The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-04-23
POLITICAL NOTES
Bradley's Fight Splitting Party in
Kentucky - His Ambition to Run
Everything-Taft Running Strong
Democratic Split.

Everything-Taft Running Strong
Democratic Split.
STATE POLITICS FOREMOST
County conventions to show whether
the state is for Taft or Fairbanks
will be held all over Kentucky Sat
rrday. Both sides claim victory
and neither seems TO be cure. At
the same time will be decided
whether or not Bradley will control
the state Organization. This is real
ly what he is after in his fight for
Fairbanks and the results on the pres
dental nomination viii probably
show whether he has won or not,
tho he is said 10 have promised TO
give some votes for Taft II he can
thereby get votes for himself
BRADLEY'S SHARE:-Mr. Bradley
is being criticised by many for the
way he ia managing his campaign.
He is not saying much good for
Falrbanks-because there is nothing
much TO say. the Taft men declare
but he is attacking Taft so hard that
Il will be very hard for him TO sup
port Taft when he is nominated,
and he is also saying things that
WI be used by. the Democrats when
the campaign is once on. 1t is also
I ssr. a a..
20 use post offices and other pat
ronage against those who are OPP
posing him. and this has taken away
whatever force there was in his
charge that the officeholders were
working for Taft. He has filed char
yes OF undue political activity against
two such men. one OF whom is w.
A. Gaines. a negro. This too Is be-
lieved TO have lost Bradley a good
deal OF the support he has had from
the colored people.
FIGHT IN CoMMITTEE:--The
first round OF the fight was I'm the
state committee at Louisville. when
the question OF the delegation from
the First District came up. Il will
be remembered that Senator Deboe
osiied snap conventions there In the
Interest OF Fairbanks. and that there
were bolts both ways. Deboe charged
tho Taft men with lying. and got more
time 10 present his case. The ques-
ton will be taken up again next
week. but viii have 10 go TO the
Ea;.onal convention any way
TAFT STILL GAINING:-The state
conventions all over the country are
still showing a preference for Taft.
lie has more delegates instructed for
him than for all the other candidates
put together. and he is sim gain
ing. This week there have been
several favorite states heard from.
but aside from them he has got forty
out OF a possible forty-eight dele
gates
DEMOCRATIC SPLIT:-The oppos-
iticn to Bryan is growing among the
Democrats. and he win be an easier
man TO beat than had been supposed.
In New York the delegation was not
Instructed. tho the Bryan men made
hard fight for IT, To beat Bryan
the machine had TO throw out of the
convention Pat McCarren, who has
long been Democratic boss" of Brook
Ign and who is very strong there.
and he said that no man in the con-
vcntion would live long enough TO
see another Democratic mayor OF New
York. and also threatened to fight the
national and state tickets.
LABOR IN THE FIGHT:-Labor
uSions thru-out the country have be-
gun to get into the campaign and
have adopted resolutions demanding
from all candidates pledges to support
legislation which will aid the unions.
How much good they win do remains
TO I've seen. The last time there was
no evidence that their work had any
effect. but IL is likely to be much
more important this year.
A. f. BYRD RUNNING:-A. Floyd
Byrd. who was the prosecutor in the
iargis case. has got into the race
for Congress- in the Tenth against
John Langley, the present Congress
man.