Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04

Republican rivalries for the speaker
| ship of the House now claim afternoon.
Nessrs. Smell Of New York and Tilson
of Connecticut, veteran regulars, eacn
| have strong claims and large 4oi-
| lowing. Compromise talk IS now IN
| the air-compromise whereby ooe1i
stand aside and unanimous support be
given TO some member conservative
| enough to suit the East and LIBERAL
enough to suit the West. il such can be
found, Cooper OF Ohio, super-dry
Purneu of Indiana, Mapes and Mich
| ener of Michigan and Hoch of Kan
sas are some of those mentioned. WIN
some naviete it is suggested that pos.
| sibly neither Smell nor TilSon would
be able TO muster the solid support
| of the extreme left wing OF the party
in the House MapeS looks to have
the best chance for the nomination
| if Smell and Tilson quit the race. But
the opinion is gaining ground that IN
! the final showdown the Democrats Will
organize the House and Honest JACK
Garner of Texas will be the Speaker
of the Seventy-second Congress. The
so-Called one-vote margin in the House
| in favor of the Republicans Is more
illusory than real. There are several
who are unlikely to support the nominee
of the Republican caucus, regardless
| of whom the nominee may be, and
the detection of single one Will De
enough to tip the scales the other
way, if the Democrats vote as SOLID
unit for Garner, as Is expected.
The original count of the new House
was 218 Republicans, PIG Democrats
and l Farm-Laborite. There nave peer
IL deaths. Three of the eleven va
cancies have been filled without chang
| ing the political lineup. Eight va
cancies-four on the Republican side
! and four on the Democratic side-Wll
be filled before December. The Demo
Gratis are sure Of their four, the Repub-
ljcans not so sure of theirs. At best
| the Republicans will do we'll to holo
| their own The Farm-Laborlte mem.
ber-Paul ]. Kvale of Minnesota-hao
| Democratic support and Republican OPP
position in his election fight last year
| His vote for the nominee of the Re-
publican caucus for Speaker is dubious
| to say the least. There are three otnei
members from Minnesota VINO bear he
publican tags, but whose progressive
views" make their support of any reg
ular Republican nominee equally I'M
| likely. One member of the Texas deie-
cation in the House-Wurzoacn-
listed in the Republican column. WurZ-
| bach is in a duel to the death with the
Republican organization. If the Demo
Gratis organize the House, the speaker
! ship will go to Texas. A single vote
! NAV decide it. Wurzbach has abundant
reasons for voting for Garner.
" X X
Plans for the Yorktown Sesquicentcn-
NAL celebration in mid-October are now
! well advanced and the detailed program
presents a wide diversity OF attractions.
Many tablets and memorials VIII be
unveiled, including one dedicated TO Gen.
Lord CORVALLIS and the valor of the
British soldiers. There Will be pieth-
ora of speech making. Senator Hiram
| Bingham will lead OF with an address,
followed by DR.. Ray Lyman Wilbur,
Secretary of the Interior. Gov. Pollard
of Virginia will deliver an address and
Representative Robert Luce of MaSsa-
chusetts, and John Stewart Bryan, and
Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis
Adams. and Gen. Pershing, and Bishop
Freeman of Washington Cathedral. and
Secretary of War Patrick j. Hurley, and
| Senator Swanson of Virginia. Not all
on the same day, however. President
Hoover is scheduled to speak at York
| town in the forenoon of Monday,
october 10. Afterward that much
| discussed pageant depicting the sur
render of Lord CORVALLIS will be staged.
* y X X
The President of the National Won-
ans Party, born in Mobile, Ala, before
| the Civil War, and now residing in
France, may well thrill with pride when
she surveys the ceaseless activity OF
her protege. "At Alva Belmont House
the beautiful national headquarters Of