The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-11-12
CALVIN STANDS
BY HIS GUNS
Declares Morrow ElectedDe
,spite Jiggling Of Figures.
Crookedness All Over State. 0w.
ensboro, McCracken County
Owsley County Especially.

Louisville. Nov. 6.-Maurice l..
Calvin. Chairman of the Republican
safe campaign committee. issued a
statement in which he announced
that the official returns still indicated
good lead for Mr.. Morrow.
In the course OF his statement. MIR.
Calvin pointed to the attempts OF
the members of canvassing boards in
Democratic counties to juggle the
ilgures in favor OF Mr.. Stanley. He
asserted that every precaution was
being taken to prevent fraud and he
declared that the vote as cast by the
people of Kentucky last Tuesday will
he protected at any cost.
"The official returns in our hands
nut Mr.. Morrow in the lead" said
Mr.. Calvin. 1.-THE contest is close.
IL is horse race and a blanket will
cover the contestants at the finish.
But for the frauds against and the
thefts from Mr.. Morrow on election
day and since, no blanket was ever
woven that would have been large
enough to have covered the distance
the Republican nominee would have
ted Mr.. Stanley in this race.
THE fraud complained of is no
idle charge. Great frauds were per-
petrated on election day and attempts
at fraud have been made since then
and are still being made as shown
by the outrageous action of certain
county canvassing boards on which
the Democrats have a majority. The
Democratic canvassing boards have
consistently determined all questions
against Mr.. Morrow and in favor of
Mr. Stanley. In spite OF the merits
or dement's of the various claims.
What Was Done.
AT Greensboro the Democratic
members OF the Daviess county can
vassing board counted In their OH
cial figures the returns from pre-
cinct which showed on their face
more votes than he received In this
one precinct alone. Republican cleo
ton officers were given a certificate
on election night signed by the coun-
ty clerk and showing that Stanley
received 1875 votes. The official
count gave Stanley 1856 votes which
with the vote for Morrow was thirty
votes more than there were ballots
on election day.
1.-THE election commission in, Hart
county refused to count precinct
which gave Mr.. Morrow majority
of ninety. basing their action on the
ground that the certificates taken
from the official count showed more
votes cast than there were ballots
used on election day. The condi-
tons in Daviess and Hart counties
were alike, yet in Daviess county the
Democrats ruled in favor of Stanley
and in Hart county they rule against
Mr.. Morrow.
"In Paducah. 1917 votes were hand
ed over to the McCracken county
canvassing board by the election Off
GERS as questionable. These ballots
had been marked under the Republi-
can emblem and also under an indie
pendent emblem. The Independent
ticket had but one candidate. a nom
inee for circuit Judge, and no candi-
date for the Office had been named
by the Republicans. The intention
of the voter was to cast his vote for
the whole Republican ticket and for
the candidate for judge on the indie
pendent ticket.
Appellate Court Decision.
1.-THE Court of Appeals OF Ken
lucky In the case of Baker VS.. Dins-
more as Is shown in volume 13S OF
the Kentucky court reports, page
277, decided that ballots marked as
these have been marked should be
counted for the Republican ticket
and for the Independent candidate
for Judge In the face OF this decis-
ion, and in the face OF the right and
the Justice of Mr.. Morrow's claim.
the canvassing board refused to count
these l27 ballots for the Republican
gubernatorial nominee. In these
counties OF McCracken, Dayiess and
Hart Mr.. Morrow was compelled to
bring injunction suits in the courts
10 force the Democratic canyassing