Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-01-28

Claiming to have saved the sum of
100000 for the people Of the State
In fire insurance. the State Insurance
Board has issued statement showing
that during the past four years the
reduction in Kentucky is cents more
on the hundred dollars of insurance
than the average for the whole coun-
covered by the policies In Kentucky In
about $400.00O.OO0 annually.
A property classification bill to con
form with the ideas of the best posted
persons in a number Of States will
shortly be introduced. according to
Chairman W. A. Perry. of the House
Revenue and Taxation Committee.
The measure providing for the
working Of convicts on the State
roads, which was adopted as a consti-
tutional amendment at the November
election, Is receiving favorable COM
ment, and provisions will be made for
the carrying out of it,
Endorsed by Governor Stanley ard
Attorney General Logan. the anti-psss
bill introduced by Representative
Stricklett, Of Covington, passed the
Senate by a vote Of q to Z after be-
ing amended to permit the exchange Of
railroad passes for advertising space
in the newspapers. II the bill passes
the House 1t becomes effective January
1, 1917.
A fine Of not less than $500 nor
more than $4,000 and q Jail sentence Of
not less than ten days nor more than
thirty days for any railroad company
furnishing passes. A forfeiture Of Of
fee and a fine Of from 800 to $500
for any state ofieial accepting free
transportation.
The bill Is one Of the strong Demo
cratic party pledges and was the Hrst
to be read into the Senate calendar.
To make the provision for the eI-
change of passes from the railroads
with the newspapers for advertising,
James B. Stears, Of Nicholasville,
President Of the Kentucky Press As
ISOLATION. and G. B. Semi, Of Mt. Ster-
ling. Chairman Of the Legislative Com
mittee Of the association, called on
Governor Stanley to urge him not to
oppose this amendment.
The General Assembly has extended
an invitation to President Woodrow
Wilson to address joint session at
his convenience. He has also been
be given by the Kentucky Illiteracy
Commission. He has accepted the In
vitation If 1t is possible for him to
do so.
Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart, President
Of the Illiteracy Commission, will
probably address a joint session Of
the General Assembly Thursday, Feb
ruary II. as a joint resolution was
offered in the Senate by President Pro
Tenn. Combs inviting her.
At the request Of Covington minis
tiers, "a bill was introduced by Repre-
sentative Green, of Carroll County,
prohibiting the use Of screens and
blinds which now protect the interior
OF saloons from public view. 1t Is
claimed that the bill will enable the
'drys" to better handle the liquor
problem in that locality.
In an effort to carry out the Re
publican campaign pledges. Represen-
tatiye Stone, Of Crittenden County, in
troduced a bill which will be pushed
for the adjustment of the State Fire
Marshal Department.
Announcing his candidacy for Con-
gress in the Eighth District, Repre-
sentative George L. Pickett, of Shell
byville, a cousin of Governor Stanley,
says that b. Is going to give Congress
man Harvey Helm the battle OF his
life.
| A house-tohouse canvass will be
bade all over the state by the wo-
iAan's Christian Temperance Union
securing s'gners to petitions request
Ing the Legislature to pass the amend
ment providing for a statewide vote
on prohibition. 1t Is their plan to
send petition Of at least 1000 names
to the General Assembly each day.
Mrs. Beatrice Hale, Of New York,
one Of the leading suhragists Of the
country, received a warm welcome on
her visit to the State Capital and in
her address to the joint session of the
General Assembly. She was introduc-
ed by Lieutenant Governor James d.
Black.
Of confidence In passing their bill pro-
vidins for . statewide vote next year.
Statewide prohibition was given q
start In the Senate when the Senate
Committee on Constitutional Amend
ments decided to report favorably Sen
ator Frost's bill providing for the
amendment to be submitted to the
people Of Kentucky at the 1917 cleo
ton.
The vote on the committee, which
was taken In executive session, was:
For, Williams, Montgomery. Frost.
Antie; against. knight. Littrell and
Stricklett. Senator Zimmerman re-
Trained from voting.
One undred citizens from Pike
County arrived In Frankfort to use
their concerted action against the pro
posed bill to divide the county and
make Stanley County out OF the par.