The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-03-10
Politics In Old Kentucky
Warming Up.
MATTERS ARE TAKING SHAPE
EARLY Platform Conventions
Now Seem More Ger.
tain Than Ever.
UNFOLDING THE COUNTY UNIT

Louisville, Ky. March 6.-The
entrance of sixth Democratic can
didate for Governor, II. V. McChes-
| ney. on a Statewide prohibition
platform, in the race, with the Beck
ham-Haly backing, caused quite
stir in Louisville.
Anticipating the announcement of
McChesney. the Louisville Post,
which has for years been the Beck
ham-Haly organ in Louisville and
always strong local option paper,
in a conspicuous tirst-page editorial
yesterday, announced it was unal-
terably opposed to Statewide pro-
hibition as an issue in Kentucky
this year, saying the present county
unit law satisfied the temperance
people.
Editor Knott is said to have told
Haly he would support him for Gov
ernor if he would cut out Statewide
prohibition. His intimate friends
now say he will support any of the
other candidates for Governor, even
Stanley, if necessary, to beat Nc
Chesney.
The Courier-Journal, Times and
Post will all oppose McChesney and
the Louisville Democratic organize
ton. including Mayor Buschmeyer
and the city hall people, Whallen.
McGrath and Banker James B.
Brown. all of whom were supporters
of Beckham in the primary last
year, are surprised and incensed at
this turn of affairs. They say thai.
but for their support of Beckham,
Stanley would have got a big cough
majority in Louisville to have WOE.
There are seven Circuit Judges, q
Circuit Court Clerk, Common
wealth's Attorney and Board of
Alderman to elect in Louisville next
fall, and the local organization say
they could not hope to carry their
local ticket to victory under State
wide prohibition candidate for Gov
ernor. They admit that with six
candidates for Governor in the pri-
mary McChesney might get a plu-
rality, even if he got not more than
10000 votes in total vote of about
10000.
On account of the grave probable
ity that. in a field of six, the win
ner. whoever he may be, might get
only a small plurality of the total
vote, there is now much talk of
plans of eliminating some of the can
didates before the date of the Aug
ust primary. However. the process
of elimination, it is admitted, will
be difficult.
There is now more talk of hold
ing a convention before the primary
than ever before. 1t is known that
one or two of the present candidates
would not care for the nomination
at all on Statewide platform.
Therefore. If State convention
should declare for Statewide. these
men would be automatically elimi-
mated. and if the convention should
declare against Statewide, McChes-
ney would be certainly eliminated.
or the other candidates Cherry,
while saying he has always voted for
local option and opposed tt open
saloon. declares Kentucky should at
present stand on its county up't law,
which has put the saloons out Of
LOG counties and the other counties
under this law can also put them
out. Stanley also declares for the
present county unit law. Newman
has declared he would favor giving
the people a chance to vote on pro-
hibition il they want it, Bosworth
and McDermott have made no pub
lie declaration on the subject.
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