Evening star., 1923-12-03
GilIett Fails of Election When
He Receives But 1893 Votes
on First BalIot-Garrett
Close Behind With 1876.
LITTLE HOPE is HELD
OF EARLY AGREEMENT
Fight Is Expected to Continue for
Two Days-Progressives Line Up
Behind Cooper-Senate Takes
Adjournment After Holding
Short Unruf1ed Session.

Adjournment After Holding
Short Unruf1ed Session.
The third ballot in the House
failed to elect the Speaker. A
total of Alb votes was east. The
result WAS: Garrett, democrat,
1876; Gillett, 195; Cooper, II; Mad
den. ).
The clerk Immediately began
reading the roll for the fourth
ballot.
The new Congress began its first
session today, and before it was an
hour old the House was in the throes
of a spectacular fight over the cleo
tion of a Speaker.
The little progressive bloc, made up
OF followers of Senator La Toilette of
Wisconsin, refused to support Speak
er Gillett for reelection, and pre-
cipitated a deadlock, blocking all
other business.
Mr.. Gillett had the support of the
republican organization. but his
strength fell short of the majority
over all necessary to elect. The
democrats voted Solidly for Repre-
sentative Garrett of Tennessee, and
the bulk of the progressive bloc
strength went to Representative
Cooper of Wisconsin.
Compromise negotiations to permit
of an election, within day or two
chiefs, but as the voting went on
there were no indications of capitu-
lation TO the progressive bloc de-
maud for concessions in committee
assignments and changes in the
House rules
Senate Adjourns.
ON the Senate side things went
much more smoothly. BY prar-
rangement a truce was declared in
the fight over Senate reorganization,
and after session of three-quarters
of an hour adjournment was taken
until tomorrow out of respect for
senators who have died during the
nine month recess.
GilIett Is Nominated.
The roll call in the House con-
cluded. nominations were made for
Speaker. Representative Anderson
of Minnesota. chairman of the repub-
lican conference, placed Mr.. Gillett
in nomination and Representative
Rainey of Illinois. chairman of the
democratic caucus, nominated Repre-
sentative Garrett of Tennessee, the
unanimous choice of the democrats.
The name of Representative Cooper,
a leader of the republican insurgents,
was presented by Representative
Browne, also Of Wisconsin.
There was SO much hubbub during
Mr.. Brownies speech that he had to
appeal for order
we nominate him." he said, mot
that we expect to elect him, but as a
protest against the rules of the
House."
Representative Reid of Illinois pre-
sented the name of Chairman Madden
Of the appropriations committee, de-
claring he did so on his own initia-
tive. and Mr.. Madden Immediately
arose and declared he wanted the
House to know he was not a candi-
date.
GiIlett Gets los.
On the first ballot in the House
speakership fight Speaker Gillett re-
ceived 198 votes to 1876 for Repre-
sentative Garrett and II for Repre-
sentative Cooper. Representative
Madden, republican, Illinois, was
given votes.
The seventeen who voted for Coop
er were: Beck. Browne. Frear, Lam
pert. Nelson. Peavy. Schafer, Schnei-
der and Voight. all of Wisconsin;
Clague. Davis. Keller and Knutson.
republicans. of Minnesota: Kvale, in
dependent, of Minnesota; Wefald. far
mer-labor, Minnesota; La Guardia, re-
publican. New York, and Sinclair, re-
publican. North Dakota.
were: King. Michaelson and Reid,
Illinois, and James and Woodruff,
Michigan, all republicans.
Madden voted for Gillett. Victor
Berger, socialist, Wisconsin, voted
present, as did Gillett, Garrett and
Cooper.
Immediately after the vote was an
nounced the House began to take a
second ballot.
The second ballot also failed to re-
suit In an election.
The result of the second ballot was
n total number of votes cast of All.
of which Gillett received 1876, Garrett
ldemocra), 1913: Cooper, II; Madden,
b. Three voted present"
The additional vote which Madden
received on the second ballot was a
complimentary vote cast by Repre-
sentative Richard Yates of Illinois
The clerk Immediately began calling
the rox for the third ballot.
A thIrw ballot was begun imme-
diately.
In both House and Senate the gavels
fell promptly at II o'clock. with Sena-
tor Cummins of Iowa, the President
pro tempore, presiding over his COL
leagues, and Clerk William Tyler
Page occupying the Speakers chair
of the House pending the outcome of
the fight over the speakership.
While en- the Senate side the OPEN
ing formalities passed off with the
usual outward calm and decorum, the
threat of a fight to force reorganiza-
tion of the Senate and some of its
more important committees was in
the background.
For an hour before the House went
into session the progressive bloc held
a conference.
There will be no election of Speak
er today" said Representative Nell
son of Wisconsin, chairman of group,
after the meeting. He reiterated
that the progressives controlled
enough votes to prevent the re-
election OF Speaker Gillett, but de-
clined to say how long the insurgents
expected to hold out.
Our real fight" he said, will