The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-03-20
Wild SCENES
AT The CLOSE
House 0verrideS Rules Com
mittee and Takes Reins
Passes P00lro0m Bill and Ap-
propriateS Money 10 Com
plete Capitol.

Frankfort, KY, March 17.-Amid tur
bulent scenes of wild confusion, the
House, after midnight in the closing
hours of the session of 1908, took the
bit in its teeth, rode over the Rules
Committee. The House at O'Clock
all precedent, passed two bills which
had not been reported by the Rules
Committee. The HOUSE at 2 o'clock
passed the last bill. the clocks in the
Senate and the House having been
stopped long since.
The closing session of the House
was as turbulent as any which was
held during the entire Senatorial dead
lock, which will make the Legislative
session of 1908 memorable. The Rules
Committee which was put in charge
during the last ten days, and whcih
was gwen supreme authority, was un-
seated completely and the House took
charge. The chairman of the Enroll
ing Committee when directed to make
his report on enrolled bills, thereby
ending the session as far as the pas
sage of bills was concerned, refused to
make a report on enrolment of bills
and reported instead the bill appro-
prating money for the colored normal
school.
He was ruled out of order by w. F.
Klair who was in the chair. Mr. Klair
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charge and could report as it saw fit,
and the committee must do its bid
ding. He said the chairman of the
committee had no more right to make
any other report than that called for
than the clerk of the House the right
to refuse to put a motion. An appeal
was taken from this decision and the
chair was overruled. The House then
took up and passed the bill appro-
priating money for the colored Nor
NAL School and, by suspension Of
the RULES, took up and passed the bill
making 1t unlawful to conduct a pool
room or bet on horse races except at
licensed track, when racing is actually
in progress at such a track. The lat
ter was an amendment which was of
fered by Representative Schoberth.
BY making concessions on both sdies
and by amending the bill so as to pro-
vide that Frank M. Andrews is to be,
as long as there is need for an archi-
tect the fight against the appropria-
ton bill for the new Capitol was end
ed and the bill passed by the House.
The amendment was concurred in by
the Senate and the bill will become
law as the amendment ma
kes the bill acceptable to the
Governor who will sign 1t as
1t now stands thus insuring the
early completion of the Capitol and
it's furnishing. The amendment chang
es the Objectionable clause so that
instead of the present arcitect being
retained in charge of the work, he is
to be retained only so long as the
present Capitol Commission shall deem
an architect to be necessary.
After the fight Of yesterday, when
the Republican members of the House
broke a quorum to beat the bipartisan
board of control bill, the difference be-
tween the two parties were adjusted
and the bill was passed this morn
ing without an amendment, although
several of the Republicans who had
refused to go into the agreement to
pass the bill did all that they could
to beat it. 1t was agreed between
the Democrats and Republicans that
If the bipartisan board bill was passed
the bill allowing the Attorney Cen
eral three assistants would be passed.
This agreement was carried out this
morning and both bills passed without
amendment. Representative Sawyer
A. Smith made a warm speech against
the bill in explaining his vote, and
declared that 1t was partisan biparti-
san bill.
The dog law will be left on the stat
ute book as 1t now stands, the Senate
to-day having voted against bringing
up the House substitute. An effort
was made to call the bill from the
Rules Committee but the opponents
Of the present dog law could get but
twenty votes, whom they needed twen-
ty-six. This means that the present
law stands. and there will be howl
from some parts of the State and re-
joicing in other parts.for the diyis-
ion over the dog law is as wide as