Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1913-06-14
Bingham Buttons Now a Cheap
Commodity From Certain
Fusion Leaders.
Real Enthusiasm Manifested at
the Different Democratic
Ward Meetings.
KNIGHT and SCHULMAN WINNERS

The announcement of leaders in
the Bingham campaign for Mayor,
published in the Kentucky Irish
American last Saturday morning,
must have caused quite a furry in
the camp of the down and outers''
who wanted Bingham, as the Judge
announced his withdrawal at noon,
and the gentlemen who are aspiring
to hold municipal offices will have
to try another tack, or in palmer
parlance find some other catspaw
who is willing to attempt to pull
their chestnuts out of the fire. In
the meantime those making a collec-
ton of campaign buttons might ap-
ply to Dave Rose, Col. Haager and
Scott Newman, who have an abun-
dant supply of Bingham buttons left
over from their little canvass. True
friends of Judge Bingham con-
gratulate him on his stand and hope
to see him on the stump for the
Democratic ticket, which promises to
be the strongest municipal ticket
nominated in years.
The Progressives, led by the Her.
aid, are now Stimulating enthusiasm
in the interest of Wood Axton for
Mayor and at the proper time will
present him a petition signed by
steen names urging him to come
forward and save the city, while Mr.
Axton will blush modestly and ac-
cept. He has been using all his
endeavors as head of the Progressive
machine to see that no one else re-
ceived the same call to run for
Mayor, and all the time the Herald
is loudly berating what they term
the Democratic machine, while
there never has been a meeting of
the Progressives in the Watterson
Hotel that has not been dominated
by the Axton-V Vance-Clark combina-
ton, the great common people, whom
they claim to be representing, not
being able to break in with an axe.
Talk about smooth working political
Ma q q: - 4 n s2 Que pess7
the vote IL some one outside of the
Watterson Hotel select circle as
pires for the nomination in the
primary against the choice of the
leaders.
For real enthusiasm attend some
of the Democratic meetings which
are being held in every ward of the
city. The nucleus of splendid
working organization for the No
vember election will be the result.
The different candidates where
there are contests have shown a
friendly spirit with one or two ex-
eeptions and all will be in line
for their successful rivals
after the primary. DR.. Charles
Moir, who was a candidate for
Alderman, announces his with
drawal on account OF the pressure of
business, but states that he will find
time after the primary to devote
some of his energies in electing the
entire Democratic ticket. The prin-
cipal contesting races are those of
County Judge with Muir Weissinger,
Sam Greene and Hugh B. Fleece in
the field: County Assessor with
George schlegel, AL Emler, Joe Tim
mons and Frank Schuster aspiring
Clerk of Police Court with Will
Hclley, Harry Nehan, Joe Keyer,
ALI Oldham and Carl SEEMING run
ming; County Jailer with John r.
Pflanz and Charley Foster contest
ing, and Coroner, with DR.. Ellis Dun
can, DR.. Harry f. Mechling and DR..
Russman in a three-cornered
contest. A late entry in the race for
is Ben Schulman, present
Councilman, who aspires to that Of
flee in the Sixth Magisterial district,
composed of the Fourth, Fifth,
Sixth and Seventh wards, and Ben's
deserved popularity is so sure to
land him a winner that his friends
have already begun calling him
Squire. The same applies to Charles
Knight In the Thirty-sixth Senatorial
district, he having tip-top organiza-
tion working in his interests.