Frankfort Weekly News and Roundabout from Frankfort, Kentucky • Page 1

pr FR A 1 jr rr i Ii I 11 ii LtulSLATlll Iy ETTLES DOWN TDWORK Ij ra Several Important Measures 1t Were Passed Yesterday krirULLIVAN irULLIVAN EDUCATIONAL BILL kpcARRIESIN HOUSE AND CRE BrV rv CELIUS TOBACCO BILL IN SENATE vt j5AFTERNOONSESSION 1 HELD pb The House yesterday morning pass ed the Sullivan educational bill fe which changes thewhole system of school trustees and establishes a high II school In every county In the State fy There was some opposition to the bbl ifl1j and the debate was long many speeches fi fe being made for and against It The jbIU provides that the county shall be the governing unit In school matters 4fand that a taxof not to exceed 20 cents iy shall be levied for school purposes in I jpl Bench county A count board of edu vacation which shall consist of not less jjV than four nor more than eight mem I I bers with the county school superintendent Ip as a member exofflclo This I Inboard is to be selected by the election 3 pf one school trustee In each school ll district and the trustees of these dis tricts to compose a division board of to education in each educational division of the county of which there shall be not less than four nor more than eight fe The teachers are to be1 selected by the division boards and each trustee Is re ws quired to look after the needs of the jipchools in their districts The main feature of the bill aside from the al Pi Iteration In the methods of managing Schools is that each county in the KvState shall have a high school The Mil now goes to the Senate and is jfiS practically certain to pass there both ffe th nlrqts and Republicans favor King it liwJwIn tho Senate today an important ftiocal option measure was passed This provides that no dlstlller shall resell intoxicating liquor in any local joptlon district except to a licensed i wholesale of retail dealer Tills will Jdo away with the present plan of small vdlstiilerled selling whisky In five gal ji lon lots to anybody who may apply I Senator McNutts bill creating the office ijpf of Assistant jail physician in IF Louisville was passed by a unanl I mous vote The county xinjt bill came I pip again this morning in the Senate lf when the House bill which baa pass II ed was read and referred to a core mlttee On motion of Senator River fc the bill was referred to the Kentucky Statutes Committee This does not I taffect the bill however as the Rules Committee is in complete charge and I tie bill can be called up only on motIon if of the Rules committee The Senate passed the Crecilius bill providing a penalty for selling or buy ing pooled tobacco after It had been fl tmended so as to provide that the penalty should be Inflicted only whore I layperson knowingly buy such pooled tobacco Other bills were passed and the Senate disposed of a great deal I pt business Much business of importance was Lr transacted by the House and Senate I yesterday and the two bodies are now getting down to work with the pros pprpect that all the bills which need at fItentJon will be disposed of before theI session adjourns There remains of the session only nine days but in that time a great deal of business can be 1 transacted and the session will endI 1 trfvlth a great deal accomplished es pecially for the cause of education I FATAL ACCIDENT i I 1 MTp Anderson County Farmer Whose iPlstol Is Accidentally DischargedI fi 7J Mr Ishmael Proctor one of the best known young farmers of the western part of Anderson county was acclden tally shot at his home near Glen boro and died at an early hour yesterday i morning i 5 He had been tp his barn shooting 1 rats and while returning to the house die pistol was accidentally discharged The bullet entered his right eye and I jjit lingered paly1 a few hours He is survived bihit wjlftr i i Wants Jatrsent Del crIUry ty rJ 1 Former lIyht1Yi or oP Eminent iV I nesday to bon thorlzed hi eon conflue a hl th a sorE didate for de Congressional 1iith Democratic Con tfuvr CoL next JulY CiEJOHPlta says his assured of undivided support JnhIS end of the district and is anxious to be one of the two to be sent from th Ashland district to make the trip the Western metropolis and nom 1m the peerless Nebraskan for the pre dency Col Thorne says he has hr his ears to the ground and can hea the rumbling of discontent made by the people and that the sign Is right for Bryan the peoples champion to sweep the country Accord Ing to Col Thome the Republicans will be hunting cyclone cellars when the next election rolls around no matter who they may nominate SENATOR BRADLEY Entertained Tuesday Evening By Members Of The Legislature At Capital Hotel One of the gayest and most enjoyable social events of the General Assembly session was the dance and reception given at the Capital Hotel Tuesday evening by the members of the Legislature in honor of Senator elect Bradley and his daughter Mrs John South The grand march was led by Gov Bradley and Mrs Cox wife of the Lieutenant Governor Among the informal