The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1898-01-26
Senator Bronston Says the Pen.
itentiary Bill Will
Not Pass.
AAunBER BILLS FOR CONSIDERATION.
P0pulist Perkins to Introduce Bill
AboIishing Divorce
Laws.
LATEST FRANKFORT GOSSIP

FRANKFORT, KY Jan. 25.-The Legis-
lature has reached the record making
period and any momentous questions
will be settled in the two Houses before
the end OF this week. The committees
are getting their work done the scedul-
ed bills are being reported or amended
or substitutes prepared; the defects in
the imperfect ones are being remedied
and all the voluminous list OF prelimina-
ries disposed of that the members may
get into the meat OF the would-Ee legis-
lation and the core OF the resolutions.
This fourth week OF the term will doubt
less be notable for the importance OF the
bills acted upon and the pertinence of
the debates on these acts. Senator Nc
Chords measure for empowering the
railroad commission to fix freight rates
on all of the lines in the state will be
first debated to-day and the discussion is
expected to cover a wide range. The
anti-scbool trust bill is to come up in the
House tomorrow and it is fur-raising
quantity itself. Then the bills to abol-
ish the executive boards in Louisville
to establish milk inspectors, to prevent
Sunday baseball playing, to work the
convicts on the public roads, to provide
fines for the canning Of impure food fish,
fruit or vegetables, to consolidate the
offices of sheriff and jAiler and the Offices
of assessor and magistrate, to reduce the
salaries of state off sers, to abolish the
office of Common wealth's Attorney, to
establish non-partisan penitentiary
commission and numerous others, will
be given their third reading, II not
amended or killed during this week or
within lew days thereafter. So that
all considered the week seems pregnant
with important legislative events and
matters OF import and moment.
When asked what he expected to do
in the matter Of reporting his penitenti-
AIRY commission bill, Senator Bronstou
said: IL shall report it to the Senate
this week without fail "Will the bill
pass?" was asked "No, not in its present
form," he said, "but reserve the right
to amend it and will do 30 to the end
that it will be satisfactory and become a
law. / shall make the Commissioners
elective by the Legislature and as fol-
lows: one for two years, one for four
years and the other for six. In this way
there will be new Commissioner elect
ed by the General Assembly at each
session. OF course the officers will be
II qnired to give bond and report their
dolngs to the Legislature" There are
applicants galore for these prospective
Offices already, and before the bill has
become effective almost Every section
and county in the state will be represent
ed in the scramble. The names most
frequently mentioned in connection with
the three places are Messrs Henry
George, Mayfsld; Ed McGratb, Coving
ton John Hiles, Frankfort; VIM. Per-
ny, l. xington w. Z. Moore, Bourbon
county; Chas White, Hardin county
VIM. Cromwell, Frankfort and one
gentleman from GIaut, one from Meade,
one from Adam and one from Henderson
and Webster, the latter named being
'still hunters" after the prlz 8. 1t is
expected that the law will become oper-
alive about the time the pr, mt session
adjourns, and that there will be a whole
sale turning out Of Republicans at the
penitentiaries by the new board.
Nothing daunted by his numerous
Intellectual efforts to bring up from its
burial place in the committee, that
resolution calling upon Senator Lindsay
to resign or do something quite as arbi-
trary, Representative Saunders OF u MON,
continues to let his voice be heard In
motions for the reconsideration Of the
resolution which seems to be his cherisl
ed dream Of Solon-like duty. 1t now
seems probable that the gentleman from
Union will not see his hope realizsd, for
the conservative element in the House
has sid.-tracked the rather radical
demand, seemingly for all time.
Two men who nave won Tor them
selves the soubriqueIs Of "Watchdogs OF
House and senats" are Representative
Haswell, Of Breckenridge, and Senator
jolly, the Irvington gentleman. They
are conservative Republicans and men
who ave considered by their political
opponents wonderfully well balanced
and uafclful of THAR naonla,a fntarasta
Recently they have been put forward by
their party 'epreser tatlves In the two
branches 10 lead the debates or discuss
motions 81 moment They will both
make an aggressive effort 10 amend the
penitentiary bin Of senator Bronston 30
that there win be as many Republican
memben on the 'pen" commissions. a.
Democrats. This will be spisiled