Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1920-08-07
Elated over Gov. Cox's Prospects In
kentucky Next No
vember.
Campaign Committee Must Drop
Beckham and Beware of Bing-
ham Press Treachery.
Republican Machine Promises Shaw.
nee Park to Colored Voters If
Again Successful.
KEYSTONE cors, JUG BAND

KEYSTONE COPS JUG BAND.
Kentucky Democrats are pleased
with the progress of the Cox cam
paign in the State and the leaders
are willing to predict that ii will
show a strong reversal of reform over
last Novembers election and give
Cox and Roosevelt a substantial
plurality. Gov. Cox's visits to the
State in the last year or two have
won him wide support, while Hard
ing is practically an unknown.
Another reason is that the voters
have in selecting Morrow as Cover
nor the reigns of our State Govern
ment were turned over to Boss lobe
Hert, the ex-Indiana Prison Warden
and politician. A significant fact is
that you do not run across any Demo-
Gratis dragging" that they bolted
and voted for "Howdy Ed the
f"rousing orator" Morrow's hand
ling of the Lockett case, the holdup
of the race track people by placing
lot of incompetent hirelings in
fiat jobs and similar acts have
about awakened the voters TO the
fact that in Hert's Governor we are
management and political jobbery.
However this will all react in Gov.
Cox's favor and the Morrow Demo-
cratic voters" will redeem themselves
this fall
The success of the Democratic
ticket will depend, however, on the
conduct of the campaign by those in
charge. First the committee will
have to watch for treachery from the
CourSer-Journal and Times, who
while ostensibly supporting the DEM
oeratic candidate will knife and UNI
dermine the committee at the first
opportunity. To Offset this the
Campaign Committee should mail a
copy of Congressman II. Y. Thomas
speech on bingham and his assO-
ciates 10 every Democratic voter In
the State. This speech was deliv-
cred in Congress on June %, and Is
reprinted In the Congressional Rec
orr Next the Campaign Commit
tee should endeavor to separate Sen
ator Beckham's race from the ma
tional ticket From every part OF
Kentucky comes the cry, 1--WE will not
vote for Beckham," and right now
he is hOpelessIy beaten. Six years
ago Beckham was chosen the nomi-
nee in a three-cornered primary by
a narrow margin with the help OF
Haly and his Republican associates
in the mountain districts. During
the six years of Beckham's term he
has Haunted his prohibition views in
the face of thousands CT liberal Dem
ocratic voters, who were beguilded
into the supporting him in 1914, but
now await their turn for revenge
The same applies to the Irish anc
frish-American voters, who-1bitterl1
resent his course i'm the Senate wher
he voted against a resolution of sym
pathy for Ireland while that op
pressed country was fighting for dt'
very life and freedom. The mill
of the gods grind slowly but sure, and
those who have waited patiently 70
their chance will have 1t this fall
Chairman Grayot and his assistant
must see the handwriting on the wall
Gov. Cox can not carry Beckham.
Here in the Fifth district Prof
James H. Richmond should secur
the entire Democratic vote and 81
per cent. OF the independent vote
which would make him an easy win
ner. Congressman Ogden, who /
filing Swager Sherley's shoes jus
about on pay day only, as having
hard time trying TO explain why h
and lobe, 1.-THE national figure" a
. styled by the Bingham press and tn
other Republican paper, the Herald
could not save Camp Taylor TO
Louisville. The Evening Post hi
for a '.homer" in commenting on tn
fact that anyway Ogden secured
$4,000 Job for Phil Brown, the negr
Republican politician from Hopkins
Vile. This brings to mind that tn
colored Republican brother is bacl
ing the Hert- Searcy-.C Chiffon machin
and Morrow against the wall in d.
handing more political pie. All
the colored gamblers have been give
free reign, while it is not hard
guess how the thousands OF alb
bodied negroes loafing daily manat
to exist. Now the colored 400
coming into dts own. Cherokee Pal
\ and Shawnee Park are daily tf
scene OF coIored picnics, and they 81
that in answer to their cry for mo
tennis courts in Shawnee Park IN
Chesley' told them to lay low ,
and In the event of Republics
local victory next year Shawnee Pau
would be given to the cOl0red fol-
as a park for their own. With VIII
10Y will the residents of the West Ei
and patrons of West Broadway, Ma
ket and Chestnut street cars recet
this glad tidingsN The colored Al
Is also after the New York Store b
cause thar house will not permit d
coloped women to use the rest ROO
toilet. etc, the same as white foil
The colored political bosses ma
taken the matter up.