Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1920-10-16
Drag Poor Old Warren Gamaliei Off
His Porch to Offset Cox
Drive.
Negro Republicans Boo Brother Hunt
For Suggesting Segregation
AT Revival.
Keystoners and Firemen Beggai
Taxpayers With Record Num-
Der OF Smashups.
KEYsroNER COLLECTS TOLL.

Democrats can not help from
smiling at the spectacle of the Re-
publican Campaign Committee try
ing to arouse enthusiasm for the
eigurehead nominee of the little
group of fossilized Senators and the
big fnoneyed interests, The plans
of Figurehead Harding's hackers
have certainly gone wrong. AS
everyone knows, It was intended
that the old gentleman should sit
on his porch at Marion, Ohio, and
the Doodle boys would furnish the
fireworks with few set speeches
delivered from the porch. The au-
diences would be composed OF Re-
publican holders and chair
warmers brought from the different
sections of the country and the
press agents would give out state
ments of the ''big representative au-
dience that heard Senator Harding"
Recently the Hert-Searcy-Chilton
machine of this section sent up one
of those representative audiences"
the machine footing the bill for any
old idler that cared to make the
trip. All required in return was
that he must be a good shouter for
the Republican cause. But sad to
say, these jaunting trips have been
stopped and poor Harding has been
forced off the porch by the trend of
sentiment for. Gov. Cox. The G, o..
p. nominee is being jerked about
the country to try and offset the
Cox demonstrations and the money
ed interests are spending coolies of
money for fireworks and noise.
The Republican press Is working
desperately to make Harding a popu-
lar figure with the masses of the
voters, who thus far haven't been
able to see Warren Gamallel: On
June is the Louisville Herald, the
machine organ OF the Republican
party here, was distinctly peeved
over Harding's selection and In an
editorial said the convention was
bossed by a few men, and that In
answer to calls for speaker who
wasn't agreeable. to the bosses the
Chairman would say that he was
not In the hall" Sarcastically the
Herald said further that 1t congrat-
ulated "the Senate group who pick
ed the nominee" and then went on
to say that It doubted IL Harding
could win without getting the In
dependent vote, meaning that the
machine selection did not appeal to
the people. But the bosses whip
cracked and the Herald fell in line,
and on Harding's appearance here
Thursday the Herald editor was at
a loss for words to gush and slob-
Der over Warren Gamaliel, whom
Il couldn't see on June IS, just fol-
towing the Republican convention
when Tobe Hert and his man Low
den were tricked by the sly old Sem
atOrs. To demonstrate Harding's
strength the Herald has been pub
fishing straw votes or straw dope
from the pill shop boxes, but for
some unknown reason will not pub
fish the straw vote taken In its own
office. In a straw vote taken in the
mechanical department OF the Her.
aid the vote was Cox twenty-six and
Harding three.
The publication of the registra-
ton figures in Louisville show that
the claim of control of the Republi-
can party by the colored Republi-
cans Is just one and the $4,000
negro men and women who regis
tered with the G. o. p. are entitled
to seats In the party councils. And
realizing that strength, the negroes
have already served notice on the
Hert- Searcy Chiffon machine that
from now on they want to be on
equal footing with the whites. The
Republican bosses have been noti
fled in no uncertain terms that Il
the Republicans elect the city tickle
next year there must be negro pc
lice, negro firemen, negro officiall
I'm the City Hall, negro women ant
RirIs as deputies In public offices
and pressure brought to bear on th'
street car company for negro motor
men and conductors. 1t Is also UNI
derstood that Shawnee Park is to b
the colored playground and the Re
publican Board of Park Commission
ers are afraid right now 20 den'
that the negroes will be given tina
park for themselves.
Rev. NJ. p. Hunt, the well know
Baptist minister and dyed in tn
wool Republican of the bitter type
can now testify that the negroe
have begun a fight on segregation
Rev. Hunt in company with othe
white ministers attended services Il
the colored church on West Chest
nut street last Sunday to invite tn
colored ministers and their flocks 4
take part in the big Gypsy Smith re
vival meeting to be conducted un
der the auspices OF the Protestan
church leaders. Rev. Hunt an
announced that seventy seats ha
been reserved for the colore
preachers and separate seats for tn
good colored brothers and sisters !
the audience. This brought tn
storm and from all parts of th
house the negroes cried: "Not 70
MS: wen sit with the whites or nc
AZ an" and Rev. Hunt was pract
cally booed off the platform. The
10 add to the humiliation OF tn
white ministers Archibald ]. Carel
Of Chicago. colored leader an
Methodist negro Bishop, denounce
Hunts invitation as an insult an
said that the negroes from now o