Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-01-18
NEWDERRY SEATING
IS CONDEMNED
State Senate Has Sharp Debate
Over Action of u. S. Body
In Infamous Case

j if-tiN4BA - ~ GIT. ~ - -
the opinion OF Il majority OF the
Kentucky Senate that the federal
senate erred in seating Truman
n. Newbcrry as United States
Senator from Michigan. \ res
olution. introduced by Senator
Robert {. Simmons. OF COvington
cundemning the action of the up
rcr branch OF Con@res, in this IN
tauce. passed the Kentucky Sen
ate Tuesday. p to Is.
Two republicans. Senators Bri.
| Harris. of Ashland. and Bannic
Iaber. OF Lawton. voted for thc
resolution. a. did the 10 demo
craft present. Senator Ben =.
Davis. of Hickman. being an ab-
scutcc Senator William Wal
! lace voted against the resolution
/ In the debate on the resolution
( is author. Frank T.. Daughcrty.
fuf Hardstuuu. took occasion 90
ccnsurc thc republicans IN Con-
orcs, ior their action in hndiu<
] ~ Jury. that Ncwherry wa- en-
titled tu his seat. while at the
I anne time using language Nh cf.
,nc Kentucky resolution claims.
/ uupcd .hc Michigan election f.
legal
/ senator Hiram Brock. "i Ilar-
| Ian. minority leader of the Senate
opposed the resolution. I'm the
7 ground that L Is not the business
( Of tar Kentucky Senate tu pas
ON matters which properly come
before the Federal Senate. AM
that the Kentucky senators are
not advised a. to the facts.
| Notion on the contest election
case ircm the BrcathiJt-Lcc dis
trict wa postponed. on motion pt
J Joseph +. BuSwurth minority
! ehici Of The house. soon after the
/ committee had reported IT, ind
! ny. that Representative James
= n. Johnson. who holds the clc--
tiun certificate. should be un>eat-
/. cd. and Bryce CTndiif. democrat.
the contestant. seated in his place.
/ The decision ui the case was
/ made a special order for next Fri
/ day morning at II o'clock.
/ The House passed a resolution
introduced by Representative
I t'auic ID. n nor. oi Bowl cuun
IT,. providing for q committee 70:
] three representatives and two
| senators. to report 10 the Gcner-
iai Assembly bv February ! which
committee j. To- review the Ken
4 tuckv system oi taXct.on. a. com
pared with the methods OF other
( states. To- make q SURVEY of the
. taxing OF commodities and pro-
ipert Is. manufacturing. industrial.
coal and OIL and all other distinct
| and special interests. and with
! special reference 10 the cla~,iiica-
tiur features OF the revenue laws
ioi 1917.
ln >pca(ing of the resolution,
( MIR. Bo,wurth said that he would
admit that farm lands are too
hcaylv taxed. but cortended that
Tie coal counties also are carry
inE their share OF the weight. He
alleged that propaganda i being
carried on to promote III feeling
between the mountains and agri-
cultural section. we want To
stop tha, false propaganda. and
that effort To align one part %
the state aga ust the other. he
added
Representative Geo. W. Nag-
goncr. Of Scott county. at this
point iutcrjcctcd the question as
to whether or not ii is true that
Henry Ford recently acquired a
coal property OF the value of ST.
: 500.C01. OH which he i paving
oniv 5000 state taxes. Speaker
Thompson stopped the debate. on
the ground that Mr.. Bosworth
arl Mr.. Waggoner were out of
order.
Ckes Davis Coming