Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1913-09-13
Herald Political Editor Prepar-
ing to Avoid the Ava
lanche.
Progressive Organ Sore at Pub.
lie For Exhibiting Choice
i'm Windows.
HAAGER'S CANVASSERS BUSY

Vile Herald were treated the past
week to more sickening efforts of
this foreign owned sheet to aid the
misfit Progressive ticket by an at
| tack on members of the Detective
| department, who 1t is claimed were
| spying on the large mass meetings
| (average attendance, seventy-four)
being held at the Walnut street
rendezvous of the Bull Moosers, the
| Herald also being very indignant at
the idea Of their noble leader and
meal ticket, Wood Axton, being spied
| on while playing solitaire in his
apartments, accusing Detectives Con:
dley, SPAIN, Enright and Hogan of
keeping the head Bull Mooser under
their surveillance. Duncan Clark,
who guides the political destinies OF
the Bull Moose organ in addition to
his job as co-dictator with Burton
Vance and w. w. Davies in the man.
agement Of the local Progressives,
will shake the dust of Louisville off
| his feet after the November election,
| and it is rumored has been given
free reign by the Herald's out-of-
| town owner to pursue the carpet
bagging policy adopted until his de-
parture. II the town suffers from
the injurious policy of depicting
/ Louisville as a wicked city our friend
Duncan won't be here to suffer his
part of the injury.
Along the same line the Herald
states that anyone having picture
of DR.. Buschemeyer, the Democratic
nominee for Mayor, in his or her
| window can be put down as a city
employe and that they have been
coerced into exhibiting their prefer
ence this way, but does not explain
why there are over $4,000 pictures
in windows and only about 1000
employees on the city payroll the
logic being inconsistent to say the
least. Speaking of picture displays,
the Herald failed to note the meet
ing of A. p. AS held here this past
week when a resolution was adopted
placing a fine of 50 on any member
of this underground dark lantern
society who failed to place the pic
ture of Axton, their leader, in their
windows, and that a resolution was
adopted by this same crew urging
the A. p. A. sheet, the Menace, to
lend its assistance in arousing re-
ligious prejudice in the coming cam
paign. The observant Herald re-
porter also failed to note the remark
of the Junior Order member from
the Eighth precinct of the Eleventh
ward, who remarked that any mem
ber of his lodge who votes the Demo-
cratic ticket will be unceremoniously
fired from their ranks.
Speaking of the spy system, how
about ex-Chief of Police Col. Haager
and his little coterie of ex-police and
ex-firemen who are daily making a
political poll and at night attending
the Democratic ward meetings, ex-
Policemen Sam Owens and Mel
LaPelle and ex-Firemen Joe Martin
and Alex Bache being at the head
of this brigade, it being rumored
that in the event of Progressive sue
cess LaPelle will be appointed Chief
of Police, Sam Owens at the head OF
the Detective department, while Joe
Martin and Alex Bache will divide
the honors in the Fire department.
The twenty or twenty-five ex-police
and ex-firemen who are now allied
with the Bull Moose party were all
dismissed for good and sufficient
reasons, as attested by the records
in the Board of Public Safety, many
OF the causes not reflecting great
credit on the morals of the dis
charged employees, and If, as the
Herald states, the Progressive party
is pledged strictly to reform policy,
II would not be a bad idea to begin
right now with a little missionary
work among its canvassing recruits,
who are loud advocates for reform
in the hope of once more being on
the city payroll.
AS a shining example OF the en-
thusiasm pervading Democratic
ranks the Eighth and Ninth Ward
Club met Wednesday evening with a
larger attendance than any the Pro-
gressives have had, and this Is also
taking into consideration that the
Bull Moose gatherings are from the
entire city. All OF the workers
present at the above meeting were
confident OF success and we're greatly
enthused by the presence OF our
next Mayor, DR.. Buschemeyer, who
came unannounced and pledged him
self to a vigorous campaign and a
continuation of our present splendid
administration. Deputy Police
Court Clerk Tom O'Connell voiced
the sentiment of those present when
he stated that II was all over but the
shouting and that In his opinion the
Democratic majority would be the