Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1911-09-02
Gov. Wilson, Senator Bradley and
Federal Employees Not
Interested.
Bradley and O'Rear Rumored Very
Much Split Over Harris
Candidacy.
REPUBLICANS QUIT In DISGUST

Republican politicians from all
over the State are already beginning
to concede the defeat of O'Rear for
Governor and his whole ticket, all
realizing that a mistake was made
in turning down Cox and Franks for
ORear and his narrow-minded ideas I
on night-riding and prohibition. AS
proof of this, look at the local situa-
ton. Not enough white Republicans
can be secured to nominate a ticket
in full for the Legislative and
municipal offices, and then compare
this with the situation of two years
ago, when the Fusionists and old-line
Republicans were at each others
throat for the nominations on the
Log Cabin ticket. 1t also shows the
caliber of these Fusionists and
goody-goody citizens when it comes
to seeking non-salaried offices. They
can always be found wanting to
work for the good of the community
and elevate the morals of the citizens
when there is a good fat salary at
tached to the office they are seeking.
Judge O'Rear seems to be playing
a lone hand in his canvass for Cub
ernatorial honors, the old guard,
like Gov. Wilson, Senator Bradley,
Lieut.. Gov. Cox and DIR. Bruner be-
ing noticeably absent from the firing
line, Gov. Wilson's contribution to
O'Rear's campaign consisting of can
vassing the different golf grounds.
The large number of Federal Rev
enue employees in this State are also
vieing with each other as to who
can do the least for the Republican
ticket, they knowing that O'Rear's
drastic prohibition measures, driving
the distillers and brewers out of the
State, would also drive them out of
fat positions, they working under the
good old adage Of "self-pfoservation
is the first law of nature" Along
with the other narrow planks Of his
platform O'Rear is now insulting the
voters to their very faces, telling
them from the stump that 10000 of
them are for sale, these speeches fill
ing his advisers with CONSERVATION.
Both Democrats and Republicans
are watching the outcome OF the
fight on the question Of Robert l..
Harris aspiring for the Legislative
from the Eighth and
Ninth wards on the Republican
ticket. Before his nomination Judge
O'Rear stated in a speech, OF which
here are several stenographic cop
es in existence, that Harris would
lot run on the G.. o. p. ticket, and
low comes Senator Bradley, who is
Harris friend, and says that he
hall. The Post and the Herald are
10Th very quiet on this important
question, while Harris and his
riends Just dare the Posts friends
IN the Republican City and County
Committee to throw him down.
This coming week the local Demo-
ratio Committee will perfect ar
for the nomination o.
he local ticket and will probably in
Iorse both boards of the General
,ouncll with a denomination, only a
ew vacancies to be filled. As
ipped in these columns few weeks
go, Thomas Dolan will be named 70
ucceed Ben Sand as Councilman
rom the Twelfth ward, and ~ there
5 a vacancy in the upper board the
lost of friends of DIR. II. e. Mechling,
he former Y. M. c. A. instructor
md now President of the Swiss
1leaning Company, are going to
make an effort to land 1t for him.
Dr.. Mechling served as an Alderman
Turing the Bingham administration
With a good record and would be a
trong candidate on the Democratic
icket. James Quarles has made
runaway race for the nomination to
ucceed Bingham and is sure to be
winner in November. More announce
nents are expected in the Legislative
aces, the sure nominees at this
tage seeming to be Samuel Robert
on, Charles knight. Peter Lee Ath-
rton and William A. Perry.