The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-08-14
Strong Democratic District in Kentuc.
ky Goes Against League of Nations
and Wilson.

district, Adair and Casey, that are re-
publican, the other nine being demo
cratic, but in the late election on the
! issue of the league of nations and the
rational administration itself the two
republican counties increased their
normal majority about so per cent and
Lincoln. Madison and Garrard swung
from their democratic mooring into
the republican column by about the
same majority that they usually GO
democratic, and the balance of the
democratic counties were all and
without single exception reduced in
their majority almost to the vanishing
point-none of them giving over 10
majority for Hardin-and most of
them from 23 to less than 100.
Democrats IN order to help Hardin
and bring out the full democratic vote
called the election on August md the
same day the state and county pri-
mary was held to nominate all the
candidates for state officers, all the
candidates for the lower house of the
legislature and half of the state SEN
ators, and this was done over the pro-
test Of the republicans who had no
contest for nominations for any state
office except attorney general, and no
previous election was ever before held
on the day of the regular state pri-
mary election prior to this time.
In fact the democratic leaders left
no stone unturned to secure a decisive
victory for Judge Hardin to help them
in the race next November and to ap-
peal to the nation that the country
was behind the president and the lea
que Of nations, but, notwithstanding
he was decisively beaten and the
gloom in democratic headquarters and
among democratic leaders in Ken
lucky is oppressive and none Of them
believe they have any chance to carry
the state next November or for presi-
dent in 1920.
| knew that in my own judicial dis
trict the rank and file Of the people
were overwhelmingly against the lea
que of nations in any form. in fact We
have not as yet discovered a single re-
publican out of the 5000 or 10000 vot-
ers of that party in the district who
does favor it nor do we learn of any
democrats in the district openly adj
vocating it although no doubt most of
them for party regularity will stand
by the president as the democratic
senators are now doing. l find the
sentiment the same way in southern
Ohio and along the West Virginia Dor
der where my district touches these
states. And it is my best Judgment
that on the issue of the league of ma
tons and the administration of Presi-
dent Wilson and with him as a candi-
sional districts in this state the dem
ocrats could or would carry, and the
majority in all of them would be heav-
lily cut, and the candidate of our par
ty, whoever he is. save Mr.. Taft,
would carry Kentucky by a good ma
jority. / except Mr.. Taft as a large
number of republicans will not vote
for him If he should be our candidate,
which is improbable and am of that
number myself
In my own opinion President Will
son is the weakest candidate the
democrats can put up and our party
should do nothing to prevent him
from running, but on the other hand
should encourage the democrats to
place him in the field. He would of
course receive a large number Of votes
from the socialist party, but he re-
1915, and would also receive most of
the railroad vote. practically all of
which he received in 1916, in this sec
ton of the country at least, but he
would lose large soldier vote and
much larger conservative vote from
the business and property owning
element of the country. and our party
would fight him harder and contribute
more money and more hard work
towards defeating him than any other
democrat in the United States, bar
none.
II Mr.. Wilson should make the race
again it is a cinch that we can win
and also carry Kentucky with any
good republican which in my judg-
ment excludes Judge Taft from the
list, but j would like for our party to
select some man who will make
good, loyal, patriotic American presi-
dent and give us an American admin
istration, one which will reduce the
representation Of the south in accord
ance with the requirements of the con-
stitution.
And with best personal wishes for
your success, / am,
Very truly yours,