Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1913-11-15
Much Speculation Being Indul-
ged in as to Probable APP
pointments.
Talk of Contest Confined to Law
yers and Sleuths Scenting
Fees.
TOM M'DONOUGHS APPOINTMENT

MayOr-elect JOnn HI. BusCHemeyOi
will be sworn in next Tuesday with
all the pomp and ceremony that can
be given by an enthusiastic Democ-
racy. Immediately after his induc-
tion into office he will announce
his appointments on the Board OF
Public Works and Board OF Public
Safety, of which there is much
present speculation and many
guesses are being made as to the
probable appointments, with John
d. Wakefield, John w. Klein,
Charles B. Milliken, Joseph Nevin
and Lewis Humphrey as popular
selections for the Board of Works,
while Edward T. Tierney, AL M.
Emler. Rush Watkins, William T.
McDonogh, George w. Berry and
Judge Muir Weissinger are men
toned for the Board of Safety.
AS for the other appointments OF
the Mayor there are hundreds OF
applicants, although not many
offices to be filled, owing to the fact
that many now in office are good
Democrats and worked faithfully for
the success of the ticket, in addition
to the fact that some of the appli-
cants have only become enthusiastic
Democrats since the evening OF
November 4. AS an example, one OF
the candidates for a place on the
Board of Safety, whose name is not
mentioned in the above list, is
having his claims urged by a
prominent Bull Mooser and close
friend of Jake Haager's, and incl
dentally is trying to persuade
organized labor to back him uD in
his exhibition of nerve.
Democrats in general are pleased
at the election of Tom McDonough
as Clerk of the Board of Aldermen,
his energetic services in this cam
paign and previous ones emitting
him to the best in the Democratic
locker, and it goes without saying
that he will prove an able and
capable official in his new berth.
Ray Flanagan, his successor as
Quarterly Clerk, while light in
weight. is heavy with Democracy
and is busy receiving congratula-
tions on his appointment. BILLY"
Dennes and Tom O'Connell will be
sworn in as deputies to Police Court
Clerk Will Holley next Tuesday, and
these representatives from German
town and Limerick respectively are
sure to make their chiefs reign
popular in the Boldrick domain.
John Malley, who has been stenog-
rapher to Chief Lindsey, has been
appointed Secretary of the detective
department to succeed the late Ed
Mackey, and this bright young man
is sure to make his mark in the
sleuth's stronghold.
The local Progressives have
been dying hard this past week, the
talk of contesting the election being
kept alive by a few lawyers who are
interested from a possible fee, and
few detectives who scent a pos
sible job of securing evidence for
the contest II Axton can be shaken
down again, or few of our mis-
guided citizens, who may have been
fooled by the Herald's wild-eyed
stories of election thefts, which
were not substantiated. especially
during the count, which increased
Buschemeyer's majority, can be
made to produce the coin.
AS for the motley crew which
filled the Hopkins balcony last
Saturday evening and we're busy
crying Burn the City Hail." etc.
are our same little old Junior Order
boys who attended the former Moose
gatherings and cried Down with
Rome" and who gathered at the
polls on election morn armed with
slaves and broomsticks. Keep your
weather eye on this crew in case OF
war with Mexico, as they will be
found hiding in the shadow of the
little red schoolhouse while thel
leave the fighting TO the bloody
Catholic foreigners, especially those
OF Irish and German descent.
Another amusing feature OF the
after-election events is the cironla.
ton OF anonymous letters by a for.
mer Grinstead office-holder, who
makes a speciality OF this sort OF
campaigning. but never with an,
success. His latest stunt Is TO send
threatening letters to the wife ol
sister of some Democratic worker
threatening prosecution II an ex
planation is not given for alleged
frauds In the recent election, ant
everyone familiar with local politics
is laughing in his sleeve at thii
wornout stunt of the former official
who has his office In the neighbor
hood Of Fifth and Jefferson streets