Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-05-16
supporters Can Not Give Logical
Reason For Favorite's Al
legged Strength.
Louisville StubbornIy Opposed
to His Candidacy For Any
Office.
This City Can Be Used For Cri-
terion of Other Towns and
Cities.
NEGRO ABUSE OF SEGREGATION

In discussing the campaign for
the Democratic nomination for
united states Senator, our old
friend, Lewis Humphrey, the political
editor OF the Evening Post, stated
that the Kentucky Irish American
had grown weary of carrying the
McCreary campaign on it's shoulders
and hoped for help from the Courier
journal and Times because of the
appointment of Gen. w. B. Halde-
man TO the State Racing Commission
by Gov. McCreary, but the writer did
not discuss the point claimed in
these columns, viz: That the vote in
the primary is going to be confined
CHIEFLY to the cities because of the
inability of the farmers and country
people to vote or take interest about
the time of the primary, the date be-
ing Saturday, August 2. 1t can not
be denied that ex-Gov, Beckham Is
the strongest of the three candidates
with the country element, but on the
other hand 1t can not be safely dis
puted that he is the weakest of the
candidates in the cities, and as the
Dulk or the vote will necessarily
come from the cities Beckham and
his allies are not as confident of the
result as they claim to be. II has
been contended in these columns
from the outset that the Louisville
Democracy is not friendly to Beck
ham, and If both of his opponents
stay in the race he is sure to finish
third, this being said without any
bias in the matter, simply taking
into account the fact that Beckham
or his man Haley have never catered
to the Democracy of cities, but have
always preferred being known as
friends of the farmer and those re-
siding in the country districts.
Then again the Democrats of the
cities and towns have always
doubted Beckhams sincerity in his
espousal of prohibition for aplat-
form, many believing that he was
inspired by motives of revenge for
lack of support or direct opposition
of the liquor interests; but this lat
ter class of Democrats, and they
are many, can not see their way clear
to voting for a candidate who, when
the opportunity arose, always pun
racy of the cities to strike at his
enemies of the liquor interests. The
city of Louisville can be taken as
very fair criterion of how the vote
of the cities will go in this race,
and we'll posted politicians say that
Gov. McCreary will receive two votes
to Beckham's one, and this without
any special help from his organiza-
tion If he has one here, simply be-
cause of the reasons stated above.
This is again evidenced by the fact
that the Post in its daily espousal OF
the Beckham cause has only been
able to quote one leader in his be-
half, Edward Tierney, Chairman of
the Board of Safety, while a little
investigation will show that a major
ity of the leading Democrats APP
preached as to their views will tell
you that they have no especial
choice, but "that they are against
Beckham for anything"
If Mayor Buschemeyer and the
Democratic administration never ac-
complish anything else they are to be
congratulated for the passage of the
ordinance, which is now
a law, in spite of the opposition of
few misinformed women and
Board of Trade who, at the eleventh
hour, made a feeble protest, but had
no representative at the Council
when 1t was voted on. One
of the colored speakers stated in his
speech before the Board of Alder
men that the Kentucky Irish Ameri-
can, the Times and the Real Estate
Bulletin were the only papers to dis
cuss the merits of the bill, but
neglected to tell of the colored
organ here, which has been loudly
claiming race equality for the high
toned darkies, who want to force
themselves upon the whites, and as
proof of this read the following
taken from the latest issue OF the
negro paper:
Segregation, class legislation pure
and simple, unjust and damnable-
now adorns the statute books OF the
city, and put there by the great
white man because In his heart OF
hearts he is jealous and envious OF
his black fellow citizens progress.
Depreciation of property values.
Bahl The reason segregation has be-
come a law Is because narrow
minded and little-souled white men
we're enraged because black men
have emerged from the filth and dirt
of back highways and have moved
into handsome homes and have taken
on the appearances OF prosperity.
Colored men and women fitting
here and there in automobiles and
carriaRes handsOmely ROWned
women and well dressed men alight-
ing therefrom In attendance at their
own social functions. entering well
built and modern homes-their own
this is what has goaded the poor
white man to desperation, and In his
envious. jealous heart this law was
conceived and executed. Say what
they will. that Is the whole case In q
nutshell-the little white mans
jealousy and envy of his blacl
neighbor! SO with his majority and
power he has sought to humiliats