Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-02-21
Only Opposed by NegrOs Who
Believe in Race
Equality.
DIR. Gilbert Should Duplicate His
Former Good AIdermanic
Record.
WOOD AxTON CAN'T COME BACK


In line with the remarks hereto
fore published in the columns of the
Kentucky Irish American was the
amended segregation ordinance
which was introduced on Wednesday
evening in the lower board of the
General Council, It being a duplicate
of the one In force in Richmond, Va,
where the same problem confronted
the white residents The new meas
ure is fair in every way and is de-
signed to avoid conflict between the
races and promote a general good
feeling, one of the sections providing
that colored people can not move
into a neighborhood which is in
habited by over SO per cent. white
residents and the same to apply to
whites moving into negro section.
Also persons building residences or
halls shall be compelled to state
whether they are intending to rent
the same to white or colored people.
Anyone of fair mind can see that
this is the only practical solution of
this question and is bound to be
approved and OF benefit to all. Nor
does it SAVIOR of persecution. as the
editor OF the local colored paper
states, when II compels the negro to
live and move among his own So
ciety The only possible objectors
to this ordinance are what is known
as the high-toned drakies, composed
OF letter carriers, chauffeurs, walters
and bell hops, who are not content
to mingle with their own race, one OF
the characteristics of this latter
class being shown in street cars and
public conveyances, when they will
sit by white woman or white per-
son even If tie rest of the seats are
singly occupied by their own race.
The cry of persecution sounds espe-
cially bad coming from the local
negro journal. when this same sheet
published photographs of Indiana
negro firemen and sneeringly stated
that this should be the case here.
The election of DR.. r. B. Gilbert
as Alderman to succeed Richard
Hutchison. deceased. will give gem
earl satisfaction, as his record in
former board is recommendation
enough, in addition to being a per-
sonal selection of Mayor Busche-
meyer. The election of DR.. Gilbert
leaves a vacancy in the Board OF
Directors OF the Waverley Sani-
tarium, and the friends of DIR. III. r.
Mechling. the well known local ath-
lete and Democrat, are urging his
claims for the appointment, DR..
Mechling having made a study of the
dread disease, tuberculosis.
Being a believer in the old adage
that to the early bird belongs the
worm," DR.. Charles A. Edelen is
endeayoring to land the position OF
jail physician. the election for which
does not take place until fall, but
DR. l.. p. Spears, the present incum-
bent, claims he has enough votes of
the Fiscal Court to be reelected
when the time comes.
The announcement in these col
umns last week that Wood Axton
would probably be the Progressive
candidate for Congress against Con-
gresham Sherely this fall created
quite little comment. many wonder
ing that the badly defeated candidate
for Mayor would have the nerve to
tackle the Sherley buzz saw, which
Is bound to put a permanent crimp
In his political ambitions, especially
when II is remembered that defeated
candidates, like prize fighters,
rarely come back.