Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-03-11
jim PARK PUTS
HIS BILL over
To Require County Officials To
Account For All Fees
Doings In Legislature

GRANGE, former speaker, and
against it by Capt. w. ]. Stone,
Commissioner of Confederate
Pensions. the House of Repre-
Sentatives tabled Raymond But
tons bill providing for the cleo
tion OF board of trustees for the
Confederate Home at Pewee Val
ley from Sons and Daughters of
the Confederacy. The vote was
81 to 3. Mr.. Button, who had
been sick. arrived at the House
just as the vote was in progress.
The bill was the outcome of d
disagreement between the pres
ent cOmmandant OF the home.
Colonel Daugherty, and some OF
the inmates which resulted in
three or four of the veterans quit
ting the place and going TO their
homes. while others were dismis-
sed. Capt. Stones appeal to
leave the control OF the Home IN
the hands of the veterans who
now compose the majority OF the
board, however, prevailed over
Mr.. Groves effort To bring
Younger men and women into the
direction of the institutions al
fairs.
\ number oi petitions asking
tor a change were introduced by
Mr.. Grove. but when Capt. Stone
appeared on the scene. walking
ON crutches. and. Tor his 81 years
the picture OF vigor, and. reCiting
his four years in the Confederate
army. and one in the Union priS-I
out his services as Speaker OF the
Kentucky House, and his ten
wears in Congress and rcprcscn-
tativc OF the First Kentucky dis
triCt. IL was an irrcStitiblc appeal
to the House. On motion OF
Representative George c. Wag-
goucr. seconded by 0. a. Denton
the bin wa, laid ON the table.
The senate was the scene oi al
bitter contest over Robert {. !
Simmons bill. providing Tor the
erection of q reform school for !
eiIl,. appropriating S5O0.O0O for !
that institution and $4,000 for !
buildings al the Predetermined /
Institute. Mr.. Simmons proposed |
AN amendment 10 eliminate the /
$4,000 item. and also TO reduce |
the appropriation Tor the girls
reform school to 100000, half
Of that sum to be provided from |
the 1928 budget and the other
hall from the 1924 budget.
I'm his plea Tor the separation
OF the sexes at the House OF Re /!
form. and for a chance OF the un-
fortunate girls confined there, he (
WAS seconded by Senator Whit /
sell Hall. Of Logan county, hut
they found the Senate in an I'M
-pon>iyc mood. an dthough Gov.
Ballard came 10 the rescue at one
time and saved the bill from bet
ing tabled. after Senator Dycus
had changed his vote from aye to
no. and made it 4 tic. Il to l., it
VISA finally voted down.
Mrs. Charles b. Scmplc. OF.
Louisville. who represents the
womcn's clubs OF the state which
have been active in behalf OF an
adequate recognition of the char
itics and corrections. made an ap-
peal in behalf Of the girls at
Grceudalc. who. she said. are
now held virtually prisoners III,
cage. and unable to have that,
kindly and sensible treatment
which would turn them into use
ful, good citizens when they are,
in course OF time, turned loose on
the community.
During the debate, exceptions
were taken by a number Of Sen !
ators to three large banners |
which had been dropped from the
balcony, calling on the Senate to
submit the 100000 soldier
bonus to vote of the people andI
the sergeant-at-arms was in-l
structed 10 remove them.
Senator Caywood had his reso-l
luton passed, to place the name |
OF General "Cerro Gordo" vii !
liams on the battle monument at ]
Frankfort.
The House at night passed Jas. /
Parks bill providing for county
officials accounting for fees. So tel
10. I'm amendment removed the
oil inspectors Office from the
scope OF the bill. The bill IS in
tended to impose the constitu-
tional limitations on salaries.
Representative Claude d. Min
or offered an amendment that
the provision OF the measure not
apply t. incumbents.
Henry Lawrence called attcr-
ton to House bill Az, providing
for an efficiency coumis sion