Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1911-04-15
viii Come Upon the Irish-Americans
II They Back O'Sulli-
vans opinion.
Wanton Attack Upon Useful Cit
izens Made by Former
Editor.
Master of Blackguardism Dares TO
Assail Men of Better
Reputation.
STORY OF BASE INGRATITUDE

SIURf Uf BASE lNGRATlTUDE
Daniel Il. O'Sullivan, the erstwhile
editor of the Critic and of the later
0'Sullivan's Opinion, went out of his
way last week to attack thu Whal-
lens. II was not a physical attack.
It was one of those long-distance
ambush affairs, via the columns of a
newspaper. Mr.. O'Sulivan is noted
for dipping his pen into vitriol when
he writes and he has been writing
for more than twenty years. He has
some gifts. He has mentality. He
has read some books. He has cir
culated in society in Louisville and
elsewhere in the State and country.
He came of honest parents. They
gave Daniel every possible educa-
tional advantage Yet he has been
tried and found wanting in every
stage of his life. He has no sense
Of gratitude. The migrate is worse
than the man who kills in the heat
Of passion.
Just as charity is the greatest of
all virtues, so is ingratitude the
worst of vices. Give a dog bone
and he will be your friend. Not so
with Dan.
In his card of Friday, April 4, as
published in the Louisville Herald,
Mr.. O'Sullivan attacked the Messrs.
John and James Whallen for retiring
from politics. The Messrs. Whallen
had never done him aught save good.
He called upon them to have all the
city and county office-holders in
Louisville to retire that he might
find place to roost. OF course Dan
wants nice fat salary with his roost-
ing place.
Mr.. O'Sullivan was a member of
the Board of Public Safety from 1898
to 1897 at a salary of $2,70O year.
That makes $10,SOO for the term. In
1897 a new Mayor of Louisville was
elected and he did not want Mr.
O'Sullivan for part of his cabinet
Mr.. O'Sullivan thereupon fathered
the "ripper" bill that went before the
Kentucky Legislature. 1t was a
measure intended to do away with
both the Boards of Public Safety and
Public Works and City Buyer. He
posed as a reformer He was never
in the also ran class of reformers
while he was holding office.
In 1898, when there was talk of
Mr.. O'Sullivan resigning from the
Board of Public Safety because he
had been criticised in the newspa-
pers. he said to newspaper inter
viewer.
"You could not shoot me far
enough away with a cannon that I
won't come back for that $4,000 a
year. No! | won't resign"
Mr.. O'Sullivan has started this
new argument by attacking the
Messrs. Whallen. Does he want all
the Democrats office-holders to quit
or just those office-holders who are
irish Catholics? You remember what
he said in O'Sullivan's Opinion in
1909.
Mr.. 0'Sullivan held the office of
Assistant City Attorney under Mayor
Granger and he drew $4,000 a year
for four years. That makes $4,000
more that he drew from the taxpayers
Of Louisville. In eight years he got
S1S,S00 of the peoples money and
refused to support the people that
fed him because they were on the
Head ticket. Now he wants Mayor
Head and others to resign to give
nim place and salary.
IL is well known that O'Sullivan's
Opinion was edited but not owned by
Dan. II was financed by the local
Republican campaign committee.
Mr.. O'Sullivan was never particular
where the coin came from as long as
il was forthcoming He drew
S1O,SO0 from the Democratic party
and then put up fight that cost the
Democrats 1000 TO defeat the rip
per" bill. He enjoyed four years of
office as Assistant City Attorney,
switched to the Republican side. was
lost in the shuttle and still kicks
because he was not retained In office.
Mr.. Loeb now Collector of the
Port OF New York and formerly ex-
President Rooseyelt's Private Secre-
tary, was aecosted by an interviewer
who wants to know II he were a
Jew
81 am not" replied, Mr.. Loeb.
''but II were Jew would be
proud Of it. l would not be a rene
gade."
II an interviewer were to ask Mr..
O'Sulliyan Are you an Irish-Ameri-
cam" what answer could he make?
file has been untrue to his faith, to
his people. to his party. to his best
friends, He has been true TO moth
ing. He has not even been true TO
himself.
Mr. O'Sullivan also attacked the
Democratic City and County Commit
tee. Why nobody knows. II you
want a tried and true friend, man
who win stick in adversely as well
as In prosperity. would you prefer
Daniel E. O'sulliyan TO George
Heller. Herman Cooke. John D.
Barry. Robert Haean. Joseph Over
berg. Theodore Aocrory or John L.
0ruber2 Not on your life.