The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1912-02-27
DIRECT PRIMARY AND
PRISON Bills. PASSED
One Goes Through House, Other
Wins in Senate And Both Are Put
Up to Governor.

VI TIC Legislature we're concerned,
and only await the Governors sig
nature to become statutes of the
Commonwealth. The Senate passed
the Prison Commission Bill, after
voting down amendments the pur-
pose Of which was to retain the pres
ent staff of employees and Commits
sioners Eli H. Brown and Harvey
McCutcheOn, and the House accept
ed the Senate amendment to the Di-
rect Primary Bill which saves the
bacon of Congressman j. Campbell
Cantrill in the Seventh District by
preventing its application to any
of the primary calls already made
BY the district committees
The Prison Commission Bill, which
had already passed the House is the
measure of Representative Elwood
Hamilton, of Franklin county, and
provides for the appointment Of
Commission of three members, with
out any restriction as to politics.
That the Governor will appoint three
tried and tested Democrats is what
the politicians cal copper-riveted
cinch. The vote on the bill as it f.
nally passed the Senate follows:
Yeas-B. M. Arnett, L. W. Arnett,
Bagby, Bale, Berkshire, Bertman,
Catlett, Chapman, Co3em, Bowling.
Durham, Eaton, Frost, Glenn, Ora
ham, Helm, Hogg, Hubble, Marshall,
Mathers, Moody, Newcomb, Prich-
ard, Salmon, Sanders, Scott, Tiche-
nor.
Nays - Biggerstaff, Bosworth,
Brock, Holman. Huffaker, Ryan,
Thomas, Tunis, Welch.
Ayes %, nays g..
Thomas Gives straight Talk"
The straightest talk given the Sen
ate this year was by Senator Thorn
as, w.lo charged that the bill as it
was presented to the Senate was
loaded for "machine" purposes.
He .lefied the Senate to show
where the state would be benefited
by turning the prison over to a ma
chine.
Senator Thomas said he hoped
that .ome Senator who stood spon-
sor for the partisan prison bill would
stand up and have the courage to
defend the bill.
Senator Thomas read from the
Governors message in which Cover
nor McCreary urged a bipartisan
board. 81 knew said he, "that it
was not the intention Of the people
behind the bill to take the prisons
out of politics, but to put them back
into politics" Besides, he said, he
knew that Governor McCreary did
not want a partisan board, for he
had recommended that the institu-
tons be taken out Of politics, and
urged in his message to the Legisla-
lture a bipartisan board.
Speaks for Present Employees
| He urged that the amendment be
adopted providing for the retention
of the present employees.
"There is no use trying to hide the
truth said Senator Thomas, "foi
the truth is that every job down al
these prisons has been promised out
and this bill is simply to take the
prisons from one machine to turn
them over to another machine, the
next machine larger than the one
| that now has it. / want the Sena'
ltors to know what they are doing
II know that every job has been
promised out"
| Salary Advance Bill Up
| The bill of Senator Brock increas-
ling the pay of the Senators and the
members of the House was taken up
iSenator Brock said that the Sena-
Itors earned the $40 and offered al
amendment to make the pay OF men,
lbsrs $40 day. The mileage was al
! so raised to Is cents mile. II
tpassed 10 to 16, as follows:
| Yeas-L. W. 'Arnett. Bagby, Berk-