The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-12-23
MERRY CHRISTMAS. MIR. BECK


HAM.
The assertion OF our morning con-
temporary that the Democratic state
committee meeting at Louisville yes
terday twas a cooked and primed
affair to call primary for the ex-
elusive benefit of Senator McCreary',
is worthy of little more explana-
ton than the context of the editor
ial, in which the expression Is found.
affords us. We assume that the
other candidates have an equal right
TO present their names before the
voters in, the primary. and the com
plant that the call for an early pri-
mary leaves them too short a time
in which to make a canvass, is just
as fair to one as to another. Nc
Creary can't make any more canvass
than the others in given time. In
deed. being a very, very old man, he
will be handicapped in the race.
We must seek further for a rea-
son for naming II "a cooked and
primed affair to call a primary for
the exclusive benefit of Senator Nc
Creary." To make il an exclusive
McCreary AFFAIR. there must be some
thing wrong with the primary itself.
What's the matter. Neighbor, don't
you think the primary will be on the
level? Do you mean to insinuate
that the Democratic central commit
tees. composed of the leaders from
every congressional district in Ken
lucky, IL a party to a scheme to
pull on a crooked primary, in
which votes will be counted that
we're not cast. and votes that were
cast, will not be COUNTIES? Let US
into the secret of your distrust of
your party's central organization,
which you declare "called q primary
in opposition to the general senti-
ment OF the people of Kentucky"
We cannot accept your unsupport-
ed word in this last accusation; be-
cause you do not represent the sent
iment OF your own district. The
Mayfield Messenger. Of Graves ooun-
ty; the Benton TribuneDemocrat. of
Marshall county; the Clinton Ca
zette. OF Hickman county; the Car
lise County News. and the
Murray Ledger. OF Galloway county
these all favor the primary. and !
charge that you, who demanded a |
convention. desired to add another
Music Hail. AFFAIR at Louisville,
where 1t might be manipulated in the
interest of your particular gang OF ]
politicians.
The truth OF the matter is, that |
the committee meeting at Louisville |
was the pit in which the terriers of |
two INSCRIPTIONS gangs of politicians
matched their strength and the
Beckham-McCreary combination de-
feated the coalition Of the Louisville |
city hall ring with the board OF
penitentiary managers. What II 4
means to the citizens OF Kentucky,
is another matter.
lit means that the Democratic !
party of Kentucky did not shake OF
the incubus OF machine politics,
when II turned against the primary
nominees three years ago and elected
Augustus f. Wilson. The same
element, which carried the primary
still is dominant In Kentucky De-
mocracy and win, II the News-Demo-
crat is correct. conduct primary
for the exclusive benefit OF Senator
McCreary" A search for the reason
why the defeat of the machine did
not rid the party OF its power, re-
veals remarkable poverty of ma
terial in the Democratic ranks and [
the presence in the metropolis OF
the state of an influence even more I
mollgn, because possessing more local ,
means OF sustenance, than the ma