The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-01-10

tney are not opposed To taxing tnc
prisons out Of politics. but they do not
think II would he carrying out the
Democratic platform to transfer the
patronage OF the prisons from the
men who now control II 20 the on
posing faction in the Democratic
party. They sa, that they are willing
to do what they can to carry out the
Democratic platform, but they differ
with the other side as to the methods
that are to be employed.
One side wants the prisons placed
under the control OF the governor.
giving the governor power to appoint
prison commissioners, instead of hav.
ing them elected by the legislature as
at present. Eli Brown, chairman OF
the prison commission, says this
would be turning the patronage, which
Is taken away from his board, over to
the other side. The commissioners
say that they would be willing to have
the people elect the commissioners as
the railroad commissioners are elect.
ed, by districts. II is regarded as prob
able that the friends of the prison
commissioners will try to get through
a bill making the Office of prison com.
missioner elective by direct vote of
the people. The state would be divid-
ed into three districts, probably so ar
ranged that no Republican could be
elected and an election had every
four years to choose each commits
sioner.
In the fight over the speakership.
it was charged that Mr.. Schoberth, Of
Woodford county. was the candidate
of the prison commission. and that he
was representing them 1t was also
charged that the lobbyists" were be-
hind Mr.. Schoberth. This was denied
with vigor by Nj Schoberth and his
friends who asserted that he and his
friends were pledged TO carry out the
planks in the Democratic platform.
Mr.. Schoberth went down in defeat
with spunk, and showed that he can be
a good loser by the smiling way be
took defeat The soreness resulting
from the race has about vanished,
and everything is now peaceful.
OF course, there was more or less
wild talk following the speakership
race and 1t was said that the grand
jury would make an investigation, but
it is believed that the matter will be
dropped as there seems to be nothing
authentic in any Of the rumors that
were circulated about the capitol on
the day after the Democratic caucus.
That they will get through their bill
granting school suffrage to women in
this state is the confident belief of the
leaders of the State Federation of
Womens Clubs of Kentucky. The
board held meeting here Thursday,
and while here they said they were
so confident of getting the bill passed
that they had ceased to talk about it.
Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Smith. who is
president of the State Federation.
says she has been told by the leaders
of both sides in the present legislature,
that the school suffrage bill will GER
tainly become a law.
When the women have secured
school suffrage. they will come back
to the legislature and ask for full suff-
rage. Mrs. Smith is a suffragist full
fledged, although the State Fedora
ton has not gone that far and she
says it is only a question of a short
time until the women will have the
ballot, with an educational qualifica-
ton, in Kentucky. The women thus
far have contented themselves with
asking for limited suffrage.
Two years ago when the women ap-
peared before a senate committee ask
ing for school suffrage, Senator Hogg
told them that if they would come
back to Frankfort in 1912, each with
baby, time being granted to all to
marry, If they were unmarried, he
would vote for the bill. This chal-
lenge is to be answered. and it is
stated that the women will come to
Frankfort bringing their babies with
them to help plead for school suffrage.
The women have turned their chal-
lenge into a weapon, and will use the
children as exhibits, claiming the right
to have sonnet hing to saw about who