Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1913-06-28
List of Axton Signers Makes In
teresting Reading For
Observers.
COlOred Brothers and Religious
Fanatics Prominent in List
of Names.
IS FRIGHTENING TRADE AWAY

The Louisville Herald has trans
ported some of the tactics of its
Eastern connections in the newspa>
per line, and in its endeavors to
boost the Axton wing Of the Progress
sive party is now a daily devotee of
yellow journalism, containing at
sacks on the police department and
the Democratic administration, its
columns reeking with magnified
stories of minor burglaries and at
tempted robberies, and does not
hesitate to even misrepresent the
facts. In a majority of the cases
the Herald states that there We're
no arrests, which is false and could
easily be disproved by consulting
the police department records, and
I'm the attempted burglary case Of
Patrolman O'Hearn's residence
grudgingly comedies that the officer
locked up what the biased writer of
the Progressive organ styled as
suspected felon, while it was proven
that Officer O'Hearn discovered the
| burglar in his home and captured
| him after short chase, not even
losing sight of him after the pursuit
from his home. The minor
burglaries and disturbances are q
part of the daily happenings of a
large city like Louisville the world
over. and roasting. the police depart
ment is the favorite theme of publi-
cations antagonistic to the admins
trations. while the writer's of the
yellow stories know that a police
department comprised of a man to
every block would not be able to en-
tirely eradicate minor offenses. Al
the Herald's rate OF progress we may
expect extras 'all about boy swiping
another's apple CORE" etc.
As predicted in these columns last
week the announcement of Capt.
Frank Reichert as candidate for
the Progressive nomination for
Mayor served to frighten the Herald
Vance wing of the party, and the
danger of losing Wood Axton's cam
paign barrel caused the Herald to
rush into print with couple of
pages of names (most negroes, who
in all probability we're not con-
sulted) beseeching Axton to run for
Mayor, the attempt being made to
brighten Reichert off the track with
the appearance Of having a corner on
Progressive signers. BY the way,
Can't. Reichert will not be able to
get his list in the same columns even
at advertising rates. Among the
other possible Axton candidates
mentioned were George Steffey, for
mer School Board candidate on the
a. p. A. ticket, who aspires to be
Sheriff, and A. ]. Biermann, prom
inent Junior Order worker, who
wants to be Councilman, and others
OF the same ilk. Sandwiched in
among the large list of colored
brothers is ] P. Hamilton, L. and
n. clerk, and Tom Watson's local
defender. and forty-one other clerks
of the same office, which has always
been a hot-bed of political agitation
and a regular stamping ground for
those fomerting religious hatred.
Another surprising incident of the
| list was the names of Judge H. II.
Moore and his son, both being con-
nected with the Germantown News,
tho former being editor and business
partner of Adam SPAIN, who as
pires to be Representative from the
Forty-sixth Legislative district on
the Democratic ticket. Very few
prominent names in either business
or laboring circles are appended TO
.he Axton call. and in all probability
many of the signers were not aware
what they were signing or what
their mark was affixed TO.
The Herald's attempted introduc-
tion of yellow journalism in this
community will only disgust decent
thinking citizens. and the attempt to
injure Louisville's business interests
Is a rebuke TO the merchants and
business men who recently made a
tour of sections of Kentucky solicit
ing trade. this being counteracted by
the Herald's fake stories OF rob
berries, burglaries, ETC., thereby
frightening away prospective GUS
toners. Another inconsistent feat
ure of the Herald's attack OF the
police department is the fact that
Roosevelt, its infallible leader
stated on his last visit here that
Louisville had one OF the finest and
best drilled police forces which II
had been his good fortune to witness.