Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1919-03-29

we find one of those "box scores
published. where itiwas said: Eigh-
ty-six jobs were abolished at a
saving of $50, 1888. On November
20 the Herald joyfully said that the
Board of Works were abolishing
jobs right and left and informed the
taxpayers that they should be
ticlxled to death as this saving board
would be I'm power Just 200 more
weeks and six days. BY this time
some of the gullible taxpayers were
ready to believe that they wouldn't
have to pay any taxes at all, judging
from the great saving being done by
the reform" administration. But
what a sad awakening. Near Mayor
Smiths lower tax rate was balanced
| by a higher assessment and the
Board of Works nov announces that
1t won't be able to clean the streets
very good this coming summer be-
cause of no funds. Now comes the
last straw-the occupational tax,
whereby the citizens are to be
gouged because or mismanagement
o fthe BOlsheviki administration.
Last May the saving board an
nounced in sorrowful tones that In
Difference TO the wishes of the Gov
eminent there would be no street
work to save man-power, etc. Thus
saving some More money, but the
occupational tax comes just the
same. But the Prize statement of
this saving board was this past
week when Mr.. Brumleve an
nounced that his board had cut off
eight ash wagons and sixteen men,
saving $3.50 a day, and that the
garbage and ashes were being gath
cred just as efficiently as before.
If this is true why didn't Mr..
Brumleve and his colleagues cut
this needless expense off right after
they came into power? The Gre
form" administration has been in
power nearly sixteen months and
many a Laily $3.50 could have been
saved in that time. And maybe the
occupational tax wouldn't have been
foisted on us.
But the one dark spot that stands
on the record of the Bolsheviki adj
ministration is the Keystone police
force wished on us in the past six
teen months, and to rub it in one
of the speakers at the school If
psychology for the keystone police
said that an effort should be made
to keep the police out of politics.
meaning to keep the present aggre-
cation of comedy cops forever, or
until they went back to the pillow or
street car platforms. The Herald
complains because the Keystoners
were not praised for surrounding
saloon last Sunday and arresting
twenty-three men gathered there,
but fails to mention that on the
same date five houses were looted
and one mad knocked in the head
and robbed, with not even clue
secured by the Keystone police. The
Herald also fails to mention that
although the Police Bulletin has
been published for twenty-nine
years this is the first time that 1t
has been used to hide matter from
the public. In reporting robberies,
crimes. ETC., the Police Bulletin
carefully omits the name of the vic
tim. the scene of the crime. etc.
There's little party of rural
residents who are going nack home
with the idea that their Keystone
cousins are getting the swelled
Uranium because of their promin-
ence here. The other day four
countrymen were in town joy rid
ing a little and ali was lovely until
they hit Fourth avenue. Knowing
nothing about the traffic laws or
the semaphore they just kept
coming in their little ''flivver." The
traffic cop, a former street car man
and of course originally from the
sticks, threw up his hand for the
rural joy riders to stop. They
thinking the wave of his hand was
just a friendly greeting, waved
back at him and kept on coming,
one of them saying that he believed
the Keystone cop was old Bill
Spiven's boy from Gravel Switch.
The Keystoner, amazed at their de-
fiance of the law, rushed out in
front OF the country boys and said:
"Gol dern your hides, why didn't
you stop when you saw me wave?
Now get back thar" Awed by the
rage of Bill Spiven's boy they start
ed to back and backed into a
Fourth street car, despite the shout
ing of the "hick" motorman, and
the little "flivver" got all the worst
of the collision. Then his majesty
Of the law, a former street car man
gave the poor befuddled |
another roast. He said:
"Consarn you, l got a dog-gone mo-
ton to take you all to the town |
lookup. 1 guess you will want to
sue our car company next and get |
damages for your dern machine"
The poor dazed joy riders muttered !
many apologies to Bill Spiven's boy
and drove sadly away in their little !
car, and they will have |
some bitter experiences to relate |
about the swelled head Keystoner |
policeman around the old grocery |
store. Woe be to Col. Petty's Key |
stone boy when he goes black |
hum" on a VISIT.
One night this week Portland |
avenue barber was awakened close |
TO midnight by loud knocking on |
his shop door. Looking out his |
window he discerned a Keystoner |
hammering lustily at the entrance.
Visions of arrest and a midnight '
ride in the patrol wagon floated |
across our BARRIERS brain. Sum- |
up courage, he asked what |
the comedy cop wanted. The Key
stoner nearly knocked the barber |
put of his front window by saying !
that he wanted to have his har |
cut" And the street car policeman
was supposed to be on duty watch
In cover the lives and property Of /,
the taxpayers. Maybe they told him
at the school of psychology that he !
needed hair cut. Tuesday after
noon at $50 one OF the Keystoners |