Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1920-10-02
Amazed at Activity OF Women m
Fu,thering the Democratic
Campaign.
Republicans Fight Shy Of Women
Meetings Because of CoIored
sisters.
Democratic Committee Should In
strlct Voters How to Scratch
Beclxham.
FIREMAN IN MOVIE SCENE.

The State and local Democratic
Campaign Committees are more than
pleased with the activity of the
Democratic women in the campaign,
and this activity is not confined to
the society women who sometimes
take an active interest in move
like this for fad or social whim.
On the other hand, it is the store
and office girls who are taking an
active part in the women's meetings
in the central part of the city and
some of them have already display
ed talents as organizers that will
compare favorably with our leading
politicians. In the residential dis
tricts many men find their wives and
sisters taking a keen interest in wo-
mems meetings and the political
campaign, and these same men three
or four months ago would have been
willing to wager their all that
mother or isis" would never be
interested in politics enough to vote.
The women's vote has indeed proven
a fond plum for the Democratic
party in city and state elections and
the attempt of the Republican lead
ers to offset this is amusing. The
Hert-Searcy-Chilton machine is
afraid to announce general meetings
OF Republican women, as the colored
sisters would butt" in and cause
considerable embarrassment.
In order to avoid conflict between
the white Republican women voters
and their colored Republican sisters
the local Republican machine Is at
it's wits end. A hall has been Sc
cured in the colored section on West
Chestnut street and the Republican
COMMITTEES invites all colored wo-
men voters to come there and learn
all about registration. voting. etc,
but the eolored sisters have become
a little peeved about the big wo-
mems meetings up town and they
1N4nt fepRcecI ~ tiI5 DiB r.
publican gatherings to sit on the
stage with "Howdy Ed" Morrow,
Lieut.. Gov. Ballard and the other
Republican leaders. To an outsider
It hardly seems possible that Chair
man Ches. Searcy will refuse to give
equal representation to the colored
brother and sister, who have fought
so nobly for Republicanism, ere
form" and plenty of crap games. But
sad to say, this mention of the col
ored Republican brothers and sisters
seems TO strike sore spot and the
Louisville Herald, the official organ
of the Republican machine, grows
real indignant at the idea of white
Democrats daring to mention in any
way the big army of negro men and
women voters who are working for
I.A Is h. ~
who form 90 per cent. of the Repub-
lican party i'm Louisville. The col
ored press here has become a little
indignant on its own hook because
of the race question, but has boy
cotted the Gayety and other lacal
theaters because they are not allow
ed to sit down stairs. Speaking of
Col. Haager's address on the race
question, a local colored paper says:
I'VE warn you, there are a consider
able number of coIored people too
ready and eager to settle these af.
fairs with fisticuffs and firearms"
Just a little piece of advice to the
State and County Democratic Com
mittees. There are thousands OF
voters who are going to vote against
Beckham, the Democratic nominee
for Senator, and some missionary
work needs to be done showing them
how to scratch their ballot. This
large class of voters are first and
foremost against Beckham and If not
properly coached many of these men
and women will vote the straight
Republican ticket to insure a vote
against him. This would be injuri
Gus to the candidacy of Gov. Cos
and every Democratic Congressional
ticket in Kentucky. Beckham anc
his friends seem to have just real
lied that the Irish and Irish-Ameri
can voters have accepted his def
and he will find that the support o
the pro-Eng lish Courier-Journal viii
not be enough to offset this vote OF
election day. Originally Beckhan
never attempted to explain his posi-
tion on the Irish question and neve
showed the least concern when thu
National Board of Friends OF Irisl
Freedom classed him as a consisten
voter against Irish freedom. Recent
ly he attempted to explain and late
came out flat-footed as an opponen
of Irish freedom. The Courier
Journal lauds him as a hero TO
snubbing the Irish and Irish-Ameri
can voters, but failed to make men
ton OF the fact that Beckham'
friends had asked privately for tn
Friends of Irish Freedom to with
draw their embarrassing questions
The die is cast and the entire mat
ter is up to the voters, and the onl,
one remaining duty is for the Demo
cratic Campaign Committees to in
struct the voters how to scratcl
Beckham. A word to the wise
sufficient.
Near Mayor Smith announced thi
past week that he had borrowe'
$1,00Q,00O to carry over our depict
ed and broken city treasury. whic
is as empty under Smithy and IRE
form" as the famous. cupboard Q
Old Mother Hubbard. And Smif
was elected ON the platform o
Economy and Lower Taxes" An
incidental to the borrowing Of tn
million dollars our near Mayor brok