Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1919-09-06

anteeilg this majority, according to
the accusation OF Felix Dumas. Pres
ident of the Board of Councilmen.
BY, my, my, what a change! The
local Republican machine is fighting
with its back to the wall and has
given up all hope of carrying the
Fifth district at all. In the Labor
day parade over 10000 men in line
passed the City Hall, and the cry
went up from section after section
of the parade, "We'll get you in No
vember." The strikers and the en-
tire union labor followers are sore
on near Mayor Smith and his admin
istration, while the company officials,
the retail merchants and the public
in general blame Smith and the ''re-
form" administration for not avert
ing the strike, while everyone
agrees that the general inefficiency
of the keystone cops has prevented
a settlement before now. In every
situation up thus far THE KEY
STONE COMEDY COPS HAVE
DONE THE WRONG THING AT
THE WRONG TIME.
The feature this week in our
street car strike situation was the
action of Chief OF Police Petty, of
Shelbyville, who forbid the people
of Louisville to have any more open
meetings, placing ban on Open
Forum meetings. Well, all we can
say is that If our Shelby county boss
can get away with this the trainers
of the United States Constitution
will have to reconstruct the Bill of
Rights, which gives the right of
free speech to every citizen of this
country. Mind YOU, now, Petty did
not say that all meetings intended
to incite riot would be stopped, but
he said that all meetings of the
Open Forum or public gatherings
would be stopped. In this connec-
ton attention is referred to the
bright lights who gathered together
Monday morning in the near Mayors
office, and their attempts to bluff
the whole people of Louisville be-
cause of the actions of one or two
rabid Socialists who "butted" in on
the strike situation for notoriety.
The aforesaid brilliant legal lumi-
naries quoted Section 1241-A of the
Kentucky Statutes, which refers to
persons banding themselves togeth-
er for intended violence, ETC." This
section had no more to do with the
case in question than Article X. of
the League of Nations applies to
why does chicken cross the street.
Col. P. H. Callahan and other or
ganizers of the Open Forum are go
ing to allow Chief Petty to get away
with his unlawful Czar-like decree.
The march on the City Hail of the
Alxr
ratified attitude of the reform" adj
.ministration bosses furnished some
amusement anyway. There was Col.
Petty rushing through the streets
like the Town Marshal of Squedunk
to beat the parade to the City Hall
steps. Then his appearance on the
steps to quiet the noble Romans
murmuring in the street, surrounded
by little body OF Keystone comedy
cops. 1t WASN'T fuisay for the pool
old thick" cops though. There they
stood frightened out of their very
lives at the big crowd, their knees
shaking together, the bone rafting
comparing favorably with AL Fields
end men. Judging from their APP
pearance the crowd would have
never got near our brave Keystone
guardians. They might have started
| towards the comedy cops, but get
ting near them was another thing
1t would have been a case of ''look
out, let somebody run that can rum
| through the City Hall corridor
Those boys were sure set for 9
sprint, but the Chiefs line of bull
saved the day. or the night rather
as no harm was done. Next day the
Keystone police showed their BRAY
cry thought Forty-seven of then
ran committee of three away from
the City Hall entrance. and they
| didn't have to call out the Keystone
riot squad either.
Col. Petty told the mu1nurine
populace that His Honor, meaning
| the near Mayor, was home in bee
| and couldn't be disturbed to heal
| the troubles of the people of Louis
vile who wanted TO see the stree
car strike ended Old Nero fiddlet
while Rome burned. but our neal
Mayor sleeps while the public burns
up with Indignation. Wonder i
LSmithy was really asleep or was h
| Just hiding under the covers ant
playing that he was asleep Shame
on him IL he was It's just one bat
break after another with Smith ant
his reform" administration ant
there's hardly day that he can e.
play golf without being troubled
with calls as to why Louisville is be
hind other cities in getting arm,
food; why the Warley-Ryans stea
was permitted; the decentralization
of the keystone police and tn
chick" fire department and nov
here comes the street car strike AM
everyone bowling for his scalp. Tn
Kentucky Irish American was III
i first one to whisper that Smitl
ought to resign as the shedding wa
being made tougher for him all tn
time, and he can truthfully say tina
life is just one durn thing after an
other" Go ahead and fool EN-
Smithy; don't be the goat for a.
this turmoil and trouble while Che
Searcy, the real Mayor, sits bach
makes all the appointments for vol
gets all the grapes, and after hiI
comes Paul Of Jacksonville and Lu
OF shelbyville to get the next pick
ings.