Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1912-10-19
Drift Away From Roosevelt Be
coming More Noticeable
Every Day.
Louisville and Kentucky Both
Due For Record Breaking
MajOrities.
SCHEMING IN SCHOOL RACE

With the election only two weeks
off from next Tuesday and from
creditable forecasts and straw votes
taken all over, the Democracy gives
promise of sweeping the country and
the election of Wilson and Marshall
by one of the largest majorities ever
given in the Electoral College. The
most noticeable change has been
steady drift away from Roosevelt,
which was checked slightly by his
injury of Monday and then mostly
from sympathetic reasons, but SYM
pathy is never a permanent figure
in political campaigns, and on No
vember the Progressive party will
probably finish a bad third. There
can be no gainsaying the fact that
President Taft has gained ground in
the last two weeks, many of the Pro-
gressives flocking back to the G. o.
P. ranks, having become disguised
with the campaign methods of the
Bull Mosers, and this return element
will give Taft enough strength to
beat Roosevelt easily but not
enough to head off the magnificent
lead of Wilson.
An attempt has been made by a
certain class to inject religion into
the campaign, the majority of these
being ex-Republicans, who are an
tagonizing President Taft because of
his fairness on all Catholic ques-
tons, simply fairness and nothing
else. On the other hand some have
attacked Gov. Wilson, claiming that
ha fafr arfn
especially pertaining to Catholics.
Edward A. Creighton, great grand
nephew of Count John A. Creighton,
co-founder of Creighton University,
is an enthusiastic Wilson man. After
graduating from Creighton Uni
versity he became a student at
Princeton during the time.lW Woodrow
Wilson was President of that institu-
ton. OF his student days there Mr..
Creighton said:
Woodrow Wilson is all right. He
is plain, approachable, big-hearted
man and acknowledging Democrat in
all his ways. The students at old
Nassau held him in affectionate re-
gard. As breadth and fairness were
shown nowhere more strikingly tan
in the manner in which he respected
and safeguarded the religious beliefs
Of the students. We Catholic boys
remember how insistent he was on
our attending mass every Sunday.
He not only gave us every facility
for performing our duty in that
regard, but provided a system by
which we could not well escape it If
we desired. He handled it thus; A
list of the names of all Catholic
students was supplied to a person
who stood at the church door and
checked the names as the students
entered. This list was returned the
next day to the university, and il il
appeared therefrom that any student
had remained away from mass he
was sent for at once and a reason
demanded. But the whole thing was
done in such a gentle and kindly way
that the delinquent young man never
cared about repeating the offense
Mr. Wilson's broad federation of the
religious views of his students wai
not of course confined to those oil
the Catholic communion. 1t extended
to adherents of every denomination
represented in the university. Yes
you bet I am for Woodrow Wilson.
The situation here and out in the
State is most gratifying to the
Democrats, Chairman Johnson Cam
den, OF the State Campaign Commit
tee. going on record az expecting
100000 majority, while Frank Nc
Grath, Chairman of the local com
mittee, is very well pleased with thu
situation, as the organization in
Louisville is the most compact in il
history, which in itself is a tribut,
to Mr.. McGrath's ability as an or
ganizer.
A certain element here compose,
Of rabid A. p. AS is endeavorin,
to muddle the situation in the loca
school race by bringing out an op
position ticket to Messrs. Strothe
and Englehard. and so far there ha
been no attempt to expose their han,
by the daily papers, who owe II l.
the public TO denounce them 70
their underhand work.
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