The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1914-12-31
To the Democratic Voters Of the
First Senatorial District Of
Kentucky:

u ice Ol state senator IRON the
First Senatorial District of Ken
lucky, subject to the August prl-
mary election, 1918
! want 10 first sincerely thank
the people of this district for the
great honor bestowed upon me
IN sending me to represent them
IN the upper branch Of their law.
making body IN this State. As
! told YOU before my election, II
was the fruition of u long cher.
lshed hope. aud now my term OF
office is over unless an extraor-
binary session should conyenedj.
hope that my efforts have not
been ia vain and that some good
will result to all OF the people |
from the small part ! had IN the
work as your representative IN
the Senate. | would be glad to
give an account of my stewardship
IN detail, but feel that II rs un-
necessary, AS the press gave
very full report OF the proceed
ings Of the legislature at the time
aud il would require too much
space and tax your patience 70
read. However, | would like TO
call to your mind few things
that | consider of importance that
were done, aud IN which l had
a part
/ introduced and succeeded m
placing upon the statute DOORS
some seven measures, which l be.
Ilieye were 10 the interest OF
the greatest number OF people
Some of tbs most important were
a law changing your tax receip'
and making II impossible Tor YOU
tax collector to appropriate u
his own use the peoples money
thereby saving the counties ant
State in tie estimation OF som
p of the State officials. some sou,
4 10000 or $4O0. 10000 yearly; be
sides having your tax bill ltemiz
IS ed 80 that YOU could Intelligent
b. ly figure your taxes to your owl
satisfaction, and keeping a per
5 peiual record in the clerk $ oiilc
r so that. should the same be losl
the revenue agent could not col
lect again because of the lost RI
ceipt also A measure in the intel
es, of the graded schools, pei
hitting the school boards OF W
y graded common school districts !
levy a tax, not TO exceed nv
,. cents ON the one hundred dollar
l. Some years ago quite a nnmDe
/ oe districts in the State voted
IS tax of twenty five cents on Va
- one hundred dollars 10 malntai
If A graded school system. Exper
40 ence has taught them that twei
~ tv.five cents is not sufficient I
10 support an eight or nine months
"a school yet the law forced thei
# IN run their schools given nun
,e her of months. There are no pr
visions IN the statute to lncreas
nv vote or otherwise, this Ia
levy. nor is there any provlslo
" whereby the district might md j
81 self of the school. In olh'
IN words. they had something tn,
re- could not turn loose and coul
Re not improve. This law relieve
s. that situation. | very hearth
v supported all the laws looking
e. the advancement of the scho'
y interests in the State.
y 1 introduced aud succeeded
o. having made a law a bill, FINN
H. the go-between and "speal
h easy" in the bootlegging OF WIN
- key and making the person Ia,
!" received the money guilty OF SCI
III ing the liquor. One of the s''l
terfugcs used by the bootlegg'
= was 10 tell the would.be pa
ly chaser that he would take IL
IS money and see if he could ne
re find some liquor, and then relu'
IS shortly with the goods. VINE
Al brought before the court OF II
,c. quiry the purchaser would Sa
~ that he gave so aud so the none
and he bought the whlskey II
courts had held that, unless
is could b., proven that the go-o
tween had made a profit IN u
!. sale. he could not be held habl'
,o when in reality the go-belwec
WIS the seller. ! am IN receipt
a great number OF letters from
ne ficers of the courts IN man
counties. in which they state IN
: the law has curtailed the llh'
sale of liquor in their respe''''
counties more possibly than al
other law on this subject !.
onite while. amended u