The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-03-16


these old soldiers are left who will
be entitled to pensions can not be ac-
ourately estimated now, but the num-
Der will not be very great and in a
few years the list will grow very
small, as it is now As years since the
civil war closed. The number now is
variously estimated at from 700 to
1900 but it may exceed the latter
number. If it goes to 1000 the bill
will cost the state $4,000 a month,
or $144,000 a year.
There is some really serious talk
about an extra session of the legisla-
ture being called by Governor Will
son, unless some bill looking to the
paying off of the deficit now existing
in the state treasury is passed at the
regular session. A close friend of the
governors is quoted reliably as say
ing that the governor does not regard
the issuing of Understanding war
rants as any adequate relief for the
trouble and unless a bill is passed to
increase the rate of taxation or one
authorizing the usual of bonds to the
extent of 100000, there is almost GER
tain to be an extra session called. 1t
is further stated upon the same relia-
BILE authority that if the call for an
extra session is made, the call will in
clude the county unit bill in the list
of subjects that the governor will ask
the legislature to consider. The finan-
cial situation of the state is really
serious one. The deficit now amounts
to over Sl000,000, and there is no
prospect of any money coming in till
next fall to pay off any of the exist
ing deficit and by that time the deficit
will have grown considerably, and the
conditions will then be worse than
they are now. State Treasurer Far
ley has managed to get together
enough money from various sources
to pay the Legislators a part of their
salaries, but even they will have to
go home with some unpaid warrants
in their pockets, unless they enact
a law that will afford some relief
Governor Wilson's friends say he
would not be true to his oath if he
did not insist upon some remedy be-
ing provided. even if an extra session
is necessary TO carry out his idea of
justice to the states creditors.
A most unusual bill has been passed
by the legislature and is now in the
hands of the governor who, it is be-
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then be passed over his veto. Some
years ago the courts decided that it
was unlawful under an act of the leg
islature to educate white and colored
children In the same schools. This
affected the college at Berea, that had
been for years maintained in Madison
county, where both whites and blacks
attended. After that decision the ne
groes raised fund of nearly half
million dollars to establish a colored
industrial school in this state, to take
the place of Berea for the negroes.
They made arrangements to locate
this school in Shelby county and call
it Lincoln institute. The citizens Of
the district in Shelby county objected
to the location of the college there,
but there was no way under the law
to prevent it. For this reason the
legislature was asked for relief, and
bill was offered providing that be-
fore such a school could be located in
any precinct the voters of that pre-
cinct shall havel the right to vote on
whether 1t can be located there or
not, and If a majority. vote against 1t,
then 1t can not be located there. They
claim that If such a school is located
in community in the country 1t will
cause a depreciation of the value of
all the property in that neighborhood,
and is therefore unfair TO the property
owners, who ought to have some voice
in the matter. The Democrats In the
legislature all voted for the bill and
the Republicans voted against it. II
the governor vetoes it, a vigorous ef-
fort will be made to pass it over his
veto.
Hotel keepers all over the state are
happy over the passage Of the Klair
bill in the house, which allows them
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