The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-08-12

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politics where candidate has no com
pletely swept the state.
BLACK STILL AHEAD.
In the race for Lieutenant Cover.
nor James ID Black, Of Bafb0ursyille,
Ia leading BY safe majority. With ~
counties out over James r Edwards.
Of Louisville
Black claims that the mountain
counties will swell his majority I'D.
wards claims be- will win by fifteen
hundred This. however. seems to be-
Improbable Of fulhllment as all noun.
tain counties heard from 80 far give
Black q majority
Judge Black Issued statement that
his plurality will b. between 1000
aud 5000
Edwards Was running mate OF
Stanley and stands for the county
Unit
Black has openly favored Statewide
Prohibition. aud n his election Is Ger.
tain Il may mean that the dry qucs-
uon viii be- In calcium again. Two
years ago a statewide bill passed the
House aud failed in the Senate should
the Barboursyille man preaide over the
Senate u would give statewide a big
advantage, even though the Governor
mAJ stand Tor the county unit
ARNETT RUNNING STRONG.
TIE race for Secretary OF State. stlll
Ia doubt sprung surprise as some
VI the late figures we're totAled, aud
rhoSA that G. d Aruett. Of West Lib
"fty. o. running strohr aud may out
distance Bsrk5dale hamlet. OF Frank.
fort aud charles W Mllliken. of
Louisville
hamleirs plurality Of a.3n. Wi,h
some counties missing. appears safe.
Mlllikcn claims race by 5000
GREEN BY 10000.
Robert l.. Green. Of Frankfort de-.
feaied rhos y Rhea. Of RuSsellyille.
for the nomination of State Auditor
BY majority Of 10000.
ooooPAsToR FOR TREASURER.
sherman GOodpastor. nominee for
State Treasurer. has won by ma
iority OF between 10000 and 10000
over Claude n Terrell. OF Bedford
APPEARS kEENoN WON
II appears that Rodman W Kcenon.
Of llarrudsburg has Vun the Office Of
CLERK of the Court Of Appeals over
Alvin StrFar of OWcnton. b, small
majority several OF the mountain
counties ate out aud may change the
result
COHEN SAFE MAJORITY.
Matt s Cohen won the race for
Commissioner Of Agriculture by a
plurality Of 5000 over bis opponents
OFFICIAL COUNT NECESSARY
Ia at least three races. II was said
today. the results would not be- drn
nltely known until the Official returns
are can,asscd by the State Election
Board at Frankfort. August 81
The official count In the various
counties will begin Wednesday, aud
| returns will be made to the state
Board within the next ten DAYS.
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM CON.
VENTloH.
The Democratic platform convention
viii be- tho next scene Ia kentucky's
continuous performance political show
tor the purpose of FORMULATING a
platform 90 pat under the Democratic
candidates named Saturday to Try con
ella Ions with the Republican and
prolfe i've nominees at the regular
election uu Tuesday, November 2.
with A. u stanley. the Democratic
nominee. and pledged to the county
omit law aud against statewide pro.
hib,llou. it h. practically certain that
the county unit sentiment will peryade
/ the convention. aud. with the views Of
President Woodrow Wilson and Sen
ator ollie NJ James. which are Ia
Keeping with the view Of the Kentucky
Democracy as expressed In the con
yeution OF 1911. will be written into
the platform OF this year.
Within the next week or ten days
state Democratic Chairman Vansant
will call the state committees together
aud nx the time aud place for the
assemblare OF the delegates and to de-
tcrmine the date aud manner for the
selection OF the delegates
FIRST PRIMARY ELECTION.
Thi, Was the first campaign for nom
nation Tor state offices under the pri'
mar, election Law adopted BY the Gen
eral Assembly In 1912.
PRooREsslVEs TO MEET.
Louisville. Ky. August l0-lt Is said
that the Pfogressiyes propose TO In
beet statewide prohibition platform
into their party for the general cleo
lion on TUESDAY. November .