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Next Move of the Advocates of theMaesure Awaited With interestBill Presented to Prevent the Cus

ton of TreatingPropositions ofImportance Befrue the KentuckyGeneral Assembly

BY J H STUARTFrankfort KySpeclalCter a

tour days hard struggle the oppo

tents of the county unit local optionbill won their tight to have that mean

Inc referred to the committee on reUlon and morals on Thursday aflernoon The tight came up to tills vay

The rules of the senate provide thatwhom a hili has been printed and Isread n second time by Its title Ithall bo referred to no appropriate

committee by the president uf thesenate unless the ronimltlee to whichbe refers It shall be changed hy nr

majority or the senate It Is under-stood that Lieutenant Governor ox-

nbo is president of the seuato Isfavorable to the hili and wond havereforred It to some commltteu thatwas somewhat favorable to the billUqortunatel for the bill tocrnor-WUson had to go to Washingtonwhich made President Cox the actinggovernor and made President ProTern Linn the acting president of thesenate till lorernor Willson returnedIt is understood that Liun Is apposedto the county unit hill and If left tohim he would rnror It to the rommlttee on religion and morals which asat present constituted Is opposed tothe hilt and will report It unfavorablyThe rules further provide that whena bill la reported unfavorably It talesa two thlyds vote of the se1ialn to ad-

vnnce It to Its third reading Ror thatruasun the frllllds of the huh +venopposed to giving Llnn an opporlunfly to refer the hill and tried to fightoff its reference till LItutonant evernor Cox al11I l1ecaml the presidingofficer of tilt senate

The senate is fonlldpred to heabout evenly divided If the hill evercome to Ii direct vote with possibiv aslight majority In f1or or the nuaare though there nre two or threerenators who have voted with thetrknds or till bill for the past weekwho will vote against it Oil final pai-sage and till same number who hnvevoted with the opponents of the billtho will vote for tilt bill on thnalpassage

The friends of the bill claim thatsoma most extraordinary parliamenttry rulings were made In order torixteh the point where the IJIII was-

referred all Thursday while Ihe op-

peaanh of the hill sa they we t onlyfollowing a bang line of precedentsin Insisting that till bill should go-

to tJle religlnh and murals committeeLed by Senator Thomas of Bourbonthe friends of the bill made fI heperate tight to hold the fort till Cox rftinged and acme rather vmstlct-hhnps were daholl1 about the gagralee of the SIIIIo that had beenMdotited so they said for the solelarpasn of defeating the county unit

hillJust who the next move of tillfriends of laral option will ho is notknown but It It hrIIIltl they havea card up their skrve5 that vlll heplayed sorncigne this week but theyam kCllln very quiett about theirplane 5amcbudy started the rumorchat polltlttl on the utility snit billhad plaiyed II part In having GovernorCox jO to elllt1llati lalil 1Vednesdnythus taking tunn Linn out or thinI1hnlr for tint troy hut It Iii statedhere on nudunhted aiithorlty that Ithad nothing whalor to do withcoxs trip III Ohio

The present kKtllntllrf is expectedto take rnme nllIon ri Native to illspoeing tJr the old ntnle Innse nod thinsquaro of ground open which thebuildings stand hill qo nee seta s toknow eXlllth what wilt become ofthe hlslorlc old structure Tar firstsuggestion maim s two years ngo wastoduvote tllf building to n slllt his-torical lUlU I and place It III chargeor the State historical society andIt mot with much popular favor Itthat time nil the great mnjolll ofthe peoplo want the old hnlldlllt preserved because so many hallowedmemories or iienluckys grlljt menclneo iS9 are ullsoclatedwlh It

Recently a limn has been put on footto convert it into a state normal andraw school and n bill has been Introduced In thin house looking to thatend Senator hhtlrnam of Madison hasintroduced a bill nutliorizlug the saleot the bulldlnC and grounds to thehighest bIdder provided os much as75000 can be realized from th salebut this bill hUH met with n storm ofprotects fmm till those who want theold building preserved intact

There aro three buildings ou thegrounds the statehouse proper tillexecutive ulhllnj and the red brickbuilding as the smallest building Iseplled The stdo house proper Is n-

ehassIe old structure wIth blc stonecolumns In trout and a wonderful selflnpportlng spiral stone stairway Jt

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was erected between IS9 stud 1832-

