Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1899-09-30
TURNED DOWN THE IRISH.

in a partisan serse, but stated that
any discrimination against or rehec-
ton upon the Irish by any party
would be resented. We have no
more than the general interest of
every citizen in the pending cam
paign, and we can allow the poll
ticians to fight it out in their own
way, leaving our readers to decide
as to matters of public policy as
they deemed best. We fully recog-
nize that all political campaigns are
more or less rotten, and as i'll this
campaign, breaking up of all lines
into fights and cross-fghts of fac
tons, in which, as is usual in such
contests, the food gates have opened
and the aggregate corruption of all
parties floats on the surface. That
such is the marked feature of the
campaign in Kentucky all know,
aud while each faction claims to be
the only representative of honor
and purely, the fact is that all of
them have to some extent resorted
to methods, associations and utter
ances far from edifying, if not unbe-
coming in those who would lead
and govern the people. We foresaw
this and preferred to keep out of it,
since we were not, nor do we desire
to be, among those who expect any
benefit from the success or defeat
of any faction in the contest.
In this campaign, condemned and
ridiculed the country over for its
bitterness, corruption and black
guardism, all of which is discredit-
able to the State, it is pleasing to
us to note that, contrary to the
slurs too frequently cast upon them,
the Irish do not appear prominent
ly in any of the disgraceful features
in behalf of any party or candidate,
though they are as earnest as others
in behalf of their favorites. Neither
have they sought Offices in proper
ton to their number and desserts at
the hands of political parties in this
campaign. We had hoped that this
would continue to the end, ard that
we could have one campaign, espec-
tally as it is developing into the
most shameless scramble in the
States history, without the Irish
being made target for ridicrle and
abuse or intolerant discrimination
so marked as to require a rebuke.
But we have been disappointed,
the course of those who controlled
the Democratic convention of last |
Monday evening rendering even 81
lence on our part objectionable. If
any political party is under obliga
ton to the Irish, who have been its
most faithful, earnest and self-sacri- |
ficing members, it is the Democratic |
party in this city and State, and any |
committee or convention represent
ing it should be the last to treat the
Irish with disrespect and injustice
such as was manifested in the nam
ing of the local ticket by the Mon
day night convention. Of the fifty
six candidates named only FIVE Irish
Americans appear on the ticket.
They have no representative in the
Park Commission; only two of the
.welve Aldermen; one of the twenty
Jour Councilmen; none in the Leg
slative delegation, and only one of
he School Trustees. Bad as is this
showing, there may be various
plausible reasons given for it.
The political chicanery, if not
minus, however, was shown in the
for Park Commission
RS. This is not political or re-
Office, and few men
worthy or fit seek it. Men noted
or their high standing and public
pirit have been sought to sacrifice
heir tine and devote their efforts
o our parks for the public good. /,