Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-11-22
NEW FACES IN THE
LEGISLATURE
Session Converting in January Will
Be Different From Amy in Recent
Years; Republicans Hold Balance
of Power
Charlotte Observer.

Charlotte Observer.
The general assembly to convene
in January will be a different body
from any that has been seen in Ra-
leigh in many years, in almost a
generation in fact The biggest diff
ference, Of course, will be the great
ly increased number of seats in both
houses occupied by Republicans.
Heretofore from one to three mem
bers of that party in the senate and
10 or Is in the lower house have
been the limit. Next January al
most one third of the total member
ship of the two houses will be Re-
publican.
This means that on any question
upon which the Democrats should be
considerably divided the Republi-
cans would hold the balanc of power
and naturally the minority party will
find itself in this position far more
! frequently than heretofore for many
years. This means that the Repub-
lican party will play greater part
in writing the total record of the
general assembly of 1929 than it has
in many previous assemblies and will
have to bear a proportionately great
7 er measure of the responsibility for
the record made.
Looking over the list Of newly
] atnctaI 1p,1ob0,.e Of lorrse
iature, too, one is impressed by the
prep0nderance Of new names and
the dearth of names heretofore ia
miliar in legislative circles. Never
theless there are q number that
stand out as one scans the list. In
the senate list is found the familiar
EGme Of W. NJ. Parson, of Louis
burg, and the names of Lawrence,
of Murphreesboro; Whedbee, of
Hertford. S. H. Hobbs, of Clinton;
Major E. R. McKethan, of Fayette-
vile; T. L. Johnson, of Lumberton,
Who served as secretary of the
! Democratic state executive commit
tee during the recent campaign; J.
M. Broughton, of Raleigh; R. w.
Scott, of Haw River; S. C. Brawley,
Of Durham; Thomas J. Gold of
Guilford; Walter Clark, of Meek
lenburg; B. S. Womble of Winston
Salem, and A. E. Woltz of Gas
tonia.
In the house the following names
have a familiar sound: DR.. ). E.
Hart Wadesboro; David 7. Vance,
Avery; Judge Francis D. Winston,
Windsor; Garland Suttlemyer, Cald-
well; 0. NJ. Null, Cleveland, chair
man of the Democratic state execu-
tive committee; J. R. Williamson,
Columbus; r. Bruce Ethridge, Dare;
a. II. Ragan, Davidson; A. T. Grant,
Davie; DR.. r. L. Carr, Duplin; R. M.
! Cox, Forsyth; F. ". Hancock, Jr.,
/ Greenville; Norman A. Boren, Gull
ford; J. Mckay Byrd, Harnett; D.
Scott Poole, Hoke, he OF evolution
fame; Fred |. Sutton, Lenoir; w. E.
Price, Mecklenburg; U. L. Spence,
Moore; Fred W. Hargett, Jr., On
slow; A. H. Graham, Orange; M. w.
Nash, Richmond; A. (. White, Robe
son; j. Sherwood Upchurch, Wake;
R. c. Rivers, Watauga; Charles H.
Cowles, Wilkes, former congress-
man, and number of others
Not all of these have served in
the legislature, but the names have
become more or less familiar either
in the general assembly or other
fields, some Of them in politics and
others elsewhere. Taken as
whole, the legislature Of 1929 will
average well in its personnel, The
Observer would say from its present
/ knowledge, although quite a number
of the outstanding members of the
/ senate and house at previous ses-
sions in recent years will be missing,
such for instance as Walter Muir
ply, of Rowan; 7. C. Bowie, of
Ashe; burlington and Grier, of Ire
dell; Everett, of Durham; Wallace,
( of Carteret; Wright, of Guilford;
Heath, of Union; Parsons, of Rich
mond; Burgwyn, of Northampton;
Long, Of Halifax; Giles, of. McDow-
ell, and other stalwarts.
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