Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-09-03
FRANKFORT.
The Political Pot Will Soon Be
Boiling i'm the Capital of
the State.
The Government to Establish q
Military Camp Four Miles
From the City.
SOCIETY HAPPENINGS AND GOSSIP
ESPECIAL LETTER. !

SPECIAL LETTER.
Frankfort, the Mecca of Kentucky
politics, is unusually quiet at present,
and those in position to know claim
that it is only the "quiet that precedes
the Storm" and that before November's
wintery blasts have stripped the sur
rounding hills of their green foliage the
storm will burst in all its fury and old
Frankfort will ring with political
speeches as she never rang before, even
when the "Silver-tongned Orator" or
the Authenticated Child of Destiny"
from Fayette, were in their glory and &C.
cupying front seat in the Democratic
band wagon. The race for Representative
from Franklin county, although over a
year off, is growing exceedingly warm.
Among the aspirants for this honor are
two prominent and leading Irish-Ameri-
cans of this city-Col. Pat Mcdonald, ST.,
editor.in-chief of The Western Argus, and
Capt. Percival Haley, Sergeant-at-Arms
of the House of Representatives, and al
though comparatively young man, a
leader in politics and very strong per-
sonal friend of Senator Goebel, the"Napo-
leon of Democracy" i'll Kentucky Col.
Mcdonald is also strong supporter of
Senator Goebel, and for the past two years
has on every occasion advocated his can
didacy for Governor through the columns
of the Argus. Ex-senator E. II. Taylor,
Jr., is also prominently spoken of as a
candidate, but as yet has not consented
TO run. The present Representative,
South Trimble, is not only candidate for
reelection, but also announces that he
will probably be candidate for Speaker
of the House against Col. ]. Morgan
Chinn, of Mercer.
President D. ]. McElligott, of Division
No. l, A. o. H., of this city, has been
elected for the second time a delegate to
the State convention of Catholic Knights
of America, which will convene at
Bowling Green September 10 Col. Nc
Elligott will make strong effort to
secure representation for branches out
side of Louisville and Covington, who
have heretofore captured the national
delegates, never allowing the numerous
other branches scattered throughout the
State to elect a national delegate. He
believes, as should all fair-minded dele.
gates, that turn about is fair play" and
that delegates at least once should be
elected from among the branches outside
of Louisville and Covington.
Latest advices from Washington say
that Frankfort will have a military camp
1t will be located four miles from Frank
fort on the +. & c. railway, upon the
banks of the historic, sparkling Elkhorn
The f. & {. will run trains between thi.
city and the camp every hour, and as be
tween two and six regiments will BE-
quarted at this camp. it will undoubtedly
bring many dollars into the city. The
Second Kentucky is among the regiment.
that will come.
Bro. William Cushion, of No. 1, A. O
H., has removed 10 lock No. 7,
where he will remain until Noveri
Der. He has accepted position
as Government Time-keeper, a place
he formerly held during the build
ing of locks and Z. The latter is now
being finished and will be thoroughly
completed by November |.
Bro. p. Coleman, Sr., has been work
ing in Eminence for the past three weeks.
He returns home every Saturday, and al
ways attends division meetings.
Several members will go to Lexington
and Cincinnati next week to attend Labor
Day exercises and view the soldiers in
the former city and attend the G. A. R.
in the latter.
Division No. has secured large and
commodious hall, occupying the entire
second floor Of the KieLer building, al
the end of the ST. clair-street bridge.
Messrs. John Hunt, Pstrick O'Brien
William Newman and y. ]. Mcnamara