{"id":18471,"date":"2012-10-23T11:58:46","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T15:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=18471"},"modified":"2012-10-23T11:59:04","modified_gmt":"2012-10-23T15:59:04","slug":"irish-cincinnati-mike-mullen-and-ward-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2012\/10\/irish-cincinnati-mike-mullen-and-ward-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Cincinnati-Mike Mullen and Ward Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: \u00a0Kevin Grace<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Irish<\/a>As the election season draws to a close over the next couple of weeks, it seems appropriate to consider the story of Mike Mullen, perhaps corrupt in the eyes of muckraking journalists, but certainly beloved among his own kind \u2013 and isn\u2019t that always the case when it comes to urban politics? A jaded opinion, you say?\u00a0 Maybe, I respond, but certainly one that is backed by the boisterous heritage of American city life. \u00a0And, so in the spirit of Archives Month in Ohio and the democratic system of government, here we go\u2026<\/p>\n

\"Mullen<\/a>

Mullen Detective Agency<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cPolitics are said to be inborn in an Irishman, but at this time, in Cincinnati, he had not shown in any distressing degree this aptitude.\u201d This sentiment, expressed in 1870, was changed by Mike Mullen, the quintessential ward healer.\u00a0 As the Eighth Ward\u00a0captain, he controlled dozens of patronage jobs, all of which went from Democrat\u00a0to Republican when he bolted to the machine politics of George B. Cox.\u00a0 The son of Irish immigrants, Mullen was beloved in his ethnic community, helping his constituents through bad times and holding a massive \u201cIrish Day\u201d picnic every year. He was Cox\u2019s man on City Council, running his business from City Hall and his private detective agency in a building at Peebles\u2019 Corner.\u00a0 After he died in 1921, his loyal Irish constituents raised funds for a memorial bandstand in Lytle Park, where a marker to Mullen now stands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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