The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-02-04
KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE
Regular Session.

4 | FRANKFORT Jan. % SENATE - Senator
i Bronston introduced a bill in the senate Thur
day which will bring more grief to the RAP
| roads, at whom half of the most impOrtaAt
| bills heretofore introduced have been aimen-
| 1t provides that, in addition to furnishing spk
cial cars for Negroes, the railroads shall alB0
| have first and secOnd-class coaches, and that
fare on Second-claSS coaches shall be only h4f
as much as on irSt-class coaches.
l. HOUSE-The house Thursday passed the
resolution often con signed to its grave heIe-
tofOre, calling on Senator Lindsay to resign, hs
a rebulIe to his currency opinions rhe denD-
cratic majority. by strict party vote unSe4t-
ed Representative Power, of the Clinton ahd
| Wayne district, and seated Alvin Bertram the
,Silverite contestant. Representative Travkr.
of Campbell county. will introduce a bill in the
| house Friday providing for the creation and
government of suburban districts.
i FRANKFORT Jan. 29.-SENATE-The senate
| by vote of Is to IS passed the McChOrd rail-
road bill 1t gives the railroad commissioners
| power to regulate freight rates --
HoUsE-Friday was bill day in the house.
Among those introduced were the following:
| Amending the law as to roads and paSSwayS,
| giving the right to parties unable to pay road
| Tax to work out the same on roads; to require
| the penitentiary authorities to advertise for
| beef, and to let the lowest and best bidder fur
nish the same; making others as well as
househUlders eligible as election officers;
amendin4, the law with regard to county can
vasSing boards; amending libel laws to permit
more evidence in a suit for damages, as to the
| Willingness to retract; reducing the limit of
| shares that director in a building and loan
| association shall own ---------~~
| FRANKFORT, KY; Feb: t-SENATELThe
| Smith bill providing that all manufacturers
| and dealers in mixed -four in this state, shall
brand all packages, barrels or bags of flour in
such way that the purchasers, will know. it is
mixed flour; was passed unanimously by the
senate Monday Bills introduced: Providing
u $5OO-fine for telling or printing campaign lies;
amend the game law by extending time for
killing quail to February l each year; to sup
press Pookmaking and pool selling in this COM
monwealth; to change the name of the Argri
cultural and Mechanical college of Kentucky
to State University of Kentucky -r,
HOUSEHOLDS reported adversely: An act
| providing for revising and compiling the stat
ute laws; an act permitting police judges to
perform marriage ceremonies; act providing
that the exemption laws shall not apply to
debts contracted for medical services up to S25;
to exempt from taxation the property of wom-
en- who are deprived Of right to vote act pro-
vtding for viva voee vote in all elections.
The committee reported adversely on the pop
uliSt bill to secure to the people the right to
propose legislation to the Legislature and vote
on proposed laws, known as the referendum
bill, but the house overruled the. committee
and ordered the bill advanced. The same re-
port was made on Representative Mounts bill
proposing to amend the constitution so that, a
man can not vote unless his poll tax is paid
but the house favored it, and ordered it ad-
vanced over the committees head.
Il FRANKFORT, KY Feb. 2-SENATE-TwO Of
the anticipated partisan measures were intro
duced in the senate Tuesday morning. SEN
ator GOebel fathered one 1t provides for cleo
ton by the legislature of an election commits
sion, to appoint the election boards in each
county. Senator Bronston sent up one pro-
viding for a state board of charities the OBJ
ject Of which is to rob the present adminiStra-
i ton OF the management and control Of aSy-
lums. The ''penitentiary grab" bill came up
in the senate a special order and Senator
BrOnSt0n and others spoke for it. ....
HOUsE-Mr. Tracy of CoVington, introduced
his charter amendment bill in the house Tues
day. This is the bill extending COvington 8
boundary line to the Ohio state line, Mr..
Traver, of Newport, introduced bill repeal
ing the act under which the fiscal courts of
Kenton and Campbell counties supplement
the regular salaries of circuit judges in those
districts; also an act to prevent the
spread of contagious diseases; also an act
to provide the manner of locating county
roads. Representative Morris introduced a bill
in the house prohibiting the reproductionof
prize fights byphotograph or otherwise. The
house committee on public morals, through its
chairman. Mr., Petty, of Grant, reported favor
ably Mr.. HenderSOn'S anti-Sunday baseball
bill. The bill excerpts cities of the first and
ond-classeS. The anti-cagarette bill was
also reported by way of substitute which i'm
poses a fine against the manufacture. sale or
use of cigarettes
FRANKFORT, KY, Feb. 3.-SENATE-New
bills introduced Wednesday: To repeal section
50 OF Article 10. of ian act relating to fees, -
approved June Is, 1893; to authorize the cred
itors to select the assignee in all caSSes OF
vOlunt Try assignments for the benefit of
creditors, and to extend the duties of the
SherifS and county clerks in relation thereto.
and repeating the act of March Is, 1894 relat-
ing to assignments; creating two addi-
tstlOnal circuit judges for Louisville and
regulating the duties of the different sections
, of the louisville circuit court; providing for
the election of judges provided for. in bill No.
! 148; authorizing cities and towns to establish
2 ! and maintain free libraries and reading rooms,
and providing for the appointment of board
! Of commissioners by the governor, to promote
r the same ~
D HOUSE-The bill to regulate the practice of
dentistry in this state by requiring all dentists
4 to secure a certificate from the state board,
which defeated last week, was reconsid-
cred Wednesday and passed by vote of "a to
. a. The bill to compel the Associated Press to
sell its news to any newspaper that offers to
pay for it at the regular price charged news
papers now receiving said news, passed by a
vote of 81 to "a Petitions from other localities
urged that railroads be allowed to charge a
, Swo-cent per mile fare for passengers.
To Reduce Street Car Fares.
FRANKFORT, KY, sFeb. 3.-Mr. Hobbs
of Lexington, Wednesday morning
presented petitions from labor organi-
cations at his home asking the legisla-
ture to pass a law reducing street car
fares in cities of the second class to
three cents. They also ask the pas
sage of the Hobbs bill declaring the
first Monday in September, Labor day
a legal holiday.
+ Died From LOckjaw.
! BEDFORD, Ind, Feb. 3.-Miss Minnie
. Krampke, young woman of this city
T died from lockjaw caused from q
> broken wrist sustained by falling from
the roof of a building, from where she