Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-05

Berger, who will be the only socialist
representative in the new Congress.
Meyer London of New York, the sim
gle socialist in this Congress, having
failed Of reelection.
Congress also will lose its single
daredevil aviator" self-styled--
representative Manuel IIerrick Of
Oklahoma, who, in swan song, an
nCunced that he was one congress-
ional lame duck" who would refrain
from "quacking around the Presi-
dents corn crib"
Two Of the three women members
Of the House also end their service.
They are Miss Alice NJ. Robertson.
of Oklahoma, and Mrs. Winnifred
Mason Huck, OF Illinois. Thus Mrs.
Mae Ellen Nolan remains rs the one
woman member OF the new Congress.
She fills the place long held by her
date husband, John /. Nolan, Of Cali
fornia.
Many committee chairman nlso arc
to give up their places in the House.
Patrick II. Kelley, of Michigan, who
has drawn the naval appropriation
bills In tho last few years, goes out.
Like Air. Mondell Of Illinois, he
sought seat in the Senate. Other
chairmen are Clifford Ireland. of I'LL
nOis; Committee on Accounts;
Isaac Eeigel. of New York. Census
Committee: Benjamin X. FOcht, OF
Pennsylvania. District OF Columbia
Committee. and William T.. Andrews.
Of Nebraska. Committee on Election
of President and President.
Among other retiring members
are c. Bascom Slcmp, the one Re-
publican from Virginia, who goes out
voluntarily; William A. Rodcnberg,
of Illinois. who also quit of his own
selection after eighteen years; VIII
liam w. Ruc!.cr, Of Missouri, who
has been in the House "a years. and
Thomas L. SisSOn, of Mississippi,
whose length Of service 10 fourteen
years.
These arc only comparatively
few of the small army Of national
legislators which marches from Of
fees. While some go voluntarily, the
cold records ShOW that the NOVem-
Der, 1922. election took a greater toll
of congressional membership than
any held in recent years, not inc1ud-
ing that of 1920 which was marked
by great Republican landslide. In
all $40 members of the HOUSE and
Senate give up their places, as com
pared with the 129 members of the
Sixty Sixth Congress who retired
two years ago.
Actually 1877 members of the
House wiki sever their connections
with that body, but two Of these
Simon ID. Tess. of Ohio, and Frank
l.. Greene, of Vermont. will become
members of the Senate. DR.. Fess
succeeding Senator Pomerenc. and
Dr. Greene taking the Aace OF Sen
ator Page.
The Republicans are the hardest
hit in both houses. In the next Sen
ate there will be SO Republicans ano
AZ Democrats. with one independent
as against SO Republicans and 81
Democrats when the present Senate
was organized two years ago. The
more marked change. however. vii
be in the House. where the tepub-
lican mapOrity of 1GS will be reduced
to eighteen.
OF all the state delegations. the
greatest change will be in that from
New York. with twenty new mem
BerS of whom fifteen will he Demo
Gratis The change in this delega-
ton alone is as great as that in the
whole of the "Sold" South.
Missouri returns only five OF its
present delegation. the new members
including ten Democrats and one
Republiae There will be six new
faces in the New jersey delegation
five of the new members being Dem
ocrats. West Virginia will send il
four new members, all Democrats
and Oklahoma five, four them DEM
ocrats.
There will he fourteen new repre-
sentatives from Pennsylvania. siS
of thSm Democrats. while Nebraska
will have five new members. three OF
them Democrats. The other Demo
cratic gains We're scattering over the
country from New Hampshire to
Oregon, six of these being in Ohio
which elected solid Republican
delegation two wears ago.
James A. Gallivan and Peter +
Taaue. of Massachusetts no longer
will stand out as the sole Democratic
representatives from the~4Whole OF
New England They VIII he Joined
in the new Congress by four of theil
party, Patrick h. O'Suilivan. of Con
necticut: jeremiah L. O'Connell. OF
Rhode Island: William n. Rogers
of New Hmpshre. and William p
Connery, Jr, of Massachusetts.
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