Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1920-10-23
REPUBLICANS
Filled With Gloom and Worry Over
Impending Disaster TO
Harding.
G. o. p. Nominees Appearance Here
Left Trail OF Trouble and
Feeling.
Col. Petty on Little Lecture Tour
of His Own Boosting
Keystoners.
CAPTAIN BENEFITS STORY.

Gloom and worry have taken pos
session of the Republican party and
the national and State campaign
leaders are showing the strain OF
trying to carry the weak Harding
through to election day. 1t has been
bad enough to put forth daily ex-
plantations of why he has changed
his position about steen times on
the League of Nations, but the prize
bogey man is now arising and Re
publican campaign managers from
Maine TO California are spending
some restless days and nights. The
New York World limited at the story
the other day and it brought the
cold sweat on the Harding hackers,
the Ohio Republican campaign lead
ers beginning to fuss and fret right
AWAY for possible alibis. Many well
posted campaign critics say that IL
this story is sprung on Harding a
week before the election 1t will be
the DR.. Burchard-Blaine episode over
again. But the strain is telling on
the Republican leaders and press
alike and If the rumored racial story
concerning Harding comes to LIE IL
will mean an utter collapse OF the
Republican campaign.
The worst enemies OF the Hert-
Searcy-Chilton machine in Kentucky
could wish for no more trouble and
worry for the G.. o. p. bosses in this
State. as lobe, Ches and Matt are
still staggering from the effect OF
Harding's appearance here, which
caused endless trouble and worry
for the Republican machine leaders.
Gov. Cox's recent appearance IN
louisville when he drew record
breaking crowd with corresponding
enthusiasm was the cause of all the
trouble. To compare with the Dem
ocnatic nominees showing thousands
of dollars were spent and every city
county and State employe, families
and. relatives, white and black, were
commanded to appear at the Hard
ing gathering. The speech OF the
moor old Senator was fizzle. but al
a given signal of Roscoe Searcy's
cheer leaders the G. o. p. employees
and their families would cheer and
applaud. The porch candidate SPOKE
TO his audience through "a telephone
transmitter, not being heard by 15(
people in the audience, the BLURRED
drum sound of his voice reminding
one of a man in a drug store win
dow with a glass tapping arrange
ment calling attention to his dis
play of corn salve and it's merits
OF course Harding's address Eel
flat.
But that was only one OF the wor
ries of the Republican leaders. Th'
colored brothers and sisters whA
have taken a front seat in the Re
publican band wagon were early at
tendants at the Armory to hea
s'Mistah Handing" but they wer
given the snub of their lives whel
they were ordered to pile up in tn
balcony to themselves. The educat
ed codored gentlemen and Ladies re
sented this, however, and pusne'
past the doorkeepers, taking iron
seats with their white Republican
sisters and brothers. The negroe
are still up in arms over the segre
cation meeting, and they have mad
life miserable for the Republican
bosses who have been trying to tel
them that they were sent upstaar
through a mistake, but the colore'
G. o. p. is still miffed and threaten
revenge. And that was not all. Al
ter the meeting had been in sessiol
perhaps half an hour and tn
Armory became warm the gentl
zephyrs began to watt a smell froI
the balcony where the black colore
brothers and sisters we're packed I
Buffocation. The rush for air DC
gan and the whites from downstaif
piled out as if some one had erie
fire. One society Republican leade
said: ''My, but that odah ds perfeci
Nv diSa agreeable" Heretofore sh
had ridden In her limousine and PR
tested against the Democrats mel
tioning the negro question in pol
tics.
And last but not least was the e.
pose of the Republican machine
fake overseas veterans. 1t wa
planned to plant about fifty SUI
posed overseas soldiers in uniforl
grouped around Harding, and the
were to pose as Republican patrio
and professors against q league ths
would bring them to the frol
again. But there were many Dem'
Gratis in the audience and they g,
posed the camouflaged overseas We
Grams. who were a lot OF KeystoK
police from the awkward militai
squad of the local department. The
comedy cops were posing as owe
seas victims and veterans of the WI
when none of them had ever bee
farther overseas than Jeffersonvil
or Hickory Crick back hum. So, q
In all, the Harding appearance
Louisville brought no Joy or pea
to Tobe, Ches or Matt and their a
tempt to fool the public fell fla
while the attempt to fool the
negro followers has caused unen
lessitrouble. Furthermore the neg
Republicans have notified the g.
p. bosses that instructions must
given TO the white Republican vote
TO vote for Lovett, the negro cant
date for the Board of Education.
Col. Petty, Chief OF Police, ga
another Of his entertaining talks
the Bible class Of st. Lule's Eva
gelical church last Sunday, a