The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1915-10-22
THE BIC DRIVE
OF Democrats
STATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
PUTS IN FINAL lIcks-GoS-
SIP FROM LOUISVILLE. " !.

Louisville. kSa Special -
For nearly a year observers uf the
European war have, been waiting for
the promised big drive" that wonld
win for one side or the other and bring
the great struggle To. an end That
drive has not come But there is .
drive just started in Kentucky, which.
II copied and carried out by either of
the contcnding. forces in Europe. VIII
end la Victory, That ~ the. drive that
the Democratic campaign managers IN
louisville have started to shOyr across
the goal line ON November =. Augustus
Owsley Stanley. and the rest II the
Democratic ticket. IN the language ~
the boys who use stang, It. II som"
drive" and, before 1t Is over tho Dem
ocrHtlc path Will be fairly strewu with
Republican corpses. ...a ...''. ....#
The Democratic plan of campaign IN
cMdes hurting nt the enemy cputinu-
ously until the eve Of election all the
heavy orntoricai artillery II possesses:
The big krupp A. CGntlmetcr guns now
In action are A. q. Stanley himself,
rated as one uf the greatest vptc get
ters on the stump Kentucky has ever
known. Hon Harry ~ MCChcsRey,
who iE going down the line for the
ticket, senator ONE N James. Sena
tor J. CIV BeCkham, Governor Nc
Crcary all the candidates ON the state
ticket and many others. They VIII
keep up an lncossaut homhurdmcnt on
the foCtincations Of the enemy ~
At the same time the Held artillery,
the shHtpneI gums ana the rifles are al
30 NJ work Major General uagor,
through his field officers the. county
campaign chairman, - marshHllinE hts
cavalry and infantry They nrr all in
camp. every man counted and pre-
pared on November 2, they VIII rush
on the polls In one gigantic charge,
covering the whole state and uu the
morning ut November 3. they viii count
the dead and wounded Republicans and
go back 20 their homes Ia rest for an =
other year
General HaEer has sent word down
the line that every Kentucky Democrat
must do his duty Every man must bc
at his post on election day No excuses
FOR staying at home Will be accepted.
The crops are all In The shooting sea -
son does not begin until Nov 10. II u
rains well, Il rains alike on tn" Just
aud the unjust a wet skin never hurt
healty man, This Is the feeling OF
the campaign managers. They want
General Overconhdrncc and General
Apathy the two commanders tn" Re
publicanE are counting on most, to be
ground into the earth by the individual
Democratic soldiers
I'm ynter thinks il IN hard Ia got To
~. n,lls 10 mipht.tat,, the example OF
STANLEY Morrow md a date 10 speak nt
ItIndrnnn Knott co Morrow got TO
prcstr,nsburp FIovdtci,. and found he
wot,ld haya 10 ride giXt,aru miles aCrnss
tho mountains on "A mule 10 gct. to
Hindman lie cancelled his speaking.
dates stanley arrived IN Prestons
burp two weeks later on found the
same sltuatior confronting him "Bring
an v1,tr unIe" snId ~ O. The mule.
was brought forward. "Old emblem OF
Democracy, old tried and true friend
81 the farmer. II youll carry me across
these mountain roads I'll ride you
Aaid stanley 10 the mule Ed Morrow
broke his thumb trying to drive an au-r
tomobile over these mountain, roads
III break more than thumb before
III break my promise 20 the people ~
I1iilhlllhll VI wv i''iA' W f'iNN " AANA ~
else. when ! am elected governor III
help build M these roads Let's go.
They went The campaign managers
figure that II STANLEY can ride mules
across mountains TO keep speaking
dates. the voters can hump their backs
and get to the polls on election day
Hon. II. Y. McChesney at Shelbyville
last week told big crowd that the mar
Jority rules in the Democratic party,
that the majority had spoken clearly
In the primary, that as q Democrat he
was supporting the entire ticket He
urged his friends who supported him
in the primary to do the same thing
That the McChesney men will follow
the man they worked so hard fer IN
tnt primary is now a certainty and ru
mors OF detection on their part have
been completely exploded.
Around the Democratic headquarters
In the Gait House appear all the signs
Of a real campaign. Prominent Demo
Gratis from all over the state are drop