Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1920-07-17
Chairman Ches searcy Begins State
Campaign and Keystoners First
Victims.
Unsolved Mystery Where 100000
of City's Funds Went in Two
Years.
BURGLARS REAP A HARVEST.

The Democratic nominees lOT
President and Vice President have
started an aggressive campaign that
seems to have swept the Republicans
off their feet, and the determination
of Gov. Cox and his running mate,
Mr.. Roosevelt, to tour the country
has forced change in the policy OF
the G. o. p. 1t was originally in
tended to just allow the Republican
nominee to drift along, this decision
beeing arrived at by Boss Penrose
and the little group of old fossilized
Senators who control the Republican
party. Harding would sit on the
porch at home with big palm leaf
fan and the bosses with the big cor
poration Doodle would just watt him
into office. This was agreed on aft
er Harding was chosen as the nomi-
nee, the fossil Senators figuring that
with an anti-Wilson cry and McAdoo
as the nominee they would have no
trouble in November. But the nomi-
nation of the sterling and aggressive
, Ohio Governor knocked their plans
into cooked hat, and it is a certain
~ that if the bosses could choose
again johnson or some stronger man
would be in the field against Gov.
Cox. Three months ago a Republi-
can President seemed certainty but
that is not the case now, Cox draw
ing first blood by breaking up the
porch campaign and now he has the
Republican bosses on the run.
The fright of the Republicans is
reflected in Kentucky. State Chair
man Ches Searcy has already sound
ed the battle cry for the G.. o. p,
the cry being for the State, county
and city employees TO cough up, Ches
having fixed il 50 be will handle the
campaign Doodle ia every oablpaign.
Here in Louisville the poor old Key
stone police and chick" firemen have
been notified to put up $25 each for
the election of Harding, this S25 to
be paid in four installments of 1926
each, the Republican Campaign Com
mittee collecting this amount now.
Attention, Mr.. Near Mayor, Paul Bur
Iingame, Jos. Selligman, Lewis john
son, of the Board of Safety, and Helm
Bruce, DIR. Lockhart, Henry johnson,
of the Mems Federation, all of whom
say they are opposed to political as
sessment of city employees. Maybe
Paul, Joe and Lewis, of the Board of
Safety, don't know that Ches and his
associates are assessing the police
and firemen $25 per head. Maybe
they don't, and this tip from the Ken
lucky Irish American will surprise
these three exporects' of reform, adj
ministratiOn. va maybe. But the
State Republican &mpaign fund will
need the money badly this year, as
lobe doesn't stand in so well with
Harding's managers and will not be
able to get big barrel from the Ma
tional Committee. =
Louisville citizens, especially those
who supported Smith, must have
been awful proud CD of our near
Mayor when they read his statement
on the car fare question the other
morning. Naturally they expected
that a Chief Executive would be
right in the thick of the controversy
watching out for the taxpayers in
terests. But in an interview Smithy
said: 'Let them and the Council
wrangle, viii not butt in. They
took the load OFF my shoulders.
will wait serenely until the PROPOSE
ton comes TO me-" In other words,
our near Mayor is peeved beeause
the Railway Company officials went
to the Council, and he is not going
to play any more. just going to
take his doll rags, or rather his golf
sticks, and go home. Thus the street
car raise is LEFT to Councilman Nick
Denunzio and his fellow-statesman
and as Nick is budding aspirant for
Sheriff next year his friends say that
ne DIS going to do his "durndest"
fighting the Street Car Company.
We want to submit a mystery to
the readers of the Kentucky Irish
American and every taxpayer should
try and solve the puzzle, as it in
wolves $86,38S of the taxpayers
funds. We first quote from the
Louisville Herald of December II,
1917:
.An additional saving of $4,000
year, effected by economies in the
organization of the Health Depart
ment, has brought the total annual
saving to taxpayers of $50, 1885,"
According to the statement of the
Herald on December II, 1917 the
taxpayers were being saved by our
reform" administration the sum of
SS6,38S EACH YEAR. Now here II
is just little over two years and a
half from that date and according TO
the Herald's official statement the
taxpayers would have saved in the
city treasury in round numbers
100000. But, sad TO say, our enor-
nous saving has disappeared accord
ing to the Htrald of Tuesday, July
10, 1920: 1t reads as follows:
''The General Council committees
met at the invitation of Mayor Smith
In the latter's Office and listened b
an urgent appeal by the Mayor FOR
MORE REVENUE for the CITY's
NEED IN GENERAL. The Mayor
explained that In view of the increas-
ing cost OF everything the municipal
ity had about reached the end Of it
resources"
In other words, the city treasur,