The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-11-12
FRAUD CRY MADE
To APPEASE LOSERS
Many of the Faithful Took
First Tips and Lest, Thus
The Soothing "Stuf
louisville Herald)

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A story of .hc real reason under
lying the Democratic cry of fraud
in the Kentucky mountains was go
ing the rounds in Louisville yester-
day. According to this report,
which came from well-informed con-
tiers, a large number of Kenucky
i Democrats, deluded by the erroneous
figures given cut by Democratic
state headquarters on the Ernst
Beckham race election night and
Wednesday, we're led to wager large
sums of money ON a Beckham VIC
tory.
Since 1t de eloped so clearly that
the Democratic claims were wholly
unfounded, many of those who pu:
up big amounts on Beckham have
not laken kindly to the "headquar-
tiers advice"
This situation so the story goes,
gave rise to tho cutlery of fraud as
an alibi for the Democratic mis-
information as to the actual figures
on the Beckham race.
A Louisville Republican gave his
version of the case yesterday. lie
said:
Tuesday night Louisville adj
herents of Senator Beckham were
sanguine. That was before the truth
dawned upon them.
After Tuesday night, they be-
came sanguinary. That was after
the truth-the awful truth-had fl
tered thru the smoke screen of the
fraud" cry and revealed as that
cry's inspiration some very inexpert
dope" that had been dished out to
the faithful at Democratic headquar-
| tiers.
There are a lot of angry Demo-
Gratis in Louisville. They are those
Democrats who have the betting yen
the Democrats who backed some
other fellows judgment with their
own money.
at was never believed, after 10
O'Clock, by the "higher-ups" at DEM
ocratic headquarters that Beckham
was eleeed. That the reverse was
the fact became apparent to them ear
~ in the game. Unfortunately, how
ever, the confidence of the leaders in
~. c. WIS reelection was so great
before the polls closed that they
"touted" the friends who came to
them for inside information to have
no hesitancy in going forth upon the
highways and the byways and COB
bling up all the Ernst money goGba-
BILE. And they did that very thing.
From the hour the polls closed. Beck
ham money in Louisville was thicker
than Democrats in Graves county me
faithful bet and bet and then bet
again.
"wednesday morning, the same
faithful who had been victim-hunt-
ing the night before began to be as
sailed by disturbing headquarters
with a demand to know just what
was what.
Then came the cry of fraud
off Ernst wins said the higher
ups, 1T is stolen for him. Our ngures
last night were correct. They show
ed Ernst was beaten
but It so CHANGED that their fig
ures' were not correct. They were
the barest sort of estimates, in which
the Beckham vote in the western sec
ton of Kentucky was grossly over
stated and the Ernst vote in the Re
publican sections of the mountains
was understand.
"There is unrest at Democratic
Headquarters. The boys are sore,
They were 'touted' wrong by men
who. they are beginning to say aloud,
inspired them to risk real money on
the merest guesses. 1t is not to be
expected that the boys in the face
of events since election night, are to
be put off with any such thing as
tale of erroneous figures. SO
fraud is cited For fraud as will
be admitted, is a better alibi than
misleading figures"