The Hickman courier., 1869-05-08
From the Paducah Kentnckian.


SCkAaIOE Akn0 0SEay EAb Kay UctUs
1 Hon. VIM. Lindsay, of Clinton, Hick.
man county, the representative of this
district in the Senatorial branch of the
State Legislature was the first to
speak. 1t would be a great bene-
fit to the people of Kentucky if the
tspeech he made to-day could be read by
every voter in the State He exposed
the attempt to force through the Legis-
lature, the bill introduced in the last ses-
sion by Gen. Preston. He said that the
bill was put upon its passage at an unu-
sual time in the House, and forced
through hastily, there being but one
/ speech made on it; and when the vote
was taken, it was sent in hot haste to
the Senate, with the intention of driving
it through that body in the same way.
On the next morning, a good many mem
bers of the House finding they had put
| their foot in it, set to work to try and
recall the bill from the Senate for recon
sideration. Then commenced a scene
never before witnessed in any legislative
body. The friends of the measure work
ed to keep the House from acting until
the Senate would pass the bill, and in
this way a whole day was lost calling the
ayes and nays; but after polling the
Senate and finding the measure would
be killsd in that body if brought to
vote, opposition ceased-the bill was re-
called and left to die among the unfin-
ished business of the House. The con-
stitutioDality of the measure was private
ly discussed among the members of the
Senate, but there was no opportunity
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the discussion in the House, there was
but one speech made on the measure be-
fore it was forced to vote. Capt. Lind
say explained how it was that large
amounts had been borrowed from the
sinking fund to defray the ordinary ex
penses of the government.
THE RIVER RINGS
Three hundred thousand dollars had
been expended to improve Kentucky,
Barren aud Licking rivers, all of which
was dead loss to the State, and when
the Legislature tried to find company
that would take these improvements for |
term of fifty years and give bond to |
keep the locks and dams in order it was
with difficulty any one could be found to
take them for nothing. He stated that
the Internal Improvement party or the /
party who, were In favor of loaning the
credit of the State or taxing the people
for internal improvements had never car
ried out their pledges, and proved it by
stating that appropriations made with the
express provision that each section of
the State should haVea fair division, had
been violated by giving the whole to cen
tral Kentucky, leaving the two extremes
to pay their taxes and receive no benefit.
Further, the bill was for the benefit of
the wealthy counties at the expense of
the poor one, in this, that it subscribed
to railroads on the condition, that if
road could make its road bed, etc, the
State would take stock enough to run
the road, provided the copartners of the
State were willing to give first mort
gage on the entire road to secure the
Commonwealth interest. This waA5e Il
nounced as unfair to the cxSnrtner, =.
State owning one thiraNn $50 =
holders Owning the re-
demanding security Hlafz
ould not get The Capiaifl
he whole effort as unealnf
cry bad policy. We
- have stenographic7
,e offered