The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-11-02

MACHINE PRIMARY
In THIS COUNTY
How Lang Trade P0stofIIice
Prospect For Real Plums.
To Get Sheriff and Master Commits
sioner and City Candi-
dates.
BERRY OPPOSES JUDGE REED.

twenty-four hours the great interest
In Paducah and Mccracken county
centers in the Democratic county and
district primaries.
From all indications both the city
and county will be given demonstra-
ton of real machine primary, and
some of the best men in the county
are slated for slaughter, while a
ticket to suit the tastes of the Harri-
son-Lang crowd will be named re-
gardless of consequences.
The plans of the local politicians
are such that the most proficient ward
politician in the big cities would SIT
up and take notice. The party or
ganlzation has buoyantly announced
that the qualifications of a voter are
to he fixed by the committee and the
entire question of Whether a voter is
qualified or not\wlll be decided when
he applies to vote by two Judges OF
the primary selected by the county
chairman and that the decision of the
election officers will be final.
II was talked on the streets yester-
day that the first man to meet his
finish will be W. Y. Noble, the Yeiser
candidate for sheriff, and that while
part OF the organization has been
apparently supporting him and mas
ATTENDED tht counsels of his campaign
managers. the crowd will work for
Graham and the principal qualifica-
ton man must possess is to 'make
roise like" he will vote for Graham
when he applies to vote, and his quail
lfication will be abundant and suffi-
cient.
From the same source of Informal
ton II was learned that Judge VII
liam Reed is to get his. A Mr.. Lang
man TO be master commissioner under
Miller.
Caucuses were being held all day
yesterday by the machine managers
supposedly to make up slate for all
the officers. but II ian agreement was
reached they did not let the secret
cut. 1t is a safe bet that Il Is known
this afternoon to all the election Off
GERS. or at least. those whom the CON-
mittee gcan trust"
How Lang bested the News-Demo-
crat crowd on the division of the Of
fees and landed all the real plums is
amusing to election observers. Lang
got his choice for sheriff and circuit
judge. the two best paying Offices by
only making the promise to keep
hands OF the postoffice fight should
Bryan be elected. and the only thing
the News Democrat gets is promise of
Lang's support OF John J. Berry for
that position. That Bryan would not
be elevated Lang well knows, and he
is said to have congratulated himself
that he, could turn the trick so easily
Republican managers declare the
outlook is most pleasing. They APP
preciate the fact that the Democratic
organization. realizing that there was
no show for their national ticket
gave no fight In McCracken county
Then. too, next year is an OF year and
there will be no state or national
races to interfere with local races.
and they will have a spleneid oppor-
tunity to beat the entire county ticket
Charges of graft by the fiscal court
and county administration made by
some of the candidates In the primary
gives the Republicans a club that will
be mercllessly used on nominees OF
the primary. whoever they may be,
and It is freely predicted that when
the new set of county officials are
sworn in, in 1919, they will be OF diff
erent political belief from those IN
power at present.