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machine. due to the closing OF saloons of
me eleven wet counties; to the fact that
u mas peen n Stanley machine and not
= party organization: to the gradual
sleckening OF vigilance Of its human
components who have become overcon-
noent and sundry other defects that can
sno 40 take place in too Snug political
organizations,
4 The apathy Of DEMOCRATS regarding
me covenant Of the League Of Nations
me mystery with which President Will
sons European activities are clo,hed /.
the confusion diffused among the rank
ana file Of erstwhile surefire Democrats
Dy the conflicting pronouncements from
the White House.
u. me high cost Of living, which, for
no other reason than the fact that II &C.
ours during n Democratic regime IA
accepted by no inconsequential number
OF voters as q perfectly good reason for
chanse In administrations.
=. The unreconstructed stand on the
liquor question maintained by Senator
stanley; the resultant open opposition
oI une powerful Anti-saloon League to
the Democratic leader.
o. The chaotic condition OF the rela-
lions between capital and labor: the
consequent demands of the agricultural
ana the mining districts Of the State for
SWIFT and decisive action by somebody.
u The significant notice that the SOL
oier vote gave In the Swope victory that
1t Is going solidly Republican.
q. The sign of the times erected by
the swope victory when Judge Hardin
ran on a straight Wilson ticket.
D. The fact that four years ago, Nor
row was defeated by only AL votes
tnet the election could not be contested
hAR Il
this possible. and that Stanley't prede-
cessor beat his Republican opponent by
$4,000, which is taken to Indicate both
Morrow's popularity and the tremendous
growth OF the Republican vote in Ken
lucky.
Many Rcpudiate Stanley.
o. The open reputation of Senator
Stanley, his machine and all its works
by reputable Democrats such as Charles
Kerr OF Lexington, Circuit Court Judge,
who In speech and print vigorously is
lamenting the demise Of the Jefrersonian
Democracy of watterson, the elder
Breckenridge and like statesmen OF
earlier decades when there was no doubt
about Kentucky.
10. The natural recent growth Of the
Republican population of the State, due
to the development Of the coal mines in
eastern Kentucky with the importa-
ton Of Republican miners from West
Virginia and Pennsylvania.
IL. The admittedly admirable compo-
sition OF the Republican State ticket
which. from Morrow downSts a collection
Of hard working. ambitious, practical
politicians who have builded a machine
that would reflect no discredit upon a
% ~
II. The possession by the Republican
machine In Kentucky of more money
than all preceding Republican organiza-
tons In the States history could muster
in combination.
1t would be possible to continue in
dicating the Republican reasons fer their
presaging of victory. But those cited
above are the elementary ones; the 9TH
ers are tangent upon these and are, for
the great part, local and the fruit OF
county problems
There can be no debate concerning the
disrepute into which certain elements OF
the Stanley machine have fallen. Prob
ably there is no more astute student OF
Kentucky politics than Judge Charles
Kerr of Lexington. His detection from
the Democrats has caused much gnashing
of teeth on that side of the ditch. His
affiliation with Mr.. Morrow was hailed
with jubilation by the Republicans. He
is brilliant writer on political science
and economics and his record on the
bench is enviable.
The saloons of the eleven wet coun-
ties of Kentucky" the Judge told me.
were the listening posts of the Stanley
machine. Ninety-hve per cent. of them
were conducted by Democrats and were
the rendezvous of Senator StanIey's
scouts The closing of these saloons
means more to the Stanley machine
than any Democrat will admit"
With a genuine regret the Judge ad-
| mitted his detection from the ranks OF
the Democratic party.
THE so-called Democracy Of Kentucky
and the Wilsonian Democracy OF WASH
ington are not to be tolerated" he said.
The Democrats assert that Swope's
election in a district that normally gave
| a Democratic majority of 10000, and
which during the last twenty years has
! not mustered enough Republican votes
to wad a shotgun. was due to overcon-
hdence. The Republicans agree with
them The Democrats say that Swope 6
defeat Of Judge Hardin comes as a
warning OF such overconfidence and that
| II has awakened them Again the Re-
publicans agree but with a rueful laugh
while look at Swope's election as
| a sign of the election OF the entire Re-
publican ticket: as a sign of a solid Re-
| publicanism and a disguised Democ-
| racy," declared Mr.. Morrow to me. 81
also realize that 1t is going to stir the
Democrats to great activity. They are
wide awake now"
Morrow is a congenial politician. In
his speeches, his mannerisms and his at.
titude toward his opponents he is more
than a suggestion OF the days of cleo
ton night parades, bonfires, cardboard
stovepipe hats and silver tongued ora
tory. He is ~ years old. vigorous
| forceful, not too academic and possessed
OF a vocabulary and an ability to me-
tayforize that is nothing short OF start
| ling. He Is a product of a farm near
| Somerset, Ky. and OF a breed that wa:
bound to be active in politics always.
Morrow a LilxabIe Sort.
Not TO be absurdly nor fatuously en-
thusiastic, but merely to define this prob.
| able next Governor OF Kentucky, one
| n,i9ht characterize this most puissant oil