Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1912-12-28
Life of Beckham Boom Fast Eb-
bing Away in Spite of Hays
Frantic Efforts.
Socialists Standing Candidate
For Congress Sore at Ken
lucky Irish American.
THE LATEST POLITICAL GOSSIP


Democrats in every county of the
State will hold precinct mass con-
ventions on Saturday afternoon,
January IS, and elect Precinct
Committeeman, one from each pre-
cinct, they in turn to meet at a later
rate and select a County Chairman
and Secretary, and in the larger
cities to also elect Ward Chairmen.
The Beckham-Haly Democrats, of
which the Evening Post claims there
are a large number in Louisville
especially, will be given a chance to
show their great CD strength on
that day and select a committee of
their liking that will be more to
their own idea of Democratic leaders.
The selection and reorganization of
the party all over the State will
strengthen IL imm measurably, as this
mode of choosing party leaders is in
line with the true spirit of Democ-
racy and will make the party
throughout the State the party of
the people and by the people.
The most noticeable feature in
State politics at present is the rapid
subsiding of the Beckham boom for
United States Senator. In spite of
the careful launching and handling
by Percy Haly it is dying fast, the
greatest blow to its success being the
uitimatum of many party leaders
that Beckham was too weak a can
didate to risk chances with if de-
clared the nominee, as the combined
strength of Republicans and Pro
gressives, coupled with anti-Beckham
Democrats, would surely lose the
Senatorship to the party.
At the coming August primary
two State Senators will be nominated
In addition to eight members of the
Legislature from this county, and
thus far only two names have been
mentioned for the Senatorships. In
fhe Thirtx-sixth district. composed Of
Jefferson county and the First and
Second wards, Charles II. Knight,
present member of the Legislature
from the First ward, has been tipped
to succeed Senator Herman D. New
comb, who will retire. In the
Thirty-eighth district, composed of
the lower five wards, Senator Mark
Ryan will be given the Endorsement.
In the Legislative races Luther
Owings, Adam SPAIN, William J..
Kuh, P. L. Atherton, William A.
Perry and Sam Robertson will be
though Col. Fred Levy's name has
been mentioned in Athertons dis
trict as possible candidate. To sue
ceed to Mr.. Knights seat Charles
Barker and ]. C. Kirchdorfer have
been rumored candidates.
The local Socialist organ this past
week contained vicious attack on
the Kentucky Irish American for it's
criticism of Wayland, the former
publisher of the Appeal to Reason,
Wayland having committed suicide
while under indictment by the Fed
eral grand jury. The article was
written by Charles Dobbs, one of the
editors and incidentally the biennial
candidate for Congress of the Social
list party, he having received 1,493
votes against Congressman Sherley's S
24,795 in last months election, this
fact alone being a tribute to Louis
ville's voters in the fact that they
haven't been fooled by Dobbs and
his dupe followers to any appreciable
tAltnls MuCn Vi DODDh DllltIncbS 10
due to the warning of the Trades and
Labor Assembly delegates by the
Kentucky Irish American to not al
low the Socialists TO secure an open
ing wedge in their ranks. In his
attempts to keep Catholics from
attacking Socialism Dobbs also states
that Decent Catholics also know
that II controversy is pitched on the
personal plane there is an mex
haustible mine Of information about
the immoralities of Catholic priests
and laymen which may be opened al
any moment" This is really humor-
Gus, coming from this writer, in
view of his experience while on the
staff OF the Evening Times several
years ago when he penned a short
article attacking the people of st
Martins church for adoring relics, az
he stated, adding that this was in
line with what p. T. Barnum said
about how the American people liked
10 be humbugged. After a storm oi
indignant protests we're registered
led by the Kentucky Irish American
Dobbs was fired" by the Halde.
mans and is now a shining example
OF what everyone knows, Scratch q
Socialist deep and you will find an
A. p. A. at heart"