Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-10-08
Sensations Still Continue With
Regularity at the State
House.
Gov. Bradley Taking No Part
in the Campaign Now TAX
ing Place.
OPENING OF THE HIBERNIAN HALL
SPECIAL LETTER.

After years of quiet sleep old Frankfort
has at last awakened, and the present
Council-which, by the way, is the best
and most progressive one that the city
has ever had-has let the contract for
several additional squares of brick street.
St. Clair is already finished and work is
progressing rapidly on Broadway, Ann
and Main streets. New artificial stone
pavements are rapidly being put down on
the principal streets of the city. Even
the State Custodian has ruled that new
brick pavement is not an improvement, p"
but repair" and is putting one down
around the State House Square. Taken
all i'll all the old town will shortly be
transformed when the l.. & n. completes
its new and handsome depot. Whether
it is confidence restored" or mckinley
prosperity" that has caused the city to
wake up is not known, but, however
everybody is satifed.
The last days of the Republican State
administration are producing as many
latest exploded last Tuesday, when Com
missioner of Agriculture Moore uncere-
moniously bounced Chief Clerk Faulkner
and filled his place with his Moore's)
wife at 81 200 per annum, simply because
Faulkner refused to support Moore's can
didate for Judge of the Court of Appeals.
Faulkner retaliated by demanding that
Moore return to him the money that he
had put up for Moore's campaign ex-
penses. This Moore refused to do, and
Col. Faulkner returned to Lebanon to
reside, sadder but wiser man, and a
firm believer in the statement a Lexing-
ton Judge once made about politics.
Tuesday evening at 8 O'Clock Division
No. ], Ancient Order of Hibernians, took
charge of and opened their new hall in
the Kleber building, South Side. The
hall has been newly furnished throughout
and presented a very nice appearance.
Owing to the inclement weather many
members residing in the country were
deferred from attending. However, quite
large number were OH hand and were
highly entertained by Father Major, the
chaplain of the division, in a brief but
impressive address. After the meeting
the members were entertained with a
Smoker" Euchre, casino and other
games were INDUCED in until l o'clock,
when all went home happy in the thought
of an evening pleasantly spent. The next
meeting will be held Sunday, October 8,
at a. III.
Monday was County Court day in a
large number of counties and was on that
account the general opening day of the
campaign on both sides. Nearly all
available speakers addressed court-day
crowds. Auditor Stone and Attorney
General Taylor went to Richmond and
Secretary of State Finley to Paintsville
Governor Bradley, however, is conspicu-
GUS only by his absence from the stump.
County conventions held in Franklin
and other counties Saturday and today
indicate that r. J. Hardin, of Owen
county, is certain to be nominated by the
Seventh District Republican Convention,
which will be held here October u. w.
G. Dunlap and r. c. 0. Benjamin, col
ored, opposed Hardin, and the former
had the support of Judge Denny, McKin-
ley's referee i'll this district.
The executive committee which is rails
ing funds for the silver service for the
battleship Kentucky has decided to adopt
the chain letter system for securing sub
scriptions. This plan was adopted on
recommendation of Mrs. Charles Saffell,
of this city, who is taking great interest
in the movement.
Hon. Henry George, Chairman of the
State Prison Commission, in speech at
Taylorsville, Spencer county, Monday
afternoon, bitterly arraigned the former
Republican prison officials, making SEN
tional charges. He said, among other
things, that since the present officials and
commissioners have taken charge they
have received letters from contractors
offering to give them the same graft"
allowed to the Republican officials if their
goods were accepted. George also exhib-
tied figures showing that the Democrats
are operating the penitentiary at a great
saving to the State.
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