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House Democrats. Representative Finis J. Garrett of Tennessee was named as the Democratic candidate for Speaker?which means, since it is not planned to elect him, that he will be minority floor leader...
...Page, Clerk of the House, called that body to order. A roll call was taken to determine that a quorum was present. Then the House turned to the disturbing question of electing a Speaker. Mr. Gillett was nominated for the regular Republicans by Sidney Anderson of Minnesota. Mr. Garrett was nominated for the Democrats by Henry T. Rainey of Illinois. Then Edward E. Broune of Wisconsin rose and made a speech nominating Mr. Cooper for the insurgents, saying...
...expense the game may be played. For the last 30 years, continuously, he has represented the Second District of Massachusetts in Congress, a thoroughly seasoned parliamentarian, valuable to the regular Republicans and not very objectionable to other groups. The Democrats will nominate to run against him, Representative Finis J. Garrett of Tennessee, Democratic floor leader in the last House. His nomination will be purely a matter of form, since the Democrats have no desire to elect him; it is the custom for the minority party to nominate for Speaker, the man whom later becomes its floor leader. The insurgents planned...
...other hand, our opponents have lost none of their fighting force and have a number of additions of great strength. Garrett, and Garner, and Pou, and Crisp, and Rayburn will be joined by Rainey, and Hull, and Cannon [Clarence Cannon of Missouri], whose profound knowledge of parliamentary law is familiar to us all. We, as a party, will have our work cut out for us if we are to emerge from the parliamentary battles of the next session with credit to ourselves and to our party, and it cannot be done without co-operation and teamwork...
...lineup was as follows: HARVARD HAVERFORD Fitton, g., g., Marshall Tarnowsky, r. f. b. r. f. b., Fisher Greenidge, l. f. b. l. f. b., Garrett Drew-Baer, r. h. b. r. h. b., Thomas Brooks, c. h. b. c. h. b., Wood Pattison Longstreth Tuttle Richie Dorman Starbuck Wright Rogers Lamont Baker Eldridge Willey...