Hynicka was also involved in operating a chain of burlesque houses, and was a partner in an attempt to form a theatrical "wheel" in 1910.

This contained records on every voter in Cincinnati, including where they worked, which church they belonged to and any scandals in which they had been involved.

He headed Cincinnati's influential Republican Central Committee of ward and township captains and managed allocation of the 2,000 political patronage jobs in the city.

[4] In 1897 they lost a mayoral election campaign in which the Democrat Gustav Tafel promised to clean up the city.

[1] In October 1905 the Cox machine was attacked by William Howard Taft in a speech linked to President Theodore Roosevelt's drive to eliminate corruption in business and politics.

[1] Hynicka and Herrmann agreed to reorganize the Republican Advisory Committee without Cox at the request of Charles Phelps Taft, the president's brother.

[10] Later Hynicka was chosen to represent Ohio in the Republican National Committee, holding this position until 1924, when he was succeeded by Maurice Mashke of Cleveland.

"[12] In 1926 Hynicka retired from his position as chairman of the Hamilton county executive and central committee of the Republican organization.

[13] In November 1906 Variety noted that a corporation controlled by John J. Ryan and Rudolph K. Hynicka, of Cincinnati, was operating a theater in St.

[16] By 1914 Hynicka had acquired a large stake in Cox's interests in theaters in New York, and was spending growing amount of time in that city.