Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1916-12-16
Prohibition Will Not Secure
Even the Full Republican
Vote in Elections.
Local Republicans Want Under
taker as Appropriate Selec-
ton For Mayor.
DEMOCRATS ANNOUNCE RAPIDLY

tne hepuDllcan party in Ken
lucky did not celebrate Thanksgiy-
ing day with any great gusto and
are not looking forward to happy
Christmas and New Year because
the political future for the Republi-
can party in this State looks very
dark indeed. Losing the State and
the nation in the past year was
bad enough, but to have the party
committed to the hopeless platform
OF prohibition leaves no hope for
victories in the future and may even
mean defeat in the counties and
towns where the G. o. p. had
working majority. Republicans
high and low are loud in their con-
domination of National Committee
man Hert, the Kentucky Republi-
can boss, because of his espousal
of prohibition and his intent to see
the party committed to it. 1t was
bad enough that he, a newcomer in
Kentucky politics, should with the
assistance of the national Republic
can leaders shove aside Col. McCul-
loch, Ludlow Petty and others, OBJ
tanning complete control, but to
come along now and ram prohibi-
ton down the throat of the entire
party is carrying things pretty high
handed. AS Louisville Republi-
can remarked the other day, what
right has lobe Hert to come over
here from Indiana and tell us what
our political convictions should
be-" And this remark pretty near
sums up the case after all. The
Republicans in all parts of the State
see dark prospects ahead.
Aside from a political standpoint
prohibition has no chance in Ken
lucky, and the quicker the prohibit
ton question is settled the better
it will be for all concerned. The
combined vote of Stanley and Nc
Dermott showed a big majority
over McChesney, the Prohibition
candidate on the Democratic end,
while the sentiment in the Repub-
lican party was so overwhelmingly
against prohibition that DR.. Ben
Bruner, the Republican Prohibition
candidate, was scared off the track
and declined to contest with Nor
row in the primary. Nothing has
transpired since that time to en-
courage the prohibition element to
hope for another result, but the
agitation is kept up by the preacher
politicians and anti-saloon leaguers,
who calculate they must make a
noise to earn their salary. In this
they are being assisted by Percy
Haly, who is making vain effort
to come back in Democratic politics,
and the Republicans spoken of
above, who see in prohibition a pos
sible chance to recoup their losses,
but the wise Republican leaders will
have nothing to do with the move
That the odds are against prohi-
bition in Kentucky is shown in the
willingness of our trust companies
and large real estate holders to
lease property for liquor purposes
with a provision in the lease calling
for a revoke of the lease if Ken
lucky goes dry.
The gloom of the Republicans is
reflected in the local situation to
such an extent that some of the
| leaders close to the Chilton-Searcy
machine say that the party here is
dead or pretty near so. That there
is something in this is conceded by
the Herald, which confesses that
the Republicans are trying to Sc
cure John Mas, an undertaken, 10
lead the ticket for Mayor, which
seems appropriate, to say the least.
The Herald further adds a possible
list OF candidates to accompany I'm
dertaker Mas, but failed to specify
whether they were to be pall-bear-
ers or mourners, among them being
Joe Selligman, Joe Lawton, Henry
Fox and Matt Chiffon for County
Attorney; w. E. Ross for Sheriff;
ex-Mayor Grinstead for Tax Re-
ceiver and Richard Menefee for
County Assessor. On account OF
the party's espousal of prohibition
many wholesale and retail liquor
men heretofore identified with the
lG. o. p. will consistently refuse to
follow the funeral procession.
The Democrats are so encouraged
over the situation that in all
probability every office with the ex-
ception possibly of Mayor, County
Attorney and Jailer will have two
or more candidates Sheriff Gro
mans candidacy will be unopposed
lin the primary, and the same goes
for County Attorney Bullitt and
Jailer Foster. 1t is rumored that
County Judge Greene is still holding
up the appointment of County AS
SCISSOR with the possible view OF
getting strength away from Lorraine
Mix, Mark Beauchamp and Tyler
Barnett other possible candidates.
Harry Leachman is being mentioned
as a contestant for County Assessor
lagainst Allen Smith James f.
Dunno is being groomed by some
smart politicians and ward leaders
to enter the race for County Clerk
against Pres Ray. Charles Milliken
Is also being mentioned pretty fire.
uuently for the same office. Thomas
Walsh, Glenn Higgins and Hunter
Burke are getting a call for Police
Judge against Judge Boldrick.
Councilman Mike McDermott. and