Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1918-09-28
Police Not Worrying About Capture
Of Auto Thieves and
Burglars.
Negroes Showing Result of Coddling
by Republican Party
Managers.
Keystone Police Band VIII Mako
Big Hit With Lovers Of
Comedy.
REAL TREAT FOR SOLDIERS.

A few weeks ago the Kentucky
Irish American voiced the predic-
ton that the people of Louisville
and Kentucky were in for an era
of negro domination because of the
coddling treatment of the negro
voters by the Republican party
managers. Then again the negro
soldiers drafted in the army mot
volunteers) have been coddled and
praised by space writer's in our
press who magnified the deeds of
the negroes and wrote stories about
negroes dropping their guns to use
their razors, etc., which as anyone
knows is foolish gush. A negro
soldier, or white soldier for that
matter, would have a fat chance
opposed to an enemy armed with a
repeating rifle and bayonet. If a
white soldier or soldiers performed
deeds of valor 1t came as a natural
piece of news, but If a negro fired
a gun or fought the enemy as he
was expected to do, then the space
writers stopped over in their praise.
wtBeeen these and the Republican
politicians the negro has developed
a bad case of ego and the residents
where there Is big negro popula-
tion will be the sufferers. The
lynching at Hickman on Saturday
Is one of the results. A discharged
negro soldier defies all authority
and tries to shoot up the town.
Here in Louisville a negro thug
coddled for his Republican vote
shoots and kills Sergeant Watt Saw
age, of Kitchens, KY, who was sta
toned at Camp Taylor.
In this city the negro has found
that he can bluff and intimidate
the Republican administration and
party leaders and openly sneer at
the Keystone coppers. The negroes
began by forcing the Board of
Works to rescind the rule to employ
negro women as street cleaners and
told the board that they would al
low the ladies of color to act as
nurse maids but not horse maids.
Then the debating Republican
negroes forced the Republican Cam
paign Committee to move out of
the Seelbach Hotel because the
wouldn't allow the
negro ward heelers to ride in the
same elevators with paid guests of
the hotel. Next the local Republi-
can administration was forced tn
appoint a negro sanitary inspector
and health officer, the former get
ting into controversy with white
people who didn't want him to con-
duct the cleaning and fumigating
of their home. The controversy
became public and near Mayor
Smith took the Negroes end of
course. The last incident was the
stopping of the Birth of Nation"
film by Smith because the debating
negroes didn't fancy 1t and cared
not a whit that thousands would
have an opportunity to see it at
popular prices. Crap games and
all classes of gambling are rampant
in the colored sections, coupled with
hold-up stories. The Keystone
coppers were called to Floyd and
Green to investigate a hold-up. A
ing back through the swinging
doors of the negro dive saw crap
game in full blast. A big burly
negro in the presence of the chick"
police cursed the white man and or
lered him out. The Keystoners
also took the hint and said: Lets
be going"
Chief of Police Petty has been
telling the public through the press
Of the new feature in the keystone
police department, securing James
Baker, of Whitesburg, KY, to in
itruct them in military tactics, but
The Chief neglected to tell of an /
other new innovation among the !
comedy boys that the citizens had to /
discover for themselves. 1t Is |
custom or fad. il you want to term |
t SO, that no other police force in |
he entire United States has |
adopted. The keystone boys have
low taken to carrying umbrellas
When 1t rains, and many wonder
Why Chief Petty hasn't announced
t officially. A resident of West
Broadway Is telling how he and a
street car load of passengers saw
.wo of the Keystone police one
Amy night recently strolling along
swinging their clubs in one hand
While the other contained an UNI
)rella. On Portland avenue one
vent into a saloon to borrow an
to make his next post. To
make it more convincing, the writer
Jaw Sergeant at Fourth and Wal
nut in full uniform helping tho
raffic officer the evening the soldier
,arty marched to Macauley's Thea
er. There he was 'oblivious to the
staring of the crowd and especially
he Seelbach Hotel guests, who
we're flocking to the doors to take
! peak at a policeman in full uni
orm using an umbrella. Many were
worldwide travellers, but they had
lever seen that sight. and even the
lorses and mules coming past SHE'D
It the queer figure of the Key
toner waving the umbrella about
wildly as he directed traffic. 1t Ia
lard to understand why the UNI
'rella custom was started, surely
lot to protect their misfit and faded
cooking uniforms from the rain,
Vhile all know a little water won't
Iurt their celluloid collars; In fact
might help little.
It's poor day when you can't
cad of 'steen robberies, hold-ups,
automobile thefts, etc.. and the
'ress bureau OF the City Hall Is
hard to protect the repu-
alton of our street car motormen
nd conductor police. Tuesday
light ten autos were swiped and
he press bureau said three. The