The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1908-01-29
Has Come to Stay.

vote be taken on an amendment to the
constitution which will permit the
counties TO become indebted for build
ing public roads to the amount OF 10
per cent Of the taxable value Of the
property in the county. This will give
the people a chance to show whether
they are In earnest or not when they
clamor for better roads.
i A determined fight will be made In
THIS session Of the legislature to give
women the right to vote in school cleo
lions and to hold the Office of school
trustee or any other school office.
Representative ]. A. Sullivan Of Mad
ison county has introduced a bill In
the house, the first section of which
says: That any woman possessing
the qualifications requisite to a male
voter in common school elections, and
who, in addition, may be able to read
and write, is hereby declared qualified
to vote at any election held for the
purpose OF choosing any officer OF
schools, or upon any measure relating
the qualifications required for males is
hereby declared to be eligible to hold
any Office now existing or that may
hereafter be created by any act Of the
general assembly"
Several delegations Of women have
already been to Frankfort in the inter
est of this bill, but some of the leading
Woman's club members are working
against it. 1t is predicted that the
main stumbling block In the way Of
the measure becoming a law, is the
fact that it gives negro women the
same right to vote and hold office that
It gives to the white women.
For the past twenty years or more
attempts have been made to reduce
the fees charged by stockyards COM
panies, but for some reason all bills
introduced in the legislature on that
subject have failed to pass Senator
R. w. owen of Hancock county has in
troduced bill this session to regulate
and reduce these fees and the prices
charged for provender. The senator
is a farmer and stock trader himself,
and he feels from personal experience
that the prices charged by these COM
panies Is too large. His bill provides
that the price charged shall not be
more than so per cent higher than the
market price of the provender and that
the actual weight of the food shall be
taken and not charged by guess, as
seems to be the custom of some Of the
stockyard companies. This bill will
meet with the hearty approval of the
farmers and shock-shippers all over
the state.
A bill aimed at the drug stores and
corner grocery stores that sell whisky
has been introduced. The bill does not
name the drug stores or groceries, but
Il provides that one having a license
to sell liquor shall not engage In any
other business at the same place he
sells the liquor. Among the other
scores OF bills offered the following are
the most important:
Act to require an annual apportion
ment and accounting OF the surplus OF
life insurance companies.
Act prohibiting the manufacture and
sale of cigarettes In this state and pro-
viding a severe punishment therefor.
Act to prohibit the marriage of first
and second cousins In this state.
Act to prevent the crowding or over
loading beyond their seating capacity
Of cars provided by railroad companies
for the transportation Of passengers.
and to prevent any increase In rates
now in effect or the withdrawal Of GER
tain tickets in retaliation.
Act providing for the teaching OF the
elements Of agriculture In the public
schools Of the state.
Act amending the election law by
providing that hereafter the ballots
shallshave no party emblems on them.
Act giving the landlord a superior
lien on the tenants crop for the money
advanced to raise the crop, the lien to
be Superior to all other liens for one
year.
The classic old building where the
legislature now uOoIb huu uhS uOt
sinoe 1882 will soon be thing Of the
past as far as being Of service to the
state is concerned, unless the legisla-
ture makes some provision for its fu-
ture. Everybody admires and loves
the old building ior its many historical
associations and are anxious to see 1t
preserved for all time end used by the
state for some purpose. The most fire.
quent suggestion is that Vt be turned
over to the State Historical society
and let that organization make state
historical museum of 1t after the new
statehouse is furnished and occupied.
Nearly all the other older states have
a historical museum, and Kentucky
should have one by all means. No
more suitable building could be found
for such purpose, and the state will
have no further use for 1t after next
year. In this way the state would Sc
cure a most valuable and interesting