Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1912-07-27
Wilson and Marshall Celebration
Including a Big Burgoo
Festival.
Many Announcements Expected in
Near Future From Local
Democrats.
ROOSEVELT'S SHAM STRENGTH

The Democratic organizations Of
Louisville are preparing to attend
the monster Wilson and Marshall
rally arranged by the Democrats of
Fayette county, to be held at Lex
ington on September 1, and from
present indications larger crowd
will go from this district than the
one which attended the Governors
Inauguration. Not only the Demo-
cratic leaders of Louisville and Lex
lngton, but also the rank and file
of both places, have always been
found working together in harmony
on all party questions, and the pres
ence of so many visiting Democrats,
in addition to the bright prospects
Of the National Democratic ticket
this fall, will doubtless aid in bring
ing back to the fold some of the
Democrats Of the Bluegrass who have
strayed away in the last couple of
years under the guise of Fusionists
and Reformers. The local Democrats
now feel so sure of their position
here that they can afford to do a
little missionary work on the out
side.
Speaking of the present bright
outlook mere, and as there is no To-
cal contest in November, many pros
pective office-holders are announcing
| their candidacy for 1918. Charles J.
Cronan, the popular Clerk Of the
Lower Board, has announced for
Sheriff, being the first official entry.
Robt Kaltenbacher and John H.
Page will probably try for Circuit
Clerk. James r. Reedy is promi
nently mentioned for Police Judge,
and it is expected Judge Boldrick
will also announce for reelection. II
Ed O'Connor doesn't announce for
Bailiff of the same court Will Hard
ssttFfo0ffssss- der
Popular Scott Bullitt can have any
thing he wants from the party, but
will probably announce for re-elec-
Mon as County Attorney. p. S. Ray
and ex-Mayor Weaver may fight it
out for County Clerk. Joseph Tim
mons or Gus Heicken will try to sue
coed County Assessor Ed Barry.
Senator Mark Ryan will have no OPP
position, and Representative Chas.
Knight, the First ward hustler, will
probably succeed Herman Newcomb
as Senator. Representatives Will
Perry, Sam Robertson and William
Kuh will probably have walk-overs.
The list of eligible Mayoralty candi-
dates is being heightened daily and
it now includes John d. Wakefield,
Or. John Buschemeyer, David
Hirsch, James B. Brown, w. j.
Baird, James B. Camp, and our pres
emit Sheriff, A. M. Emler.
The certainty that the Roosevelt
ticket will be in the field has
strengthened the Democratic chances
very much, but a lot of the buster
behind the Rough Rider is the A.
P. A. element in the Republican
party, who are opposed to Taft not
on account of the convention pro-
ceedings, as they have been swallow
ing worse than that for years, but
because they are opposed to Presi-
dent Taft principally on account of his
fairness to Catholics and Catholic
questions and are masking their an
ti-Catholic sentiment behind the
Roosevelt banner The following let
ter to an Eastern paper with anti
Catholic tendencies is self-explana-
tory and sizes up their position very
thoroughly:
Dear Editor: AS a constant reader
of your paper l was quite surprised
to read the unreasonable and preju-
diced letter entitled Worse Than
"a Trimmer" concerning President
Taft. In the first place, Mr.. Taft
was not elected as a Unitarian, but
as an American, and Catholic votes
helped TO elect him, as we'll as Prot
estant ones. What the writer means
by American people is difficult to
understand, but he seems to think II
Is synonymous with protestant" IL
would seem that the fifteen millions
or more Catholics OF the United
States had no rights In their own
country. It is a known fact that
there are no more loyal citizens In
the United States than Catholics, and
am at a loss TO know why the
teachings OF the oldest and most nu-
merous body OF Christians should be
un-American. / am a Catholic and
can not understand why / am not
as loyal an American as any Prot
estant simply because l belong to a
religion which teaches me to have
respect for all duly constituted au-
thority. In his acts regarding relig-
Gus matters Mr.. Taft has always
shown himself 20 be President OF
all the people and not any one sec
ton OF them. In resembling Valen-
tines order In the Indian school
case Mr.. Taft was simply giving all
those interested a chance TO have
hearing In the matter. What could
be more un-American than to deny
condemned person the right TO de-
fend himself? The writer also calls
the Catholic a foreign" religion.
Why Is Il foreign" any more than
any otherY Were Luther. Calvin and
Henry VIII. Americans? They were
not when / learned history. catho-