The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-07-22
PREFERENCE ffOR
STANLEY NOTED.
CromwelI's Predictions.

Kentucky politics;
"A postcard canvass for the senti-
ment Of Kentuckians on the subject Of
the Democratic nomination for Govern
or was begun this week by the writer. |
Responses indicating that the race is
between A. O. Stanley and Harry V.
McChesney and showing decidedpref-
erence for Stanley, which is to say that
a majority Of the voters are not in
favor Of statewide prohibition. have
been received from so counties. A fur
Their indication is that there will be cast
at the primary election three weeks
from to-day approximately 2o0, 900
Democratic votes. and that would be
l0,O to $1,000 votes heavier than the
total Of the primary at which Senator
j. {. w. Beckham was nominated last
August. The normal Democratic vote
in this state is now considered TO be
225, 900.
The responses from p counties con-
veyed figures, the aggregate Of which
produced for Stanley 22.lOO for Nc
Chesney Is. 200 for Lieutenant Cover
nor Edward j. McDermott $3.50 aud
Tor State Auditor Henry NJ Bosworth
I.925, a total of 1851 The persons
who made these figures were in some
instances County Judges. in others Cir
cult Court Clerks and in others County
Clerks. Sheriffs, and individuals who
have an intimate knowledge of what is
going on ia the political circles of their
respective counties. The total normal
Democratic vote in those p counties is
so, $50. therefore. it will he readily OBJ
served that the estimators are expect
ing pretty full vote generally. and
one reason for this is the deep interest
in other races for other oifices-iudicial
AID legislative.
Studied from a geographical point of
view. the 80 counties named in this fore
cast are representative Of every Con-
gressional district except the Fifth.
which is contained in the County of
jefferson and the City of Louisville
Four of the counties are in the First
District. five in the Second. five in the
Third. nine in the Fourth, four IN the
Sixth, three in the Seventh. seven in
Eighth, nine in the Ninth. two in the
Tenth and two in the Eleventh.
Aside from jefferson County. in
which the Louisville Post expects there
may be as many as 10000 Democratic
votes cast, and where Lieutenant Gov
ernor McDermott is expecting a major.
ity Of at.least 10000. the counties tc
be heard from are nine in the First.
three in the Second. five in the Third,
four in the Fourth, four in the Sixth
Including Campbell which is claimed
by both McDermott and Stanley. nine
in the Seventh Including Fayette, the
home of Bosworth, in which there is q
strong Stanley sentiment). four in the
Eighth. ten in the Ninth, eight IN tire
Tenth and thirteen IN the Eleventh
In response to the question. 'Is the
county for or against statewide pro,
hibition?" estimators in following coun
ties replied 'against" Allen. Anderson
Boyle, Bath. Bracken, Breckenridge
Gallaun, Hancock, Henderson. Henry
Kenton. Madison, Marion, McCracksn
Mclean, Meade, Menifee. Montgomery
Owen. Pendleton, Simpson. Taylor
> Todd end Union, all saloonless excep
, Anderson. Henderson. Kenton, Nc
/, Cracker and Meade. Those given a
Estate wide" were Barren, Bell. GRAY
es. Greenup. Hart, Jessamine, johnson
Larue. Lewis, Lincoln, Martin. Morgan
Ohio, Spences, Trigg and Wayne. o
which Graves, Jessamine, Hart, Mar
tin. Morgan and Trigg are forecast 10
Stanley.
/. This would seem to indicate that tn
? campaign of the Anti-Saloon League
: augmented by the political prohibition
lists, or vice versa, is falling short o
its mark. and that the voters, alive t
the fact that the question of passin
= the required constitutional amendmen
J. for the submission Of statewide pre-
. mbition to the people will be in tn
hands of the General Assembly, inten
to select strong candidate for Cover
nor-one fully equipped to cope wit
the gifted Edwin r. Morrow, whom tn
Republicans will send forth as thei
standard bearer in the campaign pre-
ceding the November election.
1t is said that the McChesney can
J. paign is costing its managers for print
s. ing, postage, clerks, etc, approximate
,, 81. 800 a day. This, it is asserted. hold
r, good for 80 days, and If this is correC
r the expense for the dissemination q
the statewide prohibition literature !
the form of the McChesney letters an
!. printed speeches and the Beckham an
O'Rear speeches and other pamphlet
: and leaflets would approximate Si5, 00C
The general conception is that the Ant
Saloon League is putting up the create
portion of the fund, and il is also sal
. that some of the public service corpora
tions McChesney claims to have repr,
sented successfully at Frankfort ma
:, have contributed.
l. During the week there were rumor
afloat to the effect that State Audito
= Henry NJ. Bosworth might quit the rae