Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-12-26
Every Office to Be Holly Con-
tested For in August
Primary.
Nominees Must BE Choice of the
Voters to Defeat Reorgan-
ized G.. o. p.
CITY VOTE DETERMINING FACTOR

This past week has witnessed the
official or semi-oficial announce
ment of many prospective Demo-
cratic candidates for State offices,
and Judging FROM present indications
there will be a large field for the
voter to select from in the August
primary. There is not a single State
office that will not be hotly con-
tested for and the class of candidates
entering will make problem of
picking the winner, as many of them
are expert campaigners who do not
run for the advertisement, but with
the expectation of landing the job.
Consequently politics is going to be
quite an absorbing topic throughout
the State for the next several
months. and as stated before in these
columns, the large number of entries
for each office will preclude any
possibility of slate being arranged
by any set of leaders or organization.
Any attempt to arrange a slate will
be met with the hearty opposition of
nine-tenths of the Democratic press
throughout the State, as the news
paper men realize that a nomination
this time is not equivalent to cleo
tion and the nominees will have to be
the choices of the people to defeat
the reorganized Republican party in
the general election.
From the present outlook the
candidates for Governor will be
Lieut.. Gov. McDermott, Auditor
Bosworth. Attorney General Garnett,
Commissioner Newman and possibly,
but not probably, Congressman
Stanley. all of whom would be ex-
cellent timber for the Democratic
nomination. For Secretary of State
Senator Charles ID. Arnett, Assistant
Auditor G. B. Likens and Judge Vir-
gil p. Smith will be sure contestants.
For Attorney General NJ. NJ. Logan,
the present assistant to Mr.. Garnett.
has announced as a candidate on his
record, and in all likelihood John e.
Duffy and Col. George e. Stone will
be in the race. For superintendent
Of Public Instruction Prof. v. o.
Gilbert, Mack B. Eubanks and Prof.
r. Dean Squires will make up the
entry list. Former Speaker Claude
B. Terrell will try for State Treas
urer and Robert l.. Greene, the
present popular Clerk of the Court of
Appeals, for Auditor against Tom
Rhea.
In the race thus far for Commits
sioner of Agriculture. Matt S. Cohen
is now without opposition. For Rail-
road Commissioner in the Second
district Billy Klair is candidate
for reelection and will be opposed
by John e. Newman and Sidney
Douthitt. Representative George
Barrett, of this city, is still doubt
full entry, several of his friends
wanting him to again try for the
Legislature, while others, on account
of his railroad experience, would
prefer him as candidate for Rail-
road Commissioner, and II he an
nounces would surely get big por-
tion of the Democratic strength
here, which contains the bulk of the
district vote.
Many of the above list of candi-
dates and prospective candidates are
busy these days flirting with the
leaders of the Louisville Democracy,
realizing that the large Democratic
vote here will be a big factor in all
Of the State races, as there is sure to
be large percentage of the regis
tered Democratic vote cast in these
races, while out in the country or
rural districts the vote will not be
SO heavy because of the date OF the
primary being at an inconvenient
time for the farmer or farm employe
to cast his vote. Thus the city vote
will be the deciding factor and the
large vote of Louisville is now the
prize being eagerly sought for by the
candidates.