Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1913-02-08
New COmmittee's Active Work
VIII BE Confined to Issu-
ing Cards.
Primary in August VIII Reveal
Weakness of Some Regu-
lar Candidates.
few ANNOUNCEMENTSTHISW WEEK

The unceremonious discharge of
tho local City and County Republi-
can Committee by the Republican
State leaders has left the G. o. p. in
the middle of bad fix on future
primaries and elections, as loss of
John Cassidy, who was Secretary,
from the list of active workers will
be esvere blow in itself to future
plans of the organization. His
knowledge of practical politics,
coupled with his ability to work,
makes it doubly hard. Then again
the committee to revive the party
here is enough to make a "hoss"
laugh, the list of reorganizers look
ing like the roster of the Pendennis
Club Directors, or the branch heads
Of the Standard Oil Company, not
single active political worker in
the list, and most of those selected
having a very hazy idea of practical
politics. None Of them ever get any
closer to the common people than in
riding past them in their automo-
biles. When the primary season rolls
around they will probably meet at
the. Pendennis an,ss dra w I'D a set of
instructions and directions for the
riff-raff Of the party and then set
back in their easy chairs waiting for
the returns.
The Herald is still repeating its
daily humorous stories about how
the local Progressive workers are
only intent on seeing that the people
get good government and that seek
| ing offices is the last thing in their
minds, and that further, in the event
of their eelction and the next Legis-
llature deciding in favor of the COM
mission government, all OF the Pro-
gressive patriots will Immediately
resign. That is, the Herald says they
will, but evidently it is not familiar
with some of the Progressives' past
history, many of whom in former
years have been Democrats, Republi-
cars and Fusionists-in fact any old
thing to get office-and the Herald
is certainly mistaken If it thinks any
of them will voluntarily relinquish
an Office without being pried away
from it with crowbar.
There is still talk of Judge r. w.
Bingham entering the Democratic
primary, and it is rumored that ex-
Police Chief Haager and ex-Fire
Chief Tyson are the principal pro-
moters of his boom and would like
to secure the support OF the Halde-
mans, whose papers Just at present
are finding great fault with Mayor
Heads administration, and who can
not understand why the rank and
file. of Democracy does not allow
them to select a majority Of the
nominees, but the coming primary
will be God-send from that par
ticular point of view, as 1t Will
plainly show the glariIg weakness
of some of the Haldeman candidates
who have been carried into office be-
fore on the waves of Democratic
Victory. Then, again, the boys In
the Democratic trenches would like
TO put the query, why should the
Courier-Journal and Times be al
lowed to select any candidates
Surely not on account OF the weak
support given the nominees in the
lpast and the present Democratic ad-
ministration.
Only two political announcements
for the primary we're made this
week, Judge Samuel Boldrick an
Inouncing for reelection on his rec
ord and Hon. Sam Robertson an.
Inouncing for State Senator from the
Thirty-eighth district, to succeed
Senator Mark Ryan, who II is be
llieved will not make the race thii
year on account OF other duties, but
who is especially strong In thai
direction. For the Legislature IN
the Forty-fifth district, which II
composed OF the First ward. the
names Of George Barrett and VIII
lam Bohon have been mentioned al
possible candidates.