The Big Sandy news., 1912-05-10

A chbuut reduef " tht CH"' -
Journal if he had no other source OF
information. would be led to believe
that the Democratic State. Execut-
i've Committee at its recent session
In louisville - ruthlessly deprived
the democrats OF Louisville OF every
right granted TO them nnder the
Constitution and planned to shame-
lessly rob them OF their ballots In
the coming contest for the selection
OF delegates to the Baltimore Con-
yention. Ii Is well 10 state the
facts as they are so that the peo-
pie generally will understand Just
what the Louisville gang of politi-
clans is making such and iinhoiy
row about. IS
In every county In the state, ex-
cept those In which are situated
cities OF the first and second class,
| the democrats will meet In mass
conventions and choose delegates TO
the State Convention to be held in
Louisville on May 29th. In cities OF
the first and second class; that Is,
In Louisville, Lexington. Paducah,
Coylngton and Newport. precinct
elections will be held; the demo-
Gratis will assemble In their respec-
tive precincts and elect one delegate
to general county convention, ana
this convention, made up OF deie-
gates so chosen. will elect delegates
to the State Convention. The cont
mlttee devised this plan for the
purpose of giving the democrats IN
the larger cities an opportunity 20
register their choice, for the rchT
son that In the past mass conYsu-
tions have been called in the bis
cities and not one-tenth of the
voters would have an opportunity 70
cast their ballot or be represented
| In any way. For instance, in the
city OF Louisville there are over
twenty-seyen thou ind registered
democratic yoters. and II mass con-
yentions were held the marhine
crowd In that city would simply call
Legislative conventions in beer halls
or similar localities, and as they
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district could be heard TO protest
Undcr the present arrangement
the democrats will meet In, their re-
lspectiye precincts aud be given the
opportunity to know for whom they
are voting and with an equal chance
10 have their vote counted after II
is cast. Next TO direct primary thii
Is thu fairest way to secure any
expression from the people. There
Is no chance 10 run in a lot of IL
iagal yoters, as democrats In each
precinct usually know each other
Among the decent democrats OF
Louisville this plan has met with
the greatest favor, but II has thrown
The Haldeman-W n-Whallen- McGrath ma.
lchine into fits OF frenzy. because
they see a possibility of a revolt on
| the par. OF the voters that will send
their machine to the scrap heap.
Ii must be understood that Whal;
len. Haldeman, McGrath and Head
nave named every precinct com
mitteeman In the city OF Louisville,
many OF them being city employees
land that there is no possible chance
that they will be robbed or denied
single right due them under the
law. They are opposed TO the new
method. because 1t lets the sun
ngnt Ia or their ior1er alsrepri
bale plans Of carrying elections; and
then again they believe that by
howling fraud and charging the
State Organization with having some
malicious purpose In view they viii
make capital among the state demo
Gratis
Country democrats Will recall tha
when Governor Mccreary ran IN
the primary in Louisville he was
| defeated by majority OF nine
thousand. II was notorious that this
steal was engineered by the local
machine and brought about only by
lstuffng ballot boxes In more than
| half the precincts in Louisville.