Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1912-05-04
Democrats Here Have No Warm
Spot for Haly and
Beckham.
How the Executive Committees I'm
fair Ruling Works Out
i'm State.
POST and SUFFRAGETTE CHOICES

In accordance with the unfair rul-
ing of the State Democratic Execu-
tive Committee, the Democrats of
Jefferson county win hold their pre-
cinct conventions I'd select delegates
to the State convention on Saturday,
May 25, the convention to be held
the following Wednesday, May 30.
The selection of delegates here will
result in the entire vote being in
structed for Champ Clark for the
Presidency, and win also show the
glaring weakness OF the Ha1y-Beck-
ham combination In this county, at
the same time knocking Percy Hays
reputation as a smooth politician into
cooked hat, his little bunch of dis
sruntled offIee-seekers not being
able to even cause a ripple in the
precinct Conventions. because If
there are two men III State politics
that the rank and file Of Democracy
in Louisville have little use for it
Is Percy and Crippss and for which
they can not be blamed. as these
.two WORTHLESS. whnn the had an onr
portunity turned the city over TO the
Republicans and Republican sympa-
thizers. The only puzzling feature
to the Democrats here is that Gov.
McCreary allows himself to be used
by these two political plotters when
The veriest novice in politics can see
that they will throw him overheard
when he has outlived his usefulness
TO them. In fact Percy Hays So
called political astuteness is built on
the political pie promises he makes
tor Gov. McCreary's administration.
The New Haven Echo cites one of
the worst features of the ruling of
the Executive Committee, when II
eompels cities of the first and second
class to hold precinct conventions
and all others county conventions,
which when applied to New Haven
compels residents of that town to
go fifteen miles to the county seat
to register their sentiments at a con-
vention and the Democrats of How
ardstown have to go twenty-five
miles.
The Evening Post is worrying over
the fact that other people may have
choices In voting for the members of
the Board of Education at the COM
Ing election besides their special
pets and the favorites of a few suf-
fragette clubs, some of whom spent
great deal of their time in the
1910 election warning voters not to
vote for one of the men selected by
the Commercial Club because OF his
religion. Now the Post editor is
afraid that some of the voters rebel
at being dictated to by this class Of
women, and is expected to be indig-
nant II some of the women who
usually stay at home and attend to
their own affairs should come out
and vote against the choices of the
suffragettes. BY the way, the editor
Of the Wilson, -Roosevelt-B -Beckham
organ during the last few days has
been harping on the generalization
OF the police force and cries for its
reorganization, forgetting entirely
his published statements of April 4,
when he stated that the best man
aged feature of Roosevelt's visit was
the fine work of the police depart
ment and how Teddy cOmplimented
Chief Lindsey on their conduct and
appearance and said Il certainly do
take an interest in a good police de-
partment.'