Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1920-05-01

merit TWO PERSONAL organs, the
COurier-Journal and Times, have
been denouncing Gen. Wood the
past few days and trying to resur-
rect Lowden. incidentally the col
ored Republicans have kicked over
the traces because the negro Repub-
! leans from one end of the country
to the other are denouncing Lowden
because he, as they say, allowed
negroes to be massacreed in the
East st. Louis riots. Marley. the
editor of the local colored newspap-
err is making tour of the sur
rounding States denouncing Low
denis candidacy. Surprising to say.
Hert and Searcey haven't posed to
be paying that salary while the lee
ture tour is on.
Speaking of the negro Republi-
cans, they have accepted the issue
as to whether this is a white mans
town or State and TO goad their col
ored brothers into aggressiveness
against the white man there is a
series of advertisements now being
published in the negro press, pre-
sumably by the Republican Cam
paign Committee. The negroes are
/ told to remember that Overton Har-
ris, of the Democratic Committee,
said this is white mans town and
white mans State, and they are
also told to rem ember that Marion
Taylor said that Kentucky should
not be ruled by black and tan oil
garchy. The negroes have accepted
the challenge and their aggressive
ness in Republican ranks and city
and State affairs is apparent to all.
Daily and nightly we have robberies
and criminal assaults by negroes
who express their utter contempt
for the Keystone Police Department.
One of our negro newspapers recent
ly printed the statement that the
present police department was ac-
ceptable to negroes and cited the
fact that this was proven because
no negro had to kill any of the
present force
Day by day Chief Petty has been
gradually dropping into the back
ground as his Keystone police are
being shown up, but every now and
then the Colonel revives enough to
try and award off the manifold
criticism. But after the deluge OF
crime Saturday night, headed by the
$4,000 robbery, the Colonel went
off half cooked in his statements to
the press. Our Keystone leader
intimated that the white woman
shot at by the negro didn't possess
a good character, inferring that if
you havn't got spotless reputation
the colored Republicans are allowed
to take pot shots at you. Come
again, Colonel. We would hardly
blame the chief for being slightly
ratified after Saturday nights rob-
berry carnival when the enterprising
thieves residing in our midst robbed
Elsie Janis of $4,000 worth of
jewels; the Quaker Maid stores au-
ditor being relieved of $4,000;
thirteen-year-old white girl being
attacked by negro. and few 9TH
er crimes giving the criminals a bat
ting average of 1000, as our Key
stone police out of the whole list
never even secured a clue. PITY
there wasn't snow on the ground.
1t is said that the Keystoners have
despaired of catching any of the
great army of "slickers" now in
our midst and they spend their
time in the station houses having
some ''golderned' fine checker
games.
But there is one branch of the
Keystone cops that is on the Job
and that is the press or censor bu-
reau. Of Saturday nights big car
nival there was not line given out
for publication until newspaper
men had dug up the stories them
selves. Another tribute TO the bu-
reau is that story of the efficiency
test at the Liberty Insurance Bank.
Near Mayor Smith, Chief Petty,
Chief De Forester, Messrs. Burlin-
game. Selligman and Johnson, of
the Board of Safety, and Business
Director (new title) James Carroll
with a moving picture machine to
register their smiles and poses, sta
toned themselves in front of the
bank to see how quick the ex-mo-
tormen and conductors would come
in response to a burglar alarm, Just
installed by the Liberty Insurance
Bank. The press and censor bureau
kept from the public that the Key
stoners jumped up from their check
err games and went lickety-split TO
the wrong bank. the Lincoln Bank,
at Fourth and Market, two squares
away.
There was one arrest recently
that the Keystone cops pride them
selves on. A man at Nineteenth
and Market, having juggled too
many Doctors prescriptions, station
ed himself on the corner and loudly
proclaimed that he was a Keystoner. /
Justly indignant. our comedy cops
fiocked TO the scene and dragged
the culprit to Jail, charging him
with impersonating an officer,
which all will agree was the proper
charge and is official recognition of
the popular title. All of the com
edy is not confined to the Keyston-
ers however. Near Mayor Smiths
Board of Works have a monster
street fiusher which goes snorting
our streets every night and
with mighty charge throws all of
the dirt of the streets up on the
pavement and into our doors. In
the morning the people sweep it
back in the streets. AT night the
flasher throws It ND again. The
people return the compliment in the
a. m. At present time the score is
a tie.