The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-09
MANY NEW FACES WILL APPEAR ON
 FLOOR OF HOUSE
Volstead Only Important Com mittee Chairman to Be De- feated-No Women to Sit
 in New Congress
By Assncinted Press

Washington, November S.-The country today watched with intense interest the nip and tuck race for control of the House of Represen- tatives. the closest since the war days of 1916 It saw most of the re- publican leaders stand up against the onslaught. it saw scores of men brought in by the republican wave two years ago, go out with the demo- cratic undertow.
 Volstead, author of the prohibition law, was the only republican commit tee chairman to go down, but he fell before an independent, minister can didate. proclaimed dryer" than himself. This fact often was over looked by those who professed fo see In the defeat of volstead a punish ment for the dry law.
 While they had been expected to take a big hand in the election. the women were unable to elect one of their number In the helter skelter race for seats. There will be no women in the next Congress. Alice Robertson of Oklahoma will go out then, along with Winifred Mason Huck of Illinois elected yesterday to fill the term Of her fathegs tne late William E. Mason. expiring next March.
 Returns Unexpected
 Mondell, for the lass four years the republican leader in the House, as- piring for the seat from Wyoming, went down in vain race for the Senate, and new leader will rise in lis place. Speaker Gillette, and Mann. and Madden-all the big com mittee chairmen in fact-save Vol stead, held their seats. Most of them never were in danger.
 Every republican leader of the House has often declared during the last year that the majority. around ITO at the start. was too big but none expected to see 1t cut so low and none seemed to fear that it would be cut below 40. But starting in tho east the democratic wave began picking up seats, gathered 23 in New York and then raced down the Att lantic coast, cutting across into Vir- ginia, then turned to the southwest, and doubling back into Pennsylvania, swept over Into the middle west country, and toward the far west In the hope of finding enough upturns to keep ahead of the republican col umn coming along behind.
 It was nearly noon today before the republicans, racing for hours be- hind early democratic victors, got abreast of the enemy. Then for some hours the two parties see-sawed and the republicans finally pulled to the front. Only the vast majority of two years ago saved them. The drift away from the administration was greater than they would have be- lieved possible 10 days ago
 Hours went by without bringing advantage to republicans or demo- crats Among the last of the old timers to go was McArthur of Ore gon. enmeshed in a local situation in which the Ku Klux Klan was said to have played a big hand against him. Stafford of Wisconsin. right hand man to Mann. of Illinois, the free lance of the House. was bowled over by Victor Berger. the twice un- seated socialist. who came back to take his old seat He will be the lone representative of the socialists as Never London of New York was overcome by a democrat. Some or the big committees counted heavy losses among their members as one after another republican sitting members fell
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 Predictions were freely made a week ago by republican and demo- cratic leaders alike. that no woman would sit in the Sixty eighth, Con- gress. Republicans admitted pri- vately that Miss Robertson would be beaten and there was no democrat ready to predict the election of woman ot his side The prediction was accurate so far as the next Con- gress is concerned.
 Only in Iowa were the republicans able to send back solid delegation. In Aother states delegations were shot to pieces both Indiana and Ohio solid heretofore. breaking up. New Jersey and Maryland each gave a fifty-fiity break to the democrats but 1t was the big New York over turn that cheered the minority The old district of William Mckinley in Ohio was captured by a democrat. Champ Clark's district, taken from him two years ago just before his death, drifted back to the democrats. Uncle Joe" Cannon's district. from which he retired. remained repub- lican.
 cordell Hull. Tennessee. author of the income tax law and now chair man of the democratic national com mittee, was among the democrats who came back.
 Henry T. Rainey of Illinois. another democrat high in the party councils. was returned after being out two years, and many others who went out then won easily this year. DEMOCRATIC. VICTORY
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