Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1921-07-30
REPUBLICAN
Organ of Searcy-ChiltOn Machine
Working Desperately and
Fruitlessly.
Defending Near Mayor Smith, Nor
row and Reform" Becoming
Burdensome.
Another Big Fire Loss Exposes In
efficiency of Our ''Hick" Fire
Department.
KEysToNEBsa NOW coILEcTING

During these torpid days and just
at the outset of the local campaign
one can not help but pity the Louis
Vile Herald, the poor old over
worked organ of the Searcy-Chilton
machine and the reform" admins
trations at Frankfort and here.
During near Mayor Smiths admins
tration the Herald has been battling
nobly to prove that the 50 tax rate
paid by the suffering taxpayers isn't
really as much as $1.86 and lower,
the rates under Democratic admin
istrations. Then day in and day
out the Herald has had to minimize
or smother entirely the outbreaks
of drunken Keystone police and the
reign of burglaries and holdups by
the army of crooks nesting in our
midst The chick" fire department,
which always saves the ground, is
also a troublesome burden to carry,
and the City Hospital with its pay
as-you-linger system always needs
a strong defender. All through
near Mayors Smiths administration
the machine organ has had to jump
to and fro in trying to protect
Smithy on his many changes OF
front in the street car fare raise,
the telephone gouge and other pub
lie questions.
Then to add to the strain along
comes 'Howdy Ed" Morrow and
the Joke administration at Frank
fort. Morrow had hardly been in
Office any length of time before the
riot occurred at Lexington. in
which innocent people were killed
because ''Howdy Ed" messed things
uD in attempting a grandN stand
play But the straw that broke the
scamel's back was the John Doe
Blair case recently in which How
dy Ed pardoned a notorious CON
Wet and with the aid of the local
Republican machine bosses and the
State Republican machine bosses
freed a burglar and attempted
murderer. and rumors are still fly
ing as to just how much dough
was used in the Doe case. The de-
Tense of this was a trying one on
the poor old machine organ and
the Herald editor came forward
with a fearful plea that everyone
must quit discussing the case and
the least said the better, etc. But
like Hamlet's ghost. the Doe case
will not down and IL old "Howdy
Ed is ever drafted to make a POI
litical speech anywhere in this State
II IS safe to say there will be calls
for him to "Give us the inside ON
the Doc case"
The past week or two the Searcy-
Chiffon machine organ-tried a new
tack here. The bosses saw that
the negro question was proving in
furious TO the blue law candidates
prospects. and the Herald came for
ward with articles and editorials
galore to say that the negro aues'
ton was being injected by John
Doolan. Chairman of the Demo
cratic Committee. and other Demo
cratic leaders. That went well FOL
day or two and Ches. Matt. ex
Governor Burlingame and all OF the
machine leaders sat back ane
chuckled to think how smooth the
machine organ was getting ava,
with the negro question. When 10
and behold, the candidacy or th'
negro Iovett comes along and spills
the beans. Frightened by the pros
pec.s of Lovett being nominated TO-
Legislature in district, where "