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House. today made public the unofficial
list" Of the members Of the House in
the next Congress, and attached to it
list of the Senator's who will sit in that
Congress.
Mr.. Pages list gives the Republicans
218 members of the House, the Demo-
Gratis 216 and the Farmer-Labor party /.
The elections were held 10 days ago.
The list now put out by Mr.. Page is
likely to stand up, although 1t Is pos
sible number of contests in close dis
trictS will be filed later. Under the law
providing for the filing of contests for
House seats the contestants and the de-
PENDANTS are allowed so much time for
filing contests and replies and rebuttals
that Il is probable the contests would
not officially come to the clerk Of the
House until next Fall.
Certificates Are Taken.
Contests, however. win not prevent
| the members-elect holding certificates
Of election made out In proper form,
| from taking their seats on the opening
day of the first session of the new
Congress The House is very strict in
holding to the rule that certificate
properly made out gives the member
elect the right to be seated promptly,
even though contest may be pending
against him.
The cases where the right to be
sworn in and take seat have been
denied in the House are SO rare as to
prove the rule. A Mormon member
elect from Utah, soon after the State
was admitted to the Union, was Held
up when he presented himself in the
House because it was shown that he
was praeticing polygamy, although the
State had been admitted on the under
standing that polygamy should be abol-
ished. Victor Berger, Socialist from
Milwaukee, was denied the right to be
sworn in only because he had given
aid and comfort to the enemy, while
| the United States was at war.
Unless death interferes, 1t would APP
pear, therefore that when the new
House assemblies the Republicans will
have a majority and should he able to
organize and elect Speaker. It is not
considered likely that the Republicans
from the West viii vote with the DEM
ocrats on organization of the House,
even though they may do so later in
matters of legislation, opposed by the
administration.
wilson Situation Cited.
~Wucu bllc lASb cCcolUl Vi bAiS 0lAIt~
fifth Congress assembled in Washing
ton, April 2, 1917, on call of President
Wilson, to hear his war message, the
Republicans had 216 members of the
House. the Democrats 210, and there
we're 8 independents. Champ Clark,
Democrat, was reelected Speaker, how
ever. by vote of 217 to 205 for Rep
resentative Mann of Illinois, Repubh-
can; 2 for Gillett of Massachusetts,, 2
for Lenroot of Wisconsin and 2 Re-
publicans voting present"
Clark was placed in nomination at
that time by Schall of Minnesota, now a
Republican member of the Senate.
Schall in 1917 was a Republican men,
Der of the House, though one of the pro-
gressive group so called. He gave as his
reasons for supporting Clark in prefer
ence to the Republican the fact that the
country was facing war emergency
and, with a Democratic President. he
believed that the Democratic party
should organize the House.
While the situation which existed at
the opening of the Sixty-fifth Con-
gress cannot be called an exact prece-
dent for the situation which will pre-
vail at the opening of the Seventy
second Congress, it probably gives an
linking Of what may be expected in the
matter of organizing the House. The
Republicans may be expected to elect
Speaker and to organize the committees,
despite the claims Of some Of the Demo-
Gratis.