The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-11-12
ERNST WILL BE
U. S. SENATOR
LATE RETURNS FROM THE
ELEVENTH BIG ENOUGH TO
DEFEAT 6EckHAM. -.


w. Beckham ms United States Senator
from Kentucky the 4th of next March.
The landslide from the steep noun
tains OF the l1th district continued for
three or four days after the election,
finally wiping out the big lead OF Sen
ator Beckham In the rest OF the State.
The majority for Ernst In that dis
trict alone Is reported to be .42,264,
ft;..!;..s hin, In the lead by 1873. .,
The Democratic State Chairman says
the returns Of majorlties for Ernst
given out on Wednesday morning from
various counties in the 1lth grew. more
than II 600 In two days, while the first
vote announced from these same coun-
ties for Beckham remained steadfast
TO the end. . =. ....-
Cor has carried the State about 1000.
MIR. Beckham carried eight of Ken
tucky's eleven Congressional districts.
Mr.. Ernst carried three.
The Democratic nominee proved the
fayorite In the First. Second. Third,
Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and
Ninth Districts Mr.. Ernst lives in
lCoyington In the Sixth.
Mr.. Erns; carried the Fifth District
by n duraiity Of 1855 and the Tenth
} District the second most impregnablc
Republican stronghold, by 1892.
The First Congressional District, the
western end OF Kentucky, gave plur-
ality OF q, 1855 votes TO the Democratic
Senatorial nominee.
Central kentucky. or the Seventh
District. got the red ribbon of Demo
crary when Il ran up a majority OF
1T,0s4 for Mr.. BeckhaIn.
other Beckham majorities were
a05b in the Second District. 5,27S In
tha sixth. 5,sSl in the Ninth, 3,is4 In
the Eighth and 374 In the Third.
Mr.. Ernst ran remarkable race In
the Eleventh District on the face OF
the returns. He ran ahead of Senator
Warren @. Harding, Presidential nom
inee. He received many more votes
than any other candidate ever has re-
ceiyed. ....: .."..
Fraud Charges Made. ...
Charges OF fraud in the llth caused
the Courier Journal to send Claud
4 Perry, a staa correspondent, into that
btdlstrict. The following is part OF
his report; .,.......
Harlan, KY, Nov. 4.-Twenty two
hundred votes were illegally cast In
this county for Richard p. Ernst, Re
publican candidate for the United
states Senate according to statements
OF citizens here. ...
An investigation into the situation
. discloses that close to 100000 WAS eX-
pended. much OF II In purchase OF
votes. and repeating was practtced
openly. ..
unnaturalized foreigners employed
by Republican coal operators voted
without being challenged. 1t Is alleged
z Democratic chaIlengers and inspectors
In several instances being thrown bod
ily rom the voting place. ..
automobile trucks were kept busy
all day carrying negro voters from
one precinct to another. that they
might vote often. ....t. .....
IL is being freely asserted on tn,
streets OF Harlan that Republican Goa
4 operators In the county contributed
Sf250O. to Republican "slush' fund
and that a Louisville coal dealer OBJ,
tanned the pledges. d.: . ~.
AT Lynch, mining town OF 100,
inhabitants, thirty three miles. from
here, controlled by the United States
Coal a Coke company, majority q
1892 was given Mr.. Ernst. Negroes
served as doorkeepers at the two vot
ing places in the town, 1t Is charged
ana negro girls wearing knee dresser
were permitted TO vote.
White women were showed from tn
voting lines in Lynch, and the head o
the Democratic women's club OF tn
town, did not succeed in voting unit
1880 o'clock.
!. "Our women did all they could" sh
II informed the County Democratic or