features were banjo playing by Representative Henry Denham of the MetcalfeMon roe district who also called the figures for the quadrilles Representa tive Windy Bill Thompson of Spencer county showed himself quite handy with his feet and danced a genuine oldfashioned breakdown for the edification of the large assemblage The affair was made a society event and many handsome costumes were in evidence A number of guests were present from Louisville and jexington and many other points in Central Kentucky DEMOCRATIC NATIUfIh COMMITTEEMAN SAYS SENTIMENT IN KENTUCKY IS UNIVERSAL FOR BRYAN AND PREDICTS HIS NOMI NATION I Democratic Nat Committeeman Urey Woodson was In the city on business matters durIng the week Mr Wood son is keeping busy as secretary of the subcommittee which is making arrangements for the national convention at Denver which he believes will prove to be one of the biggest Democratic love feasts this Country has ever seen Kentucky is certain to cast a solid vote for Bryan for the nomination he said in the lobby of the Capital Hotel All this talk of some of the Eleventhdistrict leaders being against him and favoring Judson Harmon has panned out to be idle gossip I have investigated conditions in every part of the State and find the sentiment almost universal for the nomination of the Nebraskan I further believe that all signs point moet auspiciously toward his election Roosevelt is handing it to him thats all there is to it The Republicans were never split so badly in their history there is the big stick constantly over their heads the panic factories idle all over the land men out of tmployment and wages being reduced The Republicans have lost their fulldinnerpail campaign Slogan and tho only hope for the return of the country to sane conditions is the election of Mr Bryan RAISE HEMP There Is as much or more profit in hemp at 7 per hundred which Is being paid now as there is in tobac co at the prices that are asked by the peelers The same ground will grow either and heres an argu dept for more hemp and less tobac OQ is yearS 1 ret 111 4 JTTEFIS rr IT1 iy unit extention bill ex tem provisions of the county unit every county In the State was sleep for good and all as far as tWpresent session of the Legislature is concerned on Thursday when the Seriate adopted a rule requiring a twothirds vote to call any bill from the hands of the rules committee The rule was adopted as a result of an agreement between the Democrats and i Republicans who thought it would be better to havq one committee In com plete control rather than have a general scramble for the passage of their pet measures by all the members of the Senate The rules committee ofI opposed to the passage of the county unit bill and will not report it The advocates of the measure can not muster the necessary twothirds vote to call the bill from the committee so it will die a natural death and the verdict will be Choked to death on politicsThe The bill had a stormy time any how It hung up in the House for some weeks and not only was not considered but it effectually prevented anything else from being considered Between the county unit bill and the contest cases which the Republicans were howling to have reported and then the Senatorial race there was not much chance for anything These three things tied up the House so tight that nothing was done For four weeks not a committee had a chance to make a report and the chairmen of the various 1 committees carried bills around in their pockets until the paper was worn and frayed and when the committees did get a chance to report on Thursday last the bills were almost worn out The county unit bill trans i ferred Itself from the House to the I Senate and the same sort of business was repeated There seemed to be something abqut the county unit bill which filled everybody with a desire I to adjourn Just as soon as it was I mentioned In the Senate however things were not tied up so badly as in the House for there were more members against i the bill and it had less chance of pass I ing The Senate finally took the bull I by the horns and put the bill on the shelf so that it is out of the way and will not block up legislation as it has I done in the House The bill came i within an ace of getting up on Wednesday and might have passed but for II a change in one vote Senator Rives who has been fighting for the bill made his usual motion that the rules be suspended and the bill taken from the committe and put on its passage Senator Charlton moved to lay this motion on the table The motion to table was lost by a tie vote of 17 to 17 the chair not voting but declaring the motion lost because it did not pro vail He then put the original motion to suspend the rules and Senator Conn Linn who had Voted against tabling the motion changed his vote and voted against taking the bill from the committee The motion was lost the vote being 18 to 16 The county unit opponents thought their time had come and were badly frightened but that night things were done and the