Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1920-09-04
GOV. COX
Carries Fight TO Republican Camp
and Wins Many New Sup
porters.
BeclSham's Friends Now Only Inter.
ested in Furthering His
Cause.
Our Reform Administration Goes
Broke and Assessments VIII
Be Doubled.
KEysToNERs GET soUsED.


Six months ago wherever national
politics were discussed it was the
consensus of opinion that the Re
publican party had the brightest
outlook and that the Presidential
nominee of that party was pretty
nearly certainty for our next Chief
Executive. This was accounted for
in different ways, but-the main rea-
sons were that the Republican party
would launch bitter attack on the
Democratic administrations conduct
of the war, and the high cost of liv-
ing would be another charge that
the Republican campaign speakers
could fling at the Democrats. But
here il is, less than sixty days from
election day, and instead of the
Democrats being on the defense we
find just the opposite. Gov. Cox
has carried the fight right to the
Republican leaders door, and we
find Chairman Hays, Treasurer Up
ham and all of the big and little
Republicans skurrying back and
forth trying to cover up the trail of
the enormous slush fund that was
to be used for campaign purposes.
The old saying that all the world
loves a fighter applies in this case,
and Gov. Cox's manly and agrees
sive tactics have won him countless
supporters. If nothing else, he has
exposed the shallow National Chair
man, Hays, who came near securing
the Republican nomination himself
by betrayal of Lowden.
Here in Kentucky Gov. Cox's
chances to carry the State are grow
ing daily, and this, despite the
bungling efforts of Senator Beck
hams friends of the campaign COM
mittee who are trying TO advance
his interests, no matter whom else
Il helps or hurts. And right here
Hes athes zianRer- to- Democratic sue
cess in Kentucky. Just as the Ken
lucky Irish American warned the
leaders and organizers last spring,
there are thousands of Democrats in
every part of the State who are Bit
terly opposed to Beckham and any
attempt to coerce or intimldate these
voters spells danger TO Gov. Cox and
the other Democratic nominees.
Irish and Irish-American Democrats
are firm in their resolutions to vote
against Beckham voters who OPP
pose fanatical prohibition as adj
vanced by Haly and Beckham will
vote against Beckham, and Demo-
Gratis who have grown sick and tired
of the Haly-Beckham duo in the
party will not vote for Beckham. At
every little gathering now, political
or otherwise, some of Beckham's
friends are planted to talk especially
in favor of him and no one else.
It's a pity these same close advisers
of Beclxham didn't realize his weak
ness six months ago and persuade
him to stay out of the race.
Every now and then the Kentucky
Irish American publishes little ex-
tracts from the Hert-Searcy-Chilton
book entitled Facts, which was
formerly circulated among the vot-
ers, but since the reform administra-
ton went to pieces why Facts" has
ceased to circulate. In the issue of
Facts we have before US we were
told the following in speaking of
near Mayor Smiths administration:
"Within two months after they
entered office the tax levy was ne
duced from 81 81 to 81 .S5. Approx
imately two hundred unnecessary
offices were abolished. Pay Of hard
working employees (meaning Key
stone police) needing IL most was
Increased. Every office in the City
Hall and Court House was given a
housekeeping and inefficiency, red
tape, and INSCRIPTIONS conduct of
departments disappeared like dirt
before a busy broom"
Isn't that rich? Taxpayers were
told about how under the splendid
management of lobe, Ches, Matt,
Paul and all of the other reform"
leaders we would soon have hardly
any taxes to pay. Now the Ken
lucky Irish American will quote
from facts of today, not the Facts of
the Republican machine. Here are
the facts today: Our tax rate is
f.0S, the highest In the history of
the city of Louisville, and I'm addi-
ton TO the enormous tax rate City
Assessor BristOw announced Tues
day that assessments this year will
be raised TO 100 per cent, which
means that many taxpayers will pay
double their present taxes and the
record of $f.0S. Poor old George
Weissingeri Elected on a platform
OF economy and lower taxes as
his street car cards and posters used
to tell us, he is now at the head Of
an administration that admits bank
ruptcy. Chairman Burlingame an
nounces this week that the admins
tration will not he able to pay the
police pensions, depriyiBg the city's
past faithful servants and widows
aud orphans of their much needed
monthly stipend. Just as we pre-
tlicted after two months OF the near
Mayors reign. reform" comes high,
hut we had to have It. Before
Smiths term is out it would not be
surprising to see the City Hall clock
put In soak to carry the good ship
reform" on its expensive way.
Well. the colored Republican
brother comes into his own next
wednesday when the HertSearcy-
Chiffon machine will give an excur-
sion to Sugar Grove, this affair be-
ing given to appease the wrath of