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fkmtiiicmt 9 J Fine Job Work. DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF ALL THE PEOPLE OF OHIO COUNTY Subscription $1 per Year VOL. XXV11. HARTFORD, OHIO COUNTY, KY., FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1915. No. 28 &I)C Mttrtfea REPUBLICANS HAD GLEARJAJORITY Secretary Reynolds Makes Interesting Deductions. Some Facts Gathered From Re turns of Last November Election. 1 ' Socroary James I). Reynolds, of Ilcpubllcnn National Committee, has nintlo sotno very Intorstlng deduc tions from the official returns of the V lust November election. -,, According to his statement the re sult of tho elections of November last proves three very important political facts: First: Tho Republicans carried upon national issues States tha would glvo a clear majority in tho Electoral College, and elect a repub lican President. Second: Tho Democratic majority In the next House is only the result of the Progressive- voto in certain districts of the country, and the Dem ocrats will be really a minority party in tho House of Representatives. Third: Two-thirds of the Pregres vlvo voto of 1912 has not only ceased to support third party candidates, but has returned to tho support of He publican principles and candidates. This is the Btory that is told by tho official figures of tho last election just compiled by tho Republican National Committee. They are the ductal figures of thirty-eight dlffer nt States, representing alt sections of the country. The Republicans carried 23 States, which in the Electoral College cast 2SS votes for President, a clear ma jority ot 22 over tho 2CG necessary for a-choicc. There arc three States. which may be temporarily classed as loubtful, as on national Issues they vMvldcd their allegiance. These are 'Oregon, South Dakota and Nevada, In which Democratic Senators wero chosen but Ilepubllcun Congressional delegations were elected. j At this election 230 Democratic Rombcrs ofCongresswero successful. In 39 of tho Congressional districts of tho country, however, tho Progres sive vote was larger than tho Demo cratic plurality, so that, had It not been for tho Progressive vote the Democratic mebcrshlp in the next Houso would bo only 191, with 218 necessary for a majority. Tho Pro gressive vote also elected four Demo cratic Senators, those in California, Colorado, Indiana and Oregon. The question of what has become of the Progressive vote of 1912 is well answered in these official re turns. In tho 38 States whose re turns have been compiled, there Is a Republican gain of 2,489,588 ovor the Republican Presidential vote ot 1912. There is a Progressive loss of 2,507,811, as compared with the Presidential vote of that party two years ago. In other words, the Pro gressive loss is within less than 1 per cent of being the same as the Repub lican gain. In these 23 States which put them bolves in the Republican column, the Republican plurality over the Demo cratic vote was over a million; whereas, In 1912, tho Wilson vote In ilia same States was larger than the TAt voto by over ono million. Ot the total voto cast by the threo par ties In thos States in 1914, the lto- -publlcans cast 49.G per cent; tho Democrats 38.9 por cent, and tho Progressives 11. G per cent. In 1912, tho Presidential vote" cast was: Re publicans, 28.4 per cent; Democrats, 39.7 por cent; Progressives, 31.9 per cent. Ot the total Progressive vote cast by these 23 States, it is interesting to note that half of It was cast by two States. Illinois and Pennsylvan ia, and nearly two-thirds ot the total by the'threo States" ot Illinois, Penn sylvania and Kansas. The three, doubtful States, accord Mng to tho last'olctlon, Were Nevada, Oregon and South Dakota. In Ne vada, the Democrats won the Seua torslilp by 40 votes, and the Repub licans won a Congressman-at-large by a plurality of 877. In Oregon, rftfc Democrats; and hi, own personal popularity, re-elected Senator Cham berlain by a aiargia.ot 23,000;" while itie Republicans carried ait three Congressional districts and bad a TURNS AGAINST I'll II WILSON New York Times Comments on Indianapolis Speech. Moved to Apology and Extenuation. plurality-of tho CorigrosBlonnl vote! of 35,000, besides electing a Gover nor by 2,700. South Dakota elect ed a Democratic Senator by 3,800 and at tho name time, elected two Republicans out of threo Congress men, the Republicans carried tho Governorship by 15,000 and had a lllto plurality of tho Congressional vote. Taking tho total of the Senatorial and Congressional vote In each of these three States, and dividing by 1 Mm 4a iliA nABnrA nn.ili Itniit I in each state of national issues. the! Says Friends of the President result would be: Oregon: Republi cans, 