Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1912-04-27
Their Following Here Consists
Evening Post and Ex-
Ohice-HOlders.
Executive Committee Members
Being Criticize On All
sides.
MANHOOD TO The FRONT

The attempt of the Haly-Beckham
marty wreckers to wreak their ven
geance on the Louisville Democrats
simply because the organization
leaders here refuse to bend the knee
TO Percy and Cripps has aroused the
feelings of Democrats all over the
State. and under the leadership OF
Henry Watterson hot shot is being
poured into the rule or ruin team
from one end Of the State to the
other. The members of the Demo-
cratic State Executive Committee,
who pulled the Haly-Beckham
chestnuts out of the fire by COM
pelling Louisville to select delegates
to the State convention by separate
methods from other districts, are al
ready beginning to make excuses for
their action in answer to the storm
of indignation they have aroused.
Here is the situation in nutshell:
Haly and Beckham in their blind
fury believe that by forcing the local
Democrats to hold precinct conven-
tions they can stir up opposition to
Chairman Frank McGrath and his
fellow-members of the Democratic
Committee in their party plans,
while in reality the Haly-Beckham-
ties can not muster enough strength
In all of Jefferson county to control
one precinct. Their following here
can be named on two hands and con-
sists of a few sorehead ex-office-
holders and down and cutters. one OF
whom furnishes the Post with the
Haly-Beckham programme. The very
name of Beckham here is enough to
frighten Democrats away from their
principles, and it is earnestly hoped
that the Democrats out in the State
will take the following sensible ad-
vice contained in Henry WattersQn's
editorial IN the Courier-Journai. =
Kentucky is sick of playing pol
itics. Kentucky is tired OF the men
who do nothing but play politics. In
spite of selfish self-seeking, in spite
of the subcellar methods, in spite OF
the false-pretension and false-friend-
ship of nearly eight years OF the
Haly-Beckham rule of dicker-and-
barter for office, dicker-and-barter
for campaign money, dicker-and-
barter for the very souls and bodies
of men, there are still some of us
left who can look the world In the
face and say I'VE are Democrats
Unterrified and Undefiled."
In other words, all integrity, all
manhood, all chivalry as living in
spiration have not yet been crushed
out OF the Democracy of Kentucky,
nor expelled as moving figures and
moral forces from Kentucky's puphc
life.
In the person OF the unsolicited
Governor of the State, who, not
satisfied with what he has is already
reaching out after more, the sinister
elements represented by the Haly-
Beckham alliance have reincarnated
their wicked principles and blight
ing purposes, and, under cover OF his
respectability, would reinstate them
selves and re-establish their lost
power.
They brought the Democracy OF
Kentucky nothing but factionism,
disgrace and defeat. Their return
to the party control can only bring
more factionism, more disgrace and
more defeat. 1t is conceded that Tor
the moment they rule the roost.
There is no mistaking the action OF
their committee in laying the lines
for the National Campaign before
us. Il was characterized by the
shameless conduct of the same men
who a year ago, in the interest OF
one OF their richest memebrs, pro-
posed to shut out the United States
Senatorship from the Primary Elec-
ton held to decide for all other OF
the candidates for office.
From this an aroused public senti-
ment compelled them to recede.
Unless the same public sentiment
now asserts itself and puts forth its
might, these office-brokers, under
orders from the Haly-Beckham
combine, masked behind Gov. Nc
Creary, will attain by means known
so we'll TO themselves, all the ends
they originally sought.
Their success would place Ken
lucky in a more ignominious posi-
tion than Kentucky has ever known
in all its checkered but still glorious
political history. Their aim and
scheme Is 70 send TO the National
Democratic Convention at Baltimore
Delegation beneath the direct hand
and rule OF Haly and Beckham, to
clay politics; to peddle patronage;
10 trade for plumber and pelf, before
the eyes of all the nation; first
dragging the influence, the name and
the fame Of Kentucky through dark
ness and dirt, then and thereafter
dividing among themselves the Fed
eral offices as during the days OF
their power they divided the State
offices.
II was the brave and upright Ollie
James who drove them from the
nefarious plot to except the selec-
ton OF a United States Senator from
the Just ordeal OF a Primary Election
In order to confer Il. as his share OF
the spoil already bought and paid |
for. upon a well-known millionaire
This millionaire II Is who is said to
be now putting up the money 20 |
carry out the Ubiquitous. plot to ex-