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end iii Telitenel t was gtiMedfrom the banks or the Kentucky riverand sawed out by baud HenrYClayJohn C Breckinridgo J Critteaden and all of Kentuckys great ora-

tor and statesmen for tbeJtt 80years havo spokenMany historical scenes havu transsplrcll within Its high ceilings and Itis looked upon with reverence bynearly everybodyin the state fromschool children up to the oldest Inhabitants

Till following are the titles to someof the more Important bills that havebeen introduced during thepastweekAct providing that contrIbutorynegligence shall not bo a bar to rev

covert of damages but may serve toreduce the amount of damage awarded for death or Injury

Act providing for appointment otfour State Bank Examiners by thesecretary of state nt 3000 a yearsalary each two of them to be Der-ocrats and two tepubllclJns the salnrles to bo paid out of the fees charg-ed the banks for the examInations

Act providing for an appropriationof 120000 for erection of buildingsfor a tuberculosis sanatorium andSsQ000 annually thereafter to mainthin IL

Act fixing the flun5 mont for bur-glary at lire imprisonment or thin Innllllon ot the death penalty In thediscretion ot the jury

Act declarIng all trgraph telephone express and pipe Ilne comPanics to hI common carriers and

i placing them under the supervision ottill t+tale railroad commission

Actt granting pensions to Confederate soldiers

Att providing that the state treas-

nrer III authorized to pay interest oumute warrants

AItlU prohibit the sale of Intoxlcatlug liquor on legal holidays tj it Isnow prohibited on Sunday

Art appropriating liOOIJO for newbuildings at state university 545000for same purpose at each of the twostate normal schools and uoa0 ad-

ditional annually to state universityfor running expenses and IU1I011 anrurally to 1astern Xorrnal school forrunning expenses-

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Ont of the mot unique hills thathas over been presented Is one toproliihit the habit tit treating Itpinvldes that If anyone shall giveor pay for II drink of intoxicatingliquor for another ht shall he finedrWIII Slit to 5 and also providesa liar for the kerymr or seller ot tillIlciliur so sold or used In treatingIt Is contended and properly too

causesImllrlstepped that more than half or theevils uf drinking would soon disap-pear It seems very doubtful how-ever about the enforcement Gf suedh-

it law fur it Inulll hI so easily cadIf tile law should be passed and

led msu desired to treat anothercould give him the price of the

drInk IlId they could wlll Into theI saloon together and each pay for his

drink without any one being thewlllr as to where the money came

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t strong effort is brine made ntI this StIOII of the legislature to en

ncl a hew that will give women theright to vote In school lllctlons nail

Ithe chalices now appear to lavur thepasssgo of such II bill

it pointed out that Kentucky1IHr nearly at the bottom of thei states ntl for us the education of Its

people is coticerned the per cent of

1tldtcrarv being ro great liS to reallyI iirs Desha Dreeklniliterjmeeting In Frankfort last week nt-

which a number of legislators wereI present made a most admirable ad-

dress on tile subject She said thatnearlyy all the progressive states nowallow the women to vote In schoolelections and predicted that If wornen were given the right to vote in-

Kentucky they would go to work andreduce the per cent of illiteracy to aminImum In II few years The wom

I ens slabs app over Kentucky art talci lug an active interest In urging thin

passage of the law and zt number oflead III leglsAlor nre already pledg-ed to vote for It Senator Claude

I Thnrnasot Bourbon has Introducedthe bill In the senate and will use

I every effort au have Itbccmne tI lawI

Kentucky had a Democrat or gov-

ernor tor about live hours last Wednesday and both branches of theDemocrat legislature took a recessof fifteen mlnutc to go clown to theexecutive olllrl to congratulate theacting governor The law providesthat when both the governor and thelieutenant governor are out or thestate the president pro ten ot tirosenate shall become the actlu goernor Governor Willson was In WashIngton and Lieutenant Gnvernnr Coxwas compelled to be In Clnclnoail fora few hours on important business onWednesday so resident Pro TornConn Linn ot Calloway county be-

came the acting governorWhile lie was In the executive chair

a movement was started to have hImpardon Henry Youtsoy the only oneof the man indicted for the murderof Governor Goebel who Is senlng aterm In prison A resolution was pre-

pared to bo Introduced In the tOUSIJ

and senate asking the acting gover-nor to pardon Youtsey but some ofthe friends of Linn urged that Itwould put him In an embarrassingposition to Dsle him to do somethingthat tha Ropubllcan governor had notbeen asked to do so the resolution

ps never offered and Youtsoy Is stillII the penitentiary

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OURLEYIOUETY

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rAttitude of Leafiere Made

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Membors or the D l11cUTOb1ocO So

city are repeatedly theythink ot the pmbaLle outcome otthe suits tiled itt thoFeral courtsby certain Jndapendtlntmnnutrtcturoru against the society and of the

iitheFcdornlGovgaUon or the socoty

The moot sgnlflcanfIndlcaton ottho value placed uponrthese mattersby the oCtca1 bodIes oftho societyis that they go on In tho even tcnor or

their way carIng for thG present CrJand planning confl1cnUy for thefuture The propcr legal steps havebeen taken to defend The suits butttho officers from the main issues andono rnrcly hears the suits mentionedIn the official bdoles t

