Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1919-04-05


states that many people have not
slider that the public at large is so
disguised they are in a whats the
use" attitude. One citizen slipped
over a wallop that cleared the bases
when interviewed in regard to the
occupational tax and, strange to say.
1t got by the Herald editor and was
in print. This disguised taxpayer
said:
Everyone seems to have been
bilked in the Aew occupational tax
measure but the creosote COM
panies."
Mr.. Hert, the big Republican
boss, is the only creosote owner
around here. NO one can corner the
near Mayor long enough to have
him explain why the city is going
bankrupt and needs the money so
badly. The Democratic admins
tration left d big sum in the
treasury, the Ewald estate donated
a big amount, the Water Company
paid a big dividend, and the AS
SCISSOR of the reform" administra-
ton boosted assessments several
hundred thousand dollars, yet the
Bolsheviki administration pleads 1t
is broke. The near Mayor fits
from the street car question to the
gas situation, but to date no one
has heard him explain why the city
Is broke and why he is silent on the
subject of racing.
It was often stated in these col
umns that the Keystone police force
was obtaining wide notoriety, SOL
diers in camp here, over In the war
zone, sailors IN the navy and cit
liens everywhtre taking cognizance
of Petty's comedy cops, and the Of
fetal recogni'i0n from the Movie
printed in another column, is proof
conclusive az the Keystone cops
wide reputation. AS the magazine
states. the joke police confine them
selves to comedy and never venture
into tragedy The colored Republi-
can brothers have the Keystoners
buffaloed, while the bad men and
crooks are SIMPLY immune. You
never hear % Darktown gambling
game being 1slded and in brawl
or shooting tese the ex-street car.
conductors and motormen are
among those not present. In the
fight on Wee Broadway the other
night one of fte Keystoners passed
and had his 4Ifention called to tho
young man I4InK bleeding on the1
and "a assailants were
pointed out fN witness. Just as
In other cases Of that kind the
cop had urgent business
and kept on going. And
vet the taxr4fffs are paying these
birds for polItt protection.
The pubiie Is prevented from
hearing Of innnlnatable crimes
being coN renotters are
acts as press censor Of the police 4
and names and scenes
Of crime and robbery are carefully
omitted from the Police Bulletin.
The press bureau advertises widely
the appointment of an ex-soldier or
sailor and then hides the fact that
at the same time 'steen motormen
and conductors or other hicks are
added to the Keystone list. All
sorts of bunk is handed out to fool
the public about the police. Lee
lures on psychology, lessons in
Greek and Latin, etc., are fed TO
the comedy cops by teachers and
doctors, which does no appreciate
good, as the old saying, "You can't
teach an old dog new tricks" still
holds good, and these chick" police
will still be thick" police no matter
how long they stick. Here's how
the psychology lectures affect the
Keystone cops. The other day some
kids borrowed a horse and buggy
Just south of the ball park, and
after few joy rides left the horse
and buggy in an alley, the horse
being unhitched. After some fine
CD detective work the Keystone
police located the horse and buggy
and sent in call for the police
Now the average person
who obtained the benefits of psy-
GEOLOGY lectures would have hitched
the horse to the buggy and drove
to the station house or the pound.
Not so the Keystone police, how
ever. One of them got in the shafts
the horse was attached to
the rear of the buggy and the po-
lice machine followed in order out
Seventh street. Children all along
the line of march shouted in great
glee and grownups chuckled loudly
to see the Keystoner with his faded
in the role of a horse,
while the rest of the parade came
In good order. The only thing
lacking was the Keystone police jazz
band to make the impromptu par
ade bowling success. Col. Petty
might have one of his lecturers tell
at the next session when it is proper
for a keystone policeman to play
the part of horse.
Here's another many can't I'M
derstand. A hick was added to the
roster who bore the same name as
the manufacturer of the universal
and though he told the
board he was an advocate of prohi-
bition the district police machine
was used week or two afterwards
to carry him home, being so pud-
died he didn't know whether he was
a policeman in Louisville or "gosh
ding it" down in Breathitt county
Anyway the disguised prohibitionist
had some pull or either the press
censor was on the lid. He was
to resign and retire on his
honors. You would naturally think
that would be the end Of the story,
but stories don't end naturally UNI
der reform" administrations The
picked" cop was reappointed and
is now stationed In the Fourth dis
trict, the board maybe figuring that
he won't get the same brand of
chained lightning to drink that he
obtained in the Sixth. An other dis
rinla of paffv,s schooI of nsvcho1oov