Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-04-04
Public Unaware as to Method
of Selecting Their
Advisers.
Should Devote Talents to Aid
ing I'm Bringing Local
Enterprises.
THREE LEADING REfORMERs

! Another echo of the disappoirit-
ment of the Progressives and other
followers of that party over the re-
suit of the last election was staged
last night when meeting was held
under the auspices of the Mems
Federation to hear some Of the griev-
formers against the attitude of our
local members of the Legislature
and Senate. The principal cause OF
the above crouch was the disinclina-
ton of the Jefferson county repre-
sentatives to devote all of their time
to the passage of the so-called red
light bill, which meant the abolish
ment of the present tenderloin dis
trict and the residents thereof to be
scattered broadcast, with the priv
ileg of locating in any neighborhood
they desired. But the peculiar feat
ure pertaining to the bill was that
the general public or the voters at
| large were not consulted one way or
the other as to its merits, the meas
ure being a pet of a few men here,
who styled themselves the Vice Com
| mission, with Henry NJ. Johnson,
John NJ. Chandler and Col. Pat Gala
han as the chief lobbyists for the bill
at Frankfort, these three also being
! advocates of several other "fad"
measures which. in their singularly
wise judgment, were considered
beneficial for the common people,
for whom they had appointed them
selves as advisers and sponsors.
II has been rumored that the de-
feat of the Bull Moose ticket last
November may be the principal cause
of the chronic Crouch of some of the
Legislature critics, Messrs. Chandler
and Johnson having been considered
as sure aDpointees for fat salaried
success. while Col. Callahan would
have been considered one of the
powers behind the Progressive
throne, II having been intimated that
II was mainly through his efforts
that his personal friend. Judge Sam
Boldrick, the Democratic candidate,
had no opponent for Judge of the
Police Court on the Progressive
ticket, and 1t is also significant that
Hunter Ross, who was high in the
council of the Progressives, along
with the rank and file in Col. Gala
hans employ, were loud in their
demonstrations of support for the
Axton ticket, many good political
critics stating that he would un-
doubtedly have been that party's
candidate for Congress unless barred
by the primary rules pertaining to
registration. Some of Col. Callahan's
| friends claim that as Congressman
his constituents would ever be in
touch with affairs pertaining to
their interests, as his known aptitude
| for letter writing on important
topics would be given wide scope as
a Representative from this Congress
sional district.
| One of the local members of the
recent Legislature, and who is con-
sidered as having plenty of good
''hoss sense" in addition to his legal
talents, was a visitor to the office OF
the Kentucky Irish American the
other day, and in a discussion of the
efforts of few members of the Com
mercial Club and the Mems Fedora
ton to influence legislation, stated
that II these same men would devote
one-half of the time In endeavoring
to bring large factories or business
enterprises to the city or State that
they do toward promoting fads or
collections, all of the community
would derive more benefit. Incl
dentally this representative claimed
that the failure of the recent Gen
eral Assembly could be attributed to
the prohibition measures which
blocked all progressive or beneficial
legislation and for which, II nothing
else, the Jefferson county representa-
} tives deserve a rising vote of thanks
for their efforts in opposition, and
OF which there has been no mention
: thus far by the men who have
! chosen themselves as guardians oi
J our welfare. The above remarks oi
this representative, who halls from
! an eastern city district, seems Il
: strike a popular chord judging from
: the expressions heard on all sidei
, during the past ten days.
, Councilman Dan Coleman, wht
r has the proposed segregation or
dinance In charge. is expected e
} report the same at the next meetini
OF the council In response to man,
: requests on all sides. the argumen
!. made by Attorney Pat Savage on be
half of the West Chestnut stree
E residents being convincing enough a
5 to the merits of the proposed or
y dinance, in spite OF the oratory from
y the colored professors. who wer
present at the committee meeting
and several of whom are onl
transient residents OF this city 1
this connection Councilman AL Roe
3 enberg states that he was quote
0 incorrectly In regard to the recen
/ meeting and that he is In favor 0