The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-12-03
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to Convene
This Noon
Republican Insurgents Give
Notice of Plan to Block
Organization Until De-
mands Are Granted.
House Deadlock Certain


ceed to business appeared tonight to
rest with the progressive bloc.
Republican insurgents in the house
have given notice that they will block
organization. Those in the senate
have made no public announcement,
~totit admittedly, they have the votes
to tie things up If they elect to do so
In view of this situation. repub-
1ican leaders are entirely at sea as
to when President Coolidge will be
able to deliver his first annual mes
sage to congress.
Representative Longworth of Ohio,
the republican leader, said tonight
that at the outset of the session the
house would begin voting on a
speaker. and that if deadlock en-
sued, an overnight adjournment would
be taken.
In the senate, the program of the
majority leaders is for the swearing
In of newly elected senators and an
adjournment until Tuesday out of
respect to members who have died
since last March 4. There seems to
be little disposition on the part of the
republican insurgents and democrats
to upset this plan.
Nelson Fights Plans.
Reiterating the determination of
the progressives to block organization
of the house, Representative Nelson
of Wisconsin, chairman of the bloc.
declared today in a statement that
congress is attempting to organize
under the same old guard and-under
the same old cry Hail. hail, the
gangs all here"
THE opening maneuvers of the old
guard leaders," he said. indicate
promises of continued service to the
railroad manipulators, grain gamblers.
coal operators and influential federal
tax doSgers, but none whatever to the
citizen. who is unable to maintain a
lobby TO represent him here, lobby
/, .r~-.t serves as the liason between
secret committees and the favored
interests
With the democrats expected to line
up solidly for Representative Garrett
of Tennessee for speaker, republican
leaders, basing their estimation on the
vote on their party conference yes
terday, conceded that Speaker Gillett
undoubtedly would fail to obtain
majority of the first ballot With 214
of the 225 house republicans present
at yesterdays conference, Gillett re-
ceived 100 votes; Cooper of Wiscon-
sin. a leader of the insurgents, Is;
Madden, Illinois, s, and Little, Kan
<as, l.
Deadlock is Certain.
Leaders of the insurgents say that
they will swing from Is to 20 repub-
llcan votes away from Gillett, and
since there are 207 democrats, this
number would be sufficient to bring
about a deadlock.
Representative Longworth. who was
elected leader yesterday, said tonight
there had been no conferences be-
tween the organization and progress
sive leaders and predicted that there
would be no effort to compromise
differences prior to the voting to-
morrow.
The fight the insurgents are making
on the speakership question is de-
clared by their leaders to be evidence
uf their strength and determination,
once the house Is organized to insist
on modification of house rules.
liberalization of committees and
consideration for legislative program.
. Until the house is organized, the
determination of the ratio as between
republicans and democrats of the
standing committees and the assign
ment Of majority members of those
committees cannot be made by the
committee on committees. Democrats.
at loss at the time of the caucus
last night as to what representation
they will be given on the committees,
were unable to proceed with the Sc
lection of their members OF the ways
and means committee, who In turn
select the democrats on the other
committees.
Endorsement for Garrett.
The only business transacted at the
caucus was the unanimous endorse
ment given Garrett for speaker. the
election OF Representative Henry T..
Rainey OF Illinois as chairman of the
caucus. and the rejuection of pro-
posal by Representative Stevenson Of
South Carolina to take away from
the democratic ways and means com
mittee members the power to make
committee assignments and to place
such authority in the hands Of com
mittee on committees.
The time OF launching OF any organ
izatlon fight In the senate now is prob.
iematical. Republican leaders have
taken the position that since the SEN
ate is continuing body reorganiza
tion unnecessary and have indicated
that the initiative In projecting n con
test must come from ether the demo
Gratis or the republican insurgents.
Plan Conference Today.
Senate democrats will hold n con
ference tomorrow morning and theiI
.9saders say they will nominate Sen
fstor Pittman Of Nevada as the party
candidate for speaker pro TEN. There
can be no nomination In the senate
however, until there is a vote TO pro
eeed to the election of a president
rs Senator Cummins Of Iowa holds