The New York herald., 1922-11-11
REPUBLICANS MAY
REORGANIZE PARTY
Leaders Concede New Era
Independents May Dust
Old Chiefs.
RADICALS IN CONTROL
Lodge Likely to Lead in SEN
ate-Gillctt May Be
Speaker.
RADICALS IN CONTROL
Special Dispatch TO THE NEW YORK HERALD
New York Herald Ruraau
NrW 10TH ntFaiu Durehu'
Washington, ID. c., Nov. 10.

Washington. ID. C., Nov. TO-
With the official count of the new
Senate fixed at SO Republicans, AZ
! Democrats and 1 Farmer Labor, and
the House 226 Republicans, zoe Demo-
Gratis, / Socialist, / Independent and
1 Farmer-Labor, Republican leaders
concede the advent Of new era OF
liberalism in Congress.
Republicans will have a majority of
seventeen in the House if party lines
arc observed. 1T is known, however.
there will be between twenty-five and
forty progressive-radicals, most of
them classed as Republicans, in the
new House. This group can defeat
any Republican proposal by throwing
their support to the Democrats.
( Senator Lodge will probably be the.
leader of the Republicans in the Sem
ate. Present indications point to SEN
ator f. NJ. Simmons IN. CO as Demo-
cratic Senate leader in the sixty-eighth
Congress. Mr.. Simmons is now chair
man OF the Finance Committee but II
he Is chosen TO lead the minority TO
succeed Oscar w. Underwood he will
| give up that assignment. once or twice
! In recent years the senior Senator from
North Carolina has been uged 10 take
the leadership of his party in the Sem
| ate but declined. He is improved In
4 health and would not object to under
| taking the job now. II is said
! Mr.. Simmons made a hard fight
against the Fordney- -McCumber tariff
\ bill and had the support OF a large
\ majority of the Democrats and a hand
/ ful OF Republicans. Senator Jones of
] New Mexico would succeed simmons as
the ranking minority member OF the
Finance Committee.
The majority Of Republicans will be
so small that liberals in either House
will have great influence. That they Will
use this power is not doubted. II was
/ illustrated In the Sixty-seventh Con-
gress where there were numerous blocs
and poor leadership. The Republican
ma jorlty was so large that the loss OF
thirty or forty votes In the House and
five or ten in the Senate did not make
any serious difference. In the new Con-
gress the loss of few votes may mean
defeat Of a Republican measure.
Unless the blocs organized for the pur-
pose OF demanding legislation OF par
tisan nature are swept out of existence.
the Administration Republicans will
have hard time in the new Congress.
the leaders believe. The largest bloc
in the present Congress is the agri-
cultural and 1t was greatly strengthened
by the elections and will DO In position
20 demand almost anything.
GIIett May he Speaker Again.
II IS believed speaker Gnlett. Repub-
iican CMass), will be reelected. with
Representative Longworth (Ohio) as
Republican floor leader In place OF Rep
resentative MondAll.
Mr. Longworth is a liberal. His selec-
ton will prove pleasing 70 progressives
and he may be able 20 keep them In line
on party measures.
The organization OF the new House
will be on lines prevailing In recent
years. BY this method committee menl-
bers reelected retain positions held IN
the preceding Congress and chairmen
are appointed by seniority practice.
Chairnien OF about fifteen OF the six
ty-two House committees went down IN
tuesdays elections. The most inpor-
tant vacancies will be the positions OF
Chairman Fordney OF the, WAYS and
Means. who was not a CANDIDATE for
reelection; Chairman Campbell OF the
Rules, defeated for denomination. and
Chairman Volstead Of the judiciary
Committee defeated for reelection.
The greatest change IN membership
viii be in the Rules Committee. which is
one OF the most important. -Four new
members will be selected. including tho
chairman, 10 take the places OF Chair
man Campbell and Representatives
Kreider PaD. Fess (Ohio) and Roden-
berg Gu.). Republicans. Representative
Smell CN. ". the ranking committee
member probably will succeed to the
Craftsmanship. Representative Smell is
a conservative.
Green May succeed Fordney.
For the Ways and Means Committee
chairman and two or three members
will have 70 be selected. Chairman
Fordney probably will be succeeded by
Mr.. Green Gowa), the ranking member
and who was affiliated with the argri-
cultural bloc last Congress
on the judiciary Committee the post
OF Chairman Volstead probably will 80
to Representative Graham (Pa), the
ranking member.
Thefo were ntimations IN several
quarters to-day that the reorganization
OF the Republican majorities In Senate
and House might extend to include the
national party machinery Some Re
publican Senators said they would not
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