Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-21
DAVIS IS ASSURED
Of KENTUCKY VOTE;
SENAT E RACE CLOSE
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Speclal Leased Wire to The Journal-Copy-
right 1924

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Oct. 1S.-John
w. Davis will carry Kentucky. This
state stood by James M. Cox in 1920,
When even Tennessee broke away 1t
Is true the majority was less than
5000, but it remained in the Demo
| cratic column just the same.
There was a tide of resentment in
1920 which does not exist today
-Four years have served to turn back
to the Democratic party many of
those who, for one reason or anoth-
er. strayed away. The late A T.
Hert, one of the shrewdest political
organizers, was responsible for the
Improvement in the Republican vote
in this state in 1920. No one has
arisen to take his place
Kentucky is not without its local
issues, however, which may have
/ some bearing on the results. Sena-
| tor Augustus Owsley Stanley, who
won the Democratic nomination aft
er a hard fight, seems to be capable
! of stirring up violent opposition
either on his "wetness" or a half
dozen other things which started
when he was governor. He is the
center Of a very exciting campaign.
The Louisville Courier-Journal,
owned by Judge r. w. Bingham, is
supporting John w. Davis for presi-
dent, but Fred Sackett, the Republi-
can nominee, for the senate.
Senatorial Race Close
On account of his anti-prohibition
views Stanley is presumed to have
the opposition of the women. But
there is no La Toilette candidate in
these parts, and Stanley will get
most of the votes that are to be cast
in Kentucky for La Toilette. This
may take care of some of the STAN
| ley losses. He will have a close
fight for reelection. The national
ticket will help him.
The vote this year in Kentucky
will be large. A bond issue for good
roads is being voted upon. That al
ways brings out the voter. The reg
! istration thus far in the cities shows
/ a gain. There is no way to tell
about the rural districts but a large
/ ballot is expected because the Re
! publicans in one end of the state
/ favor the bond issue while the Dem
/ ocrats at the other end oppose it,.
! The Republicans who will take the
! trouble to come down from the
mountains to vote probably will
vote a straight Republican ticket for
! United States senator and every
4 thing else.
1 In the face of all these character
/ istics, Kentucky may roll up as high
/ as thirty thousand for John w. Da-
. Wis, and if such a vote is polled Sen
/ ator Stanley might pull through.
Campaign Slow 20 Start
Kentucky exhibits little interest
+ in the campaign as a whole. The
/ La Toilette hackers as usual are
making considerable noise and may
( get as high as 100000 votes in Ken
lucky. though this is maximum
figure and the probabilities are il
Will so much lower. But the La
Toilette votes are coming in about
equal proportions from the Demo-
cratic and Republican parties, so the
effect on the two major parties will
be about the same.
Charles G. Dawes has been here
and John w. Davis Will be here
within a week. The campaign seems
I hardly TO have gotten started. Re-
publicans outwaroly are claiming the
state but one suspects that they
are doing this in the hope of gather
ing votes and holding them for the
state ticket. Nobody ever comedies
defeat as a rule, publicly. anyhow
But the private reports of the Re,
publican managers must no doubt
contain many Ifs" and butts" as
this state can be put back in the
solid south column shis time.