 <unk> 's ardent support of prohibition likely cost him the election . His position put him at odds with Henry <unk> , editor of the powerful Louisville Courier @-@ Journal . As governor <unk> had crossed the liquor interests and the political machinery in Louisville . When the Kentucky Court of Appeals <unk> the results of Louisville 's municipal elections due to interference by the city 's " whiskey ring " in May 1907 , <unk> appointed Robert Worth <unk> , a young lawyer and fellow <unk> , as interim mayor until elections could be held in November . <unk> eliminated <unk> in the police department , closed gambling houses and enforced blue laws closing saloons on Sunday . Following this , the whiskey ring announced <unk> had forfeited the support of Louisville 's legislators . In the <unk> election in 1908 , three of the four Democrats who voted against <unk> were from Louisville . Following his defeat , <unk> returned to his law practice . 
