Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-08-01
Local Democrats Will Remem-
ber the Present Beckham
Campaigners.
The Latter Not So BOastful and
Sure of the Local
Result.
REICHERT PREFERRED To HALY

This week, the closing one of the
campaign for the United States
Senatorial nominations for the long
and short terms, was featured by the
remarkable gains of Gov. McCreary,
especially in this district, Congress-
man Stanley holding his own here,
while gaining ground out in the
State, and ex-Gov. Beckham losing
so rapidly that his campaign man
ayers, becoming alarmed, had al
ready begun their threadbare cries
of fraud, which comes with bad
grace from the camp which was re-
sponsible for the glaring frauds of
the Beckham-McCreary primary,
when wholesale robbery was per-
petrated in the mountain districts.
This being the election when trees
and animals were voted and the
Beckham supporters held back re-
turns three or four days waiting to
see how many votes they needed,
this statement never having been
disproven, and the McCreary and
Stanley campaign managers should
be careful to prevent repetition of
the same tactics in this primary.
That there is gonig to be close race
is now conceded by the CORE
spondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer,
who states that he will have to re-
verse his opinion of early in the
campaign, when he predicted that
Beckham would have walkover.
The change in the situation in
Louisville and Jefferson county the
past ten days, to say the least, has
been startling. No later than two
months ago the local Beckham or
ganizers were claiming everything
in sight and we're strutting about
with the proverbial chip on theiI
their claim, their attitude being
echoed by few office-holders in the
City Hall and Court House who
espoused the Beckham cause early In
the game with the hope of being
known as original Beckham men in
case the Haly brand of politics was
successful here. AS an evidence oi
this spirit the County Clerks office
force fell all over themselves, lit
orally speaking, in their haste to fur
nish the Beckham campaign man
ayers with copies of the registration
list, this being a parallel case with
that of other city and county Off
cials who have attempted to dictate
to subordinate employees and line
them up in the Beckham camp. As
stated before in these columns, the
Haly-Beckham brand OF Democracy
Is not relished by local Democrats
and later on some of these Beckham
leaders will have a hard time ex
planning their present attitude
Right now many of them have
realized that their, candidate is
doomed to run a bad third in this
district, causing them to retreat from
their former position and plead fol
harmony and little mercy on Percy
and Cripps.
The big drift to McCreary this
past week emphasizes very forcibly
the strength of Chairman Frank Nc
Grath in this district, who in a short
period has gathered together a figlet
ing force composed principally Of his
personal friends, and in the last few
days has practically driven the
Beckham forces to cover. and man!
of the later have already dropped
the Beckham flag and gone into thu
McCreary or Stanley camps. Tht
Stanley leaders will have a splendit
working organization at every pre-
cinct in the city, and Senator Hit
Huffaker and Mack Pythian, wht
have been in charge of the loca
headquarters, predict big pluralit!
for their man in Jefferson county
The attempt Of some of the Beckhan
forces TO belittle the Stanley cam
Lawrence Reichert falls flat when !
is taken into consideration tina
Percy Haly is the Beckham sponsor
The Democrats OF Louisville ant
the State OF Kentucky who know
Lawrence Reichert will follow hi
lead at any time and In any move
ment in preference to Beckham'I
man Friday.
In the three-cornered race for thu
Senatorial short term between Gen
Bennett Young, Senator johnson
Camden and ex-Congressman Dav'
Smith, Gen. Young has set
sizzling pace for both of his com
petitors and his aggressive campaigi
has been given wide mention II
many of the papers out In the State
especially the speeches referring 4
the charge that Senator Camdel
bolted the Democratic Presidentia
ticket in 1896. 1900 and 1908, Gen
Young stating that the present Sen
ator had never been aligned with tn
party until the Gubernatorial cam
paien OF 1911. Right here In Louis
Vile and Jefferson county Gen
Young Is assured of big vote. no
only because OF the fact that this
his home district. but his activ
interest In the ranks OF the loca
Democratic party In the past ha
won him strong support, many 0
whom will represent him at tn
different precincts throughout tn
district.