Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-10-13
ERNST TRIES TO FOOL
VOTERS ABOUT LEAGUE
Big Crowd of Republicans Hears
Senatorial Candidate and Mrs.
South Speak Here

daughter of the late Senator w. o.
Bradley, and Richard P. Ernst, can
didate for United States senator from
Kentucky, spoke to large crowd of
republicans at the court house Tues
day night. About half of the big
throng was composed of negro men
and women. 1t seemed that nearly
all of the $50 white women who reg
istered as republicans in Richmond.
were on hand together with all of the
white men would could crowd into the
space left after the colored voters had
pre-empted the entire left side of the
lower court room. A number of the
white men were democrats who at
tended out of curiosity.
Mrs. South, who received a very
warm welcome, was introduced by
Mrs. Eugene Walker, and Mr.. Ernst
by Mr.. Waller Bennett. Mrs. South
spoke first and made a pleasing adj
dress. Both speakers indulged in the
usual republican policy of deception
concerning the league of nations.
Mrs. South paid high tribute to Mr..
Ernst. She claimed that he had a
large part in securing suffrage for
women; paid high tribute to his work
for education and told of many other
good things that he has done, of
which the audience were ignorant, as
well as most Kentuckians. She did
not tell that he practices law in Gin
cinnati, and that ne is really more an
Ohioan than a Kentuckian. Mrs.
South is a charming woman, and
what she had to say was listened to
with interested enthusiasm by he ire
publican hearers.
Both addresses being entirely one
sided and not having attention called
to mis-statements and deceptions
concerning the league of nations and
other issues, made favorable impress
sions on those who have been igno-
rantly deceived by the republican ar
guments to win votes and those who
have not the intelligence or desire to
think for themselves.
Ernst Plays Same Old Game
Mr.. Ernst, with pleasing address
and personality and with evident ia
miliarity with its content, used the
time for his address in a discussion
of the covenant of the League of Ma
tions. He held the undivided atten-
tion of his audience thro ughout his
speech. and unquestionably made a
vote-getting appeal to the man who
is not familiar with recent history
and the text of the League of Nations
covenant.
To him, however, who has been fol-
lowing affairs closely the speaker
must have been often under suspicion
of deception in order to carry his
house. Whether this decpetion was
intentional or unintentional the pub
lie must judge, but in either case it
the part of candidate for the I'm
tied States senate.
At the outset of his speech the
speaker declared that his opponents
the Democratic leaders-demand the
ratification of the covenant of the
league "just as it is' without the
slightest change. This was a fine
talking point, but he overlooked the
fact that Governor Cox throughout
his campaign has again and again de-
clared himself friendly to such reser-
vations as would clarity the text and
safeguard Americas constitutional
rights while not multiplying the cove
nant. He overlooked the fact that
President Wilson gave his endorse
ment in writing to Senator Hitchcock
of reservations which were presented
to the senate during tn closing days
of tn treaty fight in that body.
In the course of his address he told
his hearers that Japan had taken
Shantung from China and if the
league Isl entered by America, this
country would guarantee to Japan her
right to hold this stolen territory.
1t was a good talking point, but he
should have told his audience that as
a matter of fact Japan took Shantung
from Germany, and not from China
at all: Japan did this as an act of war.
Neither did he tell his audience that
in the war settlement Germany was
forced to cede to Japan, her conquer
or, in this territory only "the rights
that Germany acquired in China in
the treaty of 1S98." He did not tell
his audience that China still retains
territorial sovereignty over Shantung
whiel ceding certain industrial con-
cessions in connection with railroads,
etc.
The public must judge whether Mr..
Ernst does not know the facts in this
case or he was undertaking to make
a point ON a question of which he
knew nine-tenths of his audience were
uniformed
He dacI~rad that in tha council of