Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-01-28
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Frankfort, KY, Jan. 2S- Rally
ing behind Representative Harry
Meyers, OF Covington, democra-
ic member of the House Rule:
Committee, the republican major
!ity in the House, by vote of Il
to 80, killed the anti-hand-bool
bill of Representative John I
Murphy, of Covington This bill
provided not more than II month
Jail sentence for taking bets Oh
races away from rae etrack.
Murphy's luck broke better lat,
er on and he had the honor 0
passing the first bill in the House
permitting circuit Judges to sigr
transcripts and enter Other
orders for appeals Of cases, tn
trials of which were presided owe:
by their predecessors.
The Board of Charities an,
Corrections bill, and bills requir-
ing state license for operating
cloak and hat checkrooms in ho-
tells and restaurants, and for for
eign laundry. agencies, providing
for commission governments II
! fifth and sixth-class towns ano
for oiling their streets, were Civ
en- their first readings.
The anti-hand-book bill, a bill
| to furnish free text books to indi
gent children and bill to reduce
the Tax Commissions appropria
ton from $4,000 to $4,000 were
refused reading and killed.
The House committee on Ken
tucky Statutes made an unfavor
able report OIL the Bright bill
which passed the Senate, making
It optional with a Fiscal Cour
whether the sheriff's settlement
should be published in full or as
synopsis.
The bill was opposed before the
committee by B. B. Cozine and M
O'Sullivan, of Shelbyville; w. V
Richardson and ]. c. Alcock, o
Danville; H. V. Bell of Lawrence
burg; T. w. Adams, of Ashland
and d. NJ. Hutton, of Harrods-
burg, members Of the Kentucky
Press Association. The newspa-
permen said they were not actu
ated by desire for the advertis
ng, because rates have gon'
above the statutory rate for suc'
publications, but their experience
has demonstrated a full statemen
of where county revenue come
from and goes. They argued tha
synopsis or recapitulation lump
ing the amounts spent in variou
funds would be worthless for il
formation throwing light on tn
management of public funds.
Declaring that no party or partisan
can compel him to break his cam
paign pledge to vote to abolish use
less Offices Senator Brig H. Harris, O.
Ashland, Republican, voted today tc
ADOPT a resolution requesting Gov
Edwin Morrow to provide the list O
314 useless Offices which he is reporte(
to have said during his campaign hC
would abolish if elected. Senator Har-
ris made this statement after Sena
tors Hiram M Brock, Robert AntlC
and White l.. Moss, all Republicans
had prevailed on Harris to change his
vote. Senator p Hogue, of McCrear!
county, Republican, asserted tha
whether or not Governor Morrow hat
made this statement, every other Re
publican speaker had. He voted no
to table the resolution, but late
changed his vote on request of Sena
tors Antle, Moss and Brock.
Senator Burton suggested that Gov
ernor Morrow ought not to be hell
to strict compliance with his cam
, paign pledges. He caused laughte
when he remarked that he himsel
had made campaign pledges whicl
he could not carry out.
The Suffrage and Elections Com
mittee of the Senate approved tn
bill of Senator Metzger to pay elec
ton Offices S5 a day and extend tn
time of voting to 6 o'clock p. m.
l Representative Murphy led losin
fight today when the House rejected
81 to 3S, his resolution directing tn
State Auditor to refund to saloo
keepers the unearned portion of thei
: license for 1919.
: "This is not a temperance questio
: but an economic question:" said Rel
resentative Waggoner, who favore
: adoption of the resolution.
While he believed that saloon me
should have a square deal, Represel
tative Neel said that he was of tt
opinion that 95 per cent of the S;
loon keepers had laid in large SUI
+plies of whisky before July L ar
:. "since that date had made mo-
: money than they ever had made in
: five-year period"
Two bills killed in the House by Vi
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