The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-02-18
nationwide IS
ALSO Defeated
RESOLUTION ASKING ky. REPRE-
TATIvEs AT WASHINGTON
TO VOTE DRY IS TABLED.
VOTE STANDS II TO IA
Amendment Providing for Compensa-
ton Adopted Then Whole Mat
ter Dropped BY The House.

Frankfort, Ky, Feb. 16.-The fol-
lowing new bills were offered in the
House today:
An act to prevent the spread OF dis
ease from livestock; amending law
relating to penalty for defraudng
hotel or boarding house; amending
constitution to provide further ex-
emption from taxation; to prohibit
betting or wagering on horse races
except on a licensed race track;
amending the law relating to regis
tration; making 1t unlawful to con-
gregate outside place of public
worship;to place medicinal roots and
herbs on same footing as other grow
ing crops; forbidding the opening Of
bitches and streams without the con-
sent of persons liable to be damaged
amending law relating to weights
and measures; amending law relat-
ing to common schools.
Brashear's motion, to bring from
the committee his bill to prohibit
shipment of more than one gallon of
liquor or a case of beer a month to
any one consignee in dry. territory,
prevailed, and the measure was CIV
en- its first reading and placed in the
calendar.
Oliver offered a motion to force
from committee his bill to prohibit
betting on horse racing by means of
any device or machine, and Hutch
craft moved to postpone action un-
til Friday.
Cooper was asleep at the switch"
and offered a motion TO table Hutch
crafts motion to postpone. The lat
ter quickly secured second, and
while Oliver and others, who realiz-
ed the trap into which Cooper had
fallen, clamored for support in OPP
position to the motion to table it. 1t
was put by Speaker Duffy and car
ried overwhelmingly. The motion not
only tabled Hutchcraft's motion but
that of Oliver.
Supporting his motion to force out
his bill, giving fiscal courts the right
to appoint commissioners to handle
road bond issues and place it upon
its passage, Representative Cook de-
clared they were going to vote on a
bond issue in his county shortly, and
the passage of the bill would have
the effect Of carrying the election.
Much opposition developed, but on
roll-call sixty-six members favored
taking the bill up for consideration.
Senator Evans bill to abolish Sec
and and Third Assistant Attorney
Generals, was reported unfavorably.
Favorable reports were made on
bills to prohibit divorced persons
marrying within one year after d.
vorce; to regulate interurban rail-
ways; to regulate trapping of fur
bearing animals; to permit counties
to vote tax for roads and bridges,
and to authorize the appointment of
commissioners to handle county road
bond issues.
Major James C. Rogers, of Lexing-
ton, was made assistant enrolling
clerk for the day, without compensa-
ton, in orde' that he might enjoy
the privileges of the floor.
John 8. Webb offered an amend
ment making it compulsory to name
a commission, rather than leave it
to the option of the fiscal court. but
1t was defeated and the bill was then
passed &C to IA.
Representatives Greene offered a
resolution requesting Kentucky's del
egation in Congress to vote for the
amendment to the Federal Constitu-
ton prohibiting the manufacture or
sale of liquor or having 1t in pos
session.
SPAIN moved to table, but on roll
call the motion was lost SO to 33.
Meyers then offered an amendment,
providing that persons who shall
have their property confiscated to be
reimbursed at fair value for same.
Greene made lengthy argument
in opposition to the amendment, de-
claring 1t was born In the camp Of
the enemy and offered for no other
purpose than to hinder the resolu-
ton. He declared Senator Beckham
wanted that resolution sent to him
from his home people unencumb-
cred.
Lasley, favoring the amendment
declared that he was prohibition
list and Democrat.
Greene interrupted to ask II Mr..
Henry Watterson had not said man
could not be a prohibitionist and a
Democrat.
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