The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-10-22
WHAT'S DOING
In POLITICS

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Registration figures in the Fifth Dis,
Gict announced officially by County
Clerk, prove more encouraging to the
Democrats than the unofficial A total
~ 712,921 regIstrants were divided
NJ follows: Republicans, 55,236; Dem.
sscrats. 46,701; Independents, lO,0s4.
This gives the Republicans lead Of
g.535.
Az the majority Of the Independent
vote 10 expected to llne up behind the
League Of Nations. the race in this dis
1rict will prove to be very close. 1t
appears as IL the district win not go
more than two or three thousand either
:, ;way,
In his effort to keep the public from
learning the true elements within the
Republican party, the Jefferson County
Clerk did not separate the negro regis
Trants from the total. AS matter of
fact. about 25,000 negroes in Louisville
snnd Jefferson County registered Re
publican, which shows that the whites
sare divided, 10000 Democrats, 10000
Republicans, and almost 11,0OO indie
pendents. Were 1t not for the black
voters there would not be chance for
the Republican machine of Louisville,
carefully as 1t has been built up. The
Eame condition holds true In the State.
1t Is only the solid class vote cast by
the negroes that keeps the Repub-
!. Means in the running in this state.
Former President VIM. Howard TAFT
has recently given advice to Others
shat he doesn't think worth following
himself In defending Article y in
the League Of Nations in the New
York Tribune, August 2, 1920, Mr..
Taft said: II believe that the issue
of the League transcends in its i'm
portance any Democratic issues, and
would justify and require one who be-
lieves SO to ignore party ties and Sc
cure this great boon for the world
and this country" Mr.. Taft says that
he believes so, but Instead of ignoring
party ties to achieve this great result,
he is actively campaigning for the
weakest presidential candidate in the
history of the Republican party, who
proposes to reject the entire League
which Mr.. Taft regards SO vital TO the
welfare of the world.
i Republican criticism that United
States was unprepared for war is of
set by their own argument that the
Democrats were too much prepared
1or war.
The Congressional Smelling" Com
mittee, headed by Congressman Ora
ham. Republican, has made the as.
tuunding discovery that almost every
war move made by the United States
mad been planned for months before
war was declared by President. VIII
SONS Advisory Commission, four mem
hers of which are Republicans. In
the same breath the Republicans con-
-demn the Democrats for the work Of
this Commissions labor of prepared
mess, and then condemn the Democrats
for appropriateness.
Negroes of Louisville are in an up
roar OF Indignation because they are
not going to be permitted to sit among
the white people at the Gypsy Smith
revivals to be held in the monster
Tabernacle.
At a recent meeting of colored min
listers Rev. NJ. p. Hunt (white) inform
cd the negro preachers that seventy
seats had been set aside for them on
the platform. Bishop Archibold j.
Cnrey (negro) asked whether these
seats were scattered around or wheth-
.er they were segregated. The Rev. Mr.
Hunt replied that separate arrange
ments had been made, to which Bishop
Carey answered, mot for u.s." Negro
newspapers Of Louisville are up la
arms at what they call the Jim Grow
Gypsy Smith revival meeting.
The detection from the Republican |
camp Of Herbert Parsons, former Re-
publican National Committeeman
: Hamilton Holt, editor of the Independ.
cent; ]. o. Thompson, former Collecto
OF internal Revenue. of Alabama unde
inf and Roosevelt, and the Chicago
Evening Post, paper owned by the |
owner Of the Louisville Herald, can be |
traced back to the treatment of the |
Rr0gressives by the Republican party. |
In the reconstruction of the G.. o. P.
the PrOgressives were completely lg
:nored. They were not given any hon
s0r1 In Congress nor offices throughout;
ihe nation. Speaker Gillette, of the |
House; Floor Leader Mondell, Of the |
House; Senator Lodge, Pepeose and
Ethe others In control of The Upper
zHouse, are all deepdyed members of |
DIE high protectionists' old guard
Contrast this with the progressive
element in the Democratic party Balm
bridge Colby, who was Theodore
Roosevelt's right-hand man, is Wilson's
Secretary Of State: Victor Murdoch,
header of the Kansas Bull Moose, has
been appointed by President Wilson
% tife Interstate Commerce Commits
sion John NJ. Parker, Progressive can.