South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-06
mick" LONGWORTH
MAY BE LEADER OF
NEXT LEGISLATURE
Jhioans, Already Predomi-
nant, May Acquire New
Prestige in G.. o. p. Ranks.
By GEORGE r. HOLMES
]. y. :. Stan Cnrrcspondent.


WASHENGTON. Sept. 5.-Unless
tic ackle voter DEGREES otherwise in
November. Il Is entirely probable
that the sovereign state OF Ohio. al
ready possessed OF the presidency.
and host Of other political honors.
viii add % its imposing array Of
federal positions by taking over the
republican leadership OF the next
house OF representative.
Nick" Lougw9rth. OF Cincinnati.
veteran o. nearly 20 years Of SER
vice N congress. is the man. The
voters can spoil plans now IN the
making By turning control OF con
gress over 10 the democrats IN No
vcmber. or by refusing 10 send the
husband OF Alice Roosevelt back 10
Washington. Both Of these contIn-
gencies are considered remote.
Old Leaders Going.
The leaders OF the present con-
gress are gone-or going. with the
exception OF Speaker GIlett, Of
Massachusetts,. most OF the other
principal leaders OF the sixty-sev-
enth congress viii be missing
when the roll for the sixty eighth
IS called
Mondell. Of Wyoming Is running
for the senate; Fordney. OF Nichi-
gan, Il retiring OF his own volitiOn;
Campbell. OF Kansas. was licked in
the primarles. Fess. of Ohio. Is
running for the senate, Walsh. Of
Massachusetts,. has taken a judge
ship. Uncle Joe" Cannon. or Hi
nois. IS voluntarily retiring after
nearly half century Of intimate
contact with the house. Others are
likely to go In the primaries or in
the autumn.
The elimination OF these elders
has brought the question Of repub-
lean leadership IN the sixth-eighth
congress sharply TO the fore.
LOngworth apparently stands in
the direct line Of success on, al
though he won't be elected with
out a fight Sidney Anderson, OF
Minnesota. arrived at the point Of
consideration at about the same
time
Both Anderson and Longworth
are lawyers, as are IS per cent of
the members Of congress The
tall Minnesotau. however. is looked
upon as an agricultural representa-
tive. He was chairman OF the
joint committee which conducted
a far reaching investigation into
agricultural conditions. and he has
been a leader in the agricultural
bloc.
Andersen Younger Nan.
Anderson is one of the younger
men in the house He will cele-
brate his f0rtieth birthday on Sep
TENDER II. and he is nov in his
twelfth year in the house. which
means that he came down 10 Wash
ington at the tender age of %.
The agricultural element in the
house. embracing midwest and far
west repres entatIves, viii make a
strenuous effort TO have the lanky
AIinnesotan the leader Of the next
house. II is considered doubtful
however. If they can muster the
votes 10 pat him across.
.'Nick" Longworth has is years
of congress behind him. He is 81
years old and has been in congress
continually since the lfty-eighth
except for two years. he lost out
I'm the democratic sweep that car
rled Woodrow Wilson into the pres
idency I'm 1912, but .wo years later
he came back again and has been
ln washington ever since.
L0nCworth has been one Of the
small band Of men that directed tho
desrinies of the present house He
is a member Of the powerful ways
and means committee
Il Il said Cf LongwOrth that there
is no more able pariiamentarian or
legislative strateglst in congress To
these abilities he adds an acquaint-
anceship that few men in congress
possess.