The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-11-07
REPUBLICANS SWEEP STATE
FROM STEM TO STERN
The Winning Ticket.

The successful Republican candi
dates who will conduct the affairs
of Kentucky in all it's departments
during the next four years are as
follows:
Governor-Edwin P. Morrow.
Somerset. 49,.
Lieutenant Governors. Thrtis-
ton Ballard, Louisville.
State Auditor-John ]. Craig,
Covington.
Attorney General-Chas. /. Daw-
son, Pineville.
Secretary of State-Fred A.
Vaughn, Paintsville.
Clerk Court of Appeals-Roy B.
Speck, Bowling Green.
Commissioner of Agriculture-W.
C. Hanna, Shelbyville.
State Treasurer-James Wallace,
Irvine.
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion-Geo. NJ. Colvin, Springfield.
With ten counties missing out OF
100, unofficial returns last night
gave Edwin P. Morrow, Republican,
a majority of $4,000 votes over Gov
ernor James D. Black, Democrat, in
the race for Governor of Kentucky.
Republican State headquarters
predict that complete returns from
the ten missing counties will give
Morrow a total majority of 100000
votes.
The vote on the Statewide prohf-
bition amendment was available
from but thirty counties, unofficial
figures showing an adverse majority
of 1851. The vote stood: Against,
25,340; for 1929. Twenty-Five
counties favored the amendment and
eight were against it.
Jefferson county, which includes
Louisville, cast 22,827 against the
amendment and 7,541 for it.
The Senate fight over the League
of Nations entered into the Ken
lucky contest to some extent, Gov
ernor Black declaring for the
League in his campaign. The Re-
publicans also will control the
Lower House OF the Kentucky Leg
islature, while the Democrats will
control the Senate.
The wet and dry issue also enter
ed into the Kentucky contest.
Statewide prohibition amendment,
apparently having been beaten de-
cisively.
The "wets," the pro-Germans,
the belief that he should have re-
moved some of Governor Stanley's
appointees, the Armstrong affair"
and. lastely, the Presidents action
with reference to the coal miners
strike are attributed by Governor
James D. Black, in statement lssu-
ed yesterday, as the causes for his
overwhelming defeat by Edwin p.
Morrow.
The Governor said his defeat was
not a surprise and declared that he
had confided his apprehension to
several recently.
The Governor says: THE saloon
keeper and his patron were against
me-" which was evident from the
overturn of Campbell and Kenton
counties. normal Democratic major
tiles.
Lee M. Russell, Democrat, was
elected Governor of Mississippi by
the usual majority. He was oppos-
ed by a Socialist; who polled about
10000 votes; the Legislature will
be solidly Democratic.
In New York State, the election
turned on Judges of the Supreme
Court, Tammany Hall candidates
suffering complete defeat. In the
city. Representative F. H. LaGuar-
dia, Republican, was leading Robert
| l.. Moran, the Tammanu .,Emocrat,
T, lor president of the board of alder
| men, but an official count may be
necessary. q, q
In Philadelphia, Representative
IL. Hampton Moore, Republican,
scored an easy victory for Mayor
| and in San Francisco, James Rolph,
Jr.. was swept into office as Mayor
| for the third time in a nOn-partisan
fight, defeating former Mayor Eu-
| gene E. Schmitz.
The election in this city and
county passed off very quietly Tues
| day and no disorder of any kind was
| reported from either. The parties
| had out their full vote and previous
to the casting Of the ballots and all
day during the election their work.
ers were busy at the polls and on
| the outside.
The only bright beam in the gen
eral disaster for the Democrats in
the county is the fact that Bourbon
county increased its majority by 402
over that cast in the Stanley-Mor-
| row race in 1915. In that year
Stanley's majority was forty-two.
| On Tuesday, Bourbon gave Black a
! majority of 444. The vote in the
county for Governor was as follows:
! Black. 2,256; Morrow, ALP. The