Evening star., 1921-04-17
c. 0. P. DISTRICT
IN Va. TO ROUSE
Party Representatives at
Richmond Meeting Outline
Program-Other Items.
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
RICHMOND. Va. April 1s.-Repub-
| iicans OF this congressional district
| nave inaugurated q movement that is.
according to the plans. to extend to
every section OF Virginia. 1t is moth
ing more nor less than the reviving
state
| A meeting was held here Thursday,
at which time there were representa-
I'VE, aVes from from all the counties and
mond explained the need for activity
He called attention to the fact that
there is pending before the next legis-
| lature q proposition to redistrict for
members Of the house and the senate
one additional minority member for
each branch. in addition to those they
already have.
Col. Anderson and Senator Noel.
| the voters of the city, district and
state get busy and pay their poll
taxes and be ready to vote this fall.
Enormous Woman Vote.
The women Of the cit.- Of Richmond
nave 1t in their power to vote the men
out OF Office il the election were held
now. according to the claims Of poll
ticians who have been and are against
the women having the ballot. There
are more than 1900 of them on the
books but the trouble Is that they
have have not yet gotten the voting idea
Senator E. Lee Trinkle and Harry
st. George Tucker are at last on the
stump and they are moving with con-
siderable speed. They are addressing
the voters in every direction, and the
reports are that they are being greet
ed by large crowds. The managers Of
the campaign are declaring that their
iatorltes VIII win. and there is some
betting going on among the gentry
VINO are willing to add zest to the
aHlpalsn by Offering to wager on the
outcome.
Oppose the Ku-Klux KIan.
For several months there have been
reports of the existence here Of the
ku-klux klan. patterned much on
the order OF the organization which
existed here and in other states of
the south Immediately following the
war: war NO man is found who will admit
tnat others are members, but a few
OF them are understood to have said
they are identified with the move
ment. Recently there was a meeting
at the city auditorium. when one Of
the officers of the organization from
another state made a speech and at
whlch time. it is understood, there
were many members who attended
and who gave ghost drill" by ap-
pearing in white sacks and executing
1ew movements without a word be-
ing said. The Daughters Of the Con-
federacy have adopted resolutions de-
ploring the revival of that order and
nave asked the. governor to prevent
charter being granted to it. Sew
eral months ago. the colored people
of the city protested such an or
Tobacco Will BE Higher.
The tobacco crop of this year will
"a In h
last year. the reason being that about
half crop will be raised. The farm
ers are preparing to raise more food
stuffs for the local markets, for
which there is big demand. and to
produce their own bacon, beef, corn,
wheat. potatoes. peas. beans and
poultry, along with butter and eggs,
and to have tobacco for their money
crop.
GIObe-Trotter an Evangelist.
John Tyler Is a good old Virginia
name. and" it is that Of a man who
lived here for years and who. fol-
loving low 9Th the war war aetermined to see
wanderer. and if there is a nook or
corner of the world in which he
has not been it is due to the fact
that 1t cannot be reached by water
or rail or caravan. He has been in
the jungles of Africa and has trav-
eled much aboard the ship of the
desert. He has felt the cold of ST.
IBERIA and he has wintered in old
Madrid. The Mediterranean was
familiar to him and he knows all
the ins and outs of Petrograd-up to
the time the bolsheviks obtained con-
troll. The Pacific coast is one of his
stopping places. going to China and
japan and to the Philippines. The
fields of India are described by him
in familiar way Calcutta, Yok kohama,
Valparaiso. London, Cape Town
Venice and Rio de Janeiro are ali
the same to him-or were-for they
were home when he was seeing
things. Today he is preaching, hav-
ing been converted in the Jerry Nc
Auley mission a few years ago and
he is now devoting his remaining
years to living down the sins Of
the past and seeking to direct men
to live Alright" as he says. He will
be here for several days and is talk
ing to large crowds.