The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1909-02-23
POLITICAL.

the anti-racetrack gambling bill.
Representative Hepburn denounce,
the rules of the House in a vigorou
speech.
President Roosevelt signed the specia
act relating to the salary of Secretar!
Of State.
Councilman John F. Klein, Of Pitts
burg. was found guilty in connection
with the bribery scandal in that city.
Judge L. W. Bethurum has announc
ed for reelection for county judge Of
Rockcastle. subject to the republican
primary.
James r. Garfield, Secretary Of the
Interior, is mentioned among the list oil
men being considered for the presidency
of the University Of Michigan.
In the Mason Fleming Brscken dis.
trict, Judge Chas. d. Newell was nomi-
mated by the democrats for circuit
Judge Of that district Saturday.
The first woman ever to hold a posi-.
ton with the State Board of Equaliza-
ton is Miss Alice Cronin, of Louisville,
who was elected a clerk of the board.
Judge A. r. Burnam was appointed
by Gov. Wilson to represent this Con-
gressional district at the Tariff Nation
al Convention in session at Indianapolis.
j. M. Dickinson, of Tennessee, will
be Secretary of War in the Taft Cab
met. Charles Nagel. of st. Louis. will
be Secretary of Commerce and Labor
and r. A. Ballinger will be Secretary
of the Interior.
+. b. Hoover, one of the three candi-
dates for State Senator in the 22nd Sem
atorial district, has withdrawn from
the race. His withdrawal leaves the
contest to two candidates, DIR. T. X.
WEIGH and Hon. b. M. Arnett.
Gov. Marshall, of Indiana, sent a
message to the Legislature in relation
to the condition Of the State Treasury.
Unless some means are provided to col
lect taNes in advance of the time they
are due the Treasury will be depleted
by April /.
The republican district committee of
Pulaski called primary in the circuit
judges race for April and fixed the
entrance fee at 81, 500 We don't blame
Bro. Jarvis for not tackling the ma
chine and putting up such a big en-
trance fee for it to use again7t him.
Harry B. Williams, postmaster at
Mentor. Campbell county, KY, former
deputy county clerk for four years, and
former member of the Kentucky Leg
islature from Campbell county, was ar
rested by Postoffice Inspector C. G.
Swain charged with misappropriating
1927 76 from the money order depart
ment.
The Tennessee Legislature over rode
the vetoes of Gov. Patterson, passing
over his protest the bills providing for
compulsory legalized primary and for
creating. without aid of the executive,
State and county election boards. Three
separate messages were sent in by the
governor, in which he declared the bills
we're neither fair nor just, and asserted
that the force BILL" which once
threatened the South, was not more
odious to free people than these three
measures.
Gov. Wilson has appointed commits
soners to represent Kentucky at the
Alaska Pacific Yukon Exposition which
will be held at Seattle, Wash, June /
to Oct. 10, this year. The governor
desires that Kentucky have representa-
ton at this great exposition of the
Northwest and selected commissioners
who have planned to go. They are:
Edward n. Flexner, Louisville; j. r
Lemon, Mayfield; b. b. Ross, Shelby
vile; s. NJ. Saufey. Frankfort. w. r.
Lyons. Horse Cave.
The Senate was the scene of bitter
personal controversy between Senators
Penrose and La Toilette. The Penn
sylvania Senator denounced his Wis
consin colleague as "claptrap states
man" and charged that Mr.. La Toilette
had practically done no work in COM
mittee since he had been a member of
the Senate. The attack was called
forth by MIR. La Follette's structures on
the custom of the Senate to allow i'm
portant legislation to be crowded into
the last few days of the session.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS