The Frankfort roundabout., 1908-02-15

ifUNL.
FRIDAYS
den AdjOufnH
Prevents VUlC.
AEso DELAYS REPORT ON coUN-
TY UNIT BILL, WHICH
WAS LOOKED FOR
OTHER LEGISLATIVE NEWS.

At the end of the fifth week of the
Legislative session the Senatorial
deadlock is unbrolken and the election
of a Seaa or seems to be as unlikely
now as at the beginning of the joint
session, when it was shown that
neither Governor Beckham nor Gov
Bradley had enough votes to win,
without getting results from the
seven Democrats who refused to
stand with the Beckhan forces.
ballot was taken yesterday, but it was
purely perfunctory, 1t being agreed
that only one vote should be cast for
each candidate, although nearly all
the members were present or paired.
The reason for no ballot yesterday
was because the House had adjourned
suddenly a few minutes after it was
called to order by the speaker, and
there was a question whether or not
an election would be legal. in view OF
the fact that the House was not in
session at the time Of the joint bal
lot. :"
The topic Of conversation yesterday
after the adjournment was the atti-
tude Of the speaker in adjourning the
House without =. giving anybody a
chance to make demand for the ayes
and noes. The motion to adjorun was
made by Representative ]. Hal Wood
ford, one of the Democrats, soon after
the House had been called to order.
1t came as a surprise to the entire
membership, with probably few ex-
ceptions. Representative L. w. Arnett
was on his feet and was about to
make similar motion, but Mr.. Wood
ford, beat him to it. When the mot
ion to adjourn was put. there was
roar of ayes and louder roar o.
noes, but the speaker said:
"The ayes have it; the House
stands adjourned until Monday at
IL o'clock"
Representative George Wilson was
on its feet demanding a call OF the
roll on the ayes and noes but the
Speaker could not hear him and 1t
was all over. The adjournment pre-.
vented a report on the county unit
bill which was to have been made by
the Public Morals committee. This
Committee has been trying for two
days to make report, having lieve tc
report at any time and put the bill or
its passage but Representative Rob
ert Enlow, the chairman, has not been
given chance to get in his report
He tried on Thursday and failed and
again on yesterday and again failed.
Everything else has taken a back
seat during the last week in favor
of the county unit bill and even the
Senatorial race, has. become a side
issue compared to the fight which the
prohibition measure is causing. 4
The Bill has been the bone of con
tention all during the present session
and now that the committee is ready
to report and the bill has been giver
| it's second reading and is ready to be
put on it's passage, the fight is get
ting warm. The Public Morals Com
mittee had meeting last Wednesday
to hear arguments for or against the
bill, but only arguments for 1t were
heard as the whisky men did no
choose to make an appeal to com
mittee, which, they say, was in favo
of the bill from the f1rst. At tina
hearing many temperance people from
all over the State and many minister
were present and spoke for temper
ance and for the county unit bill be
ing extended so as to apply to ever,
county in the State. With this hear
ing the Public Morals committee de
cided it had waited long enough an,
agreed to make the report on Thurs
day. At that time a motion wa
: made to have an Afternoon Sc:
sion so that the report OF the con