Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1913-06-07
Also Official Head of the A. II.
A. Organization I'm Ken
lucky.
Should Incorporate Religious
Discrimination i'm Bingham
Platform.
CAMPAIGN FUND COLLECTOR

Conspicuous among Ine many
phases of the local political campaign
ia the strenuous efforts being made
by a select coterie of down and out
politicians and aspiring office-hold-
ers to instigate a boom for Robert
Worth Bingham for Mayor on a
fusion ticket They are trying to
disguise their endeavors behind a
plea ''that the people want Bing-
ham," but the real essence of some
of these boosters pleadings is con-
tanned in their aspirations to serve
the public at good fat salaries or
either be given positions as dictators.
For example, ex-Chief of Police
Haager, in his desire to see that the
people get Bingham. would also pre-
fer that the people have Haager once
again as Chief of Police. Clayton
Blakey, one of the petition distribu-
tors for Bingham, is secretly more
concerned in seeing Blakey being
City Attorney, while w. w. Davies,
another Bingham booster, would
hardly decline the Chairmanship of
the Board of Safety in the event that
his efforts to get Bingham for the
people were successful.
But another and not the least Of
the above list of Bingham boosters
is David B G.. Rose, the distributor
of the buttons and printer of the
pledge cards, whose signal ability as
a promoter has been given space in
these columns before, the Kentucky
Irish American calling special atten-
tion to his efforts recently to arouse
religious prejudice in this community
afufV
Guardians of Liberty, the newly Gre
ated A. p. A. organization, Rose Sc
curing several out-of-town speakers,
among them the decrepit Gen. Miles,
who afterward attempted to repudt-
ate the order and was followed by
Gen. Dan Sickles, who was recently
indicted for misuse of State funds.
Other citizens who were present at
Roses A. P. A. meeting afterward
stated that they we're inveigled there
under false pretenses and were not a
party in the attempt to arouse preju-
dice against their fellow-Catholic
citizens, among them being Col. An
drew Cowan, ex-Mayor Weaver and
others.
But there has never been any ex-
PLANTATION offered by Rose for his
action in the matter. who for his un-
American tactics has been rewarded
with the office Of Chief Counsellor
for the Guardians of Liberty in Ken
lucky and is styled thusly on their
printed matter. He has never re-
ceived any assistance from his fellow
Jewish citizens, many of whom
openly disapprove of his course and
who quote the late Rabbi Adolph
Moses, who in his day was one OF
Louisville's leading citizens and was
beloved by Jew and Gentle alike.
In 1895, when the A. p. AS were
in the height of one of their spas
modic revivals, DR.. Moses was urged
to lend his aid to these fanatics and
rebuked them by saying, 81 have too
long been a hare to turn hound
now" but evidently Bingham's chief
promoter and button distributor pre-
fers to join the ranks of the hounds,
and in the event of the latter's cleo
ton would probably be given post
of Importance where he could freely
exercise his special talents OF dis
eliminating against his fellow cit
liens. Rose at present is President
of the Standard Printing Company
and is business partner Of Edward
Gottschalk, member of the Board of
Education, and Roses last effort in
politics was to act as a go-between
for the Republican campaign COM
mittee, sending letters to Postoffice
employees urging donations to the
campaign fund, evidently not caring
that this is in strict violation Of the
civil service rules. In the opinion
and judgment of all fair-minded
citizens il is certainly up to Judge
Bingham TO repudiate the support OF
Rose and his anti-Catholic allies or
stand convicted of being candidate
on a platform Of prejudice and ostra-
cism.
The Bingham campaign or farce is
being conducted by Aaron Kohn, as
sisted by Col. Jake Haager, Charles
Byrnes, Hunter Ross, w. w. Davies
and ID. B. G.. Rose, and is principally
a campaign of revenge. Mr.. Bing-
ham was told that a committee of one
hundred Democrats, Republicans and
Bull Mooses were anxiously waiting
to make him Mayor, and believing
the false promises has agreed TO be
sacrificed on the altar of political
revenge. Before going too far Mr..
Bingham should view the financial
and physical wrecks about him, who
were candinates under the same cir
cumstances and following the same
false advice, and retrieve his steps
before Il Is too late.
rRrNITV COUNCH,