The log cabin Democrat., 1911-05-04
LITTLE TENDERS
 HIS RESIGNATION SENATE DEMANDS PROOF
SENSATIONAL POODLE ALLIE CATIONS OF REPRESENTA-
 TIVE TO BE PROBED.

Little Rock, May Sensations have come thick and fast in the Ar kansas legislative annals in the last few hours, and the story has hardy passed the introduction. The revela- tions made by Representative A. c. 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 Milwee- Hardage prohibition submission bill, in which he charged that the senate had been bought and was controlled by the liquor dealers association, or at least a working majority of it, he rendered his resignation to the speak CT and did not appear on the floor at the afternoon session. The resigna- tion was not announced, but it soon became noised about, and it with the charges contained in his speech, form ed general undercurrent of discus sion in both houses. The speaker kept the resignation in his possession that he might confer with MT. Little and endeavor to secure his reconsidera- tion, but MT. Little steadfastly refus- ed to withdraw it.
 It is understood in the senate that an effort will be made by resolution or otherwise to summon MT. Little be- fore the bar of the senate, and plac- ing him under oath, compel him to disclose the identity of the Big Four" who he charges have been bought to ont ro1 .,,I lio t,3o ~, ;,, b, interest of the liquor dealers associa- ton; also to disclose the identity of the senator who said that he was los ing $1 300 because his constituents were forcing him to vote for the Brad ham Hurst bill. They will also ask him to tell who it was that made an offer to pass the Going levee bill in the senate for $1 200. President Toney says that if there is any power to compel him before the bar of the sen ate, it will be exercised, and that he must prove the aspersions 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 ScIlSdllOIldI ClldlSeS Hlduc III tI1e 1It- tie speech, and that the prosecuting attorney, Bob" Rogers, former at torney general, will push the investi- gation to the limit. It is rumored that MT. 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 also probable that every member of the senate VII also be summoned to testify, as well as many members of the house, and that every effort will be made to get at the bottom of the situation.
 The charges, closely followed by Mr. Little's resignation and rumors of grand jury investigation, have proved the one all-abso1bing sensation of the session, and the, aftermath may be expected to last for months after the session has adjourned
 In his speech, Mir. Little refrained from calling any names except that of Joe Lyons, of the liquor dealers asso- citation, who, he said, absolutely con- trols the senate ring, and through that the government, since the ring is powerful enough to block any legisla- tion it's master does not approve. Even the Democratic state central committee, said he, is controleld by the same interest. He charged that the liquor interests had been respon- isble, among other things, for the defeat of the bills for the commission form of government for cities That its malign influence had even extended to the state university, and that the next thing to be expected would be that it would fasten it's fangs on the agricultural schools and the other in stitutions of the state.
 After the delivery of the speech, al order was made that 25,000 copies of it be printed for general distribution.
 Tonight, May 4.-Elmore Lucey at the public school in his lecture, "A