Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1919-05-24
Are Indignant at the Bushwhacking
Methods of the Bingham
Press.
Why the Attacks on senator STAN
ley, Who Was INDICATED at
Polls.
The Louisville Herald Has Become
Jealous of Opposition Sup
port.
henry wATTERsoN's MEMOIRS.

Democrats throughout the State
are asking themselves if the Cour-
ier-Journal and Times have not gone
over body and breeches to the Re
publican party, and the continual
fawping on A. T. Hert, the Repub-
lican National Committeeman and
sole boss of the G. o. p. in Ken
lucky, has aroused the Indignation
of Democrats, who expected the
Bingham papers TO be true to their
colors. Day after day the Courier
Journal and Times resort TO meth
DDS calculated to injure party sue
cess in Kentucky, and it is time for
the Democratic committees, State
and local, TO ask Mr.. Bingham where
does he stand and why the BUSH
whacking policy is continued. First
a TRADE of abuse and criticism was
leveled at Senator-elect Stanley, and
despite the fact that he was elected
by good majority in a Republican
year, in an honest and fair election,
the Bingham press does not relish
his choice by the people. Senator
SANKEY'S record as Governor is not
on trial now, and Furthermore his
record must have been satisfactory
to the voters of Kentucky or he
would have been rebuked in No
vember. Then the Courier-Journal
and Times dug up a cock and bull
story as to the Senator being de-
MED his seat, the wish being father
to the thought, and now that he has
been sworn in they refuse to be
cOmforted.
Every act of Mr.. Hert, the Re
publican boss. is glOrified and his
absolute control of the hand-picked
convention at Lexington is construed
as praiseworthy effort. The
Confessional and Times have
gone so far in their support of the
Republican boss and his party that
the Republican official organ, the
Louisville Herald. has become afraid
of its prestige in the party and the
other day took occasion to question
the Courier-Journaps Democracy in
the following editorial:
"Some idea of the revolutionary
spirit to be found in Democratic
ranks--we must assume our morn
ing neighbor STILL TO BE COUNT
ED WITH THE DEMOCRATIC
VOICE, THOUGH THERE ARE
TIMES WHEN IT'S HARD TO BE-
LIEVE."
No Neffort is left undone by the
Hert-Bingham press TO create fric-
ton in Democratic circles among
the supporters of Gov Black, Judge
Carroll, Lieut.. Col. Bernhard or Col.
p. J.. Noel, and the idea is thrown
out frequently that neither will have
chance to defeat Mr.. Hert's hand
Il -. 49,. fer1xA
here it might be said that this opin-
ion is not a popular one and the
Democratic leaders and party fol-
lowers know that Kentucky is nor
mally a Democratic State, and with
the thousands Of soldier boys back
home either Of the above named
gentlemen can win in November.
When il is taken into consideration
that one of the greatest assets to
the Republican party in Kentucky
the colored voter-furnished very
few soldiers to leave the State last
year and the State Democratic tick
Ell won easily, how much more Sc
cure will be victory this year.
From an outside standpoint just
now it appears that Gov. Black is
in the strongest position for the
iOlllDAllOltf AdNlh6 eeAhC0 NChRANNA
able ground the past few weeks,
and he can augment that strength
by his record as Governor. The
Bernhard leaders, as stated before,
are not sincere in their campaign,
and they. too, are playing the Cour-
ier-Journal-T Times game of throwing
sop to Bernhard and preparing TO
support Morrow after the primary.
From the Bernhard camp came the
article suggesting James B. Brown
for the nomination for the sole pur-
pose of muddying the waters, Mr..
Brown not being candidate, but
the purpose of the Denhard-MolTow
combination was to reflect on the
present aspirants for the nomina-
ton and leave the impression that
the Democratic party as a whole
was dissatisfied with the present ar
ray Percy's fine Italian hand was
seen in the Brown card.
In closing a warming might be
extended to the Courier-Journal and
Times in regard to their policy OF
knitting and boiling the Democratic
party. Just twenty-three years ago
these papers bolted the Democratic
nominee and of this Editor Henry
Watterson refers to in his memoirs
in the Saturday Evening Post as
follows:
"Only once during the Free Silver
craze of 1896 and the dark tragic
days that followed it the three or
four succeeding years, the paper
Courier-Journal) having stood for
sound money, was the property In
serious danger. 1t cost more labor
and patience to save it from destruc-
tion than it had cost to create II
thirty years before"
The attacks on Champ Clark
choice OF the Democratic members
Of Congress. and Senator Stanley
coupled with the assistance to Hert
and Morrow, and the refusal to
criticise the worst administration IN
Louisville's history are not appre-