Any statement therefore purportiltg to ho an official valuation ot thewent of Juatice It to also opinion-

s tutcs of the UurleY1Tpbacco So

ciety Worst be unauthorized and hasno other weight thnl1 ttaches tonu expression ot personal opntoryBut front hIs very atUtudo on the parof tho official bodies deduetnos maybe drawn

So far as any expreiaton has beeheard regardIng the olIed luveetil-gation of the society bjr the Departmont of JustIce It is the opiniontILlt the rumor so tar as tt has foun

Idatlon Is trlbutnry to pie independ-

ent In the Federal courts Thesesuits wilt brIng out all the tnctg usto the purposes and nithods ot thosociety and there Is ho apparoLt-reasnu why the Government should ntthIs juncture Ihatitute action

manJ1testellhe turned on wltll full power lu amovement that involves moro than40000 farmers n covered poltcy or i

one ot flls1Il or concealment would

ThelBurleyto have Its st1tutcs tested lu the Federal courts as It has beau Itl ted InIn the State courts

The adheruuts ot the Burley Tobacco Society feel aecureiu the fundumcaital principlo that tiioproducers

of ultimate wealth ar ejttLled toII just proportion ot the profits otthe tlnlshpd product1hn13 principle

Inheroll1Itman which rights tli Sherman iuttt-

ruoC law was encctrd to proteeand which this law has thus hIsignally failed to prgee and Ill 110-

other Instonco so signally failed IS

is iMalbtrtamceottYeteeae llt + r-

ing industryiApdnu w comp thevGrtJ um who

have xnocefiafuhi defeated ithepttiposes O tile law and aakcd ikbe nadO the hisirument fothe ri

tinned inS lon or tho men whoserikbtii1i was designed to protect

The Burley Tobacco Seckty believesIt In nowise oontravet1es the provuFong of thO Sherman ani trust lawand It just auconfidently believes thetho ends for whIch the IOClbty ogntends will not be surrondereitsl1outdany court find Rho society to conflictwith this law This JB net meant inany spirit of defanec of law but as ajust npprccUiUon of the nature andpurposes oflnw Law Is not designedta °

bo n Procrustean bed for honestthen to die on Delb are mndo ralth-

cr to suit tho needs of men not menmade to lie drawn out ur cut short tosUit the length of the bed Lawsfor the Sabbath were made for manand not man for the laws The Sher-man nnUtrust law was meant to bea staff It It turns out to be a clubthe sarno powers that enacted Jt nrayamend or repeal Jt The Burley tobac-co growers are not out gatthertngearly plucked posies They are In

for a fight to the finish and Ule factthat tho tIght may be lung hard anddetermined In no way affects theirpurposes ThrIce Is ho armed thatbath his quarrel just

twoIBurley Tobacco Society han no rcs-

ponsllilllry other than that eharedi lIy

all good citizens These infractionsmay have been committed by sympa-

thliers cf the socIty or they may

havo bath their source In personalgrudges So far os the Burley beltIs concerned they have bees entirelylocal and SporadIc The Burley Pobac-

ao Society Js no moro responsible torthere disorders than any pontlcalparty Is for the disorders on eletfJonday But we shall not forego electionsliccauso partIsan zealots quarrel andeven kill each other

Every forward movement In historymas been nttemkd whih morn nr 1e sdisorder These disorders have beennn excre CCQce and un audiUonalburden to the real workers In themovement They form po part or theessence and method of the movementOne ot the results of tho birth ot thePrInce of Pearce was the burning fo

heretics and still the world knowsthat nothing could be farther fromthe spirit and essence d ho teachingof the gentle Nazzarene

But why should tIle nlghtrl1crquestion at this juncture claim romuch space lit Northern newspapersWho is behind this dlgglllg up andexploiting of happiness now two yearsolll Are there no lIvo Iirsuea requIr-

Ing consideration Is the object tohunt out and punish the night ridersto scare tho tobacco growers Intoubmll510n to UIO trust

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