Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-10
KENTUCKY REGISTRATION
FAVORS THE DEMOCRATS
Republican Towns Show Only
Small Gains as Compared With
Those of the Opposition.
,Inixnafch To The Star,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LOUISVILLE, KY, October 9.-Reg-
istration in f1fty-nine cities and towns
of Kentucky this week served to
prove what democratic managers
have always contended and which all
but three elections in the history of
the state have shown to be fact.
namely: Kentucky is a democratic
state.
More than that. figures from the
cities outside of Louisville-fifty- eight
of them of the second, third and
fourth classes-showed a great gain
in democratic majorities in normally
democratic cities, while on the other
hand. republican towns showed only
q very small gain in registered
majorities, despite the number of
women who turned out-or, perhaps,
because of them. In one or two in
stances their majorities stood still,
this in the republican strongholds in
the mining districts, and in one town
-Providence-thed democrats for the
first time outnumbered the opposition.
This would indicate, in the opinion OF
the political sharpsters, that the
miners are friendly to the democratic
nominee. The detailed figures also
show that the women of the mountain
districts sdid not turn out in great
numbers.
On the other hand, the registration
in democratic centers showed that the
women were turning out for COX ana
Roosevelt. The tours OF democratic
spellbinders seemed to have had their
effect; the democratic women were
aroused and acquainted with the
issue.
Two days registration in Louis
willie showed the republicans with a
registered plurality of a little over
5000. The republican majority in the
1919 election was 10000. But the
registration showed that the demo-
cratic and independent registered vote
combined is greater than the repub-
Jican vote. The democrats claim that
IS per cent of this Independent vote
will go democratic. The Independent
vote in past years has been with the
outs" In addition. Jefferson county
outside the city is always democratic.
All these facts hearten the democratic
congressional candidate, and the
democrats believe that they have a
fighting chance in the district. 1t
would seem, however. that though
Representative Ogden may go back
to Washington it may be by a great
ly reduced majority.
When it was seen that negro wom-
en- registered in great NUMBERS the
first day white women went to the
polls and outnumbered the men in
total registration. The democrats
outregistered the republicans the
second day, but while the great ma
jority of white women registered
seem to be supporters of Cox, and the
league of nations, there are thou
sands on the democratic lists who did
not register.
The election officers greatly under
shot the mark in estimating the vote.
Approximately 100000 voters are con-
tanned in the cities and towns OF the
state, including Louisville. Where
there were two days of registration.
The registration disclosed the ex'
tent of the negro vote in the state
and showed that at least 10 per cent
of the negro voters live in cities and
towns where registration is required
There was a slight apparent gain In
the negro registration in smaller
cities and a big gain in Louisville
but this is indicative of loss else
where where no registration is neces-
sary to vote, for there has been q
steady exodus of negroes from the
rural sections to the cities and towns
since the war and many negro sol
diers never returned to the counties
from which they came. Hundreds
perhaps thousands-are believed to
have stayed in Louisville after they
were demobilized at Camp Zachary
TAYLOR MALCOLM w. BAYLEY.