Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-22
use C. 0..P. TACTICS
| IN KENTUCKY FIGHT
Democrats Will Pay More At.
tention to Organization
Than Ever Before.
Special Dispatch to The Star. !


LOUISVILLE. KY. August 21-
With the primary nominations out
of the way and the campaign chair
men selected. nothing remains but to
man the headquarters to start in full
blast the fight that will determine
possibly the presidency and the COM
plexion of the United States Senate
Everything indicates that the cam
paign will be the most vigorous and
intensive eveEawaged in the old COM
monwealth, which has come to be
known as a doubtful state, although
the democrats will not concede this
point. While relying to a great ex-
tent on stump activities. the demo-
Gratis will pay more attention to or
ganization this year than ever be-
fore. and in this way will meet the
republicans on their own ground, or
ganization always having been a
trump card OF. the republicans in a
Kentucky CAMPAIGN.
Female Vote Puzzlihg.
The most perplexing feature that
confronts the managers of the par
women will go to the polls and how
will they vote? are questions that
are puzzling the men in active charge
of both campaigns. with little pros
pect of an answer until the returns
are canvassed in November. This
feature of the campaign most vitality
concerns the democrats, the repubIi-
cans having decided advantage in
that they can depend upon the almost
solid support of the negro women.
The announcement. in this connec-
ton, that negro women are to be
sent out to stump Ohio, Illinois,
Indiana and Kentucky, is greeted
with interest here.
Both parties will make special eff
forts to bag the Independent vote,
which will most likely determine the
result in Kentucky. and on this point
it seems to be generally agreed that
the advantage lies with the demo-
Gratis.
Thre may not be a grand opening
of the democratic campaign this year
at one particular point in the state.
Instead there probably will be 120
openings, one in each county of Ken
lucky. Stump speakers from every
section of the state have volunteered
at state headquarters. eager and
tions on the hustings. Harry v.
McChesney, frankfort, is to head the
speakers bureau. This undoubtedly
will be the primary issue of the cam
paign, the Volstead amendment is
sue having been lost sight of except
in one or two congressional districts.
In Congressional Districts.
In 1895 George NJ. Dawson Stan
ford, was swept by the Mckinley tide
into Congress from the eighth dis
trict over John B. Thompson, Har-
rodsburg, his democratic opponent. he
being the first republican to break
the long line of democratic success
sion. and it fell to the lot of the
late George G. Gilbert, shelbyville,
%hieh he did handi1y in .n1 1885, s'st Now
it is up to the latter's son. Judge
Ralph Gilbert, Shelbyville, who was
nominated in the recent primary. to
win back the congressional seat held
Vile. ~ "
In winning the republican nomi-
nation for Congress in the fourth
district, Judge John P, HaswelI,
Hardinsburg, has demonstrated again
the strong grip he has on the voters
Of his party in that bailiwick He
has repeatedly won the congressional
nomination and in the recent primary
was again victorious. although a bit
ter fight was put up against him in
various parts Of the district. Has
democratic incumbent. who has de-
feated him several times and is con
findent that he can do it again.
If Representative J. Campbell Can
trill keeps up his stride. it is pos
sible that the next generation will
produce somebody who will wrest
the congressional seat from him. AS
was expected. he won Overwhelmingly
from his opponent for the nominal
.tion, but now his republican adver-
sary, l. l.. Bristow, Georgetown. has
withdrawn and left him a clear track
in November.
MALCOM w. BAYLEY.