Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-13
Result of Newspaper Disclosures.

The revival has been the direct result of
disclosures made in the newspapers and at
notable trial in the courts, concerning the
vice, crime and immortality of the city. It
has been conducted by the Ministers AS
ISOLATION, representing all of the evangel-
zeal denominations and the result is a re-
lgious agitation which has shaken Louis
vile through and through and has extended
to every corner of the state. One of the
pastors, in a newspaper interview yeSter
day, estimated that there had been no less
than 1000 converts. While this revival has
no direct connection with the political
movement. it is largely responsible for it,
because it has awakened the public con-
science not only in Louisville. but through
out Kentucky. And, while the religious eX
element is subsiding ii will be long time
| before its effect upon the people Will be
lost. If the election for city officials were
to be held Immediately it is certain that
there would be clean sweep of the pres
ent administration, but the terms of the
present mayor and his associates extend
to the 1st of January, 1906, and their sue
cesSorS cannot be elected until November
which will give time for public Indignation
to cool down and for the municipal machine
to fortify itself and prepare for the cleo
ton.
The Party in Power.
The officials in power are democrats, rep
resenting one of the most powerful ma
chimes of any city in the country, which,
according to common gossip. is controlled
by Aaron Kohn member of the leading
firm of criminal lawyers of Louisville. He
is a man of great ability and shrewdness
and handles the organization with remark
able skill.
The mayor, Charles F. Granger, is an
iron manufacturer of eminently respecta-
Bile connection and hig ohcmmHT frafralo
BILE connection and high commercial and
financial standing. His social position is as
good as that of any man in Louisville. He
belongs to the best clubs but finds his rec
reation in games of chance and horse rae
|ing-a fact that he doeeS not attempt to con-
ceal He takes the high ground also, that
other people are entitled to the same priv
ilege; that the poor as well as the rich
should have their recreati tons. He believes,
with some other eminent men, that the sa-
loon is the poor mans club and that man
has right to go to the devil if he chooses.
Mayor Grainger's municipal policy has been
based upon these broad grounds; hence,
"the lid is off, in Louisville, and everything
has been running wide open for several
years, until, as the call for the public meet
ing asserts, conditions have become intol
erabe.''
The board of public safety. which con-
sists of three members appointed and re-
moved by the mayor, naturally sympa thizes
with him, and the police force has become
thoroughly demoralized. 1t is not denied
that the town is full of crooks: that crime
after crime has shocked the community
without any adequate penalty being i'm
posed. or even arrests and that the police
are on friendly terms with professional
criminals. The state courts have done moth
ing because the prosecuting officers are sub
ject to the same political influences the
police, and the latter have even gone SO far
as to attempt TO control the elections. Four
policemen and twelve other men are now
under Indictment in the federal courts for