95,200; Democrats, 89,500. South Dakota: Republicans 48,500; Democrats, 42,000. Nevada: Repub licans, 8,471; Domocrats, 8,054. This would at least, entitle the Republi cans to claim hnlf of tho clectorlal votes ot these three States, which would amount to thirteen, nnd would thereby, raise the Republican elec toral vote won In the election to 295. Figures have been compled from twelve states In different sections of the co nun try. In the total votes cast In theso twelve, the Democrats won by a plurality of less than 200,000. In 1912, the Democratic plurality in these same states were over a mil lion. A very small percentage of Re publican gain would have put three of these states In to the Republican column, us an increase ot a little over 5,000 Republicans would have carried Nebraska, Colorado and Maine, with their twelve votes in the Electorlal College. Taking nil of the 38 States to gether, tho Republicans at the Nov ember election cast 47 per cent, of tho total Republican, Democratic and Progressive vote. The Democrats 41 per cent ot this, and the Progres sives 12 per cent." In 1912' the same States, the Republicans cast 26 per cent, this total, the Democrats 43 per cent, and the Progressives 31 per cent. The House of Representatives chosen at the November election will contain: Republicans, 195; Derao cratsr230; Progressives,"?. In addi tion to these three from California a Progressive-Republican, a Prohibi tionist and an Independent, and from New York a Socialist. The House ot Representatives elected In 1912 con tained: Republicans, 122; Democrats 292; Progressives, 15; Progressive Republicans, 5, and Independent lv Chinese Relieved Airman Was God. San Francisco, Cat., Jan. 16. To bo taken for a god falls to the lot of few men In this prosaic age. Lieut. Gunther Pluschow, the German na val officer who escaped In his mono plane from besieged Tslng Tao be fore it fell to the Japanese assault, Is one ot these. Ho recently arrived on the steam er Mongolia from the Orient after running the ganutlet of Allies' sen tries and spies In a series of thril ling escapades. Lieut. Pluschow two days before the fall of the German fortress on the Chinese coast was ordered to car ry Important dispatches to the Ger man Consul in Shanghai. Rising in his aircraft he sped across country for fivo hours, planing to earth In a Chinese village when his fuel ran out. Tho superstitious natives who had never before seen a man fly believed him to bo a god. When he buried the engine of his plane and burned the wings they changed their opin ion and calcd him a devil, fleeing In terror. Tho aviator then tramped 450 miles to Shanghai, where he deliv ered his messago and then obtained possession , of a passport belonging to a Scotch-American. This brought him safely thru and across the Pa cific. To carry out the desperate masquerade the Lleutonant attired himself In a suit ot plaid kilts. $200,000 Itcmd Uoud Issue Voted in Greenup (County. Greenup, Ky Jan. 19. At a spo clal .election held in Greenup coun ty touuy It was voted to bond the county (for $200,000 to build good roads throughout Jhe county. The proposition carried by more than two-thirds' majority, as required by the Constitution, Votes to Abolish Capital Punishment. TnrilnnnnnlU. Jan. 19Thn In. dtana 8enate to-day passed, 27 to 21, cause of the acarclty of ships? Does a measure to abolish capital punish- he attribute the low price ot cotton ment. The bill 'now goes' to the to (hat cause? What business men at House. (once disinterested and well' informed When the vote was announced have encouraged him to persist with . ..-.. . . j ' . - . . . Declaring that the Idcu and be lief that "on tho whole the people of the country are better off, more prosperous, and have less cause for anxiety under a Republican than un der a Democratic administration," the New York Times, an independ ent Democratic newspaper, in an ed itorial reprinted below, delivers some scathing criticisms of state ments made In Wilson's Indianapolis speech. The speech, It Is declared, seemed to be the effort of a man whose mind was weary, and who spoke without due consideration of the weight of his words. The editorial avers that It would be difficult to And a "worse justification for his Mexican policy." Tho editorial further says that "in the present condition of the public mind the Republicans will not be hurt by his charge that they have not produced a new idea in thirty years, or by his saying that they are apt to think as their grand-fathers thought. We have made a long trial of tho ideas ot the -youngsters, and we have had enough of them. Our grand-fathers are the coming men In this country." On tho whole the editorial is a vitally significant one showing as it does the