The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-06
VIRGINIA POLITICS
AT WHITE HEAT
ON ELECTION EVE
Democrats and Republi-
cans Predicting Mira
cles for Tuesday.
NEGRO VOTE FACTOR
CoIored G. o. p. Organization
Insists II Is ARegu-
lar Wing"
NEGRO VOTE FACTOR
Cspsoi.i % No walhinrtsn Hsr.N.l

RICHMOND, Va Nov S.-DemO-
Gratis and Republicans alike are pre-
dieting political miracles In the Ola
Dominion. either Of which, IL they
are borne out IN the results. will BE-
more remarkable than the effort oil
the fruit trees OF the Piedmont sec
ton trying to bloom for a second
crop Of fruit this year.
The G. o. p, through the mouth
Of Representative c. b. Slemp. is pre-
dieting a victory for the Republican
ticket and Representative Il. d.
Flood. State chairman and mouth
piece for the Democratic organIEa-
tion. is predicting a Democratic vic
tory in Representative Slemp's dis
trict, the Ninth.
One is just about as probable a.
the other.
Mr.. Flood thinks the people Of
the Ninth district are going TO rise
in their might and repudiate the ma
tional administrator, and Mr.. Slemp
thinks Col. H W. Anderson, Repub-
lican nominee for governor. has con-
Quoted such a high class campaign
that he has made votes fast enough
in the past few weeks TO overcome
the majority the Democratic party
has rolled up In Virginia during the
past four decades and more.
Conservative Democratic leaders
forecast the election OF Senator
TrinkIe by a majority around 50. 600.
Some others put IL even higher.
LILLY Blacks" q PuzzIe.
Not a little wonder is being eK-
pressed as 70 what the LILY Black"
Republican organization will do for
the white ticket The question is
being asked whether the black or
ganization Will be able TO deliver
the 1900 voters who supported Pol
lard, the negro. against Carter Glass
a year ago for the senate As a
general proposition the negroes are
going to vote for their own ticket
but there will be instances where
they will support the white ticket
Will Col. Anderson get the votes
OF enough dissatisfied Democrats q
make up for the loss Of the negro
voter This Is another speculation
that enters into the talk about re-
suits next week. Representative
Slemp thinks he will and Represent
ative Flood thinks he will not
The blacks are making a strenu-
Gus effort 20 hold their race in line.
Several days ago their leaders issued
a statement in which IL was claimed
that any back Republican who
voted for the white ticket would be
not only a TRAITOR to his race but an
enemy TO the real Republican party
and its principles. Further than thisl
it is averred that NO seIf-respect
ing negro can vote for a candidat
nominated by a convention whicI
DE Hnh M szEn ion An ND NsTaHN fNFaM
elected worthy delegates Of theirl
race
This IL the way in which the race
question has been injected into the
campaign as an issue. Col. Ander-
son has accused Senator Triakle 81
starting IL and Senator TrInkle say
the shoe is on the other foot. but
one or more Democratic editors dur
ing the week have declared that the
issue has injected itself into the
campaign and that IL cannot be kept
out
senator Glass Statement.
Senator Carter Glass, who was
prevented from taking a part in Jhr
campaign on the hastings. In let
ter TO State Chairman Flood the
week declares that the KapulliCsn
platform. which would CnanEe Ihe
elective franchise in the State con-
stitutiOn. would restore negro r''lu
in the State. He says Col. Anderson
would restore to the state a condi-
tion that caused honest mon 10 80
compelled to ~ - method5 OF d.
frnse which wee Iawlcss and de-
PRAYED.
Col. Anderson sprsng something
Of a sensation in his speech in Hsr-
risonburg in which he intimated
that Senator Trinkle won over Hsr-
~ St George Tucker in the August
primary because Tucker refused C.
bind himself as to gubernatorial
patronage. He declared that some
months before the primary. repre-
seutatives Of the organization went
to Tucker and asked him what h.
intended doing in regard TO takin-
care Of their friends. Mr.. Tucker
Col Anderson asserted, refused CO
pledge himself as to appointing
whereupon they sent for senator
ITrinkle and Trinklc soon thereafter
ANNOUNCED his candidacy.
says lie Has Proofs
IF they deny Il I will prove a.
for I have the proofs" Col. Ander-
son Is quoted as saying. ''Following
Mr.. fuckers refusal to bind himself
in the matter OF appointments tn
organization retired him to priva'@
life and later selected the high priest
OF the machine as State chairman.
Both OF the gubernstorial cauo'-
dates spent most OF the final week
OF the campaign in the Eighth Con
gressional district. Col. Anderson
wound up the week in his home city
Richmond. tonight. His final rallN
will be at Roanoke Monday night