Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-05-04
SENATOR'S ARE
 UNDER FIRE Grand Jury Will Ask Mir Little to Make Known
 "The Big Four" TONEY'S STATEMENT
TONEY'S STATEMENT
Says, Senate Will Use Every Power to Get Truth From Little or Brand
 Him a Slanderer.

Little Rock, May 3.-Sensations have come thick and fast ill the Ark ansas legislative annals in the last few hours, and the story has hardly passed the introduction. The revela tions made by Representative A. G. Little, of Mississippi county, and the consequences that are already begin ming to follow threaten to vie with the session of 1905.
 After making his sensational speech On the floor in support of the MilwdeIHardag prohibition submis- sion bill, in which he charged that the Senate had been bought and was controlled by the Liquor Dealers As sociation, Or at least, working ma joFity 0f it. he rendered his resigna- ton to the speaker and did not ap- pear on the floor at the afternoon session. The resignation was not announced. but it soon became nois- ed about, and it, with the charges con- tained in his speech formed a general undercurrent of discussion in both Houses. The speake kept the resigna- tion in his possession, that he might confer with Mir. Little and endeavor 10 secure his reconsideration, but Mir. Little steadfastly refused to withdraw it.
 It is understood in the Senate that an effort will be made by resolution or otherwise to summon MT. Little be- fare the bar of the Senate and plac- ing under oath, compel him to dis close the identity of ''the big four," who, he charges, have been bought to control and dictate legislation in the interest of the Liquor Dealers Asso- ciation; also to disclose the identity of the Senator who said that he was losing $1,500 because his constituents were forcing him to vote for the Bradhatn-Hurst bill. They will also ask him to tell who 1t was that made an offer to pass the Going 1evee bill in the Senate for $1,200. President Toney says that if there is any power to compel him to come before the bar of the Senate, 1t will be exercised, and that he must prove the aspersfons he has cast upon the upper body of the Legislature or be branded slanderer.
 It is also understood that the Pu- laski county grand jury is already preparing to take cognizance of the sensational charges made in the Lit tie speech, and that the Prosecuting Attorney 'tBob' Rogers, a former attorney general, will push the inves- tigation to the limit. It is rumored that Mir. Little will be called before the grand jury immediately to tell all that he knows, and give names and other facts to substantiate the charges made on the floor. It is oISO CAdC cNCly OA the Senate will also be summoned to testify, as we'll as many members of House, and that every effort will be made to get at the bottom of the sit uation.
 The charges, closely followed by MT Little's resignation and runners of grand jury investigation, have proved Nhe ole aM| absorbing sensation of the sesson, and the aftermath may he expected to last for months after the session has adjourned
 In his speech MT. Little refrained from caj}ling any names except that of Joe Lyons, of the Liquor Dealers Association, who, he said, absolutely controls the Senate Ring and through thet the state government. since the Ring is powerful enough to block any legislation it's master does not ap- prove, Even the Democratic State CentrA Committee. eaid he, is con- trolled by tho same interest. He charged that the liquor interests he'd