Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-10-24
Roosevelt Deserts Local Bull
MOOsers i'm Their Hour of
Need.
Ben King Looming Up as Strong
Candidate For Board of
Education.
JUNIOR ORDER CONSPICUOUS

| The Democratic State Campaign
Committee is preparing to wind up
the campaign in blaze of glory, so
to speak, and to this end have ar
ranged to send a special train into
eevry county in the State next week
with Senators Ollie James and john
son Camden, Gov. McCreary, Lieut..
Gov. McDermott, ex-Gov. Beckham
and the Congressman from each dis
trict, the latter to speak in their
respective districts. State Campaign
Chairman Tom Rhea, as father of
this plan,' states that 1t is done to-
arouse the Democratic voters to the
necessity of coming to the polls and
vote, believing that many Democrats
are so confident of victory that they
will not trouble to come out, and if
this state of affairs was prevalent
all over the success of the ticket
would be doubtful.
Confidence in President Wilson's
patriotism and judgment, especially
az this critical time, is the keynote
of the strength of the Democratic
nominees in all parts of the coun-
try, and this is especially so right
here in Kentucky, the average voter
of all parties wanting nothing done
that will obstruct the policies or
platform of the present national adj
| ministration. \
Deserted by their leading apostle,
Teddy Roosevelt, the Progressive
cause is slipping n lightly these days,
and the disappointment of the local
I.a1 1nwu fo fa1Nf H.
failure of Teddy to come and help
inject some life into their dying
campaign. The only consolation
they received from their invitation
was that he echoed their cry of
fraud concerning the last municipal
election in this way, saying: "It is
a matter of the keenest regret to
me that | am not able to go to Ken
lucky to speak for the Progressive
ticket especially regret this in
view of the fact that there seems to
be no question that the Progressives
won the victory in Louisville last
year and were deliberately cheated
out of 1t, the Republicans joining
with the Democrats in this action,
and thereby putting the Democratic
ring in control of the municipal
government"
The above shows Teddy to be a
pretty wise politician, when he at
tempts to comfort the disgruntled
Bull Moosers here by salving them
in regard to being cheated, but does
not state that he receives this in
formation from these self-same
cast-offs from the old parties, who
are still out in the cold, cruel world,
sorrowing over the fact that they
did not realize their ambition last
fall of getting some soft political
snap. AS an indication of the
passing of the Progressive party the
straw votes being taken by the New
York Herald show the Bull Moose
party bad third in every locality,
and to check the drift Roosevelt is
grabbing at straws, like a drowning
man, one day being an advocate of
prohibition, the next OF woman
| suffrage, and SO on, but the drift
away still goes on.
Right here in Louisville the Pro-
gressive opposition to Congressman
Sherley's election is very feeble and
the only question in the minds OF
political critics is who will get the
place, Roy Wilhoit, the Republican
nominee, or Charles Gardner, the
Progressive candidate, neither of
whom have the remotest idea OF
winning, but both are fighting for
their party's supremacy in this dis
| trict, and IL is expected that ex-
| Gov. Wilson's strength will go a
| lanO uvav faward haInfno ~ fha Pan,h
lican party to once more become a
contender in Louisville politics.
| AS foretold in these columns, an
other Peoples ticket" for the
Board of Education was entered this
past week, the three running to-
gether as a unit, and will only be
separated on the ballot. They are
Fred w. Seibert, a carpenter, OF S11
Vine street; DR.. ]. Hunter Peak, Of
222 East Oak street, and DIR. L. A.
Crutcher, of 2615 West Walnut
street. BY strange coincidence all
are prominent in the ranks of the
Junior Order of United American
Mechanics, which information is fur
nished for the Louisville Herald,
which processes to be utterly at sea
In discovering what support is be-
hind the Peoples ticket. DR.. A. B.
Weaver and Edward Gottschalk, two
OF the other candidates, are also
affiliated with this organization, but
II is rumored that they are not re-
ceiving the united support of many
OF their brother members this year.
while another rumor is TO the effect
that the five candidates are in the
field with the sole purpose OF defeat
ing DR.. Bloom. the Good Govern
ment candidate. the promoters hop
ing with all five running they can
secure all three places on the Board
OF Education. The seventh candi-
date In the field is Ben w. Killing,
who represents no party or faction.
and 10 whom many OF the voters are
pledging their support. as the
average voter viii have more faith