Mountain advocate., 1916-02-11
Believed That It will Be
Handled At a Special
Session
VIM. c. ALLEN Is OUSTED
Morrow Raises a Rumpus Over Az.
legged Deal For STANLEY" County
Which 10 Being Investigated.

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 ad.
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 c. Greene, Car.
rollton, and W. b. Harvey, of Dixon,
assumed the role Of insurgents and
said a 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.C 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 IRE
publicans), of Mingo County, Yves,
Virginia, and Boyd County. Kentucky
made a deal with Tom Hatcher, the
new member of the State Board oil
Prison Commissioners, whereby 1,50C
Republicans voted the Democratic
ticket at the November election, in
exchange for n division of Pike county
to be known as Stanley County.
committee was appointed com
posed of Senators Hite Huffaker, j
b. Hiles and Bishop S. Huntsman to
make an investigation of these
charges and also the charges of a
newspaper in which il was claimed
that money had been offered or used
for the purpose Of influencing votes.
The antitrust bill and the anti-pass
bill are the first of the administration
measures to be passed by both houses
and reach Governor Stanley for his
signature.
Important legislation expected to be
taken up next will be the anti-lobby;
corrupt practices, text books and the
measure to put into effect the consti
tutional amendment providing for the
working OF convicts on the public
highways.
The Woman Suffrage supporters
were greatly shocked when the House
Committee decided to report their bill
unfavorable. Their opportunity to
have the constitutional amendment
passed at this session seems to have
been crushed.
With an unfavorable report on the
statewide prohibition amendment by
the House Committee, several efforts
have been made to bring the bill out
by Representative Frank Greene. Dry
leaders in the House declare that they
will endeavor TO obtain a vote on Il
even though the Senate has already
defeated a similar measure.
DR.. III. p. Sights has made Il known
that he will not be an applicant for
reappointment as Superintendent OF
the Western Kentucky Hospital for
the Insane. at Hopkinsvllle. There
are many candidates after the Juicy
plum which will be given out some
time before the expiration OF DIR.
Sights term on July LIST.
In their efforts to prevent the con.
frmation OF the appointments OF Jack
Nelson. Paducah, and omer Stubs
Newport, who were appointed to be
Factory and Assistant Factory Inspec
tors, the Kentucky Federation Of
Labor, lost in their protest Of Cohsn's
choice. after Governor Stanley had
ascertaine6 that they were both mem.
bers OF the union and in good stand,
ing.
Resolutions have been adopted by
the State Board Of Agriculture, pro
fARfinU a0afnat ba - ana