The Paducah evening sun., 1910-03-03
FuLFILLMENT OF PROPHECY.

FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY.
Those. who remember n double
Icolumn head IN our morning contem-
Iporary December 30, 1909, over a
front page article beginning with the
statement Republicans will look like
thirty cents soon, and declaring in
set terms that this legislature would
devote itself principally to taking all
the state patronage away from the
Republican administration and vest
ing the control of state institutions
in the hands of a partisan commis-
sion named by the legislature. may
apply that prophesy to the present
lsituation at Frankfort with profit.
That announcement was not made in
the spirit of regret at such narrow
view OF public duties, nor did il men,
ton parties in that broad sense in
which history deals with them; but
its idea of Democrat and Republican
parties is limited to whatever crowd
of politicians for the moment IL in
control of their respective organiza-
tons. Thus II means by the Demo
cratic party in Kentucky that Louis
Vile ring. which is dominating both
branches OF the legislature, not the
thousands of honest citizens of Ken
lucky who call themselves by that
name.
incidentally. but with every indica-
tion of glee, the organ said:
at Is reliably reported that the
clerks OF Second class cities will be
lempowered TO appoint the city print
lers of their cities"
| We have before us as we write. the
remains Of that still born infant. "A
bill relating TO contracts IN cities of
the Second class" But Il does not
lprinting; II empowers the mayor to
do so. Hence its death. The doctors
ldisag greed. The News-Democrat crowd,
who first had the law changed. taking
the printing out of the hands OF the
clerk and placing It in the hands of
the city attorney. and who dictated the
Democratic nominee for that Office,
30 as to get the printing. and then
saw him defeated. went to Frankfort
bright and early in January to secure
change back to the clerk, 30 Maui
rice Mcintyre could give ii to them.
But there are four cities OF the Sec
ond class, and 1t was not satisfactory
to the political powers that be In
Lexington and Newport for the clerk
to handle 1t, and since the Paducah
fellows secured a change once, the
.others had little patience with their
opportunities. Consequently, the bill
was introduced as Lexington dictated
lputting the contract in the mayor 4
hand. Thereupon. "it Is reliably re-
Iported", the Paducah patriots lost IN
terest In the case. and as the Others
didn't care much, the bill never was
reported out of the committee.
A bill was introduced, abolishine
the bipartisan commission; but II
was never pressed. The local organ
was worked by politicians as suet
organs always are worked. Tho
never intended that bill for anything
but a BLUM, by which 20 secure con
cessions from the executive depart
ment.
But because the rrocbes enDhs-
sized The wrong tkfrg, 10 10 ser thz'
the gist Of hA rrncsDsssF "a rot cor
rect. The "Rep1kl.zaa siaF LOO Dok
like thirty es1ts ana ats clerks o,
Second class e{tl@s are 30. ss--IrsUHsgec
to appoint the e1t7 printers bgt Ne
all agree that tsi& lezsz2t0re has &C.
voted its time 20 Wrestling authority
from the Rep1biiezns. The hmita-
ton Is that the ruiegz of tbs Iezisla-
ltnre do not know that KeDtnclzY ex-
fsrxss any further west than the JEFF
se-rsOn county almsho1se, or further
east than Anchorage They made
isalee violating all the principles OF
sar9iznsDtary law and the spirit OF
iats pi&y IN order to defeat the county
.aaas esf, and then violated the same
.srfes 70 pass the Louisville ripper
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