The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1920-02-25
s20.000,010 TAX ON
WiISKEy IN BOND
Assured State Road Fund By
Unanimous Passage OF
Vance Bill.

n rrsHkiort, NY, feD. Z3.-A bright
light of the week was the practical
" unanimous passage by the Houss
Of Representative ]. Wood va.ce's
bill, lsvying an addtisnai tax Of
fifty cents q gallon on whisksy now
in bond in Kentucky, all of the
money to go to the state roads fund.
Mr.. Vance, is young Democrat
from Barren County, who has rep
resented that district in the House
since 1915. Hs estimates that his bsH
which refers to double-stame vhis-
key, will yield in time S2e e,eos, goo
to the state. He made an earnest
fight for the adoption OF his bill.
got the support of the Governor,
had the rules suspended, and sftsF
the bill passed. reported it personal
ly In the Senate, where it's passage
seams a matter of course.
Parliamentary Qunarel
Lieutenant Governor Ballard teck
matters in his own hands in the
Senate on Wednesday,. after a try
ing session, and ruled that the SEN
ate stood automatically adjourned,
though Republican Leader Brock
made strenuous objection.
/ MIR. Ballard referred ssrcsstically
to Senaor Brock as his Boss" 1t
has been apparent for some time
that Gov. Ballard was getting more
and more impatient with the dicta-
tion Of the Republican leader and
they elashed sharply over Mr.. Bal
lard's custom of referring to the
opinion of Chief Clerk w. B. O. Con-
nell, a Democrat, on matters of
parliamentary procedure.
1t is a well-known fact that Bal
lard and Brock are diamentrically
opposed on the question of taxing
coal, the former favoing aacA a
tax. while the mountain members
would give up almost everything be-
fore they would permit the fHeee sf
taxation to touch this mineral. Fur
ther developments are awaited with
interest as both are dsterntasl
men.
Passing The Buck
Republicans, wet, dry and pseudo
dry, have been engaged in the di-
verting pastime of passing the
buck" on the prohibition enforce
ment act. Knowing that practically
all of the milk has been squeezed
out of the prohibition cocoanut, SO
far as appeal to the dry sections is
concerned by national legislation,
and wishing to propitate whatever
wet strength they attained in the
1919 landslide, they have desired
all along to give the Senate Demo-
Gratis the not altogether desirable
duty of taking the initiative in en-
acting enforcement legislation, parti .
cularly as the druggists of the State !
have let up a great howl over some !
provisions or the Dill.
Senate Democrats have regarded
this as an administration matter, for
the Republicans to thresh out among
themselves, well knowing that the
Democratic party's attitude on the
prohibition issue was satisfactorily
set forth by party platform and per-
formance. The antics of the House
Republicans when confronted with
any issue demanding leadership or
statesmanship are indeed ludicrous
The good roads bill, as agreed on
by the administration forces. left
many sections of Kentucky practi-
cally "holding the bag" and unpro-
tected. Democrats refused to pass
this bill with 81 amendments in a
single morning, without giving 1t
due consideration. but it was rail-
roaded through the House. and then
put up to the Senate for some de-
Lucrative action u
The inevitable kicks which will
follow from communities and sec
tions which did not get what they
will surely be laid at the
door OF. the administration and the
majority in the House.
which passed a measure affecting
generations of Kentuckians to come. !
and involving the expenditure of
millions of dollars annually. without |
sven having the matter printed and |
aid on the desks of the members. |
A hard fight in behalf of the mini {
mum wage law, which is designed I
% give adequate protection to wom- l
IN and minors Of both sexes. was {
made before the Senate Committee I
IN immigration. Labor and Manu- 4
'acturing by committee Of represen &
ative men and women including I
- y CSssrs-, 49,. $780, =