The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-02-17

capitol building and the Capital hotel.
the clearing house for legislative mat
tiers and headquarters OF most OF the
Legislators, II Is believed TO be next
20 Impossible 10 get a quorum OF leg
islators back to the capitol for an att
ernoon session following an adjourn
ment an hour or so before.
OF Interest TO Union Labor.
A bill OF more than ordinary inter
est to organized labor in Kentucky n
that offered In the house By l.. II
Francis, representative sfom the
Fourth and Fifth wards. Louisville.
The bill provides for the regulation
OF the Issuance OF restraining orders
and iniunctlons, the procedure there
on, aud limits the meaning Of the
word conspiracy" In certain cases.
Frankfort Prison and heformstory.
II the prison reform bills now pend
ing In the two houses OF the general
assembly become law--and II seems
certain that they will--the prison at
Frankfort will be converted into re
formatory for those convicts who are
deemed capable OF reformation. The
branch penltentiary at Eddyvllle will
be used for the hardened convlcts,
men whose records have shown that
they can not be trusted The bill es
tabllshing a reformatory. as well as
the bill amending the parole law. have
both passed one house and will be-
come laws. The establishment OF a
reformatory will work many changes
and will require q general shifting OF
the convicts.
State Printer Has Troubles.
Worried and harried by members OF
the two houses Of the general assem-
bly, who want their bills printed at
once, J. w. Hedden, state superin-
tendent OF printing, has had his trou-
bles. There are many plans TO solve
the problem OF how TO get the bills
printed in time, but the suggestion
which meets with the most general
favor is that the general assembly re-
qurre all bills to be printed in Frank
fort. II is suggested. and the sugges-
ton Is approved by nearly all the
members OF both houses. that by hav-
ing the bills printed in Frankfort
there would be less delay and the
members could keep in touch with
their bills. II Is probable that the
next legislature will adopt a rule at
the beginning OF the session requiring
all bills TO be printed as emergency
work and to be done in Frankfort.
without a dissenting vote the
bill introduced In the senate by
Herman ID. Newcomb. OF Louisville
/ providing for nonpartisan com
mission OF Ave TO supersede the Louis
Vile school board as at present con
/ stituted. passed the senate. The real
purpose of the bill is to divorce the
public schools OF Louisville from poll
tics. and II has the backing not only
OF all the commercial bodies of that
city. but OF those at present consti
tuting the Louisville school board.
eight Democrats and six Republicans
The same bill was introduced in the
house some time ago by Hite Huffaker
OF Louisville. and has been reported
favorably by the house committee &c
which II was referred. There is hard
ly a doubt that the bill will pass the
house with as little opposition as was
encountered in the senate.
Clash In Senate.
The only clash in the senate had
TO do with Senate resolution No. 8
providing pay for the extra employees
in the senate. BY unanimous consent
Senator b. NJ. Arnett was permitted
to call this resolution up for action
upon II. A heated debate. led on the
one side by Senator Eliza Bertram and
on the other by Senator b. VI. Arnett
ensued. Senator Bertram bitterly op
posed the adoption OF the resolution
and In the heat of his argument said
that Il was framed in such uncertain
terms as to warrant graft" Senator
| Arnett proved a valiant defender OF
the resolution, however, and said that
II would be an Outrage" not to pay
the extra employees. Others spoke IN
favor OF the resolution and IL finally
was adopted.by vote of 22 to 10.
Opium Bill Revived.
Mark Ryan's opium bill. which was
sidetracked for the reason that. though
receiving a majority of the votes cast
II did not receive a two-ffths vote OF