The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-03-03
house DEMOS
slate RAINEY
FOR SPEAKER
Garner Rebuffed by Own
People as Choices for
Positions Are Made
.MUCHT0N IN LINE
FOR FINANCE POST
By THOMAS L. STOKES
ss.i Press Staff Correspondents


| WASHINGTON. Mar. ). (UP.
m,ddlc-wcsterner. rep. Henry
Paiaey al Illinois, once ignored
LEFT wing" Democrat. was
-h>,n Thursday by his party col
I,rgueS 20 hC speaker u the EursC
n representatives.
The whltc-haired Illinois vCter~
an Of y Years service was chosen
AZ n. frs. ballot a the party
;aUc.>.
;sa.. His nearest contender.
P,r. John NcDuffie. Ala. party
aim in The present congress, Ee-
.syet III. Rep. John Rankin,
NJ, received 20 votes, and Rep.
~ Bankhead. Ala, and Rep.
urin Jones. Texas. ore each.
To be floor leader and Rainey'S
chief lieutenant. house Democrats
elected the lanky. genial Rep.
Jsseph ". Byrus. Team, now
chairman of the powerful appro.
priation, committee. BvrnS. a eat.
lifa,r originally for the speaker
ship. Withdrew in favor Of Ramry
and thus opened the way for has
own selection rs floor leader.
n. received ISL votes; Rep.
William 3. BInkhead. Ala, 40.
ui Rep. John Rankin. Miss. l.
! South Trimbse was reelected
5gi OF. the house. A revolt in
aa.of Rep. William l.. Nelson,
T~5lri. who is retiring, was nv
sHss,!ul. Trimble received Us
u.5S, Nelson llS.
The house reelected Kenneth
R1nney sergeant-at-armS; Joseph
! Sinnott. dOOr-keeper and Fins
z Scotr. postmaster. The three
we're unoppoSed-
Rev. James Siberia Montgomery
W. ,e-elected chaplain. defeating
nl Dabney, OF Joplin, Mo. III
-.
lection of Rainey and Byrns
u .he house Mt the opening Of the
session. will be mere routine, rs
&c Democrats ou.number. nearly
3n /, their Republican colleagues
!, ne next congress. Rep. Bert
ant Smell. Y. V, The Republican
candidate for speaker will becom'
minority floor leader.
J7On Rainey, who represents
he new Democratic strength from
'la middle and far-weSr. will de-
r0,vc the arduous task of carrying
he Roosevelt program through
VIA, appears now will be Il tenr
ggsicouS legislative body. with al
G1vie!dv Democratic majority.
Rainev's election as successor
. Speaker John \. Garner, Tex.
VICE president eject, was q fore
gone conclusion when Byrns with
drew and Representative Ton
Cullen head of the New 1orl
Taamany delegation and Rep
Robert Crosser, Ohio "favorit'
son" candidates, joined in tn:
swing. Byrns nominated Raire!
and Cullen and Crosser made sec
ending speeches. Ramey has beer
party floor leader in the presen
congress.
The coveted speakership. Otter
ranked rexs to the presidency u
bower. thus was shifted across tn;
Mason and Dixon line to the NH
west, The domination of IN
south, which now holds the key
chalmanships, was partly broker
by election of a speaker who rep
Fe>eRts the host of new Demo
crafts VINO were swept in from th'
middle and far west in the Roose'
FrIt landslide.
The election Of Rainey was
rebuff for Garner and for the reg
ime which he built up in the house
y was victor for the anti-Gar
nsr faction and the newcomers.
AcDuffie was long Garner
light hand man. Other GarneI
regulars fought hard for the Ala
oaman in one of the bitterest fac
,"Hal fcuds in years. They were
s,asedted and now must make wa!
'or a new dispensat!On.
Harnrr was not permitted u
'oend The caucus yesterday Il
only members of the new congress
We're admitted.
It was reported that part o
@fner'S own Texas delegation
9ited and supported Rainey. Th'
ne was secret and the houS'
aamber, where the election wa
"'.a, was heavily guarded.
The floor leadership precipitat
" quite battle. Rainey's lieu
wants had some difficulty in ear
ing through the trade with tn
"S'hs group. as some of the RAJ
10y Following bOlted to Bankhead
,e "t the recognized house lead
c ,@ Who is popular. Bankhead sup
ySyt,'ed MrDuffie for the speaker
!ammany again scored a coup
ss. u Was the % votes in the dele
fPsSlon which put over the Rainey
c. SlnS ticket. But given mos
s "eoIt for the deal was the hand
IN SiH e curly-headed Representatiy
r. J rHmp, Memphis, Term. peliti
boss. who thus showed hi
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