The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1892-05-04
LAZY LEGISLATORS.
Visions Of Green Fields Occupy
Minds Supposed to be
Legislating.
The Dead Fish Bill and Live Taxation
Mountaineering Notes
on Our Criminals.
OHIO COUNTY CONvICrs.


1 Special Correspondence of the HERALD.
FRASKFoRT, KY, April 30, 1892.
The last week of spring-like weather
has put notions of home life into the
heads of the Legislators that nothing
else could do. The farmer thinks of
the work that is going on preparatory
to pitching" the crop. Green fields,
budding woods and blossoming or
chards have pleasure for him, and he,
with his co-legislators, now talks serious
ly of adiourning for the summer vaca-
ton. A resolution has already passed
the Senate providing for adjournment
on June 18th, and a summer vacation
that will not end until after the Novem-
Der elections What the House will do
with such resolution, remains to be
seen, but it is safe to predict good
long vacation for summer, with a ses-
sion next winter that will terminate on
ly with the late summer of '93.
1t is claimed that the Constitution is
the cause for such a long session, but
this is true only in part, as the Legisla-
ture up to this date has been engaged
on many things not specifically set forth
in the new Constitution and the major
part of the work required by that in
strument remains yet unconsidered by
the General Assembly. Senator Lind
say read short yet strong lecture to
the body of which he is one of the
brightest members the otherday when he
refused to vote on certain bill giving MS
IA reason that the statutes already con-
tanned provisions analogous to the one
then under consideration. He further
more said that the Senate had frittered
away much time in discussing measures
already provided for by the statute.
This was pretty strong language, but
the Senate did not resent it.
The Fish bill is about to fail. In the
Senate yesterday, amendments were
made to it that practically killed it. A
motion was entered to reconsider, but
it is quite likely the measure has passed
into that state of "desuetude" that is
akin to death and from which the
Fish and Game Club of Kentucky will
not be able TO resurrect it.
Along with the thoughts of adjourn
ment goes the thought of pleasure. The
Legislature will adjourn over Monday
to take in" the Lexington races that
day. They will go and come by special
train, and will see the famous Blue
Grass city in all her glory with her
guests. The Legislator cannot ride on
q pass, but there is nothing in the new
Constitution that prohibits him from
riding on a special train without
ticket.
The report of the Committee on
Prisons calls the Eddyville penitentiary
an expensive piece of public work and
recommends an enlargement of the
prison at Frankfort rather than TO
spend more money at Eddyville. The
however, praises the style of
architecture and arrangements of the
cells for prisoners at the Eddyville
prison, but expresses the opinion that
it cost too much.
When the House is not busy at other
things it works while on the Revenue
and Taxation bill, which it expects to
finish before summer recess is taken. |
The Ohio county colony in the peni-
tertiary is getting smaller. Last fall
Chapman and Campbell were pardoned. |
Next, Felix Poole was the object of ex- |
ecutive clemency. Last week Isaiah |
Dalton was granted a pardon by the |
Governor. About the time Dalton's !
pardon was made out, Elijah Grove,
who was Cricket" Reaches accom-
plice in horse stealing, died at the Ed |
dyville prison of apoplexy.
There are four left:-Jim Burgess,
who is at Eddyville, and has but short
time to serve; Fred Burgess, John AL
ford and John Hunter at the prison
here. Hunter is here for life. Afford |
has only few more months TO stay, and |
Fred Burgess has served out the first /
year of fifteen year sentence. Fred is
! peaceable, obedient prisoner and does
scroll work in the chair factory. At
odd times he make, fancy articles, and
which he intends to send to Judge
Walker and Jim Polk Thomson for
heir kindness to him while in the
Hartford Jail.