Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1911-12-16
No Passengers From Louisville
Arrived At Frankfort on
Time.
Should Refund Fare and Apollo
gize to Disappointed Trav-
elers.
PRAISE FOR LOCAL DELEGATION

The inauguration of Gov. McCreary
and Lieut.. Gov. McDermott on Tues
day will long be remembered by those
who journeyed to Frankfort on that
day. One feature especially to be re-
membered by the people out in the
State will be the genuine enthusiasm
exhibited by those present in spite of
the disagreeable weather, and the ad-
ditional feature to be remembered
by the Democratic organizations of
this district and the Boosters Club
will be the abominable service rem
dered by the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad Company, which going and
coming from Frankfort was the worst
possible that could be imagined, and
certainly earned the criticism and
abuse which is now being heaped on
the management from all sides from
citizens and ladies who were unfortu-
nate enough to travel on that road.
After advertising for several days that
they would run special trains to the
Inauguration and selling about 1000
tickets, every one of their three
trains reached Frankfort entirely too
late to take part in the parade or
witness the Inauguration, being one
and two hours late, and the same
conditions prevailed on the return
trip, neither train leaving on sched-
ule time, passengers being compelled
TO stand on the damp ground in the
little depot at Frankfort for two
hours and more waiting for trains to
te made up. According to many who
made the trip it looks like the L. &
N. is guilty of accepting money under
false pretenses when they accepted
money from persons who intended to
witness the Inauguration according to
the l.. & N. advertisement and were
prevented from doing so by the rail-
road service afforded.
Many compliments were heard on all
sides for the splendid showing made
by the Louisville Democrats and is
bound to create good feeling be-
tween the local organization and their
brethren throughout the State. The
Kentucky Colonels in their regulation
garb were headed by their President,
William ]. O'Hearn, while the diff
ferent legislative organizations we're
headed by Frank McGrath and Sherih
Emler, their line of march to the
State Capitol being one continuous
ovation. Sergeant Jack Maloneys
mounted police headed the delegation
and the SPLENDID appearance OF the
men and horses elected much praise,
their showing ranking second to none
In the country, according to compe-
tent critics. Lieut.. Gov. e. j. Nc
Dermott welcomed his fellow-towns-
men in good style, shaking each mem
ber of the Louisville crowd by the
hand. on the special trains to and
from the capital the passengers were
entertained by those inimitnble Irish
and German comedians, Dave Garvey
and Ben Stehlin.
Many of the Louisville delegates
are grateful to Senator Mark Ryan
for the many courtesies accorded
them at the capital, penitentiary and
other points of interest.
One Of the first acts OF the new
Railroad Commission, which organ
lied Tuesday, was to elect William j.,
]. Preuss, of this city, as rate clerk.
Mr.. Preuss is a hustling Democrat OF
the Twelfth ward and is prominent
member OF the knights OF Columbus.
The position pays $4,000 annually.
Another appointment pleasing to his
many friends was the appointment by
Mayor Head on Wednesday of Lee r..
Yates as Sanitary Inspector In the
Health Office. Mr. Yates Will make a
faithful and capable official OF the city
government.