The Harrison times., 1912-04-20
Little Rock Letter.
LITTLE Rock, April 18th, |.

pie at the September election II the
people will only begin to inform
themselves on public matters, thG
ought soon to be able to qualify as
law makers, independent of the tg.
isIaturc, which has heretofore non
opoIizcd that prcrogatlyc,
First, there are the two apcnd,
mcnts submitted by the legislature,
one providing for the "grandtlthcr
clausc' in the election law, tlt other
for the exemption of capital Invested
in cotton factories from taSs tor a
period Of seven periods, athny time
during the next ten yeas hcSc
proposed amendments lrc being
published now Throughout the state,
Then comes the TurFr, Jacobson
revenue bin, Familiarity poWn as the
r. !, Bill, the principahSsuc IN the
recent gubcrnatoriaI rice, winch the
people have referred