The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-07-31
BINGHAM ST|RS UP
Political Factions in the
City of Louisville.
GIVES OUT A. HOT INTERVIEW
Says Unless Committeeman
Are 0uSted, Fair Prima-
ry is Impossible.

| LOUISVILLE, NY, July ZI.-CndrSlnS
that John w. Vreeland, member of the
state central committee from Louis
vile, and former Mayor Charles +.
Granger acted with ,perfidy, Mayor
Robert W. Bingham this morning is
sued a statement, in which he says
that fair primary is impossible if
conducted by the Democratic city and
county executive committee as at
present constituted, and he demands
the removal of Vreeland as COM
mitteeman.
In his statement Mayor Bingham
says that a conference between him
SELF, Judge Lincoln, Scott Bullitt, DR..
Ellis Duncan and others of the new
~ appointed officials and Governor
Beckham, resulted in an agreement
whereby Governor Beckham is to
appear before the State Central Com
mittee at a meeting to be held at
Frankfort next Tuesday and insist on
a reorganization of the committe in
Louisville and jefferson county.
\ meeting of the State committee
has heretofore been called for Frank
fort next Tuesday to recommend to
Governor Beckham the Democratic
member of the State board of cleo
ton commissioners. The Louisville
case will be presented at the same
time.
Mr.. Bingham says that it is neces-
sary that the committee be reorgan-
lied, or the success of the Demo-
cratic party in Louisville is put in
jeopardy.
1t is the purpose of Governor
Beckham, so Mr.. Bingham says, to
make his first appeal to the govern
ing body of the party in the State to
save the party in Louisville. A COM
plete reorganization will be demand
ed and that five men be commission
ed to conduct the primary.
Mr.. Bingham takes occasion to
denounce the members of the COM
mittee for permitting the conference
of Democrats, held on the roof gar
den of the Seelbach, to go on record
as favoring a primary. He says that
he went to the meeting with the dis
tinct understanding that no such res
olution would be considered by the
members of the committee. Mr..
Bingham says that it was apparent to
him and his friends that the purpose
of the conference was to glorify
Charles F.. Granger and hiss the
men now in office.
1t has been conceded for years
that the State committees are power
less to remove one of their own
members. From every section in
the State the demand went up more
than two years ago to remove James
Hargis as a member of the State CEN
trail committee Chairman Lewis
McQuown came out in a statement
declaring that the State committees
were powerles to remove their men,
bers.
After consulting with his colleag-
ues Mayor r. w. Bingham this morn
ing made the following statement:
II desire to be temperate in what
say. but the proceedings at yester-
days conference. were marked by
such treachery, such disregard of SOL
enln promises, that it makes it clear
that no candidate can hope for a
square deal from the local Democratic
committee.
Several days ago Mr. John w.
Vreeland, Mr. Charles F. Granger
and other men identified with the
ousted office-holders and present Or
ganization, came to me to make
pledges relative to a proposed confer
ence which they had called. They
pledged themselves that this meeting
would simply be a conference for the
purpose of hearing expressions from
candidates. They pledged themselves
that no resolution would be passed;
that it would not be necessary for me
to round up crowd but simply to
appear in person and state my views.
Similar promises were given by the
whole city and county committee, and
my colleagues.
When we arrived at Seelbach's
hotel yesterday we found that the
meeting had been packed by the sup
porters of the ousted officials who
were present for the. apparent object
of clarifying Charles F. Granger and
Kissing the men now in office. De-