Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-03
WOMEN Of VIRGINIA
EAGER TO REGISTER

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, October 2.-Regis-
tration for voters for the approaching
election ended in Virginia today. and
II the ratio Of women to that OF men
in other parts of the state is in keep
ing with the activity of the women IN
Richmond, then the women will control
the election easily. 1t Will be more
than a balance Of power. Tonight.
before the officers have had chance
to make complete compilation OF the
registration for today, the estimate IS
that there are at least 1900 new
voters on the lists in this city. This
will be not less than twenty-five per
cent of the women vote for the state
This last week has witnessed the
keenest activity on the part OF the
women in every direction. but. there
are a few precincts in which the
women have been as lethargic as the
men-the same communities that were
conspicuous for various brands OF
s1ackers during the war. Undeniably
the more intelligent the women OF a
given community are the greater is
the desire to vote and have a word in
the management of public affairs.
AS was regarded as certain. the vast
bulk Of the women are cooperating
with the men Of their households
they are ready and waiting to vote
with the dominant party as whole
congressional committees. they have
been lending a hand in the regfstra-
ton of women, they are discussing
public matters in gatherings frequen-
ted by women and they have been
engaged in instructing the women for
! qualifying for voting. All the same.
| the women are not all Of one way of
| thinking. That Is impossible, of
course. There are very many who
will vote as they may desire, and
there are very many OF them who VIII
| husbands. fathers. brothers. There
| are many Of the women who will vote
| the republican ticket as q matter of
| principle with them, and others will
| do SO because they want a change"
in the conduct OF business. the same
| excuse as given by many men earlier
| in the campaign. Then there are
| others who will vote against the ma
| jority just to show that they can do
| SO.
| Flood and Mapp.
| Representative H. D. Flood and
State Senator G. Walter Mapp are
still hesitating regarding the guber-
Material race. They have been i'm
portuned by the newspaper men for
the last six weeks to make state
ment in the premises. That one or
the other will make the race is a fore
gone conclusion. This is the dec1ara-
ton of the friends of the two gentle
men. but they are not ready to say
which it will be. Whichever makes
the race will have the support of the
stance, the down-the-line men will
largely back Representative Flood.
and a vast majority of them will go
to Senator Mapp If he shall make the
race; on the other hand. Senator
Mapp is the choice of the vast ma
80 IN
go to Representative Flood in case
Inc is the opponent of Mr.. Tucker.
This is the line of battle, for the rea-
son that both Flood and Mapp are
against the things for which Mr..
Tucker has openly declared time and
time again. ''
| What is of prime Importance just
now Is the state convention that is
to be held in April of next year. That
is called for the general purposes OF
the dominant party in the state. and
any and all matters will come up and
the matters will be the desirability
4 Of making nominations by the old
tmethod-the convention-and to aban-
don the primary. The primary was
heralded as cure of all political
evils twenty years ago. but the rene
than the, disease. Leaders of the
party see that instead of having a
campaign that will last three months,
the seekers of office now take the
field eighteen months before prim-
airy. expend large sums in travelling
things that result in the advancement
Of their cause and absolutely shut
on. a man of moderate means who
may have many times the qualifica-
tio:.s as the man with hundreds of
thousands in loose change, which adds
/ 4 80 80 1ct Ia sx,.Ss
Of aspirants.
For many years the fighting in po-
litical contests-along party lines
has been more intense in the ninth
district than any other. There have
been many attempts at BUSTING Rep
them has succeeded. but the demo-
Gratis are undaunted. and this year
they are at it again. The fact; that
women in that section are register
ling heavily, that the vast majority OF
them are said to be democrats. and
Of Bristol is an overseas man, Is maxi
ing an aggressive campaign and is
strong. seems to have inspired the
democrats with courage and zeal and
they are going night and day and res
port that they have every reason to
believe that they will be able to dis
place Mr.. Slemp. who is doing work
| for the national republican commits
| tee in Washington this year, devot-
ing his attention to getting the re-
publican vote of the south to the polls
and seeking to 'break the solid
south" - -. Z - Is
Ten months will elapse before the
nominations for the next general as
sembly will be made, but that CAM
paign is going on quietly at this
time. The women who were denied
the ballot by the house of delegates
have kept complete record of the
votes cast by the men. and it is not
| going too far to say that they are
marked and will be remembered.
They will have their own workers in
| such districts as have been repre-
| scented by their "enemies." and they
will make common cause against such
men. It SO happens. according to the
| temperance forces and the suffrage
! leaders. that the men who voted
against the women were also against
I prohibition, and. the man who can re.
sist successfully those two factors at
the polls will be q giant In strength
and influence. There IL every pros-
4 49, that xuArnan mill haua Qeafa In