The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-10-29
ERNST AGAINST
PEOPLES RIGHTS
Lifelong Defense Of Money
Gives Him Wrong View
point As Legislator

one of the features OF the political
campaign in Kentucky has been the Ell
For, Of the Republicans to force
Trough the election OF Richard r.
Erast, millionaire corporation attorney
OF tovington and Cincinnati, over Sen
atnr ]. G. w. Beckham. To this end all
kinds of sordid Influences are being
employed,
The Republicans are sending to the
Masnns literature Of antl-Catholic
cIta acter, and to the Catholics they
are sending the opposite.
With labor the Republicans are at
tempting to undermine Senator Beck
ham on the alleged pretext that he Is
ur tair to labor. while the real reason
Is that Senator Beckham has for years
been leader OF the moral forces in
this state.
As between him and Richard r.
Ernst there is but one choice which
inbor can successfully make. Senator
Beckham has labor record that no
other public officer In Kentucky can
compare with. %@..>~ . .
Led In Labor Legislation. ... r.
During his administration as Cover
nor he Initiated and was responsible
for all of the financial labor legislation
In the state. This included: - .
The Child Labor Law--at that time
a model for the nation. -....
Creation OF the office Of Labor In
speyt0r. -.~s. " -. .... II. .:
The inspection OF factories and Mi
establishments employing labor to In
sure safety and sanitary conditions.
The Mine Inspection Law safeguard.
ing the work Of the miners,
The creation Of sentiment for the
eighl7hour day. n.
Building Of the new State Capitol
with union labor only, -. ..
An act forbiddiug child labor In coal
mines. -. .:.:..
Mr.. Ernst, of course. never having
been In office, has no labor record, but
his llfe's work indicates clearly that
IN his mint the rights of the people are
secondary.
Ernst Means Corporation. p.
The name Ernst is synonymous with
the Union Light and Power Company
and the South Covington Railway Com
pany, and other public utility corpora
tipns in Covington and Cincinnati,
Through his long connection with them
Mr.. Ernst is bound to be nntagonistic
TO the rights OF The people, because az
The lobbyist OF these concerns he has
always fought the public interests.
Recently VIII n Hays, Republican
National Committeeman, claimed that
the Republicans would gather the sen
atorship from this state. The g. o. y.
has special anxiety for 50 doing.
They know that Mr.. Ernst iits har-
moniously into the pattern OF things
favored by Penrose, Lodge, Brandegee,
and the real reactionary leaders OF the
Republican Senate. clique. 1t Is TO
clinch the control Of the masses
through big business that makes the
Republicans anxious to get men OF
Ernst type into the United States Sen
ate.
Part OF Calvin Machine. .
Mr.. Ernst's chief representative In
this state is Morris Calvin. Morris
Calvin captured the control Of the
Kentucky Senate in 1920 in order 10
get a Job for his friend and protege,
James A. Scott. He put Mr.. Scott on
the Tax Commission. II Is Of tremeD-
dous advantage 10 an attorney to have
friend on that commission, Mr.. Gal
vip has one OF the richest practices
before the Tax Commission, and he Is
the close friend OF Mr.. Ernst, one OF
the richest men In this state.
Mr.. Calvin is also boss Of that po.
litical machine which In covington and
Newport defied regulatory laws OF this
state, even after prohibition became
q national condition. Mr. Ernst can
not escape Identification with this ele-
ment In public government His en-
tire campaign is managed by one Of
the most important lieutenants Of the
former wet machinery In this state
Mr.. Ernst has no public record Of
any kind at all, but he pretends TO be. a
great friend OF education. Senator
Beckbaln does not have TO pretend.
His record speaks for Itself. Just a
few educational achievements follow !:
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