The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1914-03-13
wHIsKEy PEOPLE PUT TO
R0UT IN LOWER HOUSE
Frost County Uni, Bill Gees Over
Plate and State Wide Comes up
R. r. Fares Reduced

guot interests were gwen an over
whelming defeat in the House on Tues
day when the Frost county unit wa
passed by vote Of ~ to p, and i'm
rIcdiatcly thereafter the statewide pro
hihition bill was brought up by TN
House by heavy majority and seem
likely to have action taken upon il thi
week The Frost county unit bill per
nuts the calling of local option cleo
thor upon petition Of Is per cent Of IN,
voters Of an entire county instead %
. per cent Of the voters of each pre-
cinct as heretofore
Alter the Frost bill had been passed
the wet members OF the House though
- cmbafrass the dry members b,
fonr1g cut state wide prohibition Tn,
temperance leaders have not been max
ING a fight to secure the passage OF
this bill Led by DIR Palmer, supcrin.
tcnden, of the Anti Saloon League. all
attention has been directed To- the Fros;
count. unit bin and il has been IN
dc'sicod among the members WIN are
interested IN measures desired by the
temperance people of the state that
thc hni.-Saloon League leaders we're
making no effort to push statewide
prohibition.
The liquor leaders appeared to think
that the dry members OF the house
were not sincere regarding their ex-
pressed sttitude toward state wide pro-
hibi,ion. II II should come To- vote.
but they were soon set right A mo-
ton by Representative Judy, OF Mont
Roinrry COUNTY Co bring oft the state
wide bill. was voted fur by almost
every wet man on the floor oi the
house - well as by big majority OF
The dry members and the consequence
Is that the liquor people find state wide
facing them. which !, the las, thing IN
.hc wTld they want The rout of .hc
wet faction IN the Legislature this
session has been complete as the Frost
bill, which provides that . per cent
of the voters OF county instead OF
a precinct may call local option el-c
;iua -. led the Senate by vote 1T ,
to !. and the House by vote OF -
Ia !
Those who voted against the bill
were Representative Ampler. Brown.
DAVIS. Drescher. IA C. Duffy, VIII
liam Duffy. Duncan. Fryer. l1dy.
klei,,. huh, MeNally. Harry New
ers. Newman O'Brien. Perr,. Price.
Reed. SPAIN. Tiemsn. Walton and John
! White. oi Madison county.
Debate upon the measure was brief.
be,nR limited To an attempt OF the
opponents Of the bill Ia cloud the issue
by the injection OF the state wide pro-
hihi,ion Guestion. Repre- II
{ DpffS. OF Harrison county. Offered
an amcn1aWnt bN way OF subsli:Tc
for the unit bili bill providing Tor a
prohibition constitutional amendment.
Representative Douglas raised the
point 81 'r,lu that the substitute was
no, IN order since 1t related 10 Iii |
icrent subject Speaker Terrell sus- I
tanned TIC point ~ order. dcclacirg |
that the sal Ject was not germanc &c |
the bill
Representa- i've Walton. OF LcNirg.
ton, appealed frnm the ruling OF lie |
Chaii. bu' The House sustained Speak /
CT Terrell. OF TO p. Representatives
Farris. Mount. Smith and Saufiey vet.
cd 10 SUSAN the Speaker and Tor the
BIZ.
The hill. requiring counties 10 en-
ploy veterinarian to inspect cattle
To- communicate, diseases, was pa
I'D. 4. 70 -
Rcprc,cu,; tive Railey'S bill pro, ding
tina, graduates OF medical schools ~
good reputation be granted licenses t;
prscii,, mcd icnc without state board
examination was passed by vote ~
~ 90
The bill To- grant licenses to phar-
macists. without examination, when
graduates OF medical schools, was
tabled by viva yoce vote.
The Judy bill, to prevent negroes
from voting in white school elections.
passed So to IL.
The Webb bill, giving county boards
III education authority To call elections
la vote for a special tax for CONSOLE
dated school districts, was defeated, IL
To- 70 as 81 votes were required to pass
the measure. II contained an emer-
pency clause.
The Oliver bill. empowering trustees
II graded school districts to levy a
school tax not to exceed so cents on
The 500. was passed by a vote OF 50
10 p. Representative Saufley voted
against this bill as II permits an in
crease in the school tax without sub
hitting the matter to vote OF the
people.
Two bills we're introduced. One by
Sharp would appropri-
ate $4,000 to establish a state home
for inebriates. The other by J. I. I
Webb provides for the appropriation
IF $4,000 to establish state normal
school at Mayfield.
The bill of Representative Walton to
require tobacco sales warehousemen to (
keep daily accounts of sales and make l
sworn Statements as to the
sales and the types TO the department
,f Agriculture was amended to exempt
sales that had been previously made at
anne other xareholse "A Dassed "a To