Mountain advocate., 1916-03-03

nours. CONFESS l nave ueeu kuhty
OF worse things than that. have
helped to put 4s Republicans in jai,
and to keep them until the election
was over and II II had been neces-
sary, was ready to put SO Republi
cans in fail to help Governor Stanley
Meyers dened the Impeachment
Committee TO show any corrupt mo
tive in any irregularity charged to
Judge Williams. He declared q Coun
ty Judge could not be perfect, and
that the alleged Irregularities imput
ed to Judge Williams were mistake:
of the head and not the heart.
Upon motion, Speaker Duffy ap
pointed a committee to present articles
of impeachment to the Senate. Ii the
Impeachment is upheld, Judge VIII
liams will be removed from office
and the Senate may bar him from
holding any Office Of honor, trust OF
profit, under the Commonwealth Ir
addition, Judge Williams will be liable
to indictment and punishment by the
regular courts.
The Semi-monthly pay bill, intro
duced by Representative John T
Murphy, of Covington, passed the
House by vote of 81 to 30.
Representative Greene protested
against having bills taken out of theiI
regular order and placed ahead of bis
anti-screen bill. The House supported
Representative Murphy and the bill
was reported and passed.
Representative Murphy in his speech
supporting the bill declared that IS,
600 or 10000 laboring men are united
In favor of the measure.
The motion of Representative Las
ley to take the anti-screen bill from
the orders of the day and put on its
passage was defeated 46 to II.
The bill of Representative Perry
of Louisville. prescribing the manner
of electing Commissioners in Jeffer
son County to constitute the Fisca,
Court, passed the House unanimously
The House resolution, directing the
Auditor to refund to saloon keepers
who were forced out of business by
dry legislation their portion of the
unearned license paid the state, passed
the Senate so to 0. The resolution
was called from the orders of the
day by Senator Bodies Of Spencer
County.
Petitions are being received by
Sclons from various counties over the
State urging the passage OF the bill
appropriating $4,000 year for fouI
years to the Kentucky Illiteracy Com
mission.
Providing for clerks and stenograp
hers for the Department of Education
bill passed the House of Repre-
sentatives by vote of 72 to 6.
The Court of Appeals recently de
cided Superintendent of Public In
struction V. o. Gilbert did not have
authority to employ any of the clerk:
and stenographers in his office, ant
State Auditor Greene refused to issue
warrants for the salaries of those who
had been employed by Gilbert.
A grand total of $11,O5O a year Is
provided for the employing OF ter
assistants which includes five clerks
and five stenographers.
Representative Minor of Boyle Coun
ty, succeeded in having passed his
joint resolution requesting Kentuckyt
| representatives in Congress to vote
against proposed amendment to the
Federal reserve act undertaking t(
extend the authority Of national banks
so they may establish and operate
branch Institutions. He explained
| such an amendment is unfair to state
| banks. The resolution was adopted
by a vive voce vote.
The Senate passed the bill of Sen
ator Robertson of Louisville. to per
NIT nonresident children to appear in
stage performances by vote Of 26 td
l.
well. that's why failed to get re
sponses to so many Of my letters
exclaimed lad who had been defeated
for pageship upon reading in news
papers a statement attributed to Rep
resentative John T. Murphy, Of Lud
low, to the effect that he had found
men in the lower house at Frankfort
who cannot read or write"
The Senate passed the Knight
Meyers workmen's compensation bill
81 to 2. Senators Sanders ant
Speer cast the dissenting votes.
A call for a Progressive State Con
yention, to be held in Louisville