Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1911-02-11
Party CRISIS.
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fidelity they show to the duties of
citizenship. II a mans faith makes
him a good citizen. honest, loyal to
his obligations, kindly and courteous
in his consideration of others, chlv-
alrous in his defense of the weak,
courageous in his pursuit of that
which is good and worthy, we are not
justified in asking that he submit
his creed for our approval, or in
making II test of his fitness for
office.
Kentucky must outgrow the mar
rowness that makes dogma factor
in politics. We can not afford to
divide this State on creedal basis. We
need the united effort of all men to
whom the message of religion has
brought strength of conviction and
aspiration after what is honorable
and righteous in order to achieve
those things that must be done for
the common good. There is too
much to be accomplished in purify
ing the politics of the State, restoring
popular government, promoting edu-
cation and building for the future
peace and happiness of the people to
excuse the injection of individual
creeds into such vital matters. Re-
ligious strife is bitterest of ALL God
save us from IL. Let us make hon
est, intelligent and public-spirited
manhood the only criterion. Any
faith that makes such manhood Is
good enough to be trusted.
"Mr. Johnson has our sympathy
and our admiration in the course he
has taken. If he is right in his
judgment, and he should know bet
ter than any man the conditions that
exist, he has done the big thing in
standing aside before the campaign
had developed phase which would
have been most unhappy in conse-
quences. But his action must be
the occasion for much heart-search-
ing on the part of the people gen.
orally. If the bigoted spirit OF
mediaevalism prevails to an extent
so dominating in Kentucky, We have
here a slumbering evil that 1t is the
duty of all good men to unite in
banishing."
Since last Saturday friends OF
Hon. Ollie James, Congressman from
/ ".
ley, from the Second district, and
Judge Allie Young, of Mt Sterling
have been urging their respective
favorites to enter the race fol-
Gubernatorial honors. 1t seems tc
be the concensus of opinion that
Senator McCreary has lost his chance
and that the Democratic forces in
Kentucky need a new leader AS far
as one can judge from talking to
local Democrats, Mr.. A. Owsley
Stanley, of Henderson, has the cal
just now. An Greensboro paper
quotes him as follows:
MY religion consists in trying to
make as many people happy as pos
sible. In my last race was running
against Catholic A Protestant
came to me and told me that he
knew my father, who was a Christian
preacher, and said he wanted to tel
me that he could not vote for q
Catholic, but would cast his vote fol
me. I told him that / had rather
die and go to hell than to receive hi.
vote; that any man who was so mar.
row as to let mans religion in.
fluence his vote should be dis.
franchised. Catholics are not bigots
The best friends have in the world
are Catholics and have come to my
assistance in every race I ever made. >
UP to the present Mr.. Stanley has
not announced his intention of enter
ing the race for Governor, and Hon
Ollie James prefers Senatorial hon
ors. AS a consequence Kentucky
Democrats need a new Moses tc
lead them out of the wilderness.
Mr.. Johnson's reference to three
Judges of one of the highest courts
in the State caused the six Demo
cratic members of the Court of Ap.
peals to issue the following join
card:
THE Hon. Ben Johnson, in his
published card Withdrawing from
the race for Governor, states that
three Judges upon the bench OF
one OF the highest courts of the State
have been heard TO say that they
would not vote for Catholic FOR
Governor AS these words, taken in
connection with what follows, must
refer to three % us. we, Judges OF
the Court OF Appeals of Kentucky
feel II incumbent upon us to reply Ia
that much of Mr.. Johnson's card
and each OF us states that he has
never approved. entertained or ex.
pressed any such sentiment. OF been
heard to say any such thing, and
that Mr.. johnson has been misin-
formed"
The foregoing is signed by Judge