Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-03-17
KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE
Regular Session.

FHANKFoRr. March \ SENATE The COM
mitcc ON rules in the senate offered an amend.
mcnt {" the rules, which give to said commit
tee the p W.T. Ia rcpoIt any hill for considcra-
tion at any time and limiting debate To ~ min
uteS ON any bill The olution which lies
over une day II intended To cut OF tilihtlstcr-
ing Ia prevent the passage Of important meas
urcS the last few days of the session. Blk
passed. House hill abolshnr the office of regis
ter Of lands was passed by Il vote Of - to ,: To
amend the rcvcnuc law that whisky shall
be assessed for taxation for county and city
purposes: providing 4 method for establish
ing free libraries in nil towns and counties
that desire them.
housE-liills passed: To repeal the charters
Of all banks that 10 not accept the ai valurcm
,y>tcm uf taxation; to prevent the forma-
tlon and 81 Grafton of trusts and to protect the
pcopl" from said trusts. authorizing asscssors
10 examine county clerks offices in order To
nS cSs all evidences Of Indebtedness that now
escape taxation; providing separate elections In
towns 81 the NTH and sixth elias -eS for election
of city officers; giving shcrirS longer time
Ia collect taxes by making them payable
March /; authorizing the attorneys at the bar
to select a special Judge in the absence Of the
city Judge in Louisville; the senate resolution
providing for Joint session 1hurSd to
elect the prison commissioners was adopted
FRANKFORT, March . senator Alexander
called up the resolution Tuesday morning APP
crn, in property observing the ceremonies at
tending the launching of the battle~hip Ken
lucky, and II Was passed 10y vote Of ~ To- &
The Gochcl hill to amend the Law governing
IN" state militia, 81 that the governor may
employ an attorney tn collect Kcntucky'> war
claim against the United States government
passed yeas Il; nays , The Tracy
house hill requiring all railroads To
curry bicycles ~ baggage was passed. The
house hill providing for monthly terms Of the
quarterly court was passed The bill proyid-
ing for thu operating expenses of the state
schools of reform and fixing the per capita OF
the Inmates nj S5A passed yeas. 81: nays. l.
noT>E IIills passed: Providing for the np-
pointm"ni 81 the police commissioners Of New.
port. RclrNur aud DAYTON hy the circuit Judge
instead OF Ivy tn" mayor~ "i those cities; to re
pal the act prunihiIiu, the sale Of liquor ia
less quantity than IL Gallons in Morgan county,
rrp"alInr section 49,, kentucky statutes.
which provides that a. soon ~ minor
Woman marrir~ her guardianship ceases. liillS
defeated. AuthoriZInr county Judges NJ coun-
ties containing >rCoud-clasS cities To appoint
transcript clerks: pro, iding that the railroad
commissioner should assess the franchise
taN as well aS the tangible property Of all rail
roads
FRANKFORT March ~ 49, SENATE BILLS
passed; To repeal the charter uf the town Of
bethlehem. in Henry county; to allow other
telegraph companies than the Western Union
the right Ia put up wires along all railroad
lines by condemnation proceedings; house bill
to prohibit the sale Of cider or other intoXi-
eating beverages in local option districts;
TO allow manufacturers Of bottled goods
to register their trade marks and pre-
vent other people from using the same bottles.
HOUSE The house adopted resolution limit
ing speeches on any measure To IL minutes. ex
ccpt by unanimous consent. The bill creating
an extra circuit Iud rc for Jefferson county was
passed. Mr. Iaswell arose to a question of
privilege and asked what had caused
the delay in printin, the local option
hill No one could tell, and the friends
Of the mca urc are up in arms over the delay.
The Humphreys bill fixing and prescribing that
21n pounds shall he n legal ton of hemp was
pa-scd The North hill to abolish the office Of
assistant sergeant Of the court Of appeals
pas ed 63 10 Il Other bills passed: Providing
that the ballots shall be preserved instead of
destroyed; To allow the children Of slave mar
RACES to inherit the property of their parents;
providing for one big monument on the Chick
amauga battlefield instead of six small ones.
FKANkF"Rr, Ky. March IL-SENATE-The
passage Of the election hill by the senate
Thursday over the governors veto was a dis
tinct and signal victory for Senator Goebel. the
author Of tie bill, who has conducted the fight
for its passage from the start. The house will
certainly pass the bill Friday over the veto and
that will end the prettieSt fight of the session.
The senate met again at $3.50 Thursday aft
transferring jackson county from the Eighth
congressional district to the Eleventh district
was taken up and acted on without debate and
passed over the veto hv vote Of - to ). On
motion OF Senator Bronston the house bill pro-
hibiting the USE or sale of cigarettes in this
state was called from the committee and put
on its passage. The bill passed by a vote of =.
to :. and it Is said that the bill is stringent
that the sale Of tobacco in any form will be
prohibited by its provisions.
HousE-At Il O'Clock the senate appointed q
| committee To notify the house that IL was ready
| Ia proceed To the election of three prison COM
| mis>ioncrS \ moment later the senate re-
paired to the house of representatives. to take
| the vote. The republican senators refused to
| go. as Senator win Henry Jones said the
| whole thing was Illegal The republicans
| of the house also declined to take part
| in the election. and most OF them left the hall
during the joint session. The roll call showed
| Is pre- -ent. and the three nominees of Wednes-
day nights caucus, Henry George, James NJ
Richardson and Edward Finncll. were placed
| in nomination by Representative Trimble and
| all three were voted for at the same time, each
| receiving W votes and each declared
| elected.
| FRANkFoRT. March I2-SENATs-SeRS.s-
Gilmore asked Friday that the conference cum
mittee on the school book bill make some re-
port. In the debate that followed hot words
| passed between Bronston and Elmore, but
peacemakers kept them apart. The governors
| veto of the house bill repeating those
| sections of the ant-mob law that au-
thorize the employment of guards to pro-
| tect property was then taken up but
| as quorum refused to vote 1t was postponed
| until Saturday. The house bill to appropriate
Is, 400 to buy "a acres of land for Lakewood asy-
| lum passed. Yeas p; nays. B. House bill re-
| quiring the appointment Of one female ply
| stefan at each asylum passed. Yeas. 26; nays. l.
4 The Tracy house bill defining what shall con-
| stitute embeZZlement was def ated. The
| house bill to require clerks to make actual
| copies Of records before they can charge for n
| copy was defeated.
| HOUSE-The house went the senate one bet
ter Friday and had n sure-enough hammer
and-tongs scrap, but il came up without any
personalities. regular fist fight took place
between Depp. the populist from Barren coun-
ty. and Jack Mills, of Clarke county. Mills
| came near using n knife on Depp. The SEN
ate local option bill that makes the
| county the unit in voting out whisky,
instead of the precinct. was practically
killed when, by a vote of 20 yeas to 81 nays,
| the house declined to recommit it to n
committee with leave to report at any time.
| The bill now has to 20 into the orders of the
lay behind dozens of other bills and can not be
| reached except by a two-thirds vote, which it
Fan never get The Goebcl election bill was
| reported by Senator Voters as having passed
the senate over the governors veto, and it was
| taken up at once, debate shut of by the pre-
| vious question being ordered, and vote taken
on II ut once. IL passed. Several men tried to
| explain their votes, but were howled down,
and their voices drowned out by shouts and
handclapping.
| They Want the Drummers.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, March 12.-The
commercial travellers of Louisville are
trying to secure the national conven-
ton of the Travellers Protective asso-
citation for 1899 for Louis Vile. Post ID
will give smoker saturday night, at