Evening star., 1931-12-06
SOLID DEMOCRATS
READY TO ASSUME
CONTROL IN HOUSE

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| Tammany's spokesman-andt then by a
| speaker from almost all the State dele
cations.
Representative Rainey was nomi-
! mated for for leader by Represent
atiVe SABBATH Of Illinois, and each man
! whose name had been suggested as a
| rival candidate for the position Sec
| Onded the nomination.
/ Veteran employees Of the House were
unanimously elected to the various
/ House offices-clerk. South Trimble ,
( sergsan at arms, Kenneth Romney
| doorkeeper, Joseph J. Sinnott, post
! master FiniS Scott. Rev. DR.. James
SheTa Montgomery, chaplain in the
! last Congress, who today is celebrating
! the twentieth anniversary of his min
/ lStrv, was unanimously elected chaplain.
Crisps Proposal Adopted.
An expected heated debate over the
proposed liberalization of the rules did
not mater1aliZe and it was Representa-
tive Crisp, who has been heading this
drive in the last year. demanding that
/ only 100 signatures be required on a
petition TO discharge a committee from
| consideration OF a measure on which
! it has been sleeping, VINO offered the
| motion for las signatures, one-third
! Of the House membership, on which a
! prompt and decisive vote was recorded.
The "hold-OVer" Democratic mem
] bers Of the Ways and Means Commit
| tee were reelected, except Mr.. Garner
( and COrdell Hull, who is now in the
! Senate. and the seven places to give
/ the Democrats a proportion of Is TO
! 10 over the Republicans were filled.
Representative G. c.. Dickinson of Mis-
I souri,, formerly a member of the COM
! mlttee, was returned by aCClamation,
! and on the first ballot cast the other
! SIX were elected by a majority vote, as
! follows. Representative John w.
! Mccormack, Massachusetts,. 164. Rep
| resentatlve Edward Z. Eslick. TenneS-
see l40; Representative David J. Lewis,
/ Maryland. 1873; Representative Morgan
@. Sanders, Texas, and Representative
I Fred M Vinson, Kentucky, 127 each;
/ Representative Christopher D. Sullivan,
| New York, 1876 The other candidates
nominated were Representatives Will
liam A. Ayres Kansas; F. B. SWank,
Oklahoma; Butler B. Hare South
! Carolina; Lewis w. Douglas, Arizona
A. c. Shallenbarger, Nebraska, and
Patrick J. Boland, Pennsylvania.
The Democratic members of the
ways ana means COUllnlLJGe are tC
serve as Committee on Committees to
make up the slate Of committee assign
| mentS.
Committee to Map Patronage.
Speaker-nominee Garner was au-
thorized TO appoint a Patronage Com
mittee Of three to take care Of a proper
division of the something like 400 po-
sitiOns to be filled, with the under
standing that committee chairmen dc
not share in this patronage because
they will have committee clerkships
and messenger as their patronage.
Representative Rainey immediately
appointed Representative McDuffie OF
Alabama, who served Minority Leader
Garner in the last Congress as party
whip to continue in this same i'm
portant position. Representative Ar.
thur M Greenwood of Indiana anc
Representative Jacob L. Milligan Of
Missouri were appointed assistant
whips
Forward march to victory at tht
polls next year" was the keynote of ar
address delivered to the Democrats BY
Representative Rainey. the new fool
leader
In 1874. Mr.. Rainey pointed out, tn,
: Democrats secured control and in 1875
: Samuel j. Tilden was almost elected
President; in 1900 control passed to tn,
Democrats and in 1902 Grover Cleve