nation-wide" inclination to the Republican party's principles. Added significance Is gained by the fact that tho New York Times has heretofore approved Wilson's poli cies. The editorial In full is as follows: The friends of President Wilson will bo moved to apology and extenu ation hy his Indianapolis speech. His speech gives evidence of the' weari ness ot his mind. He spoke much too trippingly and without due consid eration ot the thoughts that came to him. He said some things that he might well wish unsaid. It would not have been easy for the President to find a worse justifi cation for his Mexican policy than that which he chose. "Have not the European nations taken as long as they wanted and split as much blood as they pleased In settling their af fairs," he asked, "and shall we deny that to Mexico because she is weak?" Certainly the President does not wish the country to believe that in his judgment the right of cutting throats in civil strife Is included in our traditional category ot "lite, lib erty and the pursuit of happiness." Inevitably the question will be asked If that is the Democratic Idea ot tho tmpendlng grant ot liberty to the Filipinos. In tho prophetic opinion of many that Is what the administra tion policy In respect to the Philip pines Involves, In actual fact that Is what Is gotng on In Mexico. Yet Mr. Wilson says that "so far as my Influence goes, while I am President nobody .shall Interfere with them.- That Is a prohibition to others, a self-denying ordiuance for ourselves. It goes much too far. We shall keep out ot Mexico up to tho last possi ble moment ot decent and righteous abstention from Interference. Out the time may come, as It came In Cuba, when not to intervene would be a crime against humanity, against the Interest ot the Mexicans, and against our own. In respect to such a proverbially, uncertain subject as Mexico It Is better not to be too positive. - Tho President is almost defiant in respect to his shipping bill. His mood would be admirable were h's cause better. Certainly his argu- prlvnte capital avoids becauso of the hopelessness ot profits under exist ing laws. A committee of a Cham ber of Commerce reported the other day that slnco tho opening of the Eu ropean war there has at no time been any lack of cargo room In tho South American trade. The financial embarrassment of tho South Amer ican countries, not tho lack of ships, is'flic trouble there. Rut If the gov- : pnihicnt owned ships that were en- Bugeu in iiiu European irane, we shoilld directly Invite contraband trpublcs far more Berlous than the Inconvenience resulting from high Atlantic freight rates. Tho Presi dent challenges tho Republican Sen ators, who threaten obstruction "to show their rights to stand in the way-of the release of American pro ducts to the rest of the world." That Is the way Mr. Bryan used to talk 'to tho advocates of tho gold standard. Senators who oppose the shipping bill are not standing in the way pt the release of American products. There are other and more serious obstructions. They are stand ing In the way of an ill-judged ad venture that would be more effective than, any law now on the statute books In discouraging the revival of American shipping, and that is say ing a good deal. The President is his own astrolo ger. Wallenstein and Louis XI. de pended upon professional talent, they kept private astrologers. As the President interpreted at Indianapolis the courses of the stars, as he reads theni he probably was not much further wrong than the old-time as trologers. Two-thirds of the Dem ocratic party is progressive, accord ing to, his apportionment, only one third (if the Republican party. That is about the .most alarming stato of things that could be imagined, alarm ing for the President aud for the Democratic party. Mr. Wilson him self has told us about the new tem per of the public. There Is evidence ot it In the election figures, by the misreading of which the; President and his friends are trying to keep up thefrcouroge. Mr. Wilson was elect ed because of conditions in 1912 that longer exist. The Progressives ADOPT SCHOOLS IN THE NAVY Advantage Opened Up To U. S. Fighting Men. Course In Academic and Techni cal Branches Available to Sailors." no hare sped their arrow, missed the target, and rotlred from the tourna ment. The Republican party is pret ty rapidly becoming again the major ity party. The visible tendencies to accretion and reinforcement In favor of that party will not be checked by such speeches as that which the President made at Indianapolis. In the present condition of the public mind the Republicans will not be hurt by hts charge that they have not produced a new idea in thirty years, or by his saying that they are apt to think as -their grandfathers thought. We have made a long trial of the Ideas of the youngsters, and we have had enough of them. Our grandfathers are the coming men In this country. - There la one idea about which President Wilson will do well to take serious thought, for It has become well rooted In this" Republic, and which strikes Its roots deeper as the opportunity is given for a careful study of the composition, the capac ity, and the aims ot the Democratic party. It is the idea, the belief, that on tho whole the people of the coun try are better off, more prosperous, and have less cause for anxiety un der a Republican than under a Dem ocratic administration. If that be Hot prevails in 19 1G but that would bo prophecy. Stanley Make War on Huly. Washington, D. C January 18. A pledgo to rid the State Board ot Valuation and Assessment of the influences ot a political triumvirate, it the people will elect him Governor, was muilo by Representative A. O. Stanley in a card Issued to-night. Tho statement Is Mr. Stanley's for mal announcement that he will seek the Democratic nomination for Gov ernor next August. Mr. Stanley de clares that manipulation ot the State Doard ot Valuation and Assessment Is the method by which tho State Is pontrolled and the corporations pun- Washington, Jan. 18. When five sailor lads recently won cadetshlps to Uncle Sam's Naval Academy hy obtaining higher ratings In the en trance examination than those made by a number of college graduates, who also sought the honor, It sur prised many who shared the popular notion that a jack-tar Is all brawn. Back of the feat df the boys Is the fact not genrally known that the United States navy has been con verted Into a veritable "floating uni versity," where the enlisted men re ceive every kind of instruction use ful to them in their country's ser vice. The sailor boys who shot ahead of the chaps with the college degrees owe the prizes they won. It Is de clared, to the methods Introduced In tho naval system a year ago. New Year's Day marked the first anni versary of the new educational Idea as 'it was Introduced by Secretary Ished or prtviledged according tq ments ought to be better If he Is to ! their attitude toward the machine. convince the country's judgment. Does he really believe that with wheat at $1.40 a bushel the Western farmer Is deprived ot his profits be lle promises that no ring, now in control, and no future ring shall be' powerful at the capital If he la elected. Other planks In his platform fa vor the enforcement ot the county unit law, oppose State-wide prohibi tion and rotation In State 6ce by the ot tho Navy Daniels, and the good it has already accomplished emphasizes the necessity of broadening the meth ods ot training along vocational and technical lines. Given Every Chance. The greatest efficiency is attained thru the best training, of course, a fact ever uppermost in the minds of those who instruct In the art of strategy, so the present arrange ments were brought about because of tho desire to make of every Bhlp a school in ltseu. in addition to these ships, there are training sta tions where the boys are taught to respect the constituted authorities, to obey, to be prompt as well as other uallties which tend to fit them for their work. No man who ever enters the navy will need to leave his ambition be hind, for there Is a genuine incen tive to progress. There Is given to each enlisted man the systematic means by which he can receive as sistance and enlistment In technical branches, as well as along academic lines, and the studious fellow has no excuse If he does not win promo tion. Another valuable thing about the educational methods now being followed Is that the enlisted man can fit himself well for some civil trade which he may follow at the end ot his service afloat. The routine followed by the sailor includes a regular period each day for Instruction, during which time no work Is required of htm, except In cases of emergency. This period la devoted to the Improvement of the individual and to instruction along lines he may wish to follow. At this time the Instruction is un der two heads academic and tech nical or professional. In tho acad emic branch, it is compulsory for all enlisted men not well grounded in common school branches, or who have not completed two years' service In the navy. The subjects embraced In this department are reading, writing, arithmetic, geography and history, and the course is continued for each man until he reaches a sat isfactory standard. To make the naval professional instruction sys tematic, a plan was devised some time ago, prescribing the subjects which every man, Irrespective of hlaj rating, should know. All bluojack eta are required to become perfectly familiar