Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1919-10-25
Enthused Over Big Rally Held at
Phoenix HiH on Wednesday
Evening.
Prosecutor Lucas in Dual Role Of
Campaign Chairman and Court
Prosecutor.
Louisville Herald Tries to Feature
keystone Police as War
Heroes.
OUTS DOWN IT'S OWN FIGURES

The Democratic rally at Phoeni,
Hill Park Wednesday evening is still
the uppermost subject in politica
circles, the size of the crowd and
the enthusiasm displayed being q
has not only enthused local Demo.
Gratis but the State leaders as we'll
and the prediction is being freely
made that the i fifth district will add
to the big plurality Gov. Black is
sure to receive throughout the
State. Remarkable for big meet
ing, the audience stayed until the
finish of Congressman Alben Bark
ley's address, IL o'clock, and all
were we'll repaid as the First district
leader tore Morrow and Ballard g
campaign to ribbons, and when he
branded Morrow as a coward for
lsidestepping joint debate with
Gov. Black and in refusing to state
whether he was for or against the
League of Nations the big crowd
went fairly wild and cheered for
five minutes. County Attorney Matt
Chiffon and Sam Tate could not
stand the terrific arrangement of
Howdy Ed and Gen. Roger Clark's
descendant and they left the hall
amid the laughter and guying of the
big crowd. Ed Miller and Herman
Monroe, other Republican leaders,
were little more game and stayed
1t out They can safely report to
Ches and the big creosote boss that
the days of the bunk reform" ad-
ministration are numbered, the tenn
per and character of the big Demo-
cratic audience marking the begin
ming OF the end for near Mayor
Smith and, as styled by Chem Hug
gins. the most inefficient city ana
Court House government ever wished
On any community.
That the local Republican machine
realizes that the good people of this
district have turned against them is
shown by events of the pas, week.
Men like Capt. Hogan and Capt. viii
Harding, with records of police
ability and efficiency of twenty-five
years standing, have been arrested
on the testimony of negro ex-con-
victs. In this connection it is pleas
ing to note that attention is now be-
ing called to the fact that Robert
Lucas, the Chairman OF the Republic
can Campaign Committee and
Prosecutor of the Police Court,
serves I'm these cases where Demo-
Gratis are arrested on the stories of
idle and negro crooks. Negro gam
blers and loafers from whose ranks
the reporters come, are brought to
that court. Can Mr.. Lucas serve the
public and the Republican party at
the same time. Can he prosecute
the negroes who comprise
80 per cent. of the Republican
party's local strength? Mr.. lucas
duty TO the public is conflicting with
his duty TO the Republican party and
he should resign one or the other.
With all due respect to Judge
Burgevin, former Democrat who
presides over that court. the average
citizen can not understand his deci-
sions in the cases of the Democratic
precinct captains. Now anyone who
has served as a witness, or on
jury, or attended court In any
capacity whatever knows that a
Judge confines the evidence to the
case on trial, yet i'm the Brennan
case Judge Burgeykn allowed the
Chairman of the Republican Cam
paign Committee, who acts as
Prosecutor of that court, to intro
duce evidence of the 1905 election,
or just fourteen years ago. Attorney
Glenn Higgins at the conclusion of
the evidence said that the Judge
might just as well allow the reading
of a few chapters of "Uncle Toms
Cabin" as according to law 1t would
have just as much bearing on the
case as evidence pertaining to some