Pocahontas star herald., 1911-05-19

1--we Llttle Makes some
~ sensational Charges.
Inc Milwee-Hardage prohibition
submission bill passed the house
without opposition. One of its au-
'hol p MI Milwee, made a brief state
men'' declaring it sne best bill of the
kino ever drawn, Under the proyis-
IONS oi The bill, if adopted by the peo-
pie' II VIII be unlawful TO manufac-
ture or sell liquor in the state after
january lst 1913. The bill also
makes 1t unlawful for a dealer out.
sioe 'he state to sell to a person in
'he sta'e and forbids railroad and
express companies from delivering
intoAicants from the outside to the
peopie IN the state. Justices OF the
peace sheriffs and prosecuting at.
torneys are subject to severe penal.
ties ior failure to enforce the law
against the illegal sale of liquor.
laklhg this bill as his cue, Represen-
tatiVe Little delivered an extraordi-
nary speech against the liquor inter-
ests and made sensational declara.
tons regarding the senate, declaring
that BODY to be owned and controlled,
body and soul, by the wholesale Ii.
Guor interests. He insinuated that
money had changed hands on matters
OF legislation at this term. He said
II had been reported that S1,70O was
EXPENDED during the consideration OF
the game warden bill and that one
senator was reported as having said
ms vote for the Bradham-Hurst bill
cost him $500, indicating that he
could have gotten that sum for vot.
ing against the bill. He brought the
strength Of the governor into Ques-
tlon, declaring that he is as weak as
a new born babe as against the pow
er OF The president of the liquor deal
ers' association in matters of state
government The president and
clerks OF the senate, he said, were
named by the liquor interests and
that the secretary of that body spent
public funds with reckless extrava-
gance, knowing that his organization
would stand by him. He asserted
that the president OF the State Uni
yersity had suddenly ceased making
prohibition speeches after the intro
duction of bill to move the univer-
sity to Little Rock at a former ses.
sion, and that he had made no pro.
hibition speeches since. In connec
ton with his statements regarding
incidents of alleged corruption in the
senate, he said he hoped the people
would be fair enough to not ask OF
expect him to go into details ant
meLtion names, but that from mur
nurings and rumblings which hat
s,een current for some time, one coult
do. flia own conclusions. The Con
mercial Appeal was denounced as tn
greatest enemy of the people in tn
South, owing to its attitude on tn,
liquor question, and the Gazette ant
Democrat were charged with SUP
pressing news unsatisfactory to tn
liquor interests, but he credited tn
country papers with being fair an,
independent, although adding tha
they have no influence. In conclu
sion, he said he felt that he wa
playing the part of a coward in sup
porting submission measure, bu
after four years of futile effort to sc
cure statutory prohibition, he tool
this course as a last resort and wit
but little hope of its success. Afte
he had finished his remarks, man
members congratulated him on hi
splendid effort, and $4,000 copies 0
the speech were ordered printed, +
be paid for out of the Contingen
fund