results In Max
ing zIhlman New D. 6.
Mayor"

Tne 'bo5s OF the next 1Ousc OF
Representatives undoubtedly viii
he Congressman Nick" L0ngworth
of Ohio. sonin-law OF the late Theo-
lore Roosevelt and husband OF the
hewitching Alice Roosevelt. herself
4 student Of parliamentary law and
q frequent spectator In the halls
Of Congress.
With the defeat OF Congressman
Frank w. Mondeii In his race for
he Senate In Wyoming. the floor
leadership will devolve upon the
Ohio member, who has been
groomed for the place for several
rnars. although his friends today
aid he has never sought the House
dictatorship.
Although the latest returns today
Indicate that the Republicans Will
e'ain a bare majority IN the next
Congress, Longworth. ~ successor
% Mondeil, will he the most I'm.
portant factor in the Legislative
machinery OF the House. holding In
hts grip the power to. expsdito or
sidetraok all important measures.
Campbell Also Out.
Mondsll was defeated by John b.
Kendrick Dem) for the Senate.
II the mighty Rules Committee. was
disposed of In the primaries. fah'
ing to obtain the nomination.
Con nsequsntly the only survivor oe
he once famous triumvirate Of the
House Is Congressman Martin b.
Madden Of Illinois. CHAIRMAN Of the
Appropriations COMMITTEES. reelected
In the face OF the overwhelming
Democratic sentiment which swept
the Conversational districts In Chi
cago and Cook county. in which
Maddsn's district 10 located.
The mantle OF Chairman Campbell
most likely will fall upon Congress-
man Bertrand II. Smell OF New York.
ranking member Of the Rules Com
,nittee. Smell was reelected on
Republican an.FRrmer.LabOr ticket.
Gillette Faces Fight.
With the disintegratton Of the
Mopdell l-Campbeli- 4 Madden combsna.
ton, the spsakership OF the House
also will be the target Tor NOT
fight. Frederick II. Gillette, OF
Massachusetts, though reelected.
may be forced to relinquish the
gavei.
The minority leadership. held by
Congressman Daniel K. Garrett. Of
Texas. who had no difficulty In
neing reelected, will consequently
assume an importance almost equal
10 that held by the oppostion lead
er, on account Of the slim majority
of the Republican side.
From the strictly local Washing
ton viewpoint, the reelection OF Con,
gressmar Frederick 81. Zihiman. OF
the Sixth Maryland district. which
borders on the District line. ts par
ticularly gratifying to the business
| and civic Interest Of tbs Capital.
Foeht Loses Out.
CONGRESSMAN Ben II. Yocht.
chairman of the House District
Committed, after sixteen years OF
serviee In Congress. lost out BY .
narrow margin In ths Pennsyiyapia
primar ries, the victor being Judge
EdEard M. Beers, Repubiican.Pro-
hibitiopist. The ranking member OF
the COMMITTEES. Congressman Loren
e. Wheeler Of Illinois. was de-
feated by J. Earl Major, Democrat.
The third member at present 10
CONGRESSMAN Stuat +. Reed. o.
West virginia who was reelected.
Reed will decline the chairman.
ship. 70 Ziihman win be elevated
to the head Of the table and wili
be in q position to give District
affairs greater consideration than
they have been accorded IN the
last twenty years. II was pointsd
out st the Capitol today. ,.
In his two terms In tie Houce
Zihimap has been en- ipdefatissb's
worker for the best interests OF
washin gton, and on account Of the
close relationship between his con-
stituency and the people Of WASH
ington he has been able to give atten'
ton to District matters without I'M
pairing his Maryland connections.