The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-01-19

Under no circumstances will the state
pay more than one-third of the cost
of constructing any road in any couE
ty. Another bill following in the
same line provides for the manner OF
establishing and maintaining public
roads, raising revenue by the coun-
ties. to help construct the roads, and
creates the offices of state commits
sioner of roads and county engineer
1t is believed that if these bills pass
and become the law it will be but a
comparatively short time till Ken
lucky will have as good roads all
over the state as any of her sister
states have now
The cost of maintaining the mag
nificent new statehouse is likely to
make some of the Legislators open
their eyes when they remember how
little was formerly spent on the al
legged upkeep of the old state build
ing. In the first place the old build
ings never were kept any ways de-
cent and everything about the build
ings was always covered with dirt
and dust, probably because no appro-
! priation was ever asked for or made
to keep things clean. The last legis-
lature mad an appropriation of $780,
! 900 yes for electricians, engi-
neers, janitors, scrubbers and other
needed laborers, and it will take all
| of that sum to keep the building in
as clean and neat condition as 1t is
now being kept. That is not near all
the expense, however, for the cost of
running the power house, where all
| the light and heat is made, mounts
up mighty fast when several hundred
bushels of coal are consumed every
day. Add to this the cost of keeping
| the machinery of the power house in
repair, and the total expense will be
several thousands a year more than
| it cost to keep fires and lights in the
old buildings. But just think what a
difference! Everything in the new
| building is as clean as a new pin, it
! has every convenience In the way OF
lights. heat and water, thus making
| it a real pleasure to occupy it,
Indications point very strongly to
the conclusion that no legislative re-
districting bill will be passed at this
session. A number of Democrats
came here with the firm intention of
voting for some sort of a redistrict-
ing measure, but when it was sug-
gested to them that if they passed
such a bill now, the census that is to
be taken this year would likely make
the new districts appear as one-sided
in some instances as the present dis
tricts that are so much complained
of, a number of them changed their
minds and are now willing to. wait
till next session. AS the Democrats
the house and 26 of the 3S senators,
it does look little blue for the re-
districting matter this session.
is the bipartisan board of control for
the states charitable institutions,
which has been in operation for two
years. The board is composed of two
Republicans and two Democrats. and
the present law says that status as to
politics must be maintained. Cover
nor Wilson says the board has done
fine work for the state and is very
anxious to have it continued just as
it is, but a number of Democrats want
the board put back like it was before
last session-all Democrats. To do
this it would be necessary to pass a
new law, but a number of the friends
of the two Democrats now on the
board would not vote for the new bill.
To win over these friends of the two
members of the board 1t is now pro
posed to pledge a majority of the
Democrats to vote to retain the two
men on the board and elect two other
Democrats to take the places of the
two Republicans. Whether this
scheme will result in abolishing the
bipartisan board can not be foretold
this early in the session.
Former Lieutenant Governor w. p.
Thorne of Henry county, and a Dem
ocrat, was in Frankfort last week and
was invited by resolution to address
the senate. He accepted and made
one of his Characteristic humorous
talks. He told his fellow Democrats
that they must be powerful" eau
tious what they did this winter. for,
as he put 1t, you know we Demo
Gratis always do some darn fool thing
at the wrong time that puts us in
bad for the next election" He took