Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-11
ANALYSIS
OF Vote Shows Stanley Got
10000 Less Than We're
Cast in Primary.
(Thos. B. Cromwell in Cincinnati
Enquirer.)


An analysis Of the vote will show
that Stanley received approxima' y
40. 600 less than the total democratic
vote at the primary and that Nor
row received approximately $4,000
more than the tctsr republican vote
at the primary. Stsnley's primary
vote was l07 5S5, while that cast for
Messrs, Harry v. Mcchesney, Ed
ward J MyDsrmott and henry M.
Bosworth aggregated SO. 1856, making
a'totsl Of FOG 81 The republican
vote at the primary was n, 4S2, Nor.
row receiving 6S CAS- and Latt Nc
Laughin 1887.
d ubtless many OF those 10000
democrats remained at home, but
the returns show that others Of them
70 ed for Morrow, end they we're in
fuencsd to do so thri ugh dssstis.
faction gro wing out of the action at
Toe convention and through repre-
s4ptstl n' that h d been made 10
taem by statewide prohibition advo.
c stts and agiiators.
Many Of the Stan ey followers are
charging th,t General percy Hay
worked quietly in GENUINE ion with
DR.. Norman A. Palmer, of the Anti
81 n L.sgue. and that Sam Shack
elfOrr, upon whom Stanley had made
ooen war before the prim iry, set in
his w-rks 6RaLst the mtn from
Henderson The returns from tbs 4
r,nth District disclose no activity
IN tn- part of former Chairman Van
s,nt 10 behalf Of Stanley, while bis
Z, | down in the Second C ngressior-
al District. especisllv at Owensb ,ro,
is beir g charged to U'ey Woouson
Tnat the republican managers
we're aware Of what was going on in
the democratic ranks and that the
democrauc mar ayers were not alive
IN the quiet drDpri g of poison
.mong their own people is now very
pan. The republic IN managers
charged that there was apathy and
nisaffection in the democratic ranks,
and tire democratic managers replied
that there was none.
The democratic headquarters force
was supremely confident of victory
by a wide margin until last Sunday.
when after hearing statements Of
thSse who had been on the demo-
cratic special train the previous four
days. they awakened to a rea'zstion
that the situation was not exactly
right in the First Congressional Dis
trict. worse in the Second, still worse
in the Third and really alarming in
the Fourth. Mon 1av it was 'ound
that the republicans we're plentifully
supplied with money, and the situa-
ion appeared to be de. idedly squal-
ly. AID the democratic managers
sounded the S. o. S.
Asice from the speeches made by
Ser atpr j. C. w. Beckham a d the
v.ty earnest. whole-hearted effort
on h part of Harry McChesney in
behalf of the ticket. the democrats
had little assistance from the leaders
of The McChesrey and the MrDer-
mott can pa. McDermott people in
Greensboro and the Fourth District
are accused by the Stanley leaders
with having openly fought him.
The pc pie Of Kentucky" said
Pc er Lee Atherton. of Louisville,
who IVES one of those who advised
that the skids be put under State
Chairman r. H. Vansa1t at the
Louisville convention. 'have shown
US that they will resent the removal
OF man from Office, no matter how
small the Office. actually believe
they would raise row If the job Of
fl "a catcher on u yellow dog were
taken away from some fellow"