The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-02-04
HOT TIMES IN
THE HOUSE
When Representative Greene Charges
Gov. Stanley Is Trying to Force
Members to Obey His Wishes

Developments III lHe leSiSldluIS a.
Frankfort this week have been rath-
er interesting to an outsider.
Early i'm the week the bill to Gre
ate the new county of Stanley was
tabled in the senate by margin OF
one vote, after certain Administration
leaders had exhausted every effort to
''put it over" Charges then sprung
up in the House that some crooked
work was attempted, and a republi-
can senator, Robert Antle, of Rus
sell county, gave out a statement
that prominent democratic leader
had offered to guarantee or post
$1,000 forfeit that "Uncle BilP' Al
len, of the Clinton-Wayne district,
whose seat was being contested by
S. C. Dobbs, democrat, would be
seated if Antle would vote to create
the new county of Stanley. Antle
declined to accept the covert bride
and the House unseated "Uncle BllP'
and Antle told of the preferred deal,
which will be Investigated.
Representative Frank c. Greene,
of Carroll county, threw a bombshell
into the House also when he declared
on the floor of the house that Gov.
Stanley is trying to dictate to the
members of the house how they shall
vote. He openly stated that Stanley
took member of the House to task
for voting favorably toward the bills
which are designed TO close the sa-
looms in Covington and Newport on
Sunday.
A feature of the sensational dis
closures in the house was that Rep
resentative George L. Pickett, of
Shelby county, in the debate on these
questions, defended Gov. Stanley and
the Administration. The Cincinnati
Enquirer's Frankfort correspondent
wrote the following concerning the
charges made:
Frankfort, KY, Feb. Charges
were made in the House of Represen
tatives by Representative Greene of
Carrollton, that Gov. Stanley called
a member of the house into his Of
flee and rebuked this member be-
cause he had voted to take the Cow
ington and Newport Sunday closing
bills out OF tie hanos of the Alcohol
ic Liquor committee and put them
in the calendar. Representative
Harvey declared that Gov. Stanley
had been corralling senators in. his
Office tc induce them to vote as he
desired on measures.
These chares were preceded and
supplemented by denunciations of
Gov. Stanley vqI ally as bitter. Rep
resentativee Pickett defended Gov.
Stanley by abiding to 'Sdisorganiz-
ers," and Observation-Disclosures"
and politicians" who, he said, were
trying to disrupt the legislature.
Evidently" said Representative
Greene, ''the gentleman from Shelby
meant to refer to me when he spoke
of disorganizers. In reply / want to
say that it is A. o. Stanley, the gov
ernor of Kentucky, who is disrupting
and disorganizing the Legislature
not only in the house but in the SEN
ate. 1t is Gov. Stanley who is trying
to frame and force legislation to car
ry out his prediction promises. am
still for the administration when it is |
right but, God helping me, will new
er be for it when it is wrong"
The storm broke when Representa- /
tive Harvey arose to a point of per-
sonal privilege and began to read a
article, which recited that
''some of the legislative 'bronchos'
seem to entirely oblivious of the fact
that they are riding to a fall" The
story dealt with those members of
the legislature who have not been in
harmony with the administration in
all of its measures. These members
it designated as administration bait
ers," insurgents" ''bronchos" and
bad actors"
Speaker Duffy insisted that Rep
Harvey stop reading af-
Ter he had completed couple of SEN
fences.
Representative Greene entered the
discussion at this point, declaring that
every member of the House had as
much right to the floor as the Speak
n on point of personal privilege.
This article is an insult to every
member here" said Representative
Greene. at says that unless they
hey the orders of A. o. Stanley they
viii get theirs.
"a member of the House was call ,
ID before the Governor and taken ,
o task for daring to vote yesterday i
o get those bills out of the hands of t
he Alcoholic Liquors Committee.
"Does a man have to be scourged {
IF the floor of this House because 7
e will not bow his neck to A. o. i