The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-05
The COMMONWEALTH.


OF investigating resolutions pour In every day,
and are discussed and passed. and then recon-
sidered. The Senate has fixed March2g, TO near
the trial for impeachment OF Treasurer Tate
No bus ness OF IN important nature was trans
acted in either branch to-day.
FRAEKFoRr March 26-SENATE- Leaves
granted: To direct the Auditor OF Public Ac-
counts and Treasurer to make monthly and
semiannual reports; creating the ONCE OF
S ate Inspector; the motion 10 appoint q tenn
porary Treasurer passed both houses.
HOUsE.-A resolution was offered TO lnvesti-
gate the affairs OF lho penitentiary at Frank
fort. The Governor vetoed the following bills:
Tho Buffalo and Hodgenyilio Railroad Com
pany, the Cloverport and Fordsvllc Railroad
Company, the c hro and Memphis Railroad
Company, the Cincinnati, Jellico and Cumber-
land Railroad Company, and others. The Eagan
bill requiring all convict made goods to be SO
stamped, was passed The bill 10 enforce the
payment OF miners every two weeks in cash
was debated till the session closed
FRANKFORT, March 27.--SEsATE-The Senate
refused to concur in the House resolution APP
pointing w J. Munster, OF Campbell County, as
one OF the experts to examine the Treasurers
Office Senate debated for some hours a bill to
prevent the laying of street car tracks on FIJI
tccnth street in Louisville. Mr.. Avery. repre-
senting the manufacturing interests along tho
street. is opposing II, and the question was not
settled at adjournment
HoUsE-Mr Cochrane introduced bill to in
crease the salary OF the State Treas
urer to s4,o0O per year Mr. Bing-
ham introduced bill making any man who has
served two terms as auditor or treasurer ineli-
gible for third term The bill 10 prohibit the
check system OF paying miners now in vogue
in this State, and requiring mine owners to pay
miners in money II they SO desire was caledup,
but no action was taken.
FRANKFORT, March rs SENATE. The COM
mittee appointed TO draft rules for the govern
ment OF the Senate during the Impeachment
trial OF Treasurer Tate made their report,
which was adopted. The rules provide that the
person to be tried may appear in person or by
counsel. and II he do not appear in person or by
attorney the plea OF not guilty shall be entered
and the trial proceed; the witnesses shall be
examined by one person on the part OF tho par
ty producing them and may be cross-examined
by one person on behalf of the other party. II
Senator wishes any question to be put to
witness or TO offer molten Except motion to
adjourn) he shall reduce the same TO writing
and the same shall theL be put by the Speaker
All preliminary or interlocutory questions
and all motions may be argued not exceeding
ten minutes ON each side unless the Senate 9th
erwise orders. No Senator shall vote upon any
interlocutory question or motion, nor upon any
question OF evidence unless he was present
when the question or motion was stated or the
evidence offered, and no Senator shall vote on
the final decision on the trial unless ho was
present during the trial and heard all the testi-
mony material TO the ISSUE And no Senator
qualified to vote shall be excused from voting
upon the finding as 10 any article. Upon the a.
nal question whether the impeachment is sus-
tained the yeas and nays shall be taken on each
article of impeachment separately, and II the
impeachment shall not upon any OF the articles
presented be sustained by the votes Of two
thirds OF the members present, judgment OF
acquittal shall bo entered to such article. But
II the person accused in such articles OF impeach-
ment shall be convicted upon any OF said arti-
cles by the votes of two-thirds OF the members
present then Judgment OF guilty shall be en-
tered as TO such article or articles in the jour
nal. A certified copy OF the Judgment as to all
the articles shall be deposited in the oice OF the
Secretary OF State The Senate shall not pro-
ceed with trial of the articles OF impeachment
until the summons shall have been executed as
required by law and the manner OF service en-
tered thereon in writing and the truth OF such
return has been verified by the oath or afhdavit
OF the person executing the same.
HoUsE.-The bill to abolish the Bureau OF Ag-
riculture was debated, until cut Of by the or
ders OF the day. Mr.. Woods bill making the
drawing or attempting to draw deadly weapon
a felony, and the Kinsolving mining bill, requir-
ing payment OF wages in cash instead OF scrip,
also fell into the orders OF the day.
FRANKFORT, March 29.-SENATE-The pre-
liminares 10 the impeachment Of Treasurer
Tate were arraigned in the Senate to-day. Tho
House committee who formulated the articles
OF impeachment and the ex-ofcio managers Of
the trial on behalf OF the State were then an
nounccd, and were assigned seats in front OF
the clerks desk. The sergeant-at-arms then
called out the name of James W. Tate TO ap-
pear and answer the charges preferred against
him: NO one responded, ,and the Speaker ordered
the clerk TO enter the plea CT mot guilty to
each and every charge. Secretary OF State
Adams testified that no statement OF the con-
dtion Of the Treasury had ever been submitted
to him. Governor Bpckner was called and said
that on the morning of March 1ohe was advised
by Auditor Hewitt that he thought there was
defalcaton in the State Treasurer's Office, and
on the evening of that day he was informed
that the deficit would amount TO over 10000.
and he then ordered the Auditor and Secretary
of State to take charge OF the offlce. He also
stated that no statement OF the condition OF the
Treasury had ever been submitted to him. Ad.
iourned until tomorrow
HoUsE-The House OF Representatives adj
lOuTQeQ lQls lDO mug llIlutuiulCly ultCE NOnfChf
ing, in order 10 hear the impeachment trial in
the Senate.
FRANKFORT, March s0.-SENATE-The bill to
reimburse Soule Smith. OF Lexington for mon.
eys paid out by him as representative of the
Commonwealth OF Kentucky at the New Orleans
Exposition, was up and debated. Senator Gil
bert's bill to prohibit the creation OF trusts,
combinations, pools, etc, in this State, was Wig
orously and lengthily debated by Messrs. Gill
bert, Berry, and Cravens, but no vote was
reached. The Governor sent in a veto OF q bill
TO provide copies of Codes of Practice and Cen
eral Statutes TO all the Courts OF the State
The Governor examined into the case fully, and
hads that 1t will entail an expense OF fully $780,
90. The veto was unanimously sustained. Al.
| tor further testimony in the impeachment case,
the roll was called upon each one of the
articles OF impeachment. and James w Tate
was found guilty OF every charge contained in
| them.
| nousE-The House met at the usual hour this
incoming. and in view OF the proceedings Of i'm.
| peschment against ]. w. Tate that were to be
| tried In the Senate, adjourned until o'clock,
and attended the trnl in body
JUDGE s G.. SHARP, OF Lexington, has
been appointed by Governor Buckner as
Treasurer pro ten. of the State Of Ken
lucky.
THREE prisoners who escaped from the
| Greensburg Jail hnve been returned.
AT Paducah, Paul Leisncr, aged twenty
four years, grocery clerk, suicided by
cutting his throat with razor. He was
not feeling we'll in the morning, and con-
suited a physician, who said he had a
slight attack OF malarial fever. In the af-
ternoon he laid down ON bed in a rear
room. In few minutes another clerk
discovered him lying with his throat cut
from ear to ear. He had a fear of insan-
ity, and believed fever would unbalance
| his mind
BuRRrLL j. JAcosRs is the postmaster Of
the newly established post-ofico at Wine
sap, Hart County