The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-05
M. F. CONLEY Publisher.
The COMMONWEALTH.
LerI,latIve proceedlnr..


OF investigating resolutions pour in every day,
and are discussed and passed. and then recon
sidered. The Senate has fixed Marchso TO hear
the trial for impeachment OF Treasurer Tate.
No bus ness OF an important nature was trans
acted in either branch to-day
FRAEKFoRr. March 26.-SENATE. Leaves
granted: To direct the Auditor OF Public 40
counts and Treasurer TO make monthly and
semi-annual reports; creating the office OF
s ate Inspector; the motion 10 appoint tenn
porary Treasurer passed both houses.
HoUsE.--A resolution was offered 10 Investi-
gate the affairs OF he peniteutiary at Frank
fort. The Governor vetoed the following bills:
Tho Buffalo and Hodgenyilio Railroad Com
pany, the Cloverport and Fordsvlle Railroad
Company the Giro and Memphis Railroad
Company, the Cincinnati, Jellico and Cumbcr-
land Railroad Company, and others. The Eagan
bill, requiring all convict made goods 70 be SO
stamped, was passed The bill enforce the
payment OF miners every two weeks in cash
was debated till the session closed 81
FRANKFORT, March e7.-SENAT Senate
refused TO concur in the House resolution APP
pointing w. J. Munster, Of Campbell County, as
one OF The experts 10 examine the Treasurers
Office. Senate debated for some hours bill to
prevent the laying of street car tracks on Fiji
tecnth street in Louisville. Mr. Avery repre-
senting the manufacturing interests along tho
street, is opposing it, and the question was not
settled at adjournment
HoUsE.-Mr. Cochrane introduced a bill to in
crease the salary OF the State Treas
urer TO sf,OOO per year. Mr.. Bling
ham introduced n 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 desire was calledup.
but no action was taken
FRANKFORT, March rs SENATE. The COM
mitteo appointed TO draft rules for the govern
mcnt 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 the par
ty producing them and may be cross,examined
by ono person on behalf of the other party: II
aScnaior wishes any question to be put
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 he 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 TO any article. Upon the a.
tanned, 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
acQuttal shall be entered as 20 such article. But
II the person accused in such articles OF impeach-
ment shall be convicted upon any OF said artl-
Giles by the votes OF two-thirds OF the members
present, then Judgment OF guilty shall be en-
tered as 10 such article or articles in the jour
nal. certified copy Of the Judgment as to all
the articles shall be deposited in the ONCE OF the
Secretary of State. The Senate shall not pro-
coed with trial OF the articles OF impeachment
until the summons shall have been executed us
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 affidavit
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
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-
liminaries 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-ofiicio managers Of
the trial on behalf OF the State were then an
nolncod, and were assigned seats in front OF
the clerks desk. The sergeant-at-arms then
called out the name of James w. Tate to APP
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
dition of the Treasury had ever been submitted
TO him. Governor Bpckner was called and said
that on the morning 81 March The was advised
by Auditor Hewitt that he thought there was
defalcation in the State Treasurer's office, and
on the evening OF that day he was informed
that the deficit would amount to over si000u,
and he then ordered the Auditor and Secretary
OF State to take charge OF the oiflcc. 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 ad-
journed this mo ming Immediately after conven-
ing, in order 10 hear the impeachment trial in
the Senate,
FRANKFORT, March &c. -SEHATE-The bill 10
reimburse Soule Smith, OF Lexington, for mon.
eys paid out by him Us representative OF the
Commonwealth Of Kentucky at tho New Orleans
Exposition, was up and debated. Senator Gil
borts bill to prohibit the creation OF trusts,
combinations, pools etc. in this State, was Wig
orously and lengthily debated by Messrs. Gil.
bert, Berry, and Cravens, but no vote was
reached. The Governor sent in a veto of q bill
10 provide copies OF Codes OF Practice and Gen.
crul Statutes to all the Courts OF the State.
The Governor examined into the case fully and
finds that 1t will entail an expense OF fully 49,,
90. The veto was unanimously sustained Az
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
thch.
mo ming, and in view OF the proceedings Of i'm.
reschmcnt against J. w. Tate that were to be
tried in the Senate, adjourned until > o'clock,
and attended the trial in body
JUDGE S. G. SHARP, OF Lexington, has
been appointed by Governor Bucluer as
Treasurer pro ten. of the State Of Kon-
lucky.
THREE prisoners who escaped from the
Grecnsburg Jail hsye been returned.
AT Paducah, Paul Leisncr, aged twenty
four years, a grocery clerk, suicided by
cutting his throat with razor He was
not feeling we'll in the morning, and con-
suited 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 car. He had fear OF insane
ity, and believed fever would unbalanco
his mind.
BuRRIII j. JAGoHns is the postmaster OF
the newly established post-etiico At Wine
sap, Hart County