Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1920-10-30

and there is no earthly chance for
many of these white men and wo.
men to vote IL they remain at the
polls all day. Incidentally these
white precincts take in a boundless
area, and white men and women
will have to travel nearly a mile IN
some city precincts as a penalty foi
being Democrats and opposed to
negro domination. II this wholesale
and high-handed jobbery of pre-
/ cincts had happened about three OF
four years ago the Democratic per
petrators would have been hung IN
effigy at indignation meetings aftez
stirring speeches by reform leaders
of the Mems Federation. Have these
reformers fallen from grace or are
they just asleep at the switch
Please page Fred Gernert, G.. J.
Meddis, Dr. Lockhart, Henry John
son. Capt, Huhlein, DR.. H. Davidson
or C. G. Stoll. Maybe they don't
know this wholesale robbery OF
voters has been going on, or do they
place such implicit confidence In the
reform" administration they helped
20 select that no investigation Is
necessary!
Besides the Joke Governor there
are a couple OF amusing features in
this campaign and one is the atti-
tude of the poor old machine organ,
| the Louisville Herald. In endeavcr-
ing to dig UP some Democratic voter
who would support Harding the
Herald gave two column space to
old Judge Henry l.. Barker the
other day, advertising him as a
Democrat who had seen the light.
This Is rich Barker has been af-
tiliating and working with the local
Republican machine for the past
several years, and 1t was two years
ago that he denounced the local
Nose Green organization at a Re-
| publican banquet in a speech filled
with glittering misstatements.
Here's another rich one the Herald
pulled off and It only goes to show
further how hungry the machine is
for kind word for our keystone
police and chick" firemen. Follow
ing a fire at the Church Home and
Infirmary on Morton avenue resolu-
lions were adopted by the officials
and directors OF the Home, In which
| IL was said. ''Too much praise can
not be given the Salvage Corps" and
until we had our fire we did not
realize what n wonderful protection
the Salvage Corps is to the citizens
of Louisville" Not a single word
in the resolutions OF our keystone
police and chick" firemen, yet the
Herald has the gall and cheek to
head the article as follows: "WORK
OF FFIREMEN AND POLICE
LAUDED." Can you beat It?
Just as we predicted, the negroes
have grown equality mad from the
encouragement of the Republican
machine, both State and city, and
the occurrences here the past few
days only serve 10 notify the people
OF Louisville. and kentucky that
race riots and trouble are in the
near future. Encouraged by the
promise of Shawnee Park. negro po-
lice and firemen. negro deputies in
the City Hall and Court House, the
negro now wants other rights. Not
content in this city to stay in negro
sections like West Walnut or West
Chestnut street. the "toney" negro
and the gambling and loud dress
negroes have come to Fourth ave-
nue. to shove the white men and
women off the sidewalks, the near
race riot of last Sunday afternoon
on Fourth avenue being a result and
forerunner of what is to come. a.
white man and his wife were as
saulted by negro carrying a black
jack because the negro and his two
women companions were not given
the right OF way. Growing more
and more afraid of the negro domi-
nation, II is rumored that the Re-
publican machine begged Robert E.
Woods, a Republican, to withdraw.
from the Board of Education race
so the negro candidate would not be
forced on them by the negroes. That
looks like the proverbial 'nigger in
the woodpile" in Woods with
drawal.
This is a little incident of the
Gypsy Smith revival in which the
Herald can't '1aud" the police on
their performance. DR.. Ben Under
wood, OF this city, attended the re-
vivaa, and on arriving in front of
the tabernacle shut off the gas,
locked the car and left it standing
between two of our noble keystone
cops. At the close DIR. Underwood
comes out, finds that his locked
automobile has been stolen, but the
two Keystone cops are still standing
there. DR.. Underwood had taken
his medicine cabinet inside. but now
realizes his mistake in not taking
his automobile also. The night fol-
lowing It was announced from the
pulpit that Chief Petty had issued
orders that no more cars must be
left In front OF the tabernacle but
should be parked on the side streets.
Now comes the question, If the auto
crooks can steal a locked car with
two Keystoners surrounding it, how
long II will take the same crooks
to steal car parked on dark side
street?
Here's little movie Of the Key
stone comedy police released this
week and like most movie pictures
1t terminates happily In reel one
a little boy on Griffiths avenue Is
seen firing barrage with a deadly
gumbo shooter. Not being coiored
and carrying gun. he Is bounced
on by a Keystoner with the historic
name OF Luther. officer Luther
confiscates the gumbo shooter and
expects to make a felony fee for his
capture. Scene two. Boy goes
home crying and tells his dad that
a Keystoner had swiped HIS gumbo
shooter. Dad becomes madden than
wet hen, bitches up his trousers
and goes out after the Keystoner.
The next scene Is quite a painful
one. Dad wallops the daylights out
of Officer Luther and RECEIVERS the
boys gumbo shooter. Reel two,
Keystoner says: "Consarp you. I'll
get even with him. dad blame him. .
and calls up for wagon load OF