Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-01-24
Louisville's Legislators Making
Good in Both Assembly
Branches.
Councilman Dolan Will Intro
duce MIR. Binford's Segrega-
tion Ordinance.
CUsICK and BENNETT HOLD

Both houses of the General As
sembly have had quite an unevent-
full time this past week, probing bills
and Investigation of different
institutions being the feature of the
sessions, while the principal lobbying
was confined to the advocates of
women's suffrage and the little
crowd of Progressive commission
government supporters from Louis
ville Both measures seem doomed
to failure, the. first because 1t was
proven in the last year or two that
the women are not even interested
enough to vote on school questions,
the only interest being manifested
by that class of women who are not
overly fond of home and ready to
adopt any passing fad The other
proposition due to receive the cold
shoulder from the Legislature is the
C ommission government plan, whose
supporters compare in a way with
the women faddists, their sole pur-
pose seeming to be self-advertising,
their names being found daily in the
public press, and always endeavoring
to secure a strangle hold on public
opinion with their pet aims and
measures, which for the most part
are the vague ideas of dreamers.
Louisville's delegation this session
has made a most pronounced hit,
their splendid appearance being
freely commented upon. In addition
to the apparent youth of Messrs.
Duffy, Barrett, McNally, Perry and
.O'Brien, to say nothing of our two
boy Senator's, Knight and Robertson,
the senior Senator, Hite Huffaker,
lis only little their elder. John
Drescher, Billy Kuh and Adam
SPAIN are the fathers of the delega-
tion, all being a little along in
years, SPAIN having The reputation
of being one of the brainiest men at
Frankfort. so the paper says of
which Adam is the editor and busi-
ness manager, and this should be
accepted as reliable information.
Now that Mayor Buschemeyer's
administration has been launched
successfully many are of the opinion
that the time is ripe for a segrega-
ton ordinance as proposed by
Walter ID. Binford at a meeting of
the real estate men recently, when
Mr.. Binford quoted the adoption of
such ordinances by Baltimore and
other cities, with large negro popula-
tions. There can be no question but
real estate values have taken a drop
in Louisville due to the advent of
negro tenants in what was regarded
as white sections heretofore, and in
many instances have proven a detri-
ment to the white laboring man and
mechanic, who after struggling for
many years to own his own little
home found himself and family
literally driven away from the
neighborhood by the entrance of
negroes, who only have to follow the
lead of one of their number, who was
able to pay high price for soNne
property, but by doing so secured
cheap rents of homes for his own
kind that followed in his wake. To
the casual observer this is aptly
proven by a trip west on either
Chestnut or Walnut street, where
family after family of blacks are
enjoying the fruits of some white
mans lifetime savings at little ex-
pense, living in homes with all mod
Mhiit Nht AOi
owner or steady working white
mechanics are forced TO content
themselves in some humble little
cottage at practically the same rent.
Councilman Thomas Dolan has an
nounced his intention of fathering
this ordinance in the near future,
for which he will receive the thanks
Of the community.
Jailer Charlie Foster has retained
Peter Cusick and Tom Bennett. for
merly deputies under Jailer Pflanz,
which is tribute to the merit and
efficiency OF these popular Demo-
Gratis, both having made hosts OF
friends during their official career
at the city bastile, and their services
and efforts will go a long way to-
ward making their employer an ideal
Jailer, and who. by the way, made
several splendid communications
for the management OF that institu-
tion to the Fiscal Court.