The Paducah evening sun., 1910-03-03

There was a long squabble this
morning in the senate in an effort to
fix the journal satisfactorily on the
passage of the ripper bill.
The house passed bills as follows:
Abolishing the state BARRIERS board
reffuiring bonds of public officials
} equal to the amount of money to be
handled by them.
The Rump session.
The Louisville ripper bill" was
passed by the Democrats of the SEN
ate in a Rump session, after Cover
nor Cox had declared the regular
session adjourned.
The bill to prevent the snaring Of
rabbits passed the house.
Seldom has the senate OF Kentucky
according to those in a position to
know, witnessed such extreme meas.
ures as have been adopted by the ma
jority to force through the Louis
vile ripper" bill.
/ Following the tortuous and ques-
tlonable course of this bill through
the house. the proceedings in the sen
ate we're not unexpected. II had
been reported that the machine was
prepared to rush this bill through the
senate by fair means or foul. Once
before. after passing the house, II
had been printed over night and Laid
over the desks of the senators. 1t
did not go to the public printer at
that time. President Cox then ex-
pressed his indignation that such a
course should be taken in the senate
of Kentucky and he said that 1t
should not happen again. When,
therefore, he called attention to the
fact that. 1t had been reported, the
public printer had never seen this
bill at any time. and sent for that Of
Ifcial, the Democrats were taken ut
terly by surprise.
Bosses Desperation.
The denouement. together with the
exciting scenes which witnessed the
decision on the appeal from the
chair, furnished an illustration of
the length to which the Democratic
machine may go in attempting TO
pass a purely partisan measure.
The start OF the trouble was when
President Pro TEN Linn. announced
the vote. Senator Cureton rushed
down the aisle exolaiming:
"The vote is announced and Presi-
dent Cox is In the chair"
President Cox, who was ready,
walked up to the desk OF the chair
man and, seizing the gavel, wrenched
It quietly but firmly from the hands
of Senator Linn. At this juncture.
when the excitement was intense
and sergeants-at-arms were trying
TO restore order. Mrs. Cox. wife OF
the lieutenant governor, hurried TO
the side of her husband. Some one
Icried. There are ladies' here, be
careful"
Governor Cox stood with one arm
laround his wife. He was smiling
despite the tense situation.
BY this time order was restored,
the president pounding for order.
Democrats Blocked.
The ruling of the president OF the
senate that the ripper" bill was not
before the senate knocked the Demo-
crats completely off their feet. Indi-
vidual senators. who had led the fight
for the Democrats, said that such
conduct as the printing OF the bill.
under the circumstances, was out
rageous and indefensble.
chief Clerk Peters, who had an
swered In response TO a query OF Sen
ator Linn, that the Journal had no
record of the calling of the public
printer before the senate, was asked
IL the Journal would record this pro-
ceeding. He said he did not know
whether II would.
The interest. which has from time
, to time been at fever heat. when the
county unit bill was up. the part of
, the lobby and the galleries was
, eclipsed. Thus has the fame OF the
, Louisville ripper" bill, purely 10
a tdl utdcuits oHANo0s
) general as to the extent to which the
4 machine back OF this bill has gone in
an effort to pass IL through bodies
{ which are Overwhelmingly Demo-
e cratic. t,...
| Prayers Needed.
S The Rev. DR.. Adams prayed, at the
: opening, that that which is done
shall be done with the Divine will,
with harmony, and that that which is
done shall be an honor and glory to
the commonwealth In the future.
When the gavel fell, Senator Dowl-
ling moved that the reading OF the
journal be dispensed with, and, after
making this motion. contended that
he had the floor.
Senator Oliver. who had the floor
on adjournment. was on his feet and