Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1921-07-23

the uproar comes from the patients
| who yell and kick when they find
| out what It costs to live in that
public institution under a reform
| administration. Patients are charged
/ mt the rate of $1.S6 per day al
though taxpayers are forced to pay
so much per capita for the upkeep
/ Of that institution. The City Hos
pital is a million-dollar enterprise
and the building of same was en-
couraged by every public spirited
citizen who wanted that institution
for the benefit of the poor and un-
fortunate, all realizing its need,
none knowing when circumstances
would compel him or her to- take
advantage of it's shelter. The
double charge OF collecting taxes
and assessing the patients $1.S6 per
day for its uplSeep has given a
black eye to the City Hospital and
the sham reform" at the same
time.
1t doesn't seem but a short time
ago that Ches, Matt, Governor"
Burlingame and all of the machine
leaders used to smile at the mere
mention of the big negro Repub-
lican vote that was swung back and
forth in primaries and general cleo
lions just as the Republican ma
chine desired and the negro voters
were no trouble at all, demanding
nothing but janitor jobs and the
privilege of running crap games in
the negro neighborhoods. But alas!
what change. Now the mere mem
ton of the negro voters gives the
Republican bosses the creeps and
many a sleepless night is the cost of
the heavy burden. Two years ago
the trouble started when negro
announced for the Republican NOM
nation for Legislature and Ches
and Matt were forced to throw into
the Tenth ward every city and
county employee, police, fireman, de-
tective, etc. to prevent 1900 negro
men voters from nominating a ne
gro for the Legislature. The great
est knock down and drag 'em out
primary in the city's history re-
suited. Only 562 votes were cast,
over 400 of them negro votes, yet
the machine brought in a return of
go majority for the white man.
Nothing daunted the negro comes
to bat again this year with another
candidate for the Legislature and
with an approximate registered vote
of $500 negro men and women Re-
publicans out of total of $500.
The Searcy-Chi1ton mahcine faces a
tough Job. The old bribing or
bulldozing methods have failed and
the negro is on the ballot against
the machine selection. Another
L., ln onfraa
Is that the negroes want to share in
the Republican proprietorship OF
the town Shawnee Park. which at
first was the mecca for the colored
folks, has then acquired and Chero-
kee and Jacob Park are gradually
being absorbed. Colored gatherings
take possession of the Fairgrounds
and shelter pavilions at these parks,
and on Monday of this week a big
delegation of white picnickers
bound for Jacob Park TO spend the
day had to change their mind. as a
negro assembly was there first and
the whites would have been regard
ed as intruders. The negroes feel
that their position in the Repub-
ican party gives them the right to
monopolize the parks and the poor
old white man who wants to take
his family for a days outing will
have to hold his picnic in the back
yard. The Republicans themselves
feel the encroachment of the negro
and the Herald, the machine organ,
announces that the Republican
party will have an outing at Fon-
tame Ferry Park, August 81, this
for white Republicans only, the ne
groes to be barred. Watch their
colored brothers and sisters object
to the slight
The negro also serves notice
that he must have his rights even
II he has to fight for them, and the
following is proof that the negroes
are warned to be ready for action
against the whites. This is taken
from the Louisville News, a negro
newspaper, organ Of the Searcy-
Chiffon machine: ''Have You n lit |
tie fairy in your home? No, we are
not advertising a soap. BY Fairy |
WE MEAN A SIX-SHOOTER OR A |
80 COLT. Self preservation is the
first law of nature. When preiu- |
dice talks and spOuts off we just
grin and go on our way. But when
prejudice begins to stone houses
and street cars the grin comes on.
Straws tell which way the wind
blows. If you haven't a fairy In
your home, please take this hint
and GET ONE RIGHT AWAY"
The above editorial is in the Searcy-
Chiffon negro newspaper and can be
construed as an invitation for the
negroes TO start a race riot. 1t also
demonstrates the contempt coiored
Republicans have for the present
guardians of the law.
The Board of Safety is having an
awful knotty problem to solve an
the case Of Patrolman H. w. Nc
Donnell, who was found on the
Point about two weeks ago trying
out his craftsmanship with his
badge as the target. He was
carged with being full OF white
mule" and 1t was freely predicted
that he would be discharged when
Patrolman Sherrard was to walk
the plank. Sherrard was charged
with being drunk and assaulting a
old boy, whom he
found out that he could whip. In
terfered with by l.. Karen, he made
the mistake of thinking that ne
could also trounce the latter, but
Karen spoiled the dope by taking
away his weapons and knocking
him out for the count Then Gov
ernor, Burlingame in his smooth
wav made personal calls on Karen
10 adjust the matter of the drunken
Keystoner, and eventually Sherrard
was discharged. This brings us
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