Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-11-11
Pensions Granted
To Alexandrians
Republican Party Faces ReOrganiza-
ton As Result OF Democratic
Landslide.
(RY Isaac Gregg

Washington, u. c., NOV. ll.-COm-
missioner # Pensions today, pranted
VERSIONS to the following AleXan-
drians: James Lacey. S24; Emma X
Johnston. $40: Walter z. Kerrick, Sl2
Complete reorganization of the Re
publican party, not only in Congress
hut throughout the nation will De a
development of Tuesdays election ii
is confidently stated here by mes
high in the councils Of the party. The
reorganization, already under way, IS
approved by members of the House
and Senate. and leaders of the Hard
ing Administration, and members OF
the national committee.
Among the developments which
may be expected, not necessarily in
the next month or so but certain to
come long before the campaign OF
1924 are:
Resignation of Senator Truman
H. Newberry from the Senate and
acknowledgment of the party leaders
that it is the will of the people that
exhorbitant sums Of money should
not be expended in election cam
paigns
Resignation of John T. Adams,
Chairman of the Republican National
Committee, and a general reorgani-
zation o. the Committee with several
new members to be elected by vari-
Gus states
Resignation of Senator Henry Ca,
bot Lodge as Majority leader Of the
Senate mad a reorganization of the
Republican Steering Committee of
that body.
Reorganization Of the Republican
leadership of the House with new
majority leader, a new chairman Of
the Rules Committee, and a new
Chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee.
While these changes will not take
place Immediately, nor will there be
any formal word sent out by the
President for the Republicans to dis
mantle their old organization the an
sumption is, that such changes VIII
take place slowly and gradually, tho
most of them coming with the organ
ization Of the siXty-eighth Congress
in 1923
The Democratic landslide in Tues
days election has convinced the Re-
publicans in no unmiStakable manner
that there must be a change in the
policy of administering the affairs
of the coutry. If such change is
not made possible before 1924 ii
will mean defeat in the Nationa,
election That the people do not want
Senator Truman H. Newberry, and
others of his type to dictate the af
fairs of the country. 1t was proba>
bly Newberryism more than any
other thing that caused the defeat OF
Senator Townsend in Michigan SEN
ator Townsend was one of the frs,
to rally to the support of Senator
iNewberr to save him from being un-
seated.
Senator-elect Woodbridge n. Fer
ris, of Michigan, has pledged himself
to have re-hearinC of the New.
berry case before the Senate, how
ever, it is more than likelv that Sen
ator Newberry will resign to save
himself the embarrassment of being
unseated. Senator Newberry Is rrcb>
ably an "unshakable liability OF the
party.
Retirement of Senator Lodge from
the leadership in the Senate, is not
due to any feeling that Mr. Lodge
has not ACCOMPLISHED eXtraordinary
things during his incumbency, but
rather to Mr.. Lodges poor health.
However, the announcement that he
will retire will be received with great
pleasure to most of the Democrats
who remember that Mr.. Lodge was
the "power behind the throne" dur
ing the vote on the Treaty of Yer
sailles, which the Senate refused to
ratify.
In all probability the leadership in
the next House and Senate will be
turned over to some of the younger
and moro progressive members The
time honorel precedeny OF seniority
rule will no doubt be done away with
in order to make it possible to place
these younger members in important
Jobs. In the OPINION of most of the
members these places should be
given to SOM IF the Younger mex,
who are more ir touch with the spiril
of the times, than to some OF the
older and more militant Republicans.