Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-09
WOODSTOCK, 5tRGINIA.
Republican Majority In Mex
Session Cut As kesuIt of
Upheayal In 1928.

Washington, Mar. 5.-Among
the members of congress whose
terms expired yesterday and who
will not be members of the next
congress is Representative John
Paul, Republican, of the Seventh
Virginia district, who, it isl
expected will return to Harrison
burg and resume his law practice
Mr.. Paul, who has been a |
candidate for congressional honor
for the last 10 or II years was de-
clared elected by the House about
two months ago in settling the
1920 contest election case he filed
against Representative Thomas
w. Harrison, Democrat, of VIM
chester, who apparently was
elected on the face Of the returns
bv about $50 majority.
In the 1922 election, however,
Harrison was reelected bv ma
jority in excess of 5000. Mr. Paul
was recently assigned to member
ship on the District of Columbia
committee, but it has not met
since his appointment.
Although Harrison was re-
elected last year by the same
people whose votes were thrown
out as a result of the 1920 cleo
ton, it is not thought the Repub-
licans in the next congress will
undertake to bring about another
contest in the district, the Harris
on majority having been increas-
ed in two years from about $50
to more than 5000.
With George C. Perry, of
Tazewell, succeeding Rcpresen
tative c. B. Slemp in the ninth
district in the next congress, the
state will be represented by a
solid Democratic delegation tor
the first time in about 20 years.
Some Democratic leaders have
said the Paul-Harrisor contest
has reacted greatly in favor of
the dominant party in the State
and has the effect of cemeuting
party ties more firmly than ever
before.
Mr.. Paul was only one of the
small army of national Legislators
which marched from office, while
some go voluntarily, the cold
records show that the No.
vember 1922 election took a
greater toll of congressional
membership than any beld in
recent years, not excluding that
of 1920, which was marked by
a great Republican landslide. In
all lao members of the House
and Senate give up their place,
as compared with 129 members
of the sixty-sixth congress who
retired two years ago.
Actually 127 members of the
House will sever connections
with that body. The Republi-
cans are the hardest hit in both
houses. In the next Senate there
will be 50 Republicans and 43
Democrats, with Que independent
as against SO Republicans aud 81
Democrats when the present
Senate was organized two years
ago. The more marked change,
however, will be in the House,
where the Republican majority
of los will be reduced to IS.
OF all the state delegations.
the greatest change will be in
that from New York with 20 new
members, of whom IS will be
Democrats. The change in this
delegation alone is as great as
that in the whole solid South
Missouri returns only. five of its
present delegation the new mem
bers including 10 Democrats and
one Republican. There will be
six new faces in the New Jersey
delegation, five of the new MEM
bers being Democrats. West
Virginia will send in four new
members, all Democrats. and
Oklahoma five. four of them
Democrats.
There will be IA new Repres-
eutatives from PENNSYLVANIA, six
of them Democrats, will have
five new members, three of them
Democrats. The other Demo-
cratic gains were scattered over
tie country from New Hamp-
shire to Oregon, six of these
being in Ohio, which elected a
solid Redublican delegation two
years ago.