Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-01-31

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action of public servants or citi
zcns with malicious intent, b,
making false statements detrimcn
tai to their character in the com
munity in which they live, an,
thereby destroy the peace and hap
piness of many happy homes.
Trusting that your efforts will con
tinuc in the direction in which
you promised, | herewith cnclos,
my check covering my subscrip
ton.
Very Respectfully,
b. j. TREAcY.
p. S.-You may publish thi.
letter you deem it best.
The above letter of Councilman
Treacy, while kind and gencrou.
as has has always been his every
expression tn me is somewhat mis-.
leading.
In starting the Bluegrass Blade
| did not assume that the troubles
in our city government were the
result of "lOose methods" and that
the errors were more of the head
than. of the heart, and that the
faults of our officers resulted from
inactivity. q
I said as plainly as could that
the faults, not only in the munich
pal government of Lexington, but
of the County of Fayette, and of
the State of Kentucky, were not
the result of intellectual incompe-
tency, but that the managers ofall
these departments ofpolitics were
smart and shrcwd men, and that
the corruption in our politics was
the result of malice prepense and
aforethought, and specially speci-
fled that this malfeasance was the
result of moral depravity, and that
this depravity was the result ofthe
use of whisky-not even of beer
or wine-but of debauching de-
basing whisky, made and sold right
here in our own suburbs, that was
personally used to great excess by
the officers over us, and that they
used this whisky and the influence
of the saloon men and distillerS to
secure their elections.
And | now reassert that the de.
libcrate plan of operation by that
part of the Democratic party that
is now in powor here is to Use
whisky, and money and to corrupt
and to change and per-
vert the votes of our people to
themselves in power.
My friend Captain Treacy, will
not deny that we have had album
dant evidence of the truth OF what
state, and he will not publish the
names OF the most prominent Off
cials in this town, and state that
none of them are drunkards, and
he will not deny that in whisky
drinking club room in this city,
that has been indicted by the grand
Jury of this county, there are the
and deliberations that
result in the sending of men to
represent us in Frankfort, and at
Washington, who were at the time
of their selection known to be con-
stitutional drunkards.
Captain Treacy will not deny
that a mans known opposition to
the whisky traffic in this city would
so handicap him in any race for Of
flee that he might make, that no
amount of competency for the po-
sition would give him a shadow Of
a chance for election.
When | came to live in this city
twenty years ago, and knew moth
ing about municipal affairs, but
was Democrat, the very highest
social representation asked me to
become a candidate to represent
my ward in the city concil. l de-
clined because as l said. l was not
intelligent in the city's business.
Since then my connection with
Journalism and my property in
terests here, have made me as IA
miliar with the necessities OF this
city as any man in it, and though
that statement is recognized as
true by Captain Trcacy, and almost
any intelligent Lexington reader,
there is not an office within the gift
of the people of this city that or
any other Prohibitionist could get.
We are simply politically ostracised
because We are opposed to liquor.
say that Captain Treacy and
all other intelligent gentlemen that
stand at the head of the political
affairs of this city, are bound to
recognize from the dockets of every
court that the liquor traffic is the
source of so much crime in our city
aud State, that their reputation
abroad is such that despite the
great natural advantages that we
enjoy, there is scarce any imigra-
ton here except of those who are
attracted by the horse and whisky
interests of the State.
Under these circumstances there
f,,o insist that this sunrcmncy of