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the candidate of the Wisconsin in
surgents.
Reading the declaration issued yes
terday by the insurgents, Mr. Erear
said Mr.. LOngworth had been chosen
at a secret caucus to which members
from Wisconsin were not invited, and
which they would not have attended
had they been asked.
The election then followed, which
confirmed Mr.. Longworth's choice as
Speaker.
In expressing his appreciation of
election as Speaker of the House, Mr.
Longworth said:
"A great and signal honor has been
bestowed upon me. The Speakerslip
OF the House of Representatives is
matched by few governmental Offices
III the world. To YOU members OF my
political party, who by your voices
have elected me with unanimity 10
TINS office, | extend my heartfelt
thanks. 1t is my highest hope that
l may prove not unworthy of the trust
you have imposed upon me.
Also Thanks Minority.
10 you, members of the minority
party, who have cast your vote as YOU
schoiarIy statesman, that fine gentle
man, that man who l am proud to call
| my friend, Finis Garrett, l extend my
! thanks for the clear evidence you have
given me of your cordial good will
L am proud and happy man this
! day, Yet my pride and elation are
| unSed with a feeling approaching hui
| mlllty in the Contempla ton of the bur-
| den and responsibilities l shall be
caiIed upon to bear during my term of
| office. To administer it to the salts
! factlon OF this House and of the coun-
try L must have the friendly coop
GRAFTON of all of you. This, nv col
leagues, / solicit, knowing full well
that without it l cannot hope to be
successful.
The functions and duty of the
speakershIp, as 4 view them, divide
themselves into two general classes.
the one parliamentary, the other
political.
Pledges Impartiality
The first l propose to administer
with most rigid impartiality. With an
| eye only TO the maintenance in the
fullest degree OF the dignity and honor
OF the House and the rights and priyi-
leges of its members, | promise Won
! that there will be no such thing as
laVorltlsm in the treatment by this
Inalf OF either party or Individuals
Inc political side, to my mind, in
! NOlFeS q question of party service l
belleVe 1t to be the duty of the Speak
er, standing squarely on the platform
OF his party, to assist in so far as he
properly can, the enactment of legis-
latlon in accordance with the declared
| principle and policy of his party and.
| by the same token. to resist the en-
actment of Legislation in violation
thereof.
Il believe in responsible party gov
ernment. / regard as among the
most benetcent provisions of the Con-
stltutlon those two which provide for
the election OF the entire membership
of the House Of Representative every
second year and for the enforcement
OF the Congress from the executive
branch.
Under these provisions, unique
among the constitutions of the great
| nations, it has been proved necessary
! II the VIII of the people biennially
expressed is to be effectively trans
lated into legislation that it must be
through the medium of one major
political party, whose members are
united upon basic principles and pol
icy, and responsible every two years
to their constituency
Against Bloc System.
Just as 1 stand for this, the Amer
lean system of responsible party gov
ernment, l am against the European
system of bloc government. I have
observed its workings abroad at first
hand. 1t works badly enough over
there where legislation is generally
matter of bluster and trafficking be-