Evening star., 1925-12-07
LcngWorth Elected Speaker
Over Garrett and Cooper
on First Ballot.
LOWER BRANCH TACKLES
TAX BILL IMMEDIATELY
Senate Adjourns After Brief Ses-
sion-Respect Is Paid to
Deceased Members.
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congress came back IH-o session To-
fav after its longest recess in years.
With the opening ceremonies AT
ypn the big Republican majorities
oiled up in the Coodd@o landslide oi
-4yi took the saddle in both Senate
.r House. hut kept q weather eye
,.1 ne Democrats and Insurgents, who
E lin ,,ere threateUin- coalition
,..5..lst some of The pet projects OF
=. administration.
Receiving the necessary majority
g.. al votes east on the first ballot.
.-Snita the refusal of the Republican,
Insurgents to support him. Nicholas
T.onCxorth. Ohio. was elected the new
Speaker OF the House.
Gets 80 of 400 Votes.
'Hhe insurgents voted for Henry
ATen Cooper of Wisconsin. who led
he La Toilette attack on President
coolidge and his policies at the CleVe-
and Republican convention last year.
'rhc Democratic candidate was F1nls
Jarrett Of Tennessee. the House
Democratic floor leader.
Mr.. Longworth received 22s OF the
rett was 1875. and for Mr. Cooper, IS.
Five voted present.
The 13 voting for Mr. Cooper We're:
Beck. Browne. Frear. Lampert. Mel
son, Peavey. Schafer, Schneider and
Eoigt, all Republicans of Wisconsin,
and Kvale, independent of Minnesota;
La Guardia, Socialist, OF New York;
Sinclair, Republican. of North Da-
l1ota, and Wefald, Farmer-Labor, of
Minnesota.
Both Cooper and Garrett voted
present" but Mr.. Longworth re-
nrained outside the House chamber
While the voting was in progress, and
when his election was announced he
was brought in on the arm of his
Democratic opponent. while the mem
bers stood and applauded. Mr.. Garrett
then introduced the new Speaker with
Ibis eulogy:
He is intellectually and temper
amentalIy fitted. He is a wise and
gifted character, and gentleman be be
~ond reproach. He stands splendidly
equipped to succeed the long line of
his predecessors.
With almost a midsea son momen-
tum. the House put the new tax re
duction bill at the head of its calendar
and prepared TO go to work at once.
Meantime. the Senate after its custo-
mary manner, was organizing leisure
". and putting off its day of decision
regarding the recognition to he given
Republican Insurgents on its big COM
mitteeS.
Insurgents Revolt.
In the House that issue had been
settled by the open revolt of the Wis
..onsin delegation against the party
late of House officials.
But even without their help. the
Republican organization had votes to
spare for election to the Speakership.
Introduction of bills was not in or
der in the Senate during its brief ses
sion. but hundreds of Legislative pro
posals were showered down on the
desk of the clerk of the House.
Among them We're suggested solu
lions for most of the major issues now
before the country. including the prob
lem of prohibition. Representative
Hill. Republican, Maryland. proposed
in a formal resolution to dispose Of the
prohibition question by repeating the
eighteenth amendment.
Before election OF the Speaker
he new House was called to order
NV it's clerk, Tyler Page, who. after
prayer. called the roll of the states
and established, the presence of
quorum.
At the same moment Vice President
Dawes. fresh from countTE-Wlde
speaking campaign in favor Of TeVi-
sion of the Senate rules, was opening
formally the new session of the Sen
ate. While many of the Senators APP
reared in long-tailed formal dress Mr..
Dawes wore a duuble-hreaSted blue
suit F.ighty-nine Senators were pres
ent-
La Toilette Welcomed.
Three new Senators, La Toilette of
Wisconsin, Robinson of Indiana and
Williams of Missouri. took the oath in
a group. With all eyes fixed inqu1r-
ingly upon him. Mr.. La Toilette. the
Youngest man to sit in the Senate IN
more than half a century, was escort
ed to the dais by his colleague. Sena-
tor Lenroot of Wisconsin. After he
had signed the roster he was greeted
by n number of Senators. first among
them Senator Butler of Massachu-
setts, chairman OF the Republican ma
tional committee.
Organization uf the Senate was
completed with the election Of Edwin
P. Thayer of indianapolis. Ind, as
secretary and the appointment of the
usual committee to notify the Presi-
dent that Congress was ready to
transact business.
Then. after being in session 2o min
utes, the Senate adjourned until noon
tomorrow out of respect for the mem
cries of four members, who died dur
ing the recess-the elder La Toilette
of Wisconsin. Ralston of Indiana,
LIadd of North Dakota and Spencer of
Missouri.
The House got under way with little
CEREMONY when William Tyler Page,
clerk rapped for order as Rev J.
Shera Montgomery, chaplain, offered
PRAYER. The three women members
of the House all were on the floor at
rho time Mrs. Rogers of MaSsachu-
setts and Mrs. Kahn Of California on
rhe Republican side and Mrs. Norton
of New Jersey with the Democrats.
The House roll call showed 419
members present, out of a total mem
pership of 435.
The speech nominating Mr.. Longl
worth for the Speakership was del
ivered by Representative Hawley of
oregon, acting "by direction of the
Republican caucus"
Representative Carter of Oklahoma
nominated Representative Garrett of
Tennessee, the choice of the Demo
ratio caucus, and Representative
F'rear of Wisconsin nominated Rep
resentative Cooper Of that States as
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