Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-11-25
.,SIATf- WIDE BILL
 70 BE INITIATED
1nH4BaIssn League Secretary An nsunees Plan in Report to Execu-
 0ye Committee

1AtfAe Rock. Ark., NOV. z4-lne Rev. Frs nk Barrett, superintendent of the Arkansas Anti-Saloon League, an- nouncsa fa the report he filled, yes :. tersaxy with the Executive Committee of the Lagua., that the question oi ptase-rTde prohibition will be sub- mttfcd tn the people by means of the faItfzffWe. Superintendent Barrett's report says:
 -Four denomlhationaI church b0dIex have recently taken r ction on the qnestfon of the Initiation of q sfrte-wIde prohibition bill, which was refexre1 ru them by the State Anti Sascnn League. which met in this city October 5t.
 The Arkansas conference of the M. E. Church. South, which represents . memherahop of 27,347, was the first AssfE uo take action on the ques- ton . fsu days ego. and endorsed the imitation with only one dfssent- ing vute.
 ~1he Sfxte Baptist Association was He nsxt to take action on the ques- Slon and 1t endorsed the initiation by A 1pe1&nauA vote. The Little Rock ,eun1snsaes of the M N Church. South suaa mt fD take action on, the ques- 4ian, SAfa conference representing a. slslAazsAip of 41.171. The vote wss a1hsn .st Eardyce last week, and 1t was ananimnuz in favor of the initia- 4falS Af a atate-wide BilI.
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 -fke aehes Baptist Convention, whieA met 1t Pine Blum last week. touk the question under considera- tisn in n& Temperance Committee. suafy. which recommended that. in yiew oE fle' alleged political alliances, Hi1h f11 question both for and aen1nnt. that the convention as such. fRke - setfon in declaring for or asalnx1 the initiation. but that the wxtfes Ae left to the individual judg- neR q tho members of the conven- fICA- Ths committees report was A1npxed without discussion. Later n the cmvention the superintendent q tAe Anti fi-Saloon League addressed the eunvextion. and, after explaining 1he nftifuda of the Anti-Saloon Lea gue ea thu Question and giving the .1sanuk Sbr initiating q wide iIIl. standing vote was taken to get 9Ae fRd7viduAI opinion of the meln- hars of the convention. the vote be- hg tske1 nut 2s . convention. but as snk1vIdxaIs. and the vote thus taken. x1s practice lily unanimous in favor uf lxniating a statewide bill. Ther" ru1 snIy' one- or two in the hodss vhJ dfd not rise on, tho vte.
 Va zssame that if the issuc had Ase1 Ezised in the convention by the ~eonluIEtee. and the vote had been taA- ~sn for or against the initiation, the 1ssxk would Have been practic. fly ~tke xxsze in fauar of the initiat on. Dnl rfncs ths convention as such did sn0t Asve q direct vote on the ques- iiun- Ist - individuals, the members - pEseticaNy unanimously for t., ua sse safe in claiming that least 1ehxlr gf tie convention Bapt Ets of slAe Senfe favor the initiation of a estD-~a1e hfll This being true. tho sAssr4 esnstsnency back of the fni- ssllsll1 T. nov sbcut as se''sws: .ss - - asrs aaodt I1a.eo6 whi.e' Dptfsss n the staae and. estimat.n .ne fA4 clsy sre sbout equally divided 1ss LII - AaEocsakion Baptlsts sA Co1veaeioh Baptt1fs. then we
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