The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-03-01

III WOrse tnlnSS IMAM tndts nave
helped to put 43 Republicans In jail
md to keep them until the election
vas over, and II II had been neces-
sary, I was ready to put 80 Republi-
cans in Jail to help Governor Stanley"
Meyers deiied the Impeachment
Committee to show any corrupt mo-
live in any irregularity charged TO
Judge Williams. He declared a Coun-
" Judge could not be perfect, and
hat the alleged Irregularities imput-
I'd to Judge Williams were mistakes
Of the head and not the heart.
Upon motion. Speaker Duffy ap-
pointed committee to present articles
If 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 or
profit under the Commonwealth. In
addition. Judge Williams will be liable
20 indictment and punishment by the
regular courts.
The Semi-monthly pay bill, intro.
1uced by Representative John t.
Murphy, of Covington, passed the
/ House by vote of 81 to 30.
I Representative Greene protested
against having bills taken out of their
| 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 49,
| 900 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 it's
passage was defeated as to IL.
The bill of Representative Perry
! Of Louisville, prescribing the manner
of electing Commissioners in Jeffer-
son County to constitute the Fiscal
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 80 to 0. The resolution
! was called from the orders of the
day by Senator Bodies of Spencer
County
Petitions are being received by
Solons from various counties over the
State urging the passage of the bill
appropriating $4,000 a year for -four
years to the Kentucky Illiteracy Com
mission.
=, Providing for clerks and stenograp-
hers for the Department of Education,
a bill passed the House of Repre-.
sentatives by vote of ~ 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 clerks
and stenographers in his office, and
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 ten
assistants which includes five clerks
and five stenographers.
Representative Minor of Boyle Coun.
ty, succeeded in having passed his
joint resolution requesting Kentucky's
representatives in Congress to vote
against a proposed amendment to the
Federal reserve act undertaking to
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 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 rs to
, 1.
. "Well, that's why failed to get re
; sponses to so many of my letters,
exclaimed lad who had been defeated
for a 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.