Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-10-21
GILBERT GOES AFTER
"SW0PE, THE KING"
Democratic Congressional Candi-
date introduced By Col. Ripy
At Lawrenceburg

| palgn Tor congress In LnlS county
this afternoon, speaking to an audi
ence which more than filled the court
room in the Anderson county court
house. Judge Gilbert made several
references to his opponent, Congress
man King Swope, that vastly pleased
the big audience of Democrats, men
and women, and made an eloquent
and scholarly defense of the League
of Nations. He was introduced by
his recent rival for the Democratic
nomination, Colonel Frank l.. Ripy,
who made brief, but earnest address
in which he urged all Democrats to
"get together and send a Democrat
to Congress to represent this Dis
trict."
Chairman r. B. Lillard, of the Dem
ocratic county campaign committee,
called the meeting to order and an
nounced the coming of Congressman
A. w. Barkley to Lawrenceburg for
a speech Thursday night and Mrs.
Alice Bronston Oldham for a series
of six meetings the last half of the
week
In presenting Judge Gilbert. Col
onel Ripy said that it was unjust to
hold the hold the Baby Congressman
responsible for the acts or the fail
ure to act of the Republican Con-
gres," for he said, Mr.. Swope had
7 OF
ing his service in the House. He
| said there were no sore spots on him
and that he was doing all he could to
send Judge Gilbert to Congress.
"Judge Gilbert is sterling Dem
ocrat, lawyer of ability and Chris
=, tian gentleman" he said. 'I take
pleasure in presenting to you your
next Congressman, Judge Ralph Gil
bert, of Shelbyville"
Judge Gilbert was given an ova-
tion as he rose to speak. He ex-
pressed his deep gratitude for the
support of those Democrats who had
made possible his nomination and said
that he had nothing but the kindliest
feelings for those who had opposed
him in the primary and who had pre-
ferred Colonel Ripy
Judge Gilbert declared that the
campaign was unique in one respect
Usually" he said, "the parties could
agree upon the facts, but this cam
paign was marked by the constant
and deliberate deception and misrep-
resentation attempted by one of the
parties as to one of the leading is
sues of the campaign, referring to
the League of Nations. He told Of
the offer by Republicans and indie
pendents supporting Governor Cox to
pay a reward of $4,000 for proof
that under the provisions of the
League of Nations the United States
would be required to send her troops
abroad to fight in foreign countries
and urged that Congressman Swope
qualify as a contestant for that re-
ward by simply submitting proof of
! the statements he is making liz his
| speeches every day.
Judge Gilbert showed that all the
| leading religious denominations of
the world had endorsed the League
of Nations, that farmers organiza-
tions had backed it and that no hu-
manitarian organization of any kind
had declared against it, while leading
humanitarians and philanthropists
the world over had declared for it.
! Answering Congressman Swope's mis-
representations of the League he
quoted from leading Republicans
such as ex-President Taft and Prof
Irving Fisher, in support of the
League as means of bringing peace
on. earth for all times.
Pointing out the reasons why farm
ers should support the League of Ma
tions, Judge Gilbert declared that the
prosperity of the farmers depended
upon stable markets. Stable foreign
markets, he said, depended on world
peace, as there could be no stability
of markets or governments SO long as
the spectre of war stalked through
Europe. The League of Nations, he
said, by bringing about peace, would
stabilize the markets of the world
and give to the farmer that certainty
of income necessary to his prosper
ity and peace of mind. He showed
that Senator Harding had opposed
the farm loan act and that in q
speech in, the senate he had said that
81 bushel was a fair price for
wheat.
Judge Gilbert repudiated as false
and untrue the statement of Con-
gresSman Swope that he (Gilbert)
had charged citizen of Shelby
county $75 for making out his ques-
tionaire. The Judge said he had never
charged any man a cent for making
J out his questionable, but that, with