Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1913-11-01
Sentiments of DIR. Webb and DIR.
Powell VIII Have Good
Effect.
Judge Matt O'Doherty's Ring
ing Address Calls Forth
Praise.
FANATICS ARE OUT IN THE COLD

/ ~ NV NiOot VI lht
next Tuesday the dawn of a new
and brighter era for Louisville is
expected, as the fair-minded citizens
Of all creeds have effectively put a
qufetus on the fanatics who have
been bobbing up in every Campaign
for the past several years CRYING
Tor the defeat of certain candidates
on account of their religious belief.
The broadsides of DR.. Aquilla Webb
and DR.. r. l.. Powell served to check
the efforts of this dark lantern
brigade, these gentlemen appealing
to all citizens to rebuke this under
handed method now, and It will
serve to create better fealing not
only at election time, but all the
year around, between men of all
religions. A strong reference to the
efforts of Messrs. Webb and Powell
was made by Judge Matt O'Doherty
on Wednesday evening at the HON.
kins' Theater rally. He said in
part;
"Of nothing has Louisville more
reason to feel proud than of her
minister's" he said. There have
been in Louisville at all times men
who would use sacred religion as a
cloak for setting brother against
brother, and man against man. We
have had bitter experience in that
respect in the past, and that element
of miscreants is well represented in
our community now. They brought
trouble upon us once before, but,
thank God, we have with us today
at1nIa ny
Webb, who have said to those men
that they must keep hands off.
They have gone further and have
given beautiful expression to a great
principle. the God-given right -
liberty of conscience.
every man has the unrestrained
right of worshipping his Creator
according to the dictates of his con-
science. The fathers of this repub-
tic tried in most effective. way to
secure that great right to every
American citizen. The Congress
shall make no law toward the estab-
lishment of religion or against the
free exercise thereof. There never
has been an adulterous union of
Church and State in this country,
and there never will be. We don't
want it, and no man or set of men
could force it upon us. No one,
irrespective of his religious belief,
wants to force it upon us. Where
that kind of union has existed it
has resulted in subjugation of
Church TO State"
It can safely be said that So per
cent. of Axton's strength comes from
he A ala Of xuI I.Nt
are trying to hide their real feelings
behind the subterfuge of the mer-
ger question, ETC., others of that ilk
being too ignorant to even attempt
a discussion of the merger or any
other question, and are satisfied to
stand agape and listen to the mud
gutter speeches of Reno and Rem
nessen, the two leading Progressive
orators. If unfortunately Axton
and his misfit ticket were elected,
Louisville would be thrown behind
twenty years in progress and we
would have continual battles of re-
ligious strife, but If that ticket is
defeated decisiyely then this A. P.
A.-Junior Order element will be
left out in the cold, they having
left the Republican party last year
principally because of their opposi-
tion to Taft on account of his fair
ness in religious matters, and in the
future will be a nonenity in local
political campaigns, for which both
the Democratic and Republican
party should return fervent thanks.
AS for the other small element OF
the Bull Moosers, composed OF sore
head Democrats and Republicans,
they will probably meet in conven-
tion next year with Jake Haager,
Labe Phelps. Charley Byrne, Hunter
Ross, Bill Owens, Sam Owens, Bill
Baird, Mel Lapaille, Burton Vance
and Matt Holt as leading delegates
and nominate "Old Man Grump" or
Chris the Grab" for Congress.
The closing rally Of the Demo-
cratic party will take place tonight
In Court House square, and II Is ex-
pected 10000 people will be present
to sound the death knell of the Bull
Moose party as far as Louisville is
concerned. Dr. John II. Busche-
meyer, Congressman Swager Sher-
ley, Edward p. Humphrey, James p.
Edwards, Clem Higgins, Thomas
Walsh and others win deliver -
dresses from different pointa
the square, and the ThoV
son and Henry Clay stat
expected to smile in
the outpouring of