The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-20
MIXED POLITICS
 IN OLD KENTUCKY
Democrats Appear to Have the
 Legislature Safe
LOUISVILLE IS DOUBTFUL
The Coming Election After Counting Proxies Will Not Be Decisive, But Another Fight Is On
 for December.

Louisville, October 19.-(Special.) )-Vice President Fairbanks will come to Ken lucky the later part of next week, ar irving October 25, and he will deliver number of speeches in behalf of the re- publican ticket. He will address the voters of the Seventh, Eighth, Tenth and Eleventh districts, bring his tour to close with big rally in Louisville, at which speeches will also be made by Wilson, the republican gupernatorial can didate, and Orinstead, the republican ts- pirant for mayor of Louisville. The re- publicans rely largely upon MT. Fair banks in the effort to convince the voters of Kentucky that there should be change of crews on the ship of state and they are making elaborate prepara- tions to receive him and to bring put the voters at the various meetings.
 The democrats on turning into the home stretch, are being assisted by Senator Me- Creary, who made his first speech of the campaign at Winchester tonight, and who will deliver a number of other addresses during the remaining days of the cam paign. It is the intention of the demo- cratic managers to hold big rallies in every precinct in the state between now and election day-November 5-and every effort will be made to bring out the voters.
 Mixed Situation.
 The First, Fifth and Eleventh dis tricts will be the scene of the most de- termined work on the part of both sides.
 The First district Is the democratic stronghold and the republicans are mak- ing every effort to reduce the majority The Eleventh district, on the other hand is the stronghold of the republicans. and the democrats are making a determined effort to cut this majority down to the minimum. The most critical point, how ever, is the Fifth district fin which the city of Louisville is located and which polls the largest vote of any district in the state. The democratic chairman comedies that this district is doubtful while the republicans claim 1t by from five to ten thousand majority. Ordi- narfly the district is democratic, but ow- ing to the remarkable conditions that prevail at this tims the outcome is very uncertain. The odd spectacle of the democratic state ticket standing for extreme temperance measures and a strict observance of the Sunday closing laws and the democratic city ticket in Louis vile standing for wide open town" including open saloons on Sunday, is pre- scented in the Fifth district and either the state or city ticket is slated for de- feat unless there is a great deal of extremely inconsistent voting.
 Temperance Question.
 The republicans are making the most out of this condition and have succeeded in stirring up the temperance forces, not only in Louisville and the Fifth dis trict, but in the state at large, and the threat is being freely made that if Ty- Ter, the democratic candidate for mayor of Louisville, and the ticket behind him Is elected that fight for straightout prohibition will be made in the next legislature and that the whole state will be put on the dry list. That the temper anve forces are able to do this is reason able, since out of 1l9 counties in the state 100 are now "dry" and the temper ance wave seep,s to be growing in volume rather than diminishing. As an evidence of the strength of the moral covement" investigation shows that nearly two doz- en of the democratic legislative nominees throughout the state or ministers of the gospel.
 While there is an element of doubt as to the outcome of the approaching election so far as the state ticket is con cerned. there is no doubt about the next legislature being democratic. Nothing short of political earthquake could wrest control of the legislature from the democrats J. R. H.