bill was laid away without funeral services on the day following Next to the county unit bill the Mc Chord bill has aroused most interest and the fate of this bill under the new rule In the Senate is problematic It is said that the rules committee is against tho bill and that the supporters of it can not muster the necessary twothirds to get it out of thO hands of that committee but the supporters of the measure say that it will be passed and It then will be up to the Governor whether or not it shall ber come a law The McChord bill I 1 111t bl nut UK tital bills of small import to one particular locality Pssed and much routine work was Disposed of BO that the House can get down to business now and get something done before the session closes The Rules Committee of the House and Senate took hold on Friday and these two committees now have the say as to what shall be con sidered These two committees are complete masters of the two bodies when it comes to saying what shall be considered and they will weed out the undesirable bills iMRS HOLTMAN Who Is Shy On Cash Asks Appellate Cotirt For Rule Against Clerk In Divorce CaseIn case of Louise Bullock Holtman Holtman on appeal from a judgment of the Kenton Circuit Court the appellant Mrs Holtman filed her affidavit before the Court of Appeals to show cause why he shall not be compelled to make and deliver to appellant a transcript of the record for the prpose of her appeal The clerk had refused to make a copy of the record without payment of his fee Appellant says shehas no means to pay his fee qnd that she Is entitled to a hearing of her appeal and can not have it without the record The motion for the rule was submitted This idan action for divorce by Mrs Holtman The court below decided against her and she has prayed an appeal appealS tENT BEGAN ON ASH WEDNESDAY FROM NOW UNTIL EASTER THE DEVOUT ARE EXPECTED TO IDENY THEMSELVES PLEAS ORES The fact of Lent which began on Ash Wednesday and ends on Easter Sunday is being observed in the Cath olic and Episcopal Churches of this city At the Church of the Good Shepherd the usual Ash Wednesday services were held Wednesday morning at eight oclock followed by a high massIt It is the custom in the Catholic Church to sprinkle ashes on the foreheads of those who approachthe altar and to remind them that they will return to dust hence the term Ash Wednesday Regulations for Lent were read in the Church of the Good Shepherd Sunday Bishop Maes of this diocese lays down the same rules that obtained last year The use of meat is prohibited on Wednesdays and Fridays which are fast days On Wednesday and Friday night of each week services will be held at the Catholic Church During Lent marriages are not allowed In the Catholic Church and the devout are expected to refrain from attending amusements Lenten services were held at the Episcopal church Wednesday morning and also that evening and will continue throughout the season of Lent on the following days and hours Tuesday and Thursday at four oclockWednesday Wednesday and Fridiflrat 730 oclock oclockIf If you have a small amount of cream do not skim so closely and add some milk Put in a little starter and warm it before putting the cream can in warm water constantly stirring until the proper temperature la obtained when It will quickly ripen RYtffflfiABH RYBABEea League May ifCUF oflse FAILURE TO TRICTING AND OTHER MEASURES ISTURBING THE GOVER GOVERI NORI TO STOP NIGHT RIDING I The killing of the county unit bill In the Senate and the failure to pass a redistricting bill or even to consider I either has caused a renewal of the talk of an extra session and It was stated on reliable authority that Gov Willson will call an extra session to consider four subjects These four subjects are the county unit bill a redistricting hill bipartisan boards for the control of the State penal and charitable institutions and some measures I to relieve the tobacco troubles which have caused the Governor so much anxiety It is said that the I Governor has made up his mind finally that the State must have redlstrlct ing bill in accordance with the decisIon of the Court of Appeals which knocked out the last bill that was passed by the Legislature and also tlat something must be done to stop the raids by night riders The talk of an extra session is all that one hears now as the big things which occupied the attention of the public during the weeks which have passed have all been settled one way or the otherGov Gov Wlllson Is known to be disappointed in the Legislature and Is said to have expected the two bodies to pass a redistricting bill although it is hardly believed that he expected the passage of the bill which was drawn by the Republicans and which would have put the RepublicanS in control in the State In order to get a redistricting bill it is said to be practically certain that he will call an extra session and that he will include in the call as a part of the business which is to be considered the county unit bill Gov Willson has not talked