The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1912-02-06
Automobile Owners Hold Meet
inc.

| Automobile owners interested in the
proposed legislation before the Ken
lucky Assembly, met at the court
house yesterday afternoon at three
o'clock, and after resolving them
selves into club to be known as the
Bourbon County Motor Club,
passed resolutions condemning the
drastic measure proposed by Senator
Newcomb and appealed to the Sena-
tor and Representative from this
District to oppose the bill.
The meeting was called to order by
DR.. Vim. Kenney, who was one of the
number of automobile enthusiasts
gathered for the purpose of taking
action in opposition to the Newcomb
Bill, which was followed by the seiec-
tion of Mr.. N. Ford Brent as chair
man of the meeting and Mr.. Duncan
Bell as Secretary.
DR.. G. q. Daugherty. who was pres
emit at the meeting of the Blue Grass
Motor Club held in Lexington last
Saturday night addressed the gather
ing on the provisions of the Newcomb
Bill and also those of the Knight or
Ryan bill which will be offered as a
substitute to the Newcomb measure in
the House and Senate.
DR.. Daugherty reiterated his state
ment made in Lexington Saturday
night that the NewcOmb Bill made it
almost penitentiary offense to own
an automobile" and urged the Bourbon
Automobile Club to unite with other
clubs throughout the state in oppo-
sition to the bill, which if enacted
would prove detrimental to automobile
interests in the State.
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introduced and passed by a unanimous
vote:
Whereas, there is now pending in
the Senate a measure providing for
the regulation of automobiles, said
measure being known as the NeWcomb
Bill and
Whereas, the owners and dealers of
Bourbon county and other members of
the Bourbon Motor Club, who
are not only willing TO submit to and
reasonable regulations, but are desir-
Gus of having enacted into law some
reasonable measure which, in its pro-
visions, will protect the rights of all
persons believe that the provisions of
the Newcomb Bill are unreasonable
and unjust and, if enacted into law
will practically destroy both the use
lucky, therefore he it
Resolved, that We request the Sena-
tor and Representative from this Dis
trict to do all in their power to defeat
the Newcomb Bill but to use all honor
able means to have enacted into law
either the knight or the Ryan Bill.
the provisions of either being, in the
judgment of the members of the club,
fair and just to both the general pub
lie and the owners and users of auto
mobiles.
Chairman Brent was instituted to ap-
point committee on temporary orgah-
ization for the Bourbon Automobile
Club and also a committee to appear
before the Senate Commute at Frank
fort, presented the resolutions adopted
at the meeting yesterday and to pro-
test personally in behalf Of the local
organization against the NewcOmb
Bill and to urge the passage of the
substitute measures. The committee
on organization is composed of Duncan
Bell, II. S. Caywood and DR.. G.. G..
! Daugherty and that appointed to go to
Frankfort at future date is composed
of John Yerkes, DR.. 6. G. Daugherty
; Jas. M. O'Brien, w. w. Mitchll, Clark
. Barnett and DR.. VIM. Kenney.
Those who we're present at the meet
I ing yesterday were Ford Brent, Dun.
. can Bell, DR.. VIM. Kenney. Jas. Fergu
son, Woodford Spears, John Yerkes
I =. J. Fretwell, Ed Turner, Clark Bar
,. nett, Geo. w. Clay, j. w. Douglas
! Henry Clay, Ed Sparks, Thos. H. Clay
/ Sr., ]. w. Bacon, John Roseberry
. Sam Clay, DR.. c. G. Daugherty. Henry
! Caywood, w. w. Mitchell George w
I w. Clay and Virgil Gaitskill.
!. The majority of those in attendance
! were farmers, owners of automobiles
: and greatly interested in the my
ment inaugurated to stop the passage
of the Newcoihb measure. A petit
tion will be circulated among the
business men of this city to secure
signatures, and this, too, will be
placed before the Senate Com nitt e.