Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-11
WOOD SUPPORTERS
SILENT IN KENTUCKY
Growth of Republican Sentl-
ment for Herbert Hoover
Is Marked.

LOUISVILLE, KY. April 10 (Spe-
c!aD-If any faction or group OF
Kentucky democratic politicians had
planned TO make fight for control OF
the state democratic committees I'M
der the aegis Of the candidacy Of Gov.
James n. Cox Of Ohio for the demo-
cratic presidential nomination the
idea has been abandoned When Ken
lucky politicians visited the governor
at Columbus recently and expressed
their interest IN his candidacy he ex-
pressIy stated that he desired his per-
sonaNsy and his campaign In this
state to be kept apart from any In
traparty contest that might arise
Reported statements that the faction
supporting Senator A. o. Stanley had
such a plan for control In view has
led to that senator's denial of any
such intention. Senator Stanley per-
sonaIly. however. IL a supporter Of
Cox, but the Cox movement In Ken
lucky Ii In no wise confined to Stan
ley's political retinue. The Cox
league is bending every effort to Sc
cure a majority Of the district dele
gates and to enforce the unit rule.
The McAdoo supporters are making
Roadway. but the adoption OF unit
rule would shut them out at the
national convention.
Collapse Of Wood Boom.
What politicians here look upon as
the collapse of the Wood boom since
the severe blow ii received in Mich
igan is reflected here in the complete
silence of those behind the move
ment in Kentucky. The ascendancy
of the military candidate would mean
that William Marshall Bullitt. So
licitor general of the United States
under President Taft, again would
rise to a commanding position in
Kentucky republican ranks. How
ever. no inroads beyond the two third
district delegates. and possibly the
two from the tenth district, have
been made by Wood into the ranks
of the republicans bound for Chicago
While 1t is true that democratic
sentiment for Herbert Hoover seems
to be cooling since his announcement
the growth of republican enthusiasm
is marked. Almost every other man
one meets on the street, no matter
what his party affiliation, is strong fol-
Hoover, and the prediction Is ven
tured that in the event neither party
chooses the erstwhile food admins.
traitor there would be support enough
in this state for him to win with q
third party. That is-if the womer
vote.
Kentucky Women and Vote.
Presidential suffrage has beer
granted the women of Kentucky by
an act Of the legislature. While there
Is some doubt about its constitution
ality. the act has not been attacked
and 1t is taken for granted that tn
women will be permitted to go to the
polls. But now those elements op
posed politically to the republican
party feel that suffrage In Ken
lucky has hurt them. Woman sunrag'
will prove a blow to the democratic
party. or to such an independen
movement as that behind Herber
Hooyer's candidacy. in Kentucky. al
though, perhaps. nowhere else In tn
Union. The negro question Is the
In north. where there is no negro
problem, suffrage VIII aHect on
party no more than the other. In INT
sai,d south. where educational o.
other qualifications keep the negroes
from the polls and the returns demo
cratic, 1t will not affect the returns
But in Kentucky, southern state
where the negro popula,ion1 IS ~ aar re-
or barrier to black ballots. democratl
leaders fear the white women vii
hesitate to come out and mlngie a
the polls with the negroes OF ooti
sexes.
What lady cares 10 STAND IN nm
v,tb her cook or laundress?" the.
ask. The club woman. of course. viii
vote. Nothing can deter the suffrag
leaders from exercising the privileges
which they have won after a Ions
battle. but the housewife. as a gen
eral rule. will not venture our, IN
political wiseacres believe. This, o
Course. means a very large negro ant
naturally republican vote.
MALCOLM W. BAILEY.