Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-26
PROHIBITION UP
 IN LEGISLATURE
House of Representatives Fails to Expunso Eecos of Anti Prohibition Resolution Continues to wrestle With State Capitol Muddle and Discussion cont1nues-Law Makers Face Two Important Meas, ures

1 Little Rock, Feb. 25.-The issue of
 state wide prohibition by statutory en- actncnt is fairly on in the horse,
 where thc advocates for and against 1 the measure debated for neafly the
 entire morning today over the oues- t1on Of amendments to the Gam
 state wide prohibition bill The fight
 oveI amendments was precelei iy a
 warm debate over the question Of eX- punSing from the house records the
 rssolution passed somo time ago in
 which the circulation of pamphlet
 by Dr. William Thompson, ot this city,
 setting forth his views on the aues-
 tion of prohibition had been con 1 demned. However, this discussion was comparatively tame as measured ! by the debate promised over the amendments to thc stat"- wiei. prohi- l bition bill. The resolution to ey- punge the records. was made by Mr 1 Dul~aney, who declared that if was personal criticism and that the leeis- lature had no such prcrogatlves IS to set itself up as q censor of speech and views Of the citizens of the state, and that in passing the resolution il had transccnded it's powers and limi- tations as a body.
 G DS I 1ri riro ,,f ..... from the record was opposed on the ground that the language of the pam phlet had attacked members of the house to a certain extent, and that it's ,circu'aticD in the house, setting forth that Christ was on a plane with the distiller was an ahropt 70 the body itself. On final vote the motion to expunge was lost IS to 31 The vote was as follows:
 Ayes--Ard, Bouic. BuerAle, Clerget, Collins, ComDs, Davis of Dcsha, Davis of Columbia rDeaton DuLaney, Gran ger, Hamilton of Ouachita, Hancock. Harris, Heartsill, Hogan, Hudson,
 
 dall, Lacey, Leigh, McCracken, Nix, Owen, Koundtree, Shafer, Suggs, Thompson of Craighead, Tucker, Ty- Ter, Wilmington, Witt.
 Noes --- Batson, Bellamy Bogard, Brawner, Brown of Cleveland, Brown of Independence, Campbell, Cart | wright, CarlIee, Dess, Ellis, Estes, Faulkner, Floyd, Gam, Glover, Guil- Hams, Hodges, Hollobaugh, Holt of Chicot, Holt of Uempstead. Jones of l Seyier. Little, Nealc, Newton, Oliphant, Parks, Ross, Russell, Sawyer, Seam ster, Shackleford. Shackley. Simmons, Simpson, Smith, Snlder, Sweet, Thompson of Greene Thompson of Independence. Toler, Warnock, Whal- ey, White. Williams Vim, Yeager, Mir. Speaker.
 The disposal of this measure re- lieved the tension of the house for only few moments. MT. Cam im- mediately called up his bill provid ing for statewide prohibition, the bill having been favorabiy recommended by the temperance committee.
 An amendment was offered by MT. Hartsil!. calling for the-exemption of Sebastian county, and the house was again thrown into the midst of hot debate. MT Heartsill dec!arcl his people wanted to be exempted and that their wishes should be observed. Mir. Snider of Crawford, an adjoining county to Sebastian. declared that single exemption would kill the bill, and that while Sebastian wanted ex- emption, Crawford opposed 1t. MT. Eeartsill insisted that the s.ate Is un- der the principle of local option, and that counties had right to exempt themselves. MT. Brown of Cleveland declared that the exemption of a county meant that the rest of the state would suffer for whatever crimes were committed in that coun- ty through the agency of liquor.
 And so the contest was waged until noon. when a recess was taken, the discussion being still on the question |of exempting Sebastian county.
 All during the morning the lobby and floor of the house was filled with ladies, visitors to the house and guests of members on the floor, all apparently much interested in the pending measure.
 ] It required a brief sparrins match