regarding his intentions on the subject of an extra session but his close friends say that It Is practically a certainty that he will issue the call The extra ses sion may not be held immediately following the presnt session but it maybe several weeks before the call is issued The AntiSaloon League which is a power in Kentucky as well as other States is said to have already decided that In case this session ends without the passage jat the county unit bill petitions asking an extra session will be sent to the Governor from every precinct In the State and will make things so strong that he will be practically forced to call the extra session This plan Is said to have been fully decided on and will be put Into execution at once Franfort Is much interested in all this talk and many would like to see the Legislature comeback for an extra session A prominent Republican member of the Legislature said he Is confident Gov Wlllson expects to call an extra extraI session Ho said that while the Governor did not say it in so many words he asked questions the purport of which showed that he is at least considering the matter very carefully Sf GOVERNMENT Pays For Site On Which New Federal Building Will Be Erected At Paris The transfer of the Anthony Thorn ton property corner of Eighth and I Pleasant streets which was recently purchased by the Government for a Federal building site was formally completed at Paris when special agent George Davidson of the Treasury Department turned over to attorney John Brennln trustee a check for the purchase price 7250 Work on tho building will probably be begun in tho summer No 21It GRAND JURY Indicts Indian Refining Company anda ei I Kentucky Traction Company At I Versailles I Yi i I The grand jury of the Woodford Cir cult Court returned eindictments against the Indian Refining Company tr of Georgetown for transporting oil In i tank wagons and unlawfully selling the same at Jl without license A The grand rl also indicted the Central Kent Traction Company on eights counts for failure to maink tabs signal boards on its line in Wood ford county at points where public highways are crossed by the railroad and for failing to safeguard its employ es by blocking the frogs on its tracks a You will need to take extra pains to have your milk clean and free from odors now But you can do it by taking care to wipe the udders oft clean and by bedding the cows and currying them every day Dont miss any of these things I REUNION TO DE HELD IN LOUISVILLE OF THE SURVIVORS OF KEN I TUCKYS CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION 7F A special from Louisville last night says Within the next few days Attorney Frank Straus will call a meeting of the members of the Constitutional Convention from Louisville for the purpose of arranging for a reunion of the surviving members of the conven tion held in 18901891 One hundred of the brainiest men in Kentucky formed the convention which gave to the State its present Constitution Men who afterwards became famous in the State and nation helped from the Constitution under which the people now liveI liveOf Of the members from Jefferson county nine in number six of them survive Five of them live In Louis ville and are Col Bennett Young Edward McDermott 1J Funk Dr Allen and Morris Sachs Mr Straus represented Bullltt county 3 where he lived and practiced his profession at the timet Many of the members of the Consti tutional Convention were young men and later became prominent in public life From the Constitutional Convention William Lindsay went to theI United States Senate as the successor of John Carlisle while among those who went to the lower house of Congress were Smith who represented Larue county George Gilbert of Shelby county Ajjp Jamef of Muhlenburg county and bfrtSfrhr4 late William Goebel was a member from Kenton county and later became Governor of Kentucky Nunn and John Carroll both of whom are members of the Court of Appeals represented Christian and Henry counties respectively It was as a result of a chance meet sing in Louisville of Judge Nunn and Judge Carroll and Mr Straus that it was suggested that a reunion of the survivors of the convention be held Mr Straus Judge Nunn and Judge wt Carroll at once became enthusiastic Of the 100 members of the convention about sixty of them survive and it ia certain that they would all be glad tot go to Louisville for the reunion tIWl I GOV BECKHAM fJ Ii TO RESUME LAW PRACTICE YJ ii idSaid Said To Have Told a FrendTlii Ht 1 1 I Was Out Of Active Politics It Ai Former Governor Bechara will according to a close personal friend resume the practice of law in a short time He is said to have told AI active politics and that he intends to shortly settle down and practice his profession While he did not say where he would lovate it 1s believed by many of his friends that he will make Frankfort his hoi formerly a law partner of Eli Brown a member of the Prison Com mission there is some speculation as to whether this partnership will be resumed 1 r4 is.