Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-11-06
Old Dominion Democrats
Rest Secure in Conf
dence of Victory
NINTH ONLY WORRY
Seventh Was Scene of Hot Contest
But Harrison is Easy Winner
Think Perry Will Win in Ninth,
Completing Solid South"

Virginia Democrats are resting in
confidence of victory in tomorrow's
election except in the Ninth District.
The Seventh District has been the
scene of a bitter fight but there
seems little doubt of the outcome,
In the Ninth District, which has
for many years broken the south's
solid Democratic array by sending to
Congress C. Bascom Slemp, the bat
tie is bitterest fought George c.
Perry is slated to defeat John H.
Hassinger, who succeeded to G. o. p.
support in the Fighting Ninth"
when Representative Bascom Slemp
declined further nomination. The
Democrats seem to have the edge but
Republicans also claim the victory.
A bitter fight is in progress in the
Seventh District where Judge Thom-
as W. Harrison seeks to pile up so
huge a majority against John Paul,
his Republican opponent, that par
tisan congress will not dare to tam
per with the will OF the electorate as
it did in the last election when he
won his seat by a small majority but
was subsequently uneated by a con-
gressional committee. 1t is conserv-
atively estimated that Harrison will
win by 5000 votes.
Senator Claude A. Swanson has lit
tie or practically no opposition in j.
| w. McGavock, the Ninta District Re-
publican who was nominated to op-
pose his election to the Senate. Nc
! Gavock has been outside the Ninth
District since his nomination and it
is generally thought that he was nam
| ed merely to help Hassinger in his
race for the House. Swanson is so
confident Of victory that he has not
so much as bought one single postage
stamp to put on letter urging his
own election.
In addition to naming 10 Congress
men and one senator, the people OF
Virginia will also vote on whether or
not a convention shall be held to re-
vamp the constitution of the state.
Governor Trinkle and Harry Flood
Byrd have made speeches throughout
the state urging that the people cast
their vote against this proposed Con-
stitutional Convention inasmuch as
the expense of such a convention
would cost the state in the neighbor-
hood of $1,000,000. 1t is thought that
the project will be refused nearly
unanimously.
According to Chairman Pollard Of
the Lilly Blacks" the negro voters
of the Ninth District have been IN
structed to keep away from the polls
on election day. He estimates there
are fully LOO qualified negro voters
in TIE district.
The Republicans have put up
candidate for Congress in every dis-
trict, but in all except the Ninth and
the Seventh these nominees are re-
garded as mere fgureheads.
Candidates in each of the congress
sional districts are as follows:
First District-Congressman ;. y.
Bland Democrat) of Newport News,
and George n. Wise Republican,,
Of Newport News, J. j. Jones.
Second District-Congressman Jo-
eph T. Deal (Democra0, Of Nor
! folk, and Percy Stephenson (Republl-
cam. of Norfolk; W. W. Foreman.
Third District-Congressman An
drew ]. Montague Democrat), of
Richmond, and Charming NJ. Ward
(Republican), of Richmond.
Fourth District-Congressman Pat
rick H. Drewry (Democrat), of Peters
burg, and Herbert Rogers (Republi-
cam. of Petersburg; w. H. Gill.
Fifth District - Congressman ).
Murray Hooker (DemocraO, Of Pat
rick, and DR.. c. p. Smith (Repubh-
cam, of Martinsville.
Sixth District-Judge c. A. Wood
rum (Democrat), Of Roanoke, and +.
". McWane Republican,, Of Lynch
burg.
Seventh District - Congressman
Thomas W. Harrison (Democratl, of
Winchester, and Captain John Paud
| (Republican), of Harrisonburg.
Eighth District-Congressman R.
Walton Moore (Democratl, Of Fair
fax, and J. s. Wiley Republican,.
Ninth District-George c. Peery
! Democrat), of Trazewell, and J. NJ.
Hassinger tRepubican), Of Washing
ton. a--.--
Tenth District-Congressman- Har-
~ St. George Tucker Oem9crat), OF
4 Lexington, and John Martin (Repub-
lican), Of Cumberland.