The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-19
Virginia Women Seek
Seats In Legislature
AT Party Primaries
Lively Battle Of Ballots Ex-
pected When Voters Gather
To Make Nominations for
State Offices on August 2.

RICHMOND, Va. July ,1S.--The
Virginia women have their hats In
the ring as candidates for the legis-
lature and expect to give the mascu-
line aspirants a hard battle in the
primary on August 2.
They are Miss May Belle Perkins.
who wants to be one of the five rep.
resentatives OF Richmond i'm the
house Of delegates. and Mrs. w. T.
Yancey. who wants to be one Of Bed
ford county's spokesman in the same
branch of the general assembly which
conyenss next January.
Both women are standing on pro-
gressive platforms and making active
campaigns, delivering many speeches,
meeting the voters and circularizins
the electorate. They have consider
able support in their respective dis.
tricts and practically all the women
voters are backing them. In addition
they claim they will receive a large
percentage OF the votes cast by men.
SHE OPPOSES BLUE LAWS.
Miss Perkins campaign has at
tracted something like nation wide
prominence because of her opposition
&c the enforcement of rigid Sunday
blue laws.
Mrs Perkins speaks from the same
platform with the men candidates
who are opposing her. She asks no
faruIS because Of her sex. She is
wiling at all times to debate with
her opponents on any issue of the
Canpa,en and campaigns as vigorous.
ly as any man.
Miss Perkins Ii of a Virginia fam
lily which for 100 years has been con-
nected. prominently with the social
and Industrial life OF Richmond.
Her mother was Miss Moncure
and she Ia a cousin OF Judge William
A. Moncure, of the Law and Equity
Court of Richmond. Another cousin
u Richard c. L. Moncure, until
Republican pruning knife. Collector
Of Internal Revenue for Virginia He
IL now the political boss" of the
Eighth Congressional District.
HERE'S HER PLATFORM.
Miss Perkins has platform with
four separate and outstanding planks.
First Is tho modification Of Sum
day blue laws In Virginia. She Is
and moving picture houses on Sum
cream, drinks. tobacco and other
such articles are necessities.
Second 10 good roads. She has
seen tho wonderful highways pos
sessed By Maryland and other
States to the North Of Virginia and
believes they arc absolutely noces-
sary to tho development of the
natural resources Of the Old Domin-
ion.
Third ID better schools. She be-
lieves the schools are tho training
ground for the future citizenship Of
the State and ~ such cannot re-
ceive too much caro- and attention. =
Fourth II lower taxes. Sho be-
heves In business administration
Of the States affairs which would
Give the people . dollars worth for
every dollar expended.
DOES NOT DODGE ISSUES.
Unlike most politicians Of the male
sex. Miss Perkins Is fearless In out
lining her stand on any question. She
does not attempt to play to both the
opponents and proponents OF any
issue, but comes out flatfooted for
what she thinks Ii best for Virginia.
She wants to be elected on the merits
of her platform.
Miss Perkins was tho first of the
legislaiv candidates to take q stand
against the Sunday blue laws. AZ a
result she has received hundreds of
letters from business and professional
men piedging their support, which
they declared would otherwise have
gone to one Of the mon candidates, on
account of her courageous stand for q
twentieth century Sabbath"
Regarding her chances for election,
tel .h q ~
against great odds. Three of the
eleven candidates were members last
session and made very good records.
which generally assures reelection.
She IL independently wealthy and
lives at the Hotel Jefferson. Rich
mond's most expensive and fashionable
hostelry. She has no campaign man
ager and Is running her own cam
paign in her own way.
MRS. YANCEY'S PLATFORM.
Mrs. Yancey has the distinction OF
bling tho first woman candidate in her
section of the State, and she is making
an active canvass. In addition to Mrs
Yancey the Rev. e. G. Turner. M. E
Padgett, present member Of the house
and II. T. Patterson are the candidates
for the two seats from the county.
Mrs. Yancey's platform shows she Is
opposed to, the issuance now of State
bonds for highway development. She
/ favors a cooperative market fol-
farmers: the Improvement Of rural
SOUVENIR SEEKERS PULL
FAMOUS SHIP TO PIECES
| GLEN FALLS. N. Y, July 49,
The hull of the old Royal Savgae
one Of Benedict Arnold's famous fleet