Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-12
VIRGINIA WOMEN
!! | mum AS T0PLANS
Display a Spirit Of lndepend-
ence That Keep Poll
I. ticians Guessing.
peci,, Disna,ch to The star.

special Dispatch 10 Inc StAr.
b RICHMOND, Va. September IL
Virginia women are displaying a
spirit of independence in politics that
promises to keep the politicians
guessing until the returns of the cleo
ton are in. They were asked to at
tend a meeting of the city democratic
,eommittee here. and they did so. sew
eral of them strolling down and en-
tering the hall and taking seats. They
listened to all that was said and done,
and when the speakers undertook TO
have them make a few remarks on
the subject of their policies and any
thing else that might appeal to them
they smiled sweetly and said that
they had not formulated any policy
thus far, and, many thanks for the
Invitation to make speech. Not
once did they say a word that could
be read into a declaration of what
they intended to do.
Women are going to the officers and
Are having their names put on the
books in much larger numbers than
the public believes. according to in
formation coming to the headquarters
of the Equal Suffrage League. The
women are attending to this in their
localities. but the vote in the counties
viii iiot bc 50 ldF &c dS III Tic ClLiSS,
for the reason that the women will
be forced to hunt up the commission
ers of the revenue. then make a visit
to the treasurer of the county and pay
up and then hunt up the registrars
for the precinct in which they are to
vote.
/. To get rid of this they are having
themselves assessed, are sending the
money by check, and then they will
go to the polling places October 2
and place their names on the book.
Queer things have happened in many
instances. one of the most frequent
being the payment of the tax by the
women and then to discover that they
are not entitled TO register, for the
reason that they have not lived in
the state or the city or county the re-
CURED time. In a number of cases
they have demanded that their money
be refunded, but if there is any pro-
cess by which this can be done it is
not known. and so the women have
paid up and have no votes.
Big Woman Vote Expected.
There is one thing that the Virginia
League of Women Voters has deter
nined-to see to it that every woman
IN the state registers and votes on
election day. They say this will be
necessary in order to show the men
mat they were not making an idle
4ght, that they did and do intend to
vote and to have a hand in the at
fairs of the cities. the state and the
nation. And the anti-suffragists will
nave to vote to prevent the women
who want the ballot from running
the country. Both sides are active in
mus getting women on the poll books.
With the chances that fully $4,000
will vote this year for President.
When the city democratic commit
tee provided for a special primary
election to name a candidate for city
treasurer it placed on the ballot a
pledge to be agreed to by the voters
that they would support the nominees
q the democratic party all the way
DOWN the line This created a pro-
test. and the committee, after finding
that only two candidates entered. held
9 meeting and provided that there
shall be~no nominee-that the fight
= open to any one who may desire to
Q0er. The republicans are to have
. part in the contest. and it was
stated that the lily blacks would have
up their own candidate, but this has
not been arranged. the meeting held
AAt night falling to take decisive ac-
-Thers has also been considerable
talk that the women might mix
things by placing one Of their number
Up for the position. This they can
~ AeAtoot IA any way uSCldIluk 10
Whit party they belong or for whom
they voted in any contest. With half
a.Apzeni candidates in the race there
dino telling who will win, but there
iaiittle chance for any one but a
dtmocrat-
ilIIlI Democratic Conferenee.s
iMpnday night the state democratic
c4mmittee will be here for a con-
fSfknce. and to this will come many
WDmen from all parts of the state
They have been invited by the state
chairman. Col. Rorer A James, and
the members of the committee have
aiHo invited ladies from their own
aACtions to come at the instance of
Chairman James. It is known that
there will be proposition to have
cpmmittee of women in each con-
gf<ssional district to act in conjunc-
ton with the several congressional
coHnmittees.
hairman James. who is the candi-
dA4e for Congress in the fifth district;
SehAtor Booker and Harry st. George
TNHker opened the campaign this
wSSk in Patrick county. where they
dipfHssed the issues with the people
ohllAhat mountainous section. There
HAb great crowd, and the occasion
wt4 enlivened by the appearance of S.
H4ffis Hoge Of Roanoke and s. Floyd
Lkfdreth of Grayson. the republican
c4ndidate for Congress. all Of those
NAMED making campaign speeches.
il HORACE A. HAWKINS.