Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1913-06-21
A Case of Personal Popularity
Against Axton-HeraId
Machine.
Republicans Give Promise of
Displacing Progressives As
Contenders.
SEVERAL DEMOCRATIC CONTEST

Hardly had the followers of the
political game gotten over the an
nounced withdrawal of Judge Bing-
ham as a possible Mayoralty candi-
| date than they were surprised to
hear of the entrance of Capt. Frank
A. Reichert in the arena as a candi-
date for the Progressive nomination,
backed by the support of former
Mayor Grinstead, Matt Holt and
other late corners into the Progress
sive ranks from the Republican
party, but who arrived too tardy to
capture control from the Axton-Her-
aid combination. Capt. Reichert
was formerly an Alderman under
the Republican administration and
was the Republican nominee for
City Treasurer in 1909, polling
22.S77 votes for that office against
Andrew Seas 22,948, Cohn, the
Tyler candidate, receiving 922, the
Democratic candidates plurality be-
ing 2.O71, and in the Fourth ward,
where Mr.. Reichert resides, his
home beine at Jackson and Oak, he
received the largest vote on either
ticket
AS can be seen from the foregoing.
Mr.. Reichert would be a formidable
candidate If given the nomination,
but the Kentucky Irish American is
still standing behind its prediction
Of last week that Stage Manager
Duncan Clark, of the Progressives,
and political manipulation of the
Herald's support has already ar
ranged the stage setting and the
word gone down the line that the
nomination must go to Wood Ak
ton, who will furnish good cam
paign barrel for the ex-Republicans
TO spend while fighting the cause of
the common people and echoing the
high sounding reform phrases of the
f1erald political manager. If tte
great common people, whom the
4erald professes 10 love so we'll,
were allowed to select their choice
in the Progressive primary Capt.
Reichert, with his large personal
following, would distance Axton
easily, hut the Progressive machine
controllers have decreed otherwise
and the peoples choice is marked
for slaughter. In spite of all the
loud bluster of the Roosevelt fol-
lowers, the local Republicans are
mapping out a course that will put
a quietus on the misfits, having Sc
cured the men like ex-Gov. Wilson,
Henry l.. Stone, George Wood, Jo-
seph Conkling and other men of
standing in the community to accept
the G. q. P. nominations, and with
more men of that caliber the Pro-
gressives will be a bad third in the
general election.
Many of the candidates have al
ready filed their petitions for the
August primary, the second of July |
being the last day of filing, and
from the present outlook there will
be about six or seven contests from
a Democratic standpoint, among |
them being the City Treasurer's race,
Charles Milliken, the present FAX
Receiver. conducting hustling |
Tor the nomination, his |
being Adolph Schmitt, the |
former making many friends by his |
and is standing on his rec
ord in tho Tax Receivers office. |
The candidates for Aldermen have
no opposition, while Jack Vogt in
the Fourth ward, Joe Lapaille in the
Ninth, Fred Heffernan and Charles
Coon in the Twelfth, are the only
new entries in the Councilmanic
races. Henry E. Crawford is making
a winning fight for Magistrate in
the Third Magisterial district and his
friends predict him an easy winner
From the present outlook a splen-
did delegation is expected to be
selected In the Legislative races,
those having no opposition at pres
nnt being George Barrett, Adam
SPAIN, William ]. Kuh, Mayzek
O'Brien, William A. Perry and Will
Duffy, and II is believed that the
set OF lawmakers can dissuade
Legislator SPAIN from introducing
any more bills similar TO the pres
ent law OF filming a man for the Civ
ing away of a street car transfer.