The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-01-13
LEGISLATURE
IS IN SESSION
OFFICERS OF THE SENATE AND
HOUSE ARE QUICKLY
SELECTED.
COMMITTEES ARE NAMED

Precedent Set by Introduction OF New
Bills on Third Day of session-Ad-
journment Takes From Wednesday
Until Monday
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Frankfort, Ky.-The general assem-
bly, of Kentucky was most suspicious
ly opened last week The statutory
session is for sixty days, which does
not include Sundays or holidays; how
ever the 1912 session covered a period
of seventy-one days. The officers of
the senate and house were quickly
elected. The result was as follows:
Officers of the Senate.
President-Lieut. Gov. E. J. McDer-
mott, of Louisville
President Protem-M Michael o Scott,
of Metcalfe county.
Chief ClerktWiley NJ. Dixon, of
Henderson.
Assistant Clerk-Jesse NJ Alverson,
of Anderson.
Enrolling Clerk-Miss Jennie Nc
Donald, of Frankfort.
Sergeant-at-Arms = Ben. Salmon, of
Hopkins county.
Doorkeeper-Cash Shaw, of Frank
fort
Janitor-E. l.. Wharton, of Nelson
county.
Cloakroom Keeper-Moss Bale, of
Green county.
Pages-Oliver B. Arnett, Morgan
county; Molloy Glenn, Lyon county;
Allen Sanders, Taylor county.
Officers of the House.
Speaker-Claude B. Terrell, of
Trimble county
Chief Clerk-James f. Stone, of
Louisville.
Assistant Clerk-William Oscar
Wicker, Crittenden county.
Sergeant at-Arms-Oscar Vest, of
Cawollton.
Enrolling Clerk-Miss Mary Ro-
bards,s of Frankfort.
Doorkeeper-Jeff J. Bowman. of
Boyle county.
Janitor-J Samuel Tilden Booth,
Carroll county
Pages-Hubert D. Rogers, of
Marion; William T. Kelly, of Daviess;
Courtney Taylor, of Clark and Emer-
son Beauchamp, of Logan.
Cloakroom Keeper-Tom L. Foley,
of Mason and Wallace Lawrence, of
Frankfort.
In rapid succession thrills followed
one another in the Kentucky legisla-
ture The first sensation was the in
PRODUCTION of bills in the senate on the
third day of the session, a thing I'M
heard of before in Kentucky legisla-
lures.
One bill was introduced by Senator
Bodies, and provides for public build
ing commission, comprising the coun-
ty judge, county attorney and county
clerk, and will be ready for reference
to committee next Monday
The aggressiveness of the SUI
fragettes caused a second sensation.
A Suffrage conference had been sche,
duled for the parlor of a hotel, but as
g. committee was meeting in the par
Tor when the time arrived the Suf-
fragettes invaded the hotel lobby
where Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Smith
of Richmond, wife of State Bank Com
missioner Smith, introduced Mrs.
Duke Breckenridge, of Lexington, Suf
frage leader in the South.
Members Are Stirred.
Possessing all the earnestness and
much of the eloquence of her great
grandfather, Henry Clay, Mrs. Breck.
enridge stirred the members and her
;.Cditors in splendid speech of &c
minutes.
She advocated bill providing for a
vote to amend the constitution to ex
tend equal suffrage to women Mrs
Breckenridge was so entertaining that
the members have decided to extend
to her the privilege of the floor at a
joint session This action is another
record-breaking performance.
The final sensation of the day was
the bitterness in the debate on the
extra help resolution. Representative
w. B. Harvey, of Dixon, said he would
file suit to restrain the payment OF
the extra help. He holly resented thc
slams that he was playing to the gal
leries. but insisted that the members
should not forget the constitution in
their efforts to keep caucus pledges
A substitute reducing the pay of al
the extra help and saving the stats
$1,000 on the original resolution wa
passed.
Comparatively few of the legislators
were in Frankfort the latter part Of
the week, most of them having taker
advantage of the adjournment from
Wednesday to Monday at noon to re