Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-07-18
And Incidentlly Throws Broad
side Into Camp of Beckham
Forces.
Contrast i'm Haley's Attitude
With That of a Few Years
Ago.
DOBBs PERPETUAL CANDIDATE

The Kentucky irish American is
in receipt of a communication from
one of Gov. McCreary's Louisville
supporters in which is urged the
nomination of the Governor for
United States Senator, the writer
claiming that his nomination would
cement all factions and insure vic
tory for the ticket in November.
The writer also takes fling at the
claim of the Beckham managers
that the nomination belongs to the
Ex-Governor and charges him with
being selfish in the Bradley-Beck-
ham contest of six years ago. The
card is as follows:
Louisville, KY, July 10, 1914
Kentucky Irish American-Gentle-
men: The Democrats of Kentucky
have one chance to nominate a sure
winner for the United States Senate,
long tenn. That one man is Gov.
McCreary. In a long public career
he has made a record so clean and
strong that all the efforts of his
opponents in every race have failed
to show anything uncomplimentary.
Gov. McCreary is a temperance
mana sober temperance man. He
has given the StSte of Kentucky the
most important temperance legisla-
tion now on the statute books. In
the platform convention three years
ago he dictated the county unit
plank and it was entirely satisfac-
tory to the temperance organizations
of the State. Not only did he do
this, but he had the Legislature of
1912 to pass a law conforming to
that plank. Then in 1914 the tenn
perance organizations asked for an
amendment to strengthen the dry"
laws and he used his influence to
pass that. His record and his posi-
tion on this question stands out
clean and clear.
Six years ago the Democratic
nomination for the high office of
United States Senator was thrown
away. Surely the Democrats do
not want to take the same chance
again of allowing the Republicans to
elect the Senator. During his Of
fice-holding career of sixteen years,
Mr.. Beckham antagonized so many
people and brought upon himself
the undying hatred of so many diff
ferent factions in the party that he
destroyed whatever opportunity for
usefulness he might have had.
Mr.. Beckham stated in his speech
at Louisa that his defeat six years
ago was a personal defeat. That is
true. But he overlooked the main
point. The defeat of the Demo-
cratic nominee was party calamity.
He forgets that the loss of the Sen-
atorship was more regretted by
Democrats as party loss than ?
Mr.. Beckham's personal loss. No
man is bigger than his party. A
nomination is not personal property.
It is a ST dgt. A nominee who
finds that his personal record
defeat the party should turn the
nomination over to one who can
win. That is what Mr.. Beckham
should have done six years age
when committees of good and loyal
Democrats urged him to do so. Had
he been wise enough and unselfish
enough to have yielded to some
other Democrat who could win, Mr.
Beckham would have been in very
much better position today.
Kentucky Democrats can not al
ford to nominate any man for q
large office who must depend upon
Republican votes for his election
He can not get them. Respectfully
yours, Anti-Beckham Democrat.
The above is a sample OF the many
arguments advanced why Democrats
are in no way committed to the
Beckham candidacy, the McCrear,
and Stanley supporters continual,
bombarding the Beckham forces
putting Beckham and Haley yer.
much on the defense and in the roll
of supplicants to the Louisville
Democracy for support, this beini
Ia striking contrast to the attitud
J OF Haley only few years ago, whei
he stated publicly~in the Seelbacl
Hotel lobby that he didn't give
snap of his fingers for LOUISVILLE
Democrats and used language NOR
fcrcible than polite In expressing
mis- disdain of the Democratic part,
| In Louisville and Jefferson county
It's long lane that has no turn
and pleasing indeed was the spec
tacle of Gen. Percy squirming In hi
seat under the awful grilling give
him by Congressman Stanley in hi
speech at the National Theater las
week, and of which the local Demo
Gratis are still talking. Senator Hit
Huffaker, Chairman OF the locs
Stanley campaign, state sthat he
more than pleased with the outloo
and predicts nice majority for hi
candidate.
The Louisville Herald daily di
cusses the political situation from
Democratic standpoint, with a fe
, bouquets now and then for Messr
} White and Gardner. the Progressis
candidates in the primary for Coz
gress, but what is puzzling to man,
| absolutely refuses to mention II
| third candidate. Attorney Willial
, Heck, who did the Finnegan act, B
getting In and out OF the race ever
, other day. and now announces thl
he is In to stay.