The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-01-26

! roads, which was adopted as a cOnSti
| tutional amendment at the NovemDei
election, is receiving favorable com
ment, and provisions will be made for
the carrying out of it.
Endorsed by Governor Stanley and
Attorney General Logan. me anti-pass
bill introduced by Representative
Stricklett, of Covington. passed the
Senate by a vote of % to after be.
ing amended to permit Inc exchange of
railroad passes for advertising space
In the newspapers. If the bill passes
the House It becomes effective January
I. 1917.
fine Of not less than $500 nor
more than $4,000 and Jail sentence of
not less than ten days nor more than
thirty days for any railroad company
furnishing passes. A forfeiture of Of
flee and a fine of from 800 to $500
for any state official accepting free
transportation.
The bill is one of the strong Demo-
cratic party pledges and was the first
to be read into the Senate calendar.
To make the provision for the ex-
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. Senff, 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 a joint session at
his convenience. He has also been
invited TO attend a meeting that will
be given by the Kentucky Illiteracy
He has accepted the in
if it is possible for him to
do so.
Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart, President
of the llliteracy Commission, will
probably address a joint session of
the General Assembly Thursday, Feb
ruary II, as joint resolution was
offered in the Senate by President Pro
Tenn. Combs inviting her.
At the request of Covington minis
tiers, bill was introduced by Repre-
sentative Green, of Carroll County.
the use of screens and
blinds which now protect the interior
of saloons from public view. 1t is
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.
tative Stone, of Crittenden County, in.
PRODUCED 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 he is going to give Congress.
man Harvey Helm the battle of his
life.
house-to-house canvass will be
made all over the state by the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union
securing siSners 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 suffragists of the
country, received a warm welcome on
her visit t. the State Capital and in
her address to the joint session of the
General Assembly. She was introduc-
ID by Lieutenant Governor James d.
Black
Suffrage leaders claim an abundance
Of confidence in passing their bill pro-
1iding for statewide vote next year.
Statewide prohibition was given a
'tei' ~ thS othdtC lHc otudle
on Constitutional Amend
nents decided to report favorably Sen
,tor Frost's bill providing for the
to be submitted to the
)eople of Kentucky at the 1917 cleo.
ion.
The vote on the committee, which |
vas taken in executive session, was:
For, Williams, Montgomery, Frost, |
Antle; against, knight. Littrell and
Senator Zimmerman re-
lained from voting.
One undred citizens from Pike |
iounty arrived in Frankfort to use |
heir concerted action against the pro-
'osed bill to divide the county and |
make Stanley County out Of the par
ition. They appeared before the Gen
ral Assembly in a body.
II is claimed that ii will be a con
titutional impossibility to divide the
ounty since Pike County at present
ontains only 1855 square miles.
his question, however, is in dispute,