Evening star., 1936-10-04
INTENSIVE DRIVES.
OPEN IN KENTUCKY
G. O. P. Completely Organ.
lied Betters Position in
Registration.
BY HARRY BLOOM,
Ipecial Correspondent Of The Star.


LOUISVILLE, KY, October s.
Kentucky voters were plunged into the
thick Of the presidential campaign this
week when both parties launched their
final intensive drives, the Republicans
going into action at Lexington and the
Democrats at Covington.
Although the State Is pretty gen.
orally conceded to Roosevelt. the Re-
publicans brought into the State John
M. Hamilton, national chairman.
While Robert H. Lucas, Republican
nominee for the United States Sen
ate, set the tone for the campaign by
denouncing the national administra-
ton as Socialist-supported and the di-
rect heir of the La Toilette progress
sives Of 1924, Hamilton said the domi-
nant issues, although 1t may not be
the deciding issue, was the preserva-
ton of the American form Of govern
ment."
Fillip was added to the occasion by
an open questionnaire addressed to
Hamilton by Vigo Barnes, Hopkins
vile, Democratic State chairman.
Hamilton did not reply, since the ques-
tons were leading on their face. He
did shoot back, however, at Barnes
assertion that the G. o. P. campaign
Is stepped in platitudes and generali-
ties, by describing President Roosevelt
as champion platitudinizer Of them all.
Six Questions by Barnes.
Barnes asked six questions. The
first dealt with the forces back of in
creases in grain prices and other farm
gains. The second asked Hsmilton's
opinion on the causes Of the strength
ening of the banking situation. The
third asked him to state Gov. Landons
position on the guarantee Of bank de-
posits. The fourth asked the Repub-
ncan leader to state his opinion Of leg
islation to prevent foreclosure Of home
mortgages. In the fifth, Barnes wanted
to know whether William Randolph
Hearst was the discoverer Of Landon.
and whether aided by economic over
lords" he had pushed Landon into
seeking the nomination. The last
question sought information on Gov.
Landon's policies for keeping the
United States as prosperous as 1t Is
today.
Lucas charged that resolution
adopted by the Socialist Executive
Committee in 1921 was responsible for
the La Toilette movement three years
later, and listed the following partici-
pants in that movement as affiliated
today with the Roosevelt Administra-
ton: Basil M. Manly, Donald Rich
berg, Frank P. Walsh, Rex Tugwell,
Edward F. Grady, the same group, he
said, held o progressive convention In
1881 at which they laid plans to steal"
the Democratic party. He said Daniel
c. Roper, Harold r. Ickes, Frank Muir
ply and Mary Anderson were dele
gates to that convention. Most Of the
persons appointed by Roosevelt TO key
positions, he claimed, had previously
been left wing Republicans.
Connally Chief Speaker.
Senator Tom Connally Of Texas,
long a favorite orator in this State,
was selected as chief speaker At the
opening Democratic rally at Coving-
ton. He was supplemented by Senator
M. M. Logan. candidate for re-elec-
ton, and Gov. A. B. Chandler. The
Democratic National Committee, de-
clining to be lulled into overconf1dence,
has promised to send score Of speak
ers into the territory.
The Republicans have materially
bettered their position in the registra-
ton over the showing in the August
primary, when the Democrats grabbed
Q 2-to-1 lead. They have had the
advantage Of complete organization
and unity in the ranks, while the
Democrats, rent by internecine quar-
rels, have not yet completed their Or
ganization.