Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1912-08-10
BULL MOOSE
Party Exhausted After Their Siren
uous Efforts Advertis-
ing Convention.
Should Have Added William J. Bryan
to the Down and Out
Ticket.
No Chance on Eagth to Succeed or
Make Showing Without
Negtoes.
KENTUCKY EAsYFOR DEMOCRATS

Now that the Bull Moose Pro-
gressive convention is over and
Roosevelt and JobxFon selected as
their standard d-beafefs 46r President
and Vice President. watch the bottom
drop out Of the one-man party, as
that is all it can be called, for with
out Roosevelt at the head the move
ment would simply fall flat. The
Bull Moose leaders worked night and
day to make a showing at their ma
tional convention, and now that they
have accomplished their purpose
have nothing left to excite cam
paign interest. Their present at
titude will forcibly remind them of
the old adage: "You can fool all the
people some of the time and some of
the people all of the time, but you
can't fool all the people all the
time"
The result in the November cleo
tion will be God-send to the Ameri-
can public, as it will remove the
Rough Rider from the stage of public
Interest, at the same time Kidding
him of the idea that the people are
clamoring for his leadership. The
only regret connected with the whole
affair is that William Jennings Bryan
can not be substituted for johnson
as the nominee for Vice President of
the Progressive party and at the
same time get rid of another long
suffering bore and especial pest to
the Democratic party, to which he
persistently clings for self-advertise-
ment.
The local Roosevelt followers have
been in great glee over the showing
of the Taft Republicans last Satur-
day, less than 500 votes being cast
for the Republican nominee for Con-
gress. The laugh will be on the
other side of the house next year
when the professional Fusionists and
A. P. A. Republicans try to get under
the log cabin in the State primary for
municipal offices, being wise enough
to know that the negro vote, the
main strength of the Republicans
here, will never desert the log cabin
for the Bull Moose or any other
made to order design. All the talk
OF Roosevelt beating Taft in this or
any other State is simply CUFF, as any
conservative thinker knows the
above fact to be true that the negro
will never follow Roosevelt or any
other leader away from the log cabin.
The Democratic State Central
Committee at its meeting on Thurs
day here decided TO open State cam
paign headquarters in Louisville and
VIII make every effort to give Wilson
and Marshall a larger majority in
Kentucky than was received by Gov.
McCreary last fall, and from the
present disorganized condition Of the
this is not impossible.
The Louisville Democrats are now
preparations 20 join with
Lexington Democrats in the big
reunion TO be held at that place the
first part OF next month, and from
present indications the Louisville
special train viii be a large one in
deed. Watch out for the fence
for 1913 offices on that
rain, as there promises TO be many
in the field for the free
'or-all primary.
The appointment OF Judge w. M.
smith as Circuit Judge by Gov. Nc
,reary still leaves the Democratic
10 be settled, as the APP
Dointment is only to November, and /
n addition to Judge Smith, Judge |
James s. Pirtle. one OF the leaders
IF the local bar. 4 still In the field
or the Democratic nomination.