Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1912-07-06
DEMOCRATIC
Ticket Named After Long and Hard
Fought Contest For
Nomination.
Nominee Marshall Thought by Many
to be Stronger Than
Wilson.
Chance for Success Lies in Repudia-
ton OF Bryan, the
Self-Adsertiser.
ARE SORE ON THE NEBRAsKAN

The action Of the National Demo.
cratic convention at Baltimore in
selecting Gov. Woodrow Wilson, OF
New Jersey, as the nominee for
President, and Gov Thomas R. Mar
shall, of Indiana, as choice for Vice
President, now clears the field for
political action between the two
great parties, as no one believes
anything will come of the proposed
Progressive party of Roosevelt. as
all interest in the Rough Rider has
died out, the general public being
sick and tired of his spectacular eff
forts for notoriett, and between he
and. Taft the conservative public
would give their unqualified support
to the present Chief Executive.
Gov. Wilson, the Democratic nom-
Inee, is the son OF DR.. Joseph Wilson,
Presbyterian minister, and the
grandson of Judge James Wilson, an
Trishman of Scotch descent, who
migrated from County Down to
Philadelphia in 1907 In 1902 the
Democratic no1iinee was elected
President of Princeton University
and served at It'd head until Septem-
ber. 1911, whemlhe resigned, after
being nominated for Governor by the
New Jersey Dahlocratic convention.
Gov. Thomas RA Marshall, his run
ming mate. hasl3ade q reputation
f76r f76r frinxsesH ter--r ~ il.s- --Isna,=
mon people. and al great many people
believe it woulh have been a
stronger ticket with the positions re-
versed, as Gov. Marshall's course in
public life has been more open than
the New Jersey Executives. The
people of Kentucky especially would
have been more than glad to give
their hearty support to their Hoosier
neighbor as head of the Democratic
ticket.
The only discordant feature of the
and which at this writing
will be a great drawback to the
strength of the ticket. is the promin-
ence given to William Jennings
Bryan. who has lost caste with the
rank and file of Democracy, and a
better taste would have been left in
The mouths of the voters il this self
exploiter had been cast out OF the
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neck and not left to abuse the whole
state of New York because Of his
dislike for two or three moneyed
men. who, in all probability, earned
heir millions more than the Chau-
.auqua lecturer and writer for news
paper syndicates at $1,000 per day
during the Republican and Demo-
cratic conventions. Even the South,
which was always loyal to Bryan, has
become disguised with his dictatorial
.actics and turned its back on him,
many of the leaders believing that
1 better step toward harmony would
nave been the dropping Of Bryan.
No one at this stage can predict
,apably the success or defeat of the
ticket, as the effect OF
Bryan's abuse of New York will have
% be considered; whether the EN-
Dire State leaders will come in line,
and above all, the Democrats from
ali sections will want to know II
Bryan is to be the dominant figure
IN this campaign, as claimed by the
Evening Post and other Republican
papers. II Bryan is not repudiated,
and that done quickly. by Wilson and
mis- managers then the Democrats
ticket is in for a hard campaign,
otherwise it would be easy sailing.