The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-08-08


Yesterday morning when read the list of honorable
respectable business of whom it sad they would
consigned the dungeon by the letter of the law in
terpreted by County Attorney Sanders Clay and Former
County Judge Lghtfoot and Hal Corbe hired to help
Mr. Clay by two public spirited but anonymous gentlemen
of dichromatic politics. directed to gaze upon the
stalwart figure of that grand old Al Foreman; the
personcaton of political purity; the Installation of the
Official verites the punctous practitioner OF all the pub
lie propriees-he should be mayor when Jim Smith,
Ed Hannah, Harry Hank, c. l.. Van Meter, Will Farley,
Joe Potter and r. f. Ford were angushng urance vie
But it only a vision, and today scanned the
list of vouchers at the city hall to verify the report OF our
name of Foreman Brothers led all the rest
And Alderman Ernest Lackey! Gud Gawd! Must he,
too occupy felons celll
For he was a member of the firm of U. G. Gullett &
company which sold few small articles the city The
oversight of the of Alderman Lackey who is cand
of Mr. Foreman whom proposed to elevate temporary
eminence by the of elimination must deep
chagrn to the presiding genius of the Democrats
that he spent hours going the list the city hall
Mayor Smiths criminal career is unique in
specs His father made deed piece of land i'm
his life, and he is not need of ready money Mayor
Smith, partly as matter of sentiment and partly
matter of policy had determined dispose any
of the property belonging his fathers estate However
he owned three and half in eight acre tract
necessary for the city to purchase to extend the limits
of Oak Grove cemetery since the coored section was SO
overcrowded that the streets full of graves He
declined to sell to the councmanc committee: but when
the general council adopted resolution the that
1t was the only way to the city from extortion by
some other property holders he agreed at any price
Thus Mayor Smith, against his own will started
on the pathway Of the 'maefacors of great wealth"
parallel is that of William +. Bradshaw, Jr.,
member of the board of health, gratuitous job which
catches the crumbs of abuse that fall from the overwhelmed
board of public works His lot Broadway beyond Foun
tain the only available for the fire station
se and he sold it to the city below the price which he
quoted it, and below the price of surrounding property not
filled as was his Yet he must go to the bankers row.
for contemporary sayeth Sanders Clay looks if he
intends to do his duty no matter how unpleasant and
may add pleasant-it may be.
But coming to desperate characters whose liberty
is to the peace of the community let call
ton to E. j. Paxton member of the board of park commits
soners and general and principal stakeholder in
The Evening Sun, which paper is the official newspaper
the city, under contract to publish proceedings of the
era council.
On a par with Uncle Joe Potter who is a stakeholder
in the Padueah Printing company, is Park Commissioner
Democrat which publishes paid advertisements for the city
and who is a stakeholder in the Paducah Light & Power
company and The Paducah Water company, which have
contracts with the city
Where will not the probe end once it is insertedi
These in dire straits indeed, and there any
Der of Others to whom cite Sanders Clay when he
gets ready for business but let mercy and moderation tenn
per justice. Some things carry their penalty,
swift terrible complete than any inict
There is Uncle Joe Potter. Guilty though he may be,
trow he hath already punishment since the court
gazette the ROYAL arber of all that is ala mode in local
Democracy, has scratched him from the list of the elect
has read him out OF the party Nothing that Sanders Clay
the lawyers hired to help him do could hurt Uncle
Joe now that he has been cassed independent lie
is desert calf, nOndescript unbranded political
maverick, according to the morning oraceand who can
doubt its mandatei Is not related by ties Of consan
guniy to the Democratic congressional organization and
by affinity to the sources of behind the local cam
| paigns!
Spare Uncle Joe further degradation Mr.. Clay! Spare
bim you two lawyers hired by two unknown gentlemen to
help Sanders! Relax the austery of your mien See as
a sheep is dumb before its shearers, so he stands
From such period the memory of runneth not
to the contrary Uncle Joe has been candidate for
thing other at nearly every Democratic primary
vention His has appeared the official ballot under
the emblem OF that party while the NewsDemocrat has
changed hands and politics four times; than six hun
dred voters eligible to participate in Democratic primary
have supported him whenever he has been candidate Yet
with cerebral spasm; with impulse from to
motor ceners, with convulsive movement of the
the potent hand that directed of leading business
to the dungeon; that ascrbed the retcent county
attorney look that said palmer than words he is inn
piacabe conjured two wealthy but unknown citizens and
two hired lawyers to help Sanders Clay look that way has
showed Uncle Joe out of the party and uammed the door