Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-08

port and has held an advantageous
position on the Rules Committee.
The death of Representative WurZ-
bach, which apparently has assured
Democratic organization of the House,
has detained Garner in Texas to attend
the funeral. He will come to Washing
ton early next week to take charge 81
compromising" the Democratic MEM
bership so there will be united action.
The Democratic caucus will be held as
late as possible SO all members may
have a voice in the party council
Garner will favor party peace and unity,
as will the other leaders.
Friendly Spirit Assured.
Assurance there will be friendly set
tlement of all questions at the caucus
is given by Representative Arthur IL.
Greenwood of Indiana, who says there
is virtually an unanimous agreement
that there shall be unity, party strength
and fair play as between sections.
While the hand of fate apparently
assured Democratic organization, it
staNd off a real breach in the Re-
publican ranks. 1t was quite generally
admitted by Republican members that
Representative John Q. TilSon OF Con-
nectiCut, House leader in the last Con-
gress, and Representative Bertrand H.
Smell of New York, who was chairman
of the Rules Committee, had been likely
to come to such a clash as to create
a deadlock, resulting in a compromise
candidate stepping in.
The Democratic ascendency seems to
have reconciled all this pretty well.
While Smell was quite right in saying
the Republicans would still make a
contest for the Speakership, that is no
more than the Democrats always have
done in offering a candidate even when
they were overwhelmingly outnumbered
in the House membership. But Mr..
Smell may still be his party'S candi-
date for Speaker.
Naming Of LOngwOrth.
Here's how it stands. The Republic
can caucus at the close of the last
Congress named Nicholas Longworth as
its candidate for Speaker Tin this in
coming Congress. 1t also named Rep
resentative TilSon as its candidate for
party leader. That nomination stands
1t was then thought Tilson would b.
majority leader. If the Republicans
had the strength to elect the Speaker,
Mr.. Tllson undoubtedly would be a
candidate for the speakership. But if
Vic COilllOl ID ODNlOuoly 1IGlIlOILdllI, al
Mr. TilSon has to do is to rest on his
selection by the caucus as party floor
leader
Mr.. Tilson would have nothing to
gain. but might lose the present Stra-
tegic position he already holds, by be-
coming a candidate for his party S
nomination for Speaker
Study OF the probabilities of Demo-
cratic chairmanships under the seniority
rule shows that while Southern men,
bers are in line to take about 80 of
these chairmanShipS. some of the more
important committees probably will be
headed by Northern members.
For example, Representative William
P. COnnery, jr.. of Massachusetts Is in
line for chairman of labor: Mrs. Mary
T. Norton of New Jersey to be chair
man of the District Committee: Loring
NJ. Black, jr., of New York to be chair
man OF the Committee on Education:
Samuel Dickstein of New York 20 be
chairman of immigration and natural
ization; j. Charles Linthicum of Mary
land to be chairman of foreign affairs;
Nell G. Underwood of Ohio to be- chair
man of invalid PENSIONS Arthur H
Greenwood of Indiana to be chairman
of mines and mining: Edgar Howard
of Nebraska to be chairman of coinage,
weights and measures and john M.
Evans of Montant to be chairman of
public lands