Evening star., 1923-12-04
HOUSE FAILS AGAIN
TOELECT SPEAKER
AFTER 4 BALLOTS
insurgents Stand by Guns
and Adjournment Taken
With Deadlock.
TALK OF COMPROMISE
BY TOMORROW GROWS
President May Be Forced to Aban-
don Plan to Present Message
Tomorrow.

After four more inconclusive bal
lots the House adjourned today with
tho deadlock over election of a
Sneaker unhroken.
throughout the session the insur-
gent republicans stood by their guns,
and the four roll calls were almost an
exact repetition of the four ballots
taken yesterday.
There was much talk of a possible
compromise to permit an election to-
morrow, but there was no definite m
dication whether compromise nego~
fiations would be successful.
May Delay Message.
should the leaders of the repub-
Fcan organization and of the insur-
gent group fail to come to terms,
President Coolidge will be obliged to
abandon his plan for addressing a
Joint session tomorrow and the whole
legislative program of the new Con-
press will remain at q halt
ON the four ballots taken today
Speaker Gillett, the candidate of the
republican conference. and Repre-
sentative Garrett of Tennessee. nom
mated by the democrats. ran neck
and neck. each less than dozen
votes short of the majority needed
to elect. The seventeen republicans
who voted for Representative Cooper
of Wisconsin yesterday stood SolldlN
behind him on every ballot today,
while a handful voted for Repre-
sentative Madden of Illinois.
Senate Adjourns Again.
Meantime the Senate. whose lead
ers maintain it can only meet and
adjourn until the House has perfect
ell it's organization, held a brief ses-
sion at which there was no attempt
to transact business. Adjournment
was taken Immediately after the
opening prayer without a roll call
to develop whether quorum was
present.
Senate leaders on both the majority
and minority sides. however, were
busy with assignments of senators to
the standing committees and with
preparations for the fight for Senate
reorganization, which Is to come af-
ter President Coolidge has delivered
= his Strst annual message to Con-
gress. Whether the President
can carry out his plan of appearing
at a joint session tomorrow is con-
tingent on a break in the deadlock
in the House.
The leaders of the republican House
organization have taken the position
that they cannot consistently discuss
a compromise with the insurgent bloc
as such, although they said they were
. willing to listen to individual re-
quests for changes in committee as
signmentS and in rules - the two
points on which the insurgents have
focused their attack.
Tie on First Ballot.
Although most of the republican
votes lost by Gillett were given to
Cooper a small contingent continued
today to vote for Representative Mad
den of Illinois, who has announced
he does not want to be Speaker. and
whose own vote was cast consistently
for Gillett
On the first ballot in the House to-
day-the fifth since yesterday-Rep-
resentative GiIlett and Representative
Garrett, democrat, were tied. receiv-
ing l97 votes each. Representative
Henry Allen Cooper of Wisconsin,
gents, received the same II votes
which he was given on the four bal
lots yesterday. Representative Martin
r. Madden of Illinois received the
same votes he received on the four
ballots yesterday. The total number
voting was 416. Three members
fillett, Garrett and Cooper-voted
present.
Representative Finis J. Garrett of
Tennessee. the democratic candidate
led Representative Gillett by two
Y2tes. 1e7 to 195. Representative
Henry Allen Cooper of Wisconsin,
the progressive-rep candidate.
still held his seventeen votes. and
Representative Martin 3. Madden of
Illinois. republican. who announced
ceived the votes of five loyal friends
who voted for him persistently on
the four ballots yesterday and two
ballots today There were Ala votes
cast. three members recording them
selves as present.
On the third ballot today, which is
the seventh cast in the effort to elect
the sneaker, Representative Finis J.
Representative, Frederick II. Gillett.
republican. by two votes. 1913 TO 1876.
Representative Henry Allen Cooper
of Wisconsin. the progressive repub-
lican candidate, stibl held his II
votes. while five members continued
to vote for Representative Martin B.
Madden of Illinois. despite his state
TNent that he was not a candidate.
presenta Gillett, Garrett and
cooper recorded themselves as pres
emit Representative Madden voted
, for Representative Gillett The total
number of votes cast on the seventh
ballot was 416.
No choice having been made through
majority of the votes cast. the clerk
proceeded to call the roll for the
eighth. ballot, which. it is understood,
Will be the last ballot taken today.
On the eighth and final ballot Rep
resentative Finis J. Garrett received
1913 votes, against 1917 cast for Rep
resentative Frederick II. Gillett. the
regular republican candidate. on
the eighth ballot Representative
Henry Allen Cooper of Wisconsin. the
: progressive republican candidate. re
reived II votes. as he has on every
one of the ballots taken. On each of
the four ballots today Representative
Martin B. Madden of Illinois received
> votes. and on each of the ballots
Representatives Gillett. Garrett and
c"u"er voted present"
Immediately upon Adjournment II
dr. Longworth issued the
following statement:
-, number of members have en-
pressed their interest in certain modi-
firations of the rules of the House.
and in view of their interest it seems
to me proper to state in advance the
program already agreed upon for
submission to the House.
Several days ago before Congress
snet. after consultation with a number
nf leaders of the last Congress. reSo-
luton was prepared which will be Of
tered by Mr.. Smell. the prospective
chairman of the committee on rules,
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