with subjects treated in tho manual distributed to each man . h. niu Ti,iR. imm. hBa I Panose wish to assist the allies, bad a tendency to make sailors more'9reat Drlta,n' Russla ond France t0 efficient and ambitious, and has ' terminate the misery of war and re- wrought a great improvemnt in the.810" peace 10 me worm. Judge I) Irk head, In chambera, awarded Mrs. Sanderfur an attach ment against tho property of her husband in the sum of $1,500, to issue without bond. Tht plaintiff sets out that they were married In Ohio county on October 2, 189S. They own a farm of flfty-seven acres of land, which Is stated to be worth $2,00"0", and Is productive and furnishes to them a support. As erounds for dlvortn Mrs. Sanderfur alleges that her hus band is cruel to her, falls to pro vide a livelihood for her or her threo children, is continually and habit ually drunk, and wastes his estate In drinking and other vices. She further avers that her husband often accuses her in the presence of their three young daughters ot being an Immoral woman, which she de nies and states that she has been true to her martial vows and mado defendant a dutiful and faithful wife. She asks the court to award her tho custody of her children. Owensboro Messenger., - Taft Advises Girls to Learn Useful Trade. New York, January 16 Practical training gives girls independence and precludes the necessity for marriage without love, said William Howard Taft today In an address at the an nual meeting of the Hebrew Technic al School for Girls. "According to your report, 2,700 girls have been graduated from this school, and I am glad to see that on ly 260 got married," said the former president. "Now, I am not oppos ed to matrimony, but I am one who believes that there are thousands of women who have made the world sweeter, purer and better and who did not marry. "The trouble is that many women have to marry, not because they love the' man of their choice, but because it Is a custom. The only way ttf avoid that condition is for a girl to become independent by learning a useful trade. Then, whena ,manl" -who Is a scrub asks her at 'marry? , she can say: 'I can do better,,) as I am independent.' In this way she can make no mistake." Strong disapproval ot the litera cy test in the Immigration bill wad expressed by the speaker. Hartford Defeats Fordsville at Bas- . ket Ball. " , ','. The Hartford and Fordsville bas ket ball teams met on the local court. Friday night, the former win-, nlng by the score of 24 to J. Altho the visitors were outplayed they put up a' game fight and the game was ' at all times Interesting. Both teas showed lack ot practice and flashed of 'team work by the homo team waa invariably broken up by a fumble. IL-orewas plenty of good malarial iu evidence, howm-r, and with ward of the stuff that makes any team some mighty good basket ball will, be seen in these parts. Altho toe guarding was good the low score can not' be attributed entirely to that feature for each team had many , shots that went wide ot the mark. Following Is the line up and goals: Fordsvllfe. Hartford. Shultz (1) F (4) Glenn Whlttler F (1) Taylor Owen C (4) Barnett Hunt G (2) King , Royal G J. Glenn Fouls Shultz 5 out ot 9 chances; Glenn 2 out of 5. Referee and umpire Crowe, Fordsville, and A. Darnett, Hartford, alternating. Time halves 20 min utes. " . Jup Troops Want to Fight. Toklo, January 16. The promot ers in Japan of what has been call ed' the "volunteer movement" have' lssiied a manifesto in which they an nounced their Intention of dispatch ing1 an army corps to Europe. To- this end they are appealing to both Japanese and foreigners for funds. The manifesto says that as La Fayette helped the United States and Garibaldi helped France, so the Ja- morals and discipline ot the navy. ' Absolute Divorce-1 Asked 8y Mrs. KtHe Saaderfiur. Mrs. Effle Sanderfur on Friday filed suit In circuit court tor an ab- llitlousnesa and Constipation Cured. It you are ever troubled with bil iousness or constipation you will be Interested in the statement ot R. F. Erwln, Peru, Ind. "A year ago lash month as maintenance for flerselt-J patlon. Seeing Chamberlain's-Tah- same Individual, call for a better and three daughters. aed ressftct- leti BoUghljCrecoatmeacM, I buakt spectators who crowded' the- gallery his proposal to Invest -millions of the' highway system and the abolition of Ively, fifteen, thirteen' and eight a bottle of them and they helped ate broke Into cheers. , Government money In a trade that prison contract labor. years. Upon reading the petition right away." For sale by all dealers. BOlute divorce, from S. P, Sanderfur! winter I had an attack ot Indigestion, and for 12,000 alimony and $25 the J followed ,by biliousness, and const l i