Evening star., 1924-11-02
100000 WRG|N|ANS
EXPECTED TO VOTE
Ninth Congressional District
Offers Prospect OF
Biggest Fight.
Special Dispatch TO The star.

RICHMOND. Va. November l.
Virginia Will cast aDprOX!ma ely
100000 votes in the election next
Tuesday, and OF this total 10000 will
he east in the ninth district. There
IS the only fight in Virginia and in
that section the Republicans vote.
This being Il presidential Year the
forces are being massed for the quad
rcnnial contest with the Democrats.
Two years ago the Democrats WreSt ed
the congressional seat from the Re
publicanS. apd this time tIzre i, more
or less division amonG the Repub-
leans. while the Democrats are solid
for their nominee. i.gDr 50 ntative
feery. For six months - campa gn
has been on in that s..'-io0, where
the travel is largely. oHe~ II" noun
tains and where the r.~ns are very
rough in some places. t." district is
largely made up Of " l.;g uroplc. and
in the voters are to i" fuund many
persons other than natives OF this
country-the element that was
brought in by the coal mines and the
Various industries Of that &A,.fon.
Chairman Byrd and nrrn from that
section of the state say there is no
question of the election of ar. Pcery,
but that the fighting will have to be
kept up until the closing of the polls.
The Republicans have had some of
their biggest speakers out there.
May Retain Judge.
Belief is general that the voters of
the seventh district will retain Judge
Thomas ". Harrison of Winchester
in congress. though he has two op-
ponentS-one Republican and one in
dependent. There has been consd-
cradle attack on Judge Harrison, but
the best informed men Of chat section
declare that it looks as if the Con-
Srcss member nearby will have not less
than 5000 majority this time. In the
second district il is reported that
Representative J. T. Deal, who is the
nominee of the Democrats is havin &
some little trouble from two sources
the klan and the drys He is said
TO be opposed to both. and the voters
are not as enthusiastic for him as
they might bc-that is. unanimity is
lacking. He is opposed by M.nalcus
Lankford. who held the same role
two years ago, and he is said to have
done considerable campaigning III Il
quiet way. Mr.. Deal will be re-
turned, but the size of his majority
may be slightly reduced.
kIux With Republicans.
That the k1an is to vote for the
tons of the State is known, and in
the last two weeks. according to
those who know, one of the Eepubli-
can candidates for high office in this
State has seen fit to become "A mem
ber of the hooded order. and that
fact is being passed around in the
confines of the section in which he
is aspiring. The intentions of the
klan were declared several weeks
ago by Il member-or supposed
member-and it is believed that such
declaration is to cut both ways, as
the colored voters have not been
strong for the CT. o. +. for a long
time, and the statement is made that
they are turning to La Toilette in
large numbers. and the colored voters
are wearing the buttons OF the third
party in many instances.
The women of the State are dis
playing more activity-that is, the
Democratic women-than they have
In the past. In many sections they
are just as active as during the fa-
NOUS wet and dry fight. when they
did not have a vote, but they were
around the polling places, serving
coffee and sandwiches for the work
ers and imploring the men to vote
liquor out. This time they have the
ballot, they have their own organi-
zations, they have headquarters, and
they are working.