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

The "Drys" are preparing to !
push other measure in effort to |
rid state of the liquor traffic.
Frankfort, KY. Especially. = State
wide prohibition. woman suffrage and
an anti-pass bill are the paramount Is.
sues to be settled at this session of the
Kentucky General Assembly.
There has hardly been a day since
the 1916 session opened but that these
three matters have been mentioned OF
referred to in resolutions, bills and the
like.
The "wets" claim that a showdown
on the liquor question was forced too
early for the good of a business ad.
ministration, but the "drys" claim they
wanted to know where every member
stands at the earliest possible date
Elated over their victory in having
the Statewide bill favorably reported
by the Senate committee, the "drys"
gave the administration the biggest
surprise of their lives and staged a
battle of more than ordinary interest.
although it may be short and decisive.
DR.. Norman A. Palmer, Superintend-
emit of the Kentucky Anti-Saloon
League, and Mrs. Frances E. Beau
champ, President of the Kentucky
w o m ms Christian Temperance
Union, have been on the ground since
the opening of the Legislature. 1t is
said that the usual paid lobbyists OF
the distillers have not made their ap-
pearance yet. In the last Legisla-
ture OF 1912 the Statewide question
was deferred until the closing days OF
the General Assembly.
Drastic enough to remedy the evils
80 long complained of by the people
the administrations anti-lobby, anti
trust and corrupt practice measures
have been introduced in both Houses
and will be pushed by Governor Stan
ley, who pledged himself to see that
they were enacted.
The bill to reimburse Kentuckians
for cattle destroyed in stamping out
the epidemic of foot and mouth dis
ease is expected to pass both Houses
with little opposition. 1t provide:
| S68,0O0 to cover these losses sustained
| by farmers. Similar bills have beer
passed by fourteen States.
Representative Frank G. Greene, Of
Carrollton, has said that he will op
pose Hon. Arthur Rouse, Burlington
for the denomination to Congress from
the Sixth District. Greene is also de
| termined to push his Jim Crow" bill
| providing for the separation Of stree
| cars with compartments for negroes
Judge James M. Benton has made
| It known that he does not intend Il
oppose Representative J. Campbell
Cantrill, of the Seventh District, il
event he is not selected to succeed the
late Justice Lamar on the Supreme
bench by President Wilson. He wa.
supported for the latter place by al
| except three of the Kentucky delega
ton in Congress.
The fight of the dry forces in tn,
Legislature to secure the passage o.
Statewide amendment for prohibi
ton is onl" the initial struggle tina
will be waged during this session.
A bill is to be introduced to prohibi
the manufacture of intoxicating
liquors in Kentucky.
| The constitution Is silent on tn,
1 c,,act{0p Of tho m % p,,fo oturo of fpfov;
eating liquors. The sale, barter o.
loan is permitted by Section 81 of tn,
constitution, but the word "manufac
ture" was left out, so that the DIR,
forces claim that bill to prohibit tn,
manufacture may be passed by a ma
jority vote. II Is in the hands of Sen
ator Frost and Representative Hamil
ton, who introduced the State-wid,
bills in the Senate and House respec
lively.
Judge Joe E. Williams, of McCrear,
| County, is In Frankfort claiming tina
the impeachment charges are utter
ly groundless" and says that he 4
there to answer them in person.
Congressman A. w. Barley has In
troduced a bill in Congress ito pre-
vent the manufacture and sale of a.
coholic liquors in the District Of CO
lumbia," and says that 1t is his inter
ton to push the bill to turn the ma
tional capital dry. He said that II wa
a mistake to accuse Kentucky as be
ing a "whiskey State" for ia out o
12O counties are dry.
1t is regarded as somewhat move
that a member Of Congress from tn
State that produces more whiske
than any other in the Union. and ha
three-flfths Of all the whiskey in tn
United States in. its bonded ware
houses. should champion the cause Q
prohibition. according to Washingto
dispatches.