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have been closed or as soon thereafter
as possible. The law further specifics
that the boxes are not to be opened
and the count begun in the court houses
until 9 am. or later the day following
the election.
It is estimated that under these cir
cumstances it will take, perhaps. week
TO determine just who has been elected
Senator this year. Democrats say that
up in the mountains, where the Repub-
lcans are strong, it has been the GUS
tom to wait until it is known how many
votes are needed" before bringing in
the returns, and that there has been a
tendency to shoot up the ballot boxes
or toss them in mountain streams.
Intensive Campaign.
Senator Robson has conducted an
intensive personal campaign for
months, getting into every part of the
State. He is urging his record in the
Senate and House as reasons for his
election, appealing particularly to
labor and to the veterans of the World
War. He has strong Endorsements from
President Green of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor and from many of the
State organizations, including railroad
labor, which is strong in this State.
Many prominent LegionnaireS, veterans
of the World War, have Endorsed his
record on veteran legislation as 100 per
cent right.
The Senator has undertaken in his
campaigning to defend the Hoover adj
ministration and to urge that the peo-
pie suspend judgment and give the
President chance to work out his pro-
gram for betterment. He asks the
voters how they can hope to help them
selves by sending to the Senate a man
who will merely seek to hamper the
President instead of helping him. His
answer, of course, is that they cannot.
Judge Logan is popular He has
served in the past as attorney general
of the State and in other public offices,
though not as a legislator His cam
paign up to date, however, has not been
particularly inspiring. On one occasion
he said that Senator Robson had never
read whole book and that he was
ignorant about great many things
that a Senator should know. He also
charged that Robson was not a native
of Kentucky, but had come from Ohio.
This later charge, however, was quickly
disproved. The triviality of this kind
Of personal attack seems to have had
rather an adverse effect on Judge Lo-
gan's candidacy, If it has had any
effect at all.
Has Read Bible.
Robson retorted to the book charge
that he had read the Bible from kiver
to kiver." AS a matter of fact, Robson
is lawyer, and while his early educa-
ton may have been somewhat sketchy,
he has had schooling and attended coll
lege.
Judge Logan has not given up his
place on the bench to make the race
for the Senate. That however, does
not appear to have created any excite
ment down here.
There Is one freak interest that
under the surface has a good deal to
do with politics in Kentucky-the horse
racing interests. Earlier it was the
railroads, then the liquor interests.
Kentucky is interested in horses and
horse racing. There is a case pending
today in the Court Of Appeals relating
to the legality Of pari-mutuel betting on
the races. This has been pending for
some time
Admittedly there has been criticism
Of the President and his administration
in Kentucky, due to depression and I'M
employment. However, the Republicans
are hammering away at the electorate
to prove to them that the depression
Is worldwide, and that Hoover is the
man to lead the American people out
OF the slough Of deSpond.