Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-01-11

1 iiipit Important Nudttucailpn ANdnl
hat" and they made il read "for the
st year thereof in the district for
which he is chosen What does Il
mean? / submit TO you that IL means
that the candidate must have actually
lived in the state Tor six years and
tina the must. in addition TO that. have
actually lived I'm the district for the
last year thereof" man cannlt
live in some remote part Of the United
States. claim Kentucky as his home
and some precinct in a Senatorial dis
trict as a voting place. and return
there and run for State Senator and
represent people lie may not even
know
Thu feet that his politics; party Is in
the majority IN given district makes
but one difference and that difference
is that the Constitution or Kentucky
and the Statutes OF kentucky place
upon that ma jority party the legal
duty Of nominating and electing 2 man
who is legally qualified To Ill the Of
flee ard the penalty for failure upoh
their part To nominate and elect "A man
legally qualified is forfeiture OF the Of
ice because the Senator Of Kentucky
will know the law and will uphold the
law and will support the Constitution
according To- the oath Of office admin
istered To- them. REGARDLESS OF their po-
litical faith.
y minority is entitled to TIE same
consideration under the Constellation
as a majority AID that is why We have
= Constitution. Think or IL rs v-o
have tho situation now. The people
Of Madison county are repres, ntcd ny
a man. in tho House or Representa-
tiv" IN the l"e session "f an" iog.-la-
tur.. who live. IN Lexington oad has
rot lived ~ the county of M1di."u i.r
ten or twelve years. he admits Tina
hr is not legally qualified to hold his
seat. but his seat is rpi contested. ~
now. il Is claimed that Madison county
and the other counties IN tie .9th Sell
atorial district must Be- represented by
q NAV VIII" lives in Frankfort. h1H u"t
lived in his claimed home f"r severed
years and haas nr intention of ever doc
in- Sc" Asc these people urt emile
&" real aad art,.ai rcPrercntatiruc
What is submitted hero s. prrrly il.
the interest OF uph"ldiu= a.. la,. This
is not "a personal matter aud may { no-
So, that { was I'm school with a.. sem
tirman from Madison Ear che ,pwss
House aud ais" with IA, Senator WHO'S,
scat ! ari contrasting. nud See have al
WAYS been and are. So far as . know.
ON Tho most cordial and friendly terms.
4 man 10y thu name OF Vu=-is 'rit
Madison county some twcut--scver
years a=u and moved 10 Cincinnati. q.
ia all that twenty seven years. D" has
never failed 10 return tu Richmond.
Ky. to east his vot" IN every primar-
and i'm every General election and has
always been permitted 10 vote without
objection. aS has Senator Wallace. Mr..
Wagers is never here except To vote.
he performs n" other act Of citizenship
he-e and owns no property here
Would any reasonable man contend
that Ar Naecrs could legally repre-
sent Madison county in ;ho Legislature
or rcpreesnt this district in the Senate
OF Kentucky? II is exactly the same
question involved here. except that Ar
Wacers has been away a longer time.
RI you Senators say that Air. Wallace
can legally represent this district now.
you must say he can still represent
US ii he stays away as long as Wasers
has. Honestly. Senators. does 1t not
lead To an absolute absurditv?
II was foresepn 10y former leciGla- !
lures that a man might be elccte, 20
office and be called away from hrme |
to perform the duties Of that ofhce. j
h should not lose his pcrmcn-
ent or his legal residence SO they
wrote section 37Gl of the Kentucky STE !
iutes to read:
Officers of the Commonwealth
who are or. may be required. in the
discharge of the duties imposed up /
on them by law. To remain AZ the
seat of government moro than three
months in each year. may. with
tNeir families. temporarily reside
at or within the vicinity OF the seat
of government for any space Of
time for which they arc elected.
without 81 any manner whatever
changing or losing their legal aEl
permanent residence in the district
and precinct in which they resided
NJ the time Of such temporary re-
movGl: and they shall ia ali re-
spects andIor all purposes be held
and REGARDED as residents Of tho DIS
:.i,t and precinct from which they
- removed Put in all cases iti
shall he necessary for the officer sol
intending TO temporarily remove to-
lie and To- cas4ISc To be recorded in
the clerks office of the county,
court OF the county Of his residence!
4 written statement: he shalt also
cause to be- recorded ia the clerk
office in the county court oi IN" (
county in which the seat of govern .
mcng is situated" =
nd 50 We note here that the provision
: foT officers only where the duties .
4 their office require them to nc at or :
car the scat al government for more !
han three months IN each year : :
itizcn may not Legally 20 about over 5
he country 10 amy place where buSi-i
css H. attractive to him. establish
ONE and residence there for all pur- 5
oses. except t. eilim that he may e
ONE back TO some place in Kcntucll: {
-hcnevcr he desires to come. and run {;
~ Office and represent the people q, a
ny district in Kentucky he chooses T. e
epresent. and speak for them in the I
tate Senate. Gentlemen of the SEMI E
te. ii is worth while TO note here that :
ne people were So insistent about this y
after. al the time our Constitution IL
as adopted. that they fixed II So that 1,
le Governor Of Kentucky car not ap b
hin: q state Senator though no can ii