The Russellville Democrat., 1893-02-16
TwENTY-NINTA SESSION..
1Contlnued from First paee. !


 clared in favor of the license It was un democratic for one portion of the state to have a privilege which is deried the other The people should be permitted to rule. This was a country of the people by the people and for the people. A majority of the people of Craighead county wanted a law repealed that was obnoxious to them. and guidel by one of the principles of the government, and as a legislator, he would vote in accordance with the wishes of that majority. If the majority of the people of Crsighead were entitled to respect, the legislature must vote for the bill. In the course of Mir McGhees remarks he com pared the saloon with the blind tiger The saloon was an advertisemt of man s habits; the blind tiger shielded the vices of men. The sal son was open and inviting; the blind tiger was surrounded by insidi- ous charms and evil devices. Men would go into blind tigers and revel in debauchery who would not think of going into saloon. The speaker paid glowing tribute to the omen of the country, and showed wherein the local option law and the license system protected them against the worst influence of the saloon better than the proposed en- aetment of extreme prohibition measures
 
 from Craighead was elected to the legisla- ture on the issue involved in the pending bill. He was candidate on the platform of the Democratic party Because the peo- ple of Jonesboro wanted the law repealed it was no reason why he should vote for it. The old citizens of Jone boro who asked for the four-mile law were not the ones who were asking for it's repeal. Some of la hoI were not citizens of that town, and many had gone to the country after the law had been enacted. He respected the rights of the citizens of Jonesboro No man had a right to set a saloon in front of his door unless the legislature allowed him to do so. The speaker was in favor of local self government, but this was not one of those questions. 1t was question of whiskey or no whiskey. The good people of Jones' boro wanted no whiskey and he proposed that his vote on the pending bill would con form to the wishes of the good people.
 Mr. Russell moved the previous question, which was ordered.
 Mir. Rodgers, of Craighead, the intro ducer of the bill, closed the argument. He said that the contest over the issue now before the legislature was made in his county without any feeling and without any excitement. Each side conceded the right of the other to petition the legisla- ture in regard to the Johesboro law, and each acknowledge the right of the principle of government which declared that the ma iority should rule He denied that the citizens who signed the petition asking the repeal of the act were the ignorant citizens of the county The speaker defended the .1. c s,,b aspersion; insinuation or charge hurled against them by certain members who had spoken in opposition to the bill. He defed the entire house to say aught against the morals or law abiding tendencies of the people of his county or town. He charac- terized some of the speeches made in op- position to the bill as the worst sort of demagogy. They were the utter ances of fanatics Mir Rodgers mentioned the names of number of good citizens of Craighead county who had signed the peti- tion, praying for the repeal of the law, and challenged ony one to say that single man mentioned was not a gentleman and a respectable citizen. His speech was argu- mentive, forceful, and contained much in- formation not previously brought out in the discussion Mir Rodgers was loudly applauded when he concluded his remarks.
 The roll was called and the bill failed to pass The vote was, ayes, 5l; noes, 34
 Mir Kimbell, representing the citizens of Hot Springs, invited the members of the house to visit that city on Saturday.
 On motion of Mir. Hunt, the invitation was accepted with thanks.
 On motion of Mir. Hooper, the house adjourned.
 Friday Morning, February 10.