The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1902-02-05
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
ooings CT the Kentucky Legislature
at Frankfort.


Frankfort, Jan. 23.-Senate-Bills
passed Wednesday: To provide that
all accounts against counties shall be
itemized the same kind of a bill. but
applying to cities and towns; provid-
ing for submitting to the people the
question of amending the constitution
so as to return to the old viva voce
system of voting was passed by a
strictly party vote, the republicans vot-
Ing against it-yeas %, nays 8; cir
cult judges to appoint an official stem
sgrapher in each county, and empow-
ering the circuit judge in his discre-
ton to order the stenographer to make
a carbon copy of Transcripts sent to
court of appeals at one-fifth the cost
Of the original copy; to increase the
annual appropriation for the mainte-
nance of the state guard from $1,000
to $4,000.
Frankfort. Jan. 24-Gov. Beckham
Thursday morning signed the first
measures sent to him by the legisla-
ture for his approval. Among them
was the Weatherford Schley resolu-
ton. Representative ] A. Morrison,
in the house. offered a resolution call
ing on congress to pension the South
Cumberland battalion in actual service
for the union in 1S61-1S65. The senate
passed Senator Taylor's bill doing
away with serial numbers in distillers
reports to the auditor, and giving dis.
tillers ten days in which 10 report
whisky in bond. Among the new bills
was one by Senator Farris prohibiting
the sale or use of cigarettes. Speaker
Finn announced the following special
committee to consider the Mcdonald
confederate home bill: II. p. McDon.
aid, A. c. Thompkins. f. B. Brown.
M. F. North, w. C. Clark. ]. w. Alex.
ander, w. z. Offutt, W. ]. Worthing.
ton and D. r. Hubble.
Frankfort, Ky, Jan. 25.-Senate.-
The senate Thursday passed the Bools
double liability repeal bill, doing away
with the double liability cause of the
statutes as to all corporations except
banks. trusts and insurance companies.
Among the bills reported by the house
TO the senate was the brewery fire.
mems pension fund bill. and the Far.
ris bill to return to the viva voce sys-
tenn of voting.
House.-Bills adopted. To give
magistrates and police courts final
reduce the amount of fine for viola.
ton of local option laws to 500. so
that magistrates and police courts will
have final jurisdiction; to take from
women of cities of the second class
Lexington, Covington and Newport
the right to vote in school elections;
to prohibit the use of any textbooks
in the common or graded schools that
CIV full !
victory at Santiago to Adm. w. S
Schley. Representative Averdick
(dem.) introduced a Joint resolution
condemning the action of President
Roosevelt in sending a special envoy
as the representative of this country
to the coronation of King Edward.
Frankfort, Jan. 27.-The general as.
sembly met in joint session at noon
Saturday and elected Miss Pauline
Helm Hardin. formerly of Covington,
state librarian, to succeed herself.
Miss Brown, of London, Laurel county,
was voted for by the republican mi.
nority. Before the announcement of
the vote, former Lieut.. Gov. Worth.
ington arose and made a motion that.
as a compliment to Miss Hardin. "who
has made one of the most efficient Off
GERS the state has ever had in this of.
fee" her nomination be made by ac.
clamation. After the ballot-S0 for
Miss Hardin to % for Miss Brown
Senator Nat Howard, of the republican
side, seconded the motion of Gov.
WOrthingtOn, and it was adopted unan-
imously. The branches did little bust.
ness Of interest or Importance.
Frankfort, Jan. .-Senate-There
was a short session Monday The
most important measure of the day
was senate bill to give the women OF
Kentucky the right to vote in presiden
tial elections. Other bills were intro
| duced as follows: Act to provide that
the union label shall be on all state
/ printing; act to provide coguardian
! ship of father and mother over chill
! dren.
/ HouSe-The house convened at noon
with several members absent. Mr.
/ Lotteries bill to regulate the practise
! of barbering and to provide for prop
er sanitation of barber shons and tools
/ was brought up at the opening of bust
ness. An amendment to make it eff
| fective only in first, second and third
| class cities was adopted. The Letter
! lie bill was then placed on its fna
| passage. The author of the bill was
absent, as were many members. Tho
bill passed by a vote of 43 to Is. Adm
! Schley's telegram. regretting his ina
bility to visit the legislature, was READ
to the house.
Frankfort, Jan. 29.-There were
short sessions in both houses of the
Kentucky legislature Tuesday. Bill
day in the house brought out bunch
of new bills. Among them was bill
by Mr. Parker, of Laurel, rep, to re
peal the act of 1900 creating the Goe
bel reward commission and appropri
ating 100000 for the purpose of bring
ing the murderers of William Goebe
to justice. Mr.. Brown introduced {
bin to place the election of the state
librarian in the power of the appellat,
| judges at the expiration of the present
term. The Thomplins bill to remove
the devices from ballots was favorably
reported by the committee on SUI
frage and election.