Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1913-04-12
Acknowledgment That Recent
Vote Was Roosevelt
Tribute.
Evening Post Refuses to Let
Rose Pledge support to
Republicans.
POSTP6NEMENT HURTS CREPPS

S. J. Duncan-Clark and the Louis
vile Herald are making the effort of
their lives to bolster up the fleeting
fortunes of the local Progressive
party and the party in general, the
recent defeats in st. Louis and Chi
cago being akin to the blow that
almost killed father. The Progress
sive party is now tottering under the
shock and has forced the Herald to
resort to desperate methods to revive
interest, their chief stock in trade
being abuse of what they term the
McGrath-Whallen machine, not al
lowing to those gentlemen the rights
that are being absorbed in the Pro-
gressive ranks by Matt Holt, Burton
Vance, DR.. Sebastian, Prof. Rags
dale and other Progressive poll
ticians, who are seeking office or
attempting to dictate the nomina-
tions. An open confession that the
Progressives have no working or
ganization and that their vote in the
last election was simply and solely a
Teddy Roosevelt vote is now shown
in the daily programme of the Her.
aid, which they evidently think is a
smart piece of politics. They an
nounce the list of offices to be filled
at the next election and invite the
public to suggest selections for the
different places, hoping that those
with a leaning to the Progressive
side will answer, thereby enabling
them to secure list of what they
can whip into shape as a Progressive
campaign organization before the
August primary. While sneering at
the McGrath-Whallen machine,
which is a legitimate Democratic
working organization, they are slyly
trying to get a little machine of their
own, their reward in the event of
success being the city printing. while
the POLITICAL appointments will be
made from Chicago, the home of
the Herald owner and editor.
The postponement of the Sena-
torial nomination for year puts a
crimp in the aspirations of eX-Gov.
Beckham and his man Friday, Percy
Haley, who made an early start in
the race, hoping to secure enough
advance pledges for them to win,
but their strength has been fading
gradually and Beckham's open fight
or Senator James has killed any
chance he may have had for sue
cess, the Democrats at large being
astonished at the nerve of Crepps
and Percy in attempting to dictate
the office appointments from the
different districts in Kentucky,
backed by Editor Knott and the
Evening Post.
This past week the Evening Post
hastened to deny that D.. B. G. Rose
pledged the support of the Post to
the Republican party, of which Rose
is high in the ranks, the Post
evidently not being willing to COM
NIT itself to the G.. o. P. while there
Is still any chance to bunco the
Wilson administration into giving
them any pie for their alleged sup
port in the last election or to hold
their friends in the Postoffice, who
are now daily putting up a plea of
civil service protection, which
everyone knows they violated shame
fully during the last several years,
and Congressman Swagar Sherley
will be strenuously supported in his
attempt to have the Postofflce reor-
ganized. The Post might have added
that Rose, their circulation manager,
the official head of the Guardians OF
Liberty, could pledge the support OF
that A. =. A. organization, and which
held a meeting at Scottish Rite
Cathedral last spring with the Post
office officials occupying prominent
positions on the stage.
DR.. Ellis Duncan for reelection as
Coroner and Tax Receiver Milliken
for City Treasurer are the latest an
nounced candidates. the former be-
ing opposed by Dr. Meehling and the
latter by Adolph Schmitt, the present
City Auditor.