Kentucky Irish American., 1921-08-06

DEMOCRATIC
Party and Committee Are on Trial
in the Greene-Gregory
Contest.
Forcing of Gregory Against Peo-
pies Wishes Deliberate Party
Suicide.
Republican Machine Has Troubles
Galore and Ches and Bob
Retire.
THE KEYsToNERs RUN AMUCK.

The local Democratic party and
the present City and County Com
mittee are on trial in the primary
today and the committees handling
of the primary will either earn the
support or condemnation not only
OF the Democratic voters, but the
mass of independent voters who
are lovers of fair play. And that
verdict will be rendered according
70 the result of the Greene-Gregory
race for the nomination for County
Judge. The open campaign has
proven beyond doubt that the
voters in unmistakable numbers
want Mr. Greene for the nomina-
ton. not single gathering of the
Jackson Club. the Shelby Club. the
Twelfth Ward Club. the South and
North End Eleventh Ward Clubs
but showing the enormous trend OF
sentiment for the popular young
attorney. The same sentiment was
shown not only in other gathering gs
but in the county outside OF the
city. No one disputes that Mr..
Greene is the choice of the people,
this being conceded by those who
for various reasons are supporting
Gregory.
This brings us TO an analysis OF
the support behind Judge Gregory.
composed OF little group of will
full men. who despite the popular
uv of Mr.. Greene are resorting to
81
chicanery to defeat the wishes of
the people. Lewis Humphrey. Ar
thur Krock and Attorney Tony Car
roll are the chief promoters of
Judge Gregory's campaign and they
have enrolled a few workers who
are noted for their willingness TO
fake orders whether right or wrong
An effort is being made to direct
the work of the entire Democratic
organization from the headquarters,
attempting to issue instructions for
support OF Gregory. although
neither of the three above named
gentlemen are members of the City
and County Democratic Committee.
The people do not want Gregory,
the unwilling and eleventh hour
candidate. yet these gentlemen are
endeavoring to force him on the
party against the wishes OF the
voters. Any man or woman inter
ested in the welfare of the party
realizes this course is suicidal. and
as one leading candidate expressed
Il the other day he wouldn't give
dollar and quarter for his nom
nation with Gregory as the candi-
do4. for Nnmnfv Tudpe
The situation in the Republican
party is similar to that in the
Democratic party, the only differ
ence being that the Searcy-Chilton
mahcine has handful of contests
that promise trouble for the hosses.
Matt Holt for Criminal Judge, Joe
Kirwan for Sheriff, Nick Vaughan
for Judge. Nick Denunzio for Jaiier
and Gilmore Thomas for Repre-
sentative. are arrayed against the
Republican machine, which marks
the greatest opposition against the
Searcy-Chilton machine in eight
years ALI of these men have
strong following of independent Re-
publicans, comprising business and
professional men Arrayed against
at the command of the machine
are all OF the city and county em-
ployes. the negro and white gam
blers and the proprietors OF sup
posedly soft drink stands. Here
tofore the Searcy-Chilton machine
has counted on the big negro vote
in the Ninth and Tenth wards TO
do the bidding of the bosses but
the Lovett case has offset this and
the negroes not allied with the gam
bling and bootlegging interests
have become dissatisfied with the
gearcy-Chilton regime. Just as
Messrs. Kirwan. Holt and the other
Republicans who dare to think for
themselves.
This dissatisfaction means that
the end of the Searcy-Chilton re-
gime in the Republican party is In
sight. and the end of its bossism IS
in sight in city affairs II the DEM
ocratic ticket is beaded by those
two stalwart young Democrats,
Harris and Greene. Political critics
believe that when Bob Lucas ac-
cepted the Collectorship and Cnes
Searcy grabbed the post OF Ma
Itionai Committeeman both were
liar seeing enough to see the hand
&writing on the wall When the
*iefeat comes the unknown MT.
|loorman will bear the brunt but
he Republican League, the alias
r the Searcy-Chilton machine, Will
We gathered together a big get
av fund from the keystone po-
the sshick'' firemen. the white
black gamblers and the ''soft
nkr stands. Every effort is
he to make the latter class pay
full and near Eighteenth and
adway a plain clothes man has
stationed for two weeks watch
"a soft drink stand, the pro-
'or having failed TO come
bother disappointment to the
,lican bosses is the cool recep-
ciyen Judge Huston Quin's
acy for Mayor. The Searcy-
machine Leaders knew that
lar Mayor Smith administra-
Tas the poorest in Louisville's
Z. .