New Britain herald., 1925-12-07
Receives 229 Of 42O
Votes Cast--Says He
Believes His Duty Is
To Work For Party
Legislation.
In Senate Formal Organ
ization Takes Place and
Then Adjournment Is
Ordered Until Noon To-
morrow.

Washington, Dec. 7 LP,--Nicholu.
LongWorth, republican. OF Ohio, to.
day vas elected speaker of the new
house.
He received the necessary major
ity of all votes cast on the first
ballot, despite the refusal OF the re.
publican insurgents to support him.
The insurgents voted for Henry
Allen Cooper of Wisconsin who LED
the La Toilette attack on President
Coolidge and his policies at tn.
Cleveland republican convention lasI
year. The democratic candidate was
Finis Garrett of Tennessee, tht
house democratic floor leader.
Longworth received 22q of the Az
votes cast. The vote for Garrett was
17S, and for Cooper IS. Five voteG
| present"
Cooper's Votes
The thirteen voting for Coopel
were; Beck, Browne, Frear, Laur.
pert, Nelson, Peavey, Schafer.
Schneider, and Noigt. all repubh
cans of Wisconsin; Kvale, independ
ent, of Minnesota; La Guardia, so
cialist of New York; Sinclair, re
publican of North Dakota. and We
fald, farmer labor. of Minnesota
Both Cooper and Garrett voted
present" but Longworth remain
cd outside the house chamber
while the voting was in progress
and when his election was an
nOunCed he was brought in on the
arm of his democratic opponent,
while the members stood and ap-
plauded Mr., Garrett then intro.
duced the new speaker with this
eulogy;
Euio.ietic Introduction
"He is intellectually and tenn.
peramentally fitted. He is wise
and gifted character, and gen
tleman beyond reproach. He stands
splendidly equipped to succeed the
long line of his worthy predeces-
sors."
In his inaugural address. Mr
Longworth divided the duties OF his
office into two classes - parlia
mentary and political.
THE first l propose to administer
with most rigid lmpartiality," h,
said
Is Party Worker
THE political side, to my mind
involves a question Of party service
/ believe it to be the duty of III,
speaker, standing sQuarely on tht
platform of his party, to assist as
he properly can the enactment o
legislation in accordance with III,
declared principles of his party"
Congress came back into sessio,
after its longest recess in years.
Republicans In Saddle.
With the opening ceremonies a
noon, the big republican majoritie
rolled up in the Coolidge landshd
70 of 1924, took the saddle in bot
senate and house. but kept a weathc
eye on the democrats and insurgent,
who again were threatening q Coai
tion against some of the pet project
of the administration.
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