Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1913-09-27
Largest Attendance Present I'm
History of Local Cam
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Buschemeyer Throws Bomb i'm
Camp of Bull Moose Ag-
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HAAGER and TYsON'S BOOBs

If there was any doubt about the
success of the local Democrat ticket
in the coming November election
that doubt was dispelled by the
magnificent crowd that was present
at the oepning rally in Hopkins
Theater Wednesday night, the at
tendance being the largest in the
history of local campaigns, about
5000 people being crowded in the
theater and over that number being
on the outside at an overflow meet
ing, many returning home on ac-
count of not being able to get near
either the outside or inside speak
ers. Stirring and splendid ad-
dresses were made by Lieut.. Gov.
McDermott, Judge Henry S. Barker,
Gen. w. B. Haldeman, Mayor w. o..
Head, Judge Samuel Greene and
DR.. John H. Buschemeyer on the in
side, and Joseph Huffaker, Sam
Robertson, Charles Milliken, Will
O'Connor and others on the outside.
Enthusiasm was rampant and many
are predicting regular landslide
for the entire ticket on election
day.
The feature Of the evening was
the expose of the aggregation COM
prising the Progressive ticket by DR..
Buschemeyer, and who, as charged
in these columns before, were hiding
their weaknesses behind the folds of
the Herald, which has been preach
ing civic reform and neglecting to
give the public line on their pro-
posed saviors of the people. DR..
Buschemeyer said in part, speaking
of the comparison of the Democratic
and Progressive tickets:
Against Gen. John B. Castleman,
Louis Seelbach and d. F. Murphy,
Democratic nominees for the Park
Board, the Axton-Vance machine has
put up Phil Laib. an avowed Prohi-
bitionist, and Lee Bernheim,
whisky distiller.
For the General Council they have
nominated Benjamin Hirsch, a
blender of the Bernheim distillery,
and Theodore Diehl, beer driver
for the Schlitz Brewing Company,
who distributes beer throughout the
red-light district. And who is
coupled with them as running
mate for the Council? None other
than our old friend, Charles B
Nordeman, the General Secretary OF
the Anti-Saloon League. Here is
letterhead of the league and the city
directory which bear out my state
ments. Think of the spectacle of an
Anti-Saloon Lacquer, distillery
blender and a beer wagon driver oc-
cupying adjoining desks in the Coun-
ell and shouting in chorus for re-
form.
For the Legislature they have
nominated e. w. Elliott, Prohibi-
ZIONIST preacher, and Edward Volz,
a bartender in Herman Ohmann's
saloon. What. "a sight it would be
for the good people from the rural
districts of Kentucky to see these
two legislators from Louisville
strolling arm in arm through the
State Capitol at Frankfort, Elliott
carrying a Bible and volz carrying a
bottle.
For County Clerk Charlie Hess
was the choice of the Axton-Vance
machine. This is the same Hess
who, you remember, got into such
row while in Mayor Grinstesd's
Board of Aldermen in regard to a
diamond ring which Contractor Lee
Figg gave him. The Democratic
nominee for County Clerk is p. s.
Ray. Which is the product OF o
machine" and which the choice of
the people?
For Magistrate we find on the
Axton-Vance ticket Charles X. Jack
son, a policeman who was discharged
for drinking and lettering in bar
room, who is now ianitor at one
of Axton's headquarters.
For the Legislature they have
nominated DR.. Sebastian, whom
Axton choked and threw on a bed
i'm a fight over who disclosed the
secret "anti-negro" rule of the
Axton party.
Going a little further compare
VIII Holley, Democratic nominee for
Police Court Clerk, with Albert
Eisenmenger, the Axton-Vance nom
inee.
Compare Andrew NJ. Sea, the well
known Confederate veteran and
nominee for City Tax Receiver. with
G. A. Miller, the Axton-Vance nom
inee.
Compare William II. Meffert.
Democratic nominee for City Aud
itor, with A. II. Remmet, Of the
Axton-Vance ticket for the same Of
flee.
Think OF comparing Judge Bold
rick with that Axton-Vance leader,
an aspirant for the Police Court
bench, William Holbourn.
Compare Adolph Schmitt for City
Treasurer with Will Pell.
And last, but not least. compare
Samuel W. Greene, Democratic nom
inee for County Judge. with Matt
Holt. who has now made peace with
Axton. and the lion and the lamb
now lie down together.
Tell me which is the machine
ticketg The Democratic ticket OF
Meffert and Greene, OF Boldrick.