The Mena weekly star., 1909-03-04
STATE CAPITOL
 AND PROHIBITION
The Senate on One, the House on the Other, but Nothing Done With Either = Sebastian County
 Amendment Voted Down.

ing for statutory statewide pro- hibition, was reported favor ably by the temperance committee yes- terday morning with recommen' dations that it pass and shortly after the expiration of the morn ing hour the bill was called up for third reading by the author, MT. Gam of Benton. From then until late iu the afternoon the house fought over an amendment exempting Sebastian county from the provisions of the bill. The amendment was finally defeated. The Gann bill was then read the third time, but shortly afterward the vote by which 1t was placed on the third reading was recon sidered and the bill placed back ou second reading in order that a substitute bill by Mir. Simpson of Scott, providing for submission, might be read. An attempt to read the substitute bill a second time failed and immediately after the failure to. suspend the rules for that purpose, the house ad- journed.
 At the time of adjournment the Gam bill occupied practically the same position before the house that it did at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning, when 1t was called up. It was back on second reading, where it was taken up. One amendment had been killed, but thore are others to be offered unless the prohibition forces fore stall further efforts to amend the measure by having the bill read a third tune as soon as 1t Is taken up again. The substitute bill is also pending before the house.
 The fight yesterday revealed unexpected strength in the statu- tory prohibition camp. In many respects, however, the spells of war were evenly divided during the day. The supporters of the Gam bill who attempted to put their measure through were frus- trated and when the gavel sound ed for adjournment last night their bill was no further along than 1t was when they started in the morning. Their opponents, although weaker iu numbers on the vote to amend the bill, suc- ceeded in worrying and harasslng them during the entire day though and gained one of the principal points which they sought, the blocking of the at tempt to put the Gam bill through yesterday. They fought to carry the bill over and won. On the other hand the supporters of the Gam bill came up with majority of 2l votes on the ques- ton of rejecting the amendment exempting Sebastian county. The vote on the amendment was considered to be probably the most significant vote of the day. Later in the day more votes went over to the opposition when it fought for less haste in the con- sideration of the bill.
 Except for few parliamentary tilts concerning the question of the senate's sitting as a committee of the whole, all of yesterday was speut by the senate as a com. mittee in the discussion of the DeRositt bill to complete the state capitol. Many arguemeuts were made during the day, hut at the adjournment the only thing that could be said was the committee had m d some progress.
 Al the morning session Senator Green of Union, who is the youngest member of the senate, made lengthy speech against the bill and favored the discharge of George R. Mann, Caldwell 6 Drake and the capitol commits siouers.
 Senator Hamiter of Pulaski made speech in which he called Senator Green to task for desiring 10 discharge the commissioners He said that such procedure would not only disgrace the commissioners, but would reflect On their families for generations.
 The principal argument for the afternoon was made by Senator Wingo of Sevier. He charged bad faith on the part of George K. Mann and gave as bis opinion the state capitol will never be complete as long as Caldwell X Drake can get dollar out of the state treasury.
 Senator Csrlock of Madison favored the holding of the com