Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-01-31
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS.

| MIR. Smlth, OF Graves, has offere
a bill to amend the general local OF
ton law.
Mr.. Hindman introduced bill
incorporate the Confederate State Al
ISOLATION.
Senator Roberts introduced bill I
raise the pay OF Legislators from S. t
Sl2 a day.
Mr.. Gays bill reducing the humble
of guards for lunatics and convict
was tabled.
The Senate passed the House bil
raising the salary Of the State Treas
urer to 5000.
1.-The resolution to investigate tn
condition of lunatics in the count,
jails was adopted.
Mr.. Smith offered a joint resolution
declaring the Legislature in favo
of western city for the Worlds Fair
A bitter fight is on over a PROPOSE
ton of Mr.. Goebel to reduce tolls OF
the Cincinnati and Coyington bridges
from z to 5 cents.
Capt. Ed. Porter Thompson has
been elected Librarian to fill the un-
expired term till June l, at which
time Mrs. Days two years term be-
gins.
Mr.. Myers proposes to protect the
secrecy of telegraph messages, max
ing it Unable offense for any opera
tor to divulge the contents of a pri-
vate dispatch.
Mr.. Hardin wants to make it unlaw
full for any person to employ an in
FAINT under Is years old to act as tele-
graph operator, or to permit such to
act as such.
The Typographical Union of Frank
fort has asked the Legislature to in
crease the rate of compensation for
public printing from 40 to 60 cents
per 1000 ems.
Mr.. Roberts bill providing for the
addition OF hard labor to the sentences
of all persons given terms in county
iails has been passed by the House.
1t is good bill.
The donation by Mrs. Bunch, Of
Henderson, of q portrait of Maj.
Phillip N. Barbour, gallant Ken
lucky officer killed at Monterey, was
acknowledged by both Houses.
Mr.. Smith, of Graves, has intro
duced a bill amending the act govern
ing the Railroad Commissioners. 1t
prohibits rebates, prevents cut rates
from being given favored shippers,
enlarges the powers OF the Commits
sioners generally and increases the
clerhship allowance from $500 to
81, 900.
The Governor transmitted copy OF
Treasurer Sharp's bond. The sureties
are j. w. Rodes, M. G. Afford, d. T.
Frazee, j. W. Christian, James H.
VIM. H. Cheppes, Milton
Young, S. G. Lyme, G. W. Foushee,
Watts Parker, L. NJ Land, John S.
Phelps, j. r. Morton, j. T. Slade, o.
P. Afford, A. N. Warnock and L.
Sharp.
The Jackson investigation has made
some progress this week. Joe Alt
sheler of the Courier Journal, testified
to the Suppression of the Mazzoni ar
ticle by Messrs. Kohn and Parsons,
who procured a written order from
Mr.. Haldeman. Judge jackson him
self was put on the stand. Following
is his statement about the Mazzoni
case: 1.-THE order releasing the crimi-
nal was made by me upon the recon-
of Commonwealth Attor-
ney Parsons. 1t was just after the
business of the court, when / was
about stepping out of my seat, that
~
Mr.. Parsons called my attention to the
fact that a person was about to die in
jail. l did not catch the name clearly,
but Mr.. Parsons moved that judgment
be suspended. Taking it for granted
that the prisoner had been convicted
at the present term and that it would
be an act OF humanity to let the man
die in the bosom of his family, l told
him to reduce his order to writing;
that was about leaving the court
room then, but he could find me and
l would sign the order. I did not see
Mr.. Parsons until Il next day, when
1 was with Deputy Sheriff Bate; we
met Messrs. Parsons and Kohn, and
the latter invited us to to take dinner
with him at Seelbach's and we went.
Mr.. Parsons said he had written out
the order, which he had spoken OF the
day before"
He denied having anything to do
with the suppression of the report.
His statement to the reporter that he
knew nothing about the release, was
because he did not catch Mazzoni's
name and did not know he had re-
leased Steve Holcomb's assailant. AS
soon as his attention was called to the
matter he had declared the ordsr void
and Mazzoni was re-arested. The
has decided to hold its fu-
ture meetings in Louisville.
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