The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-11-19
WILL NOT VOTE
To SCRAP LEAGUE
Senator-elect Richard P.
Ernst Gives Out
Statement.

VIII vote for nothing that is in vio-
lation of the Hay-Pauncefote Panama
Canal tolls treaty.
Against the excess profits tax.
Favors the budget system.
From his law office in the First
National Bank Building, Cincinnati,
from whose windows he commands a
sweep of his home town of Coving-
ton across the river and the Kenton
and Campbell Counties constituencies
which gave him such big majorities.
Senator-elect Richard Pretlow Ernst
who has been elected on the face of
the returns to succeed Senator j. c.
w. Beckham in the halls of the upper
house of Congress. gave the Louis
Vile Times representative his posi-
tion on four questions Of the day, as
stated in brief above.
In telling the world that he has
accepted the basic idea of the League
of Nations to end war. Mr.. Ernst took
occasion to contradict an impression
gained from a report Of a speech at
Munfordville where It was published
that he favored "scrapping the
League" He declared that he is go
ing TO the Senate with an open mind,
'unfettered by promises and unham-
pered by private obligations"
MIR. Ernst made 1t clear that he
will never follow Borah and the bit
ter-enders" by saying, 81 am an or
ganization Republican. | will never
line up with those fellows. be-
lieve with John Sherman that a man
working for good within his own par
ty is worth ten alien reformers."
Mr.. Ernst devoted some time to a
discussion of the charges of fraud in
the mountains and declared that there
is no truth in the accusations. He
made a trip to the mountains to in
vestigate the charges, he said, and
explained why the vote for him was
so large in the mountains thus:
During the campaign my chief in
terest lay in the mountain districts. |
This may seem strange in view of the
fact that these are solidly Repub-
lican and have been for years. Howl
ever, l knew, that IL the mountains |
turned out en- masse my election
would be assured.
Organization Is His Forte.
Accordingly, made 1t my task to
organize those districts and organiza-
tion is my forte. / called a special
meeting of the Republican chieftains
and explained that the mountains
must be fine-combed.
Several weeks ago when the Gov
errors special train passed through
Kentucky, was asked to meet II at
Mount Sterling. i did not. Instead,
I spent the time organizing the noun
tains.
urgent apeals were made to the
not only to vote them
selves, but to bring their wives and
mothers and daughters who are OF
age to the polls, unless they wished
their votes nullified by the women OF
the Bluegrass. Every school dis
trict was visited, every creek was
traversed from its mouth to its source
and there was not a bit of territory
that was not canvassed.
young Theodore Roosevelt made
a trip in these districts. He had a
special fascination for the mountain
people. The effect of all this effort
shows in the final result and / can
say with perfect confidence that II 1t
had not rained. my plurality would
have been a great deal larger.
Says G. o. p. Mountain Women Voted
"That is the secret. / was aware ]
Of the natural apathy Of mountain !
women about suffrage. knew also {
that the men, through pride of sex, [
would not allow their votes to be neu- {
.ralized by women voting in other /
sections of the State. So they ac- I
,epted the challenge and brought their
own women along to the polls.
Headquarters in Louisville knew
hat | was elected and they laid bets
IN it. Holding back our figures was
lue to a prearranged plan. We were {
Ill of the belief that Governor Nor {
'ow was counted out four years ago '
md we were determined not to let
hat happen again. If we had releas- Il
ID our figures promptly, the tempta-
ion to stuff ballot boxes in other sec
ions of the State would have become
,reat.
ION learning that charges of fraud
we're being made, investigated, l
old the boys to tell me the absolute
ruth, for / did not care to accept a I
ainted office. They convinced me 7