Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-03-07
LOuisville's Select 'COterie At
tempting to Direct Legis-
latiOn.
Chronic Progressive Kickers Are
Fired From the WattersOn
Hotel.
HAAGER LEADS BECKHAM FORCES

With the adjournment of the
Legislature only week from next
Tuesday, efforts are being made to
rush through pet bills in preference
to important legislation, and a great
amount of valuable time is being
wasted in the discussion pro and con
of the former class, the vice commits
sion bill being sample. This
measure is advocated by select
coterie of Louisville's upper set, who
never get in touch with the public
pulse by association with the COM
mon people, but every now and then
meet in the Seelbach Hotel and set
tie how our public government
should be conducted, the gas rate
fixed, regulation OF vice, commission
form of government or any other
weighty problem of the day.
To the credit of the present Cen
eral Assembly it is believed that the
vice commission bill will be rejected,
principally on account of one of the
leading sections of the bill, which
proposes to close the tenderloin dis
trict and scatter tive inmates broad
cast, one or two of the hackers
claiming that they will busy them
selves in finding employment for the
women, taking it for granted that
driving them out in the streets will
have reformed them. 1t has been
suggested that the above select crew
constitute themselves into a little
reform band and traverse the
blighted sections preaching reform,
. Infn
and attaining the principal object at
stake-publicity. This would defeat
the possible invasion of respectable
neighborhoods in case of passage of
the bill, but the entire Louisville
delegation will try and prevent its
adoption.
Apropos of the above, the same
gentlemen are fighting for the pass
age of the bill abolishing the present
custom of the Magistrates sitting as
Fiscal Court. in which move, to
the surprise of many. they are
backed by Democratic newspapers,
which are using every method in
their power to accomplish this end
claiming that II is the wish of the
people, when only a mere handful
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most of whom we're Progressives
who had that section as one Of the
principal planks in their platform
Messrs. Henry Johnson and John
Chandler, two of the chief advocates
of the measure, are Bull Moose
leaders in every sense of the word
The daily papers have not even beer
fair to the Magistrates in their dis
cussion of the question. one OF then
going so far as to say that ths
Magistrates did not dare declars
themselves previous to the election
when three OF them had no opposi
tion.
The local Bull Moose organ
which was established since thu
election for the sole purpose O
venting its spleen on anyone VIII,
contributed to the success of tn
Democratic ticket, has Just beel
ordered away from It's quarters II
the Watterson Hotel. Manager Jone
stating that the continued attacks ol
reputable persons did his busines
no good, SO the whole Progressive
headquarters, bag and baggage. hay
been thrown out on the cold. crue
word. Conspicuous among the adver
tisers who are helping the Bul
Moose organ to exist are Woo
Axton. the ever ready meal ticket 0
the Progressiyes; George Deckmann
whose place on East Market stree
Is a popular rendezvous for the A
tP., As. and last but not least IN