Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-31
VIRGINIA WOMEN
WILL INCREASE
DEMOCRAT|CLE
Most of Them Will Support
Dominant Party and Roll
Up Greater Majority.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

| RICHMOND, Va, October 3o-vir-
! ginia's majority for the democratic
ticket will be $4,000 This is the
| belief of those who are informed on
conditions and who make allowance
for the woman vote for the first time
There are approximately $1,000 wom-
! en- who are registered and practical
ly all of them will vote the first
time. The bulk of these will vote the
| democratic ticket. and this will serve
| 10 bring up the majority to the figure
| indicated. That the republican vote
| Will be heavier than at any time
for quarter of century is accepted
as true. and in this will be included
| many of the business men of the
state 1t is noticed that many bust
ness men in this city are in the
republican ranks. making no pre-
tense of the fact that they will no;
vote for the democratic nominees on
! the national ticket.
Candidacy of James r. Pollard. the
negro lawyer, for the United states
Senate is expected to complicate mat
tiers just little. There are two
white lawyers here by the name of
| Pollard. and there is reason to be-
! NeVe that this will lead to many
| persons voting for him who may be
| averse to Mr.. Glass Pollard is the
| Leading light in the colored repub-
| mean organization. and. he and
his followers are declared by the reg
ulars to have kicked themselves out
| OF the party. there is no reason for
| expecting the lily white republicans
Will vote for them under any pretext
In fact, one Of the best known men of
! the lily white faction said they had
no ldea of voting for Pollard or any
OF the colored candidates for the
| House of Representative
| There are four of the c-lored can
dldates for Congress in the first four
, districts OF the state. and it so hap
| pens that there are three white re-
publlcans Offering in opposition to
the democrats in the same territory.
In the fourth district there is no
white republican candidate. but in
the three preceding districts there are
iaspirants of the lily white type UP
agains. the democrats, as are the
colored republicans.
Independence shown in Norfolk.
Women OF the state have settled
the matter of political preferment
Tor the time being, with about so
per cent of them enrolled under the
banner of the democrats, to the in
tense joy and satisfaction of the
leaders of that party. 1t is true in all
parts of the state except in Norfolk.
| where they have manifested a dispo-
sition to vote as they please in the
matter of certain candidates They
| take the position that they had no
part in the naming of the candidate
for Congress and that they are not
under any obligation to vote for him.
Just how many there may be OF these
| is not known, but the situation in
| that district has been such to cause
a good deal of uneasiness. Several
| speakers have been sent there in the
closing days of the campaign and
hA ;<, tLa4
come out winner. especially as he has
two opponents.
Fighting SIemp I'm the Ninth.
There is the same old battle in the
| ninth district. which has been so long
in the republican column that there
| have been times when no democrat
1 could be found to make the fight
| against Representative Slemp. This
time. however. Boiling II. Handy.
young lawyer. man who went over
seas with his four brothers and who
led his command on several occa-
sions when the Americans went over
1.-THE top. entered the lists and got his
| workers behind him. That section
sent many soldiers to France and
| the American Legion is particularly
strong there and these men are back
ing Mr.. Handy. according to reports.
There are $4,000 women registered
in the ninth and many Of them are
said to be supporters of the young
l Army Oflcer.
Representative James p. Woods of
Roanoke is having brisk session
with W. n. Doak. an independent re-
| publican. Mr.. Doak is not the NOM
| inee but he is a labor leader and a
| republican and he is being backed by
the labor element to considerable ex-
tent. The friends of the congress-
man realize that he has a hard fight.
| but they say he will win by a good
majority.
Montague by n Big Majority.
| Representative Andrew J. Mon
tague of the third district will have
an easy time and the biggest ma
jority at any time since he entered
Congress. He has the distinction of
being the only man in the state who
f! has four opponents. and this is q
fact He has labor candidate, a So
| cialist. a lily white republican and a
colored republican seeking to wrest
the honor from him. Mr.. Montague
will receive more votes than all of
| his opponents combined, according to
1 the forecast of the politicians.
| Negroes Sent to the Gallery.
| When Gov. Coolidge, Gov. Lowden
and Gov. Morrow spoke here there
out and sought admission to the main
floor of the City Auditorium, and
/ they were directed to the gallery.
This did not appeal to the colored
voters, and they left the place. There
was a large number of colored vot-
ers in the gallery. however. they be-
F! ing the letter carriers. janitors and
Others employed in the federal de-
partments. None of the speakers
| made any reference to the status of
the colored voters. a departure from
| previous campaigns. The committee
handling the meeting was composed
wholly of white republicans. well
known and esteemed in the city, and
~ hn or Nyin
of the solid blacks to their followers
| to "cut" the lily white candidates for
Congress put them beyond the pale
| of the party, and they refused to con-
slider them. 1t is understood. how
ever. that the colored voters will sup
mort the national ticket without any