The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1890-04-23
HOW TIE LEGISLATURE is PROGRESS
ING.
FRANkFoRr, April 10. 1880

Editor Gilman
am lonely this evening and somewhat
home-siek. Here am in my seat, watching
and listening, and yet am at home looking
at my wife and playing with my little boy.
Mr.. Speaker! Mr.. Speaker breaks the
reverie, "This is my bill, and good one,
and want you all to vote for it." says
member. ''Report the bill" cries some one,
and then the clerk begins to read {;
"All cows found running on a certain
pike, between the town and the first toll
gate shall be taken up, and the party own
ing the COW shall be fined two dollars, and
if this fine is not paid in ten days, the party
is to be put in Jail until same is paid" A
member addresses the chair, and says "this
is local bill, and he hates to object to any
members local bill, but in his opinion, this
bill ought not to pass. Why, Mr.. Speaker
and gentlemen there might be on this road
some poor widow woman, with dozen or
more children and one old brindle COW. In
May when the grass grows and is green on
the side Of the road, the old COW stands in
dry lot and casts a wistful longing look
at the green grass, and as soon as the good
old woman is out of sight, the old brindle
COW jumps over the fence and takes her
morning meal from the sweet growing grass.
The officer comes along, drives the old COW
to town and there gets a writ for the old
lady, and she too is taken to town, tried
and fined two dollars because the old brin-
die COW jumped the fence and eat little
green grass that grew on the road side.
She can not pay the fine, and there she goes
to jail" A member justin was wrought
up and as he saw the old woman going to
Jail he spoksDut and said t'he'd be id if he
would vote for such bill" and the bill was
amended, so as to exclude all women's
cows from the act. The father of the bill,
has not yet forgiven the member from
Madison, and is ready to jump on him
whenever an opportunity offers. Here
comes another bill TO make a man out Of
Tom Jones, who is only 10 years of age.
A member wants the bill amended so as to
keep him from voting. Another offers an
amendment that he can not marry until he
is al years old. He explains his amend
ment, and says that ''dnder this bill the boy
can marry without license, and if he has
some money some designing mother, and
some equally prudent young lady, fix their
eyes on this boy, made man by the act,
and before he knows it he and the money
are captured-both gone"
And before the speech is over the door
keeper cries out, "Mr. Speaker, message
from the Governor" veto of some pet bill,
which was to prevent the sale Of spirituous
liquors within one mile of Presbyterian
church in Scott county. The veto is read
and it is set out, that under this bill man
could not give his visiting friend a drink
of good old Bourbon, nor could the minis
ter give the sacrament to his members. The
veto was sustained. Next comes a bill to
put all boys and girls under 10 years of age,
who may have been, or may hereafter be
convicted of felony, into some reformato-
ry school This is a good bill and it was
promptly passed. Avisit to the penitentiary
would convince the hardest hearted that
this is a righteous act, and that good will
come out oft. "Mr. Speaker, I move to ad-
journ." NO." "No," ''No," is heard all
over the house. The motion is withdrawn,
and up comes bill to extend the limits Of
the city of Richmond, and the bill is passed
and lol Richmond is city extending one
mile in every way from the court house.
''Mr. Speaker" cries the member from full
ton, 81 call up the bill known as the Cir
Gus Bill The bill proposes to enable every
man, woman and child, who may go to a
circus, and be disappointed in any part Of
the show, to sue the circus man for damage.
If the posters show that there will be ten
monkeys with long tails, and there are only
nine monkeys with short tails, then suit car
be brought by any little boy who wants to see
ten monkeys with long tails. and can't see
them. The trick mule is brought in and
some one gets on him and sticks to him
and rides him around the ring, and the
bills show the mule with his heels higher
than his head and the man who tries to ride
him going over his head. Now, if this mulC
is ridden and his heels don't go up and hi
rider don't 60 over his head, then the boy
is disappointed, and he hasn't seen what he
paid to see, the bill lets him sue for this
The posters shows woman with two head
and under the curtain she has but one. Tn,
clown hasn't any stripes on him the bills show
with stripes all over him, and his face too
The mouth of the Rhinoceros on the bill
is wide open, painted red, under the curtain
he is dead and his mouth is closed. Tn,
bill now before the house proposes to stOI
all such cheats, and to make the circus mar
show what he advertises to show. Tn,
Trainer of the bill makes his speech, tn,
question is put, and down goes his bill
Thus it goes, Mr.. Editor, but still this is
body of safe conservative men. Some mis-
takes will be made, but in the long run thu
State will be benefited. sincerely hop,
Madison will be ably represented in tn,
Constitutional Convention. Her wealth an,
intelligence demand it.
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