The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-02-16
Believed That It viii Be
Han5led At a Special
Session
WIN. c. ALLEN Is OUSTED
Morrow Raises Rumpus Over Al.
legged Deal For STANLEY" County
Which Is Being Investigated.

Frankfort, specialization
of Revenue and Taxation laws, con
sidered to be the most needed legis
lation in Kentucky, will in all prob.
ability be handled at a special session
of the General Assembly to be called
by Governor Stanley, after the adj
journment of the regular session
about the middle of March.
This continues to be the general
impression among the solons who
realize the great Importance and the
many problems in this connection
which will have to be worked out.
Remedial and constructive legisla-
ton is promised by the Democrats
now that the Pike County partition
bill is defeated and it is claimed that
there will be no further time-wasting
divergence.
The early days of February brought
trouble to the Democratic ranks when
Representative Frank G.. Greene, Car
rollton, and w. B. Harvey, of Dixon,
assumed the role of insurgents and
said lot of things about Governor
Stanley, winding up by putting them
selves off the administration reserva-
ton when they voted with the Re-
publicans against unseating VIM. C.
Allen, Republican, to the favor of S.
c.. Dobbs. Democrat, whom a majority
; of the House Committee determined
to have won in the Wayne-Clinton
= district. Rep. L. B. Hamilton, of
, Frankfort, also voted with the Repub-
licans in this instance.
Another matter which made trouble
was the charge of Edwin p Morrow,
defeated candidate for Governor on
the Republican ticket, who declared
that the rich Williamson family Gre
+ publicans), of Mingo County, West
made deal with Tom Hatcher, the
new member of the State Board of
5 Prison Commissioners, whereby 1900
I Republicans voted the Democratic
!. ticket at the November election, in
e exchange for a division of Pike county
( to be known as Stanley County.
f A committee was appointed COM
posed of Senators Hite Huffaker, j.
B. Hiles and Bishop S. Huntsman to
= make an investigation of these
S charges and also the charges of a
f newspaper in which it was claimed
r that money had been offered or used
d for the purpose Of influencing votes.
n The antitrust bill and the anti-pass
n bill are the first of the administration
y measures to be passed by both houses
e and reach Governor Stanley for his
J. signature.
? Important legislation expected to be
taken up next will be the anti-lobby;
Ii corrupt practices, text books and the
D. measure to put into effect the consti
tutional amendment providing for the
o working of convicts on the public
o highways.
The Woman Suffrage supporters
e were greatly shocked when the House
d Committee decided 10 report their bill
&c unfavorable. Their opportunity t.
h have the constitutional amendment
g passed at this session seems to have
ID been crushed:
With an unfavorable report on the
g. statewide prohibition amendment b,
he the House Committee, several efforts
I'd have been made to bring the bill on
to by Representative Frank Greene. DR.,
leaders in the House declare that the!
ne will endeavor to obtain a vote on i
1t even though the Senate has alread!
Id defeated a similar measure.
ID
or DR.. ii. p. Sights has made it know
BY that he will not be an applicant TO
disappointment as Superintendent o
IT, the Western Kentucky Hospital 70
at the Insane, at Hopkinsville. Their,
ey are many candidates after the juic.
TO plum which will be given out some
al time before the expiration of d.
Sights term on July list
NJ
es In their efforts to prevent the cor
he frmaton of the appointments of Jacl
at Nelson, Paducah, and Omer Stubs
be Newport, who were appointed to h
Factory and Assistant Factory lnspeC
i'll tors, the Kentucky Federation O
on Labor, lost in their protest Of Cohen
TX choice, after Governor Stanley ha
of ascertained that they were both men
as bers of the union and in good stant
er ing,
tie
Resolutions have been adopted b
III, the State Board OF Agriculture, pre-
he testing against the transfer of $50, 90
ga from its fund to the State Universit,
to be used In Government co-operativ
70 demonstration work.