The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-09-01
SHAKING JOB TREE
FOR LARGE PLUMS
, REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN
ARE VERY BUSY
LAY PLANS FOR SEATS
House Members Now Playing
The Game of Politics
Among Selves.
LAURENCE M. BENEDICT

UNITED Press stan Correspondent
Washington, August 3l.-The re-
publican majority in the house is
now devoting a good deal of its
time (unofficially) to internal po.
litics."
Administration members, back from
a six weeks recess spent at home in
the gentle art OF trying to be re-
nominated, the now playing the
game Of politics among themselves,
with the stakes the floor leadership
and a number of important commit
tee chairmanships in the next con.
gress.
Voluntary retirements among the
odd timers" and involuntary retire
ments decreed by "ickle voters III
the primary elections that have
been held thus Jar have already
been so numerous as to necessitate
an almost complete new deal in the
republican organization in the lower
branch. And the scramble is already
on. The vacancies do not have 10
be filled until next March 4, when
the new congress comes in. but by
that time the problem of making
the new selections will be only a
matter OF ratification. The slate" Is
being made up now.
The majority Party may lose hea
Willy in the November election but
the belief prevails here that it will
retain control over the house and
the reorganization to be effected
next year will be worked out with
out any help from the democrats.
New Floor Leader
There is little real talk of putting
up a man TO contest with Speaker
Gillet in the next congress and so
the republicans first thought to the
position OF door leader which Rep.
MondeE. OF, Wyoming, vaeates this
year 30 either go to the Senate or
prominently mentioned for Mon
dell's job, chief among them being
Nichols LonCwCrth of Ohio; Si1Qeg
Anderson of Minnesota and Will r.
Wood. of Indiana Longworth seems
TO have the inSide track and If he
: cts the ~ = tt' son lave OF
the late President Roosevelt will at
last step into the prominence his
friends say n has long deserved.
Next in AinC. and probably first in
real importance. comes the chair
lA Al.N OF INC powerful lpleS com
mittee. which really decides what
the house vi | do. and when. The
present chairman. Philip Campbell
OF Kansas. was beaten for renonlin-
alton. Rep. B. II. Smell, Of New York
is the ranking republican member
and will be promoted to the chair
manship.
The craftsmanship of = the ways
and means committee will be va
cant, due to the retirement of Rep.
5oseT:h FoIdnaS, OF Michigan. If the
Cenio-ity ruln is followed, Rep.
Green. of Iowa will ascend the
gravel throne. Longworth is next In
line
Tho craftsmanship Of another in
Tuertial committee may be valiant.
Rep. WinSlow Of Massachusetts is
conside' ing dropping out of politics.
His wife wants him to and it looks
like she'll win.
If there's any serious effort to
unseat Speaker Gillet, the three
members mentioned for the floor
leadership probably will be the
strongest candidates for the place.
But at least one of them. Long
worth. has said he would not enter
a contest with Gillet.-
The list of congressman already
scheduled to leave the House at the
end of their present terms on
March 4 includes twenty seven re-
publicans, most of them |wheelhors-
es Of the party.