The Hartford herald., 1880-01-28
Notes from the Capitol.
FRANKFORT. KN.. ian. %. ISS

FRANKFORT, KY, Jan. %, 1880.
Editor Herald;
Notwithstanding Che House refused,
by tie vote, last week to instruct the
committee on Retrenchment and Re.
form, 10 bring in bill TO reduce tn,
salaries of all the officers of the Com
monwealth, the committee has again
been heard from, and bill has been re-
ported reducing the salaries from about
70 10 335 per cent. Your correspondent
does not pretend to say that the reduc-
ton, as proyided for in the bill, is ex-
actly right, Yet he is free to saw that
this looks to him a little more like IT,
trenchment and reform, than did the
bill of last week, beginning at the juries
and magistrates. The latter reports,
however, raised quite a breeze in the
House, and motions TO re-commit and
postpone, were Immediately heard The
general salary bill was postponed until
"Wednesday, the 2Sth, and the separate
bill reducing the salary of the Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, from
three to Two thousand dollars per an
mum, was passed by the House.
Bills for two new counties have been
reported by the appropriate committee,
to be named respectfully Blackburn and
Merriwether, so you see there is pros
pect that the venerable gentleman
from Jefferson will have namesake.
The whipping-post has been revived,
and on yesterday, was passed by the
House, and will doubtless pass the SEN
ate. This, we regard as an ill-timed
measure-a law that will be but dead
letter on the Statutes, so far as its ell
forcement is concerned, and but a
glance backward, so far as civilization
and good government il taken into con-
sideratiOn.
A bill taxing gbowie-knives, pistols &c,
has been reported, but re-committed.
This savOrs more of progress, and we
hope, will be seriously considered.
The joint committee on Education
was waited upon by colored delegation
from the colored Teachers Association.
bearing a memorial from said associa-
ton, asking aid and encouragement to
their race In the work of Education.
They were received with marked cour-
tesy by Prof. Pickett, who introduced
them TO the Committee, after which
they delivered their message with be-
coming prudence-each making short
speeches.
The joint committee on the peniten-
tiary has made a report to the two
Houses, but no action has vet been
taken on said report except to have
same printed. This report is very in
teresting document, and gives informa-
ton i'm nregard to the various plans which
have been suggested for the relief of the
State prison. Though there is diver
sity of opinion, We are inclined to think
that branching" is the prevailing idea.
The"gentlemanfrom lay, "Mr. White,
continues still to belabor the House,
with his political harrangues, sparing
neither Democrat nor Republican, who
does not vince at his splendid efforts to
crush the Democratic party. Some
very appropriate reproofs have been ad-
ministered by different members. but
none with better effect than the one
offered by Hon. John +. Feland of Chris
tian, who in response to some men,
Der on the floor who deprecated the
dragging of politics" into this House,
said he had been a representative i'm
this body for several years and had
never brought politics into legislation.
and he hoped if he ever did, his tongue
might cleave to the roof of his mouth
and his right arm fall powerless to his
side, for he felt that politics was as much
out of place i'm this floor as in court of
justice. These reproofs, however, seem
to fall fruitless at the feet of the "gen-
tleman from Clay.
Among the distinguished visitors at
the Capitol, is Gen. Jarvis Jackson, from
Laurel county, who is now i'm his 93rd
year, yet remarkably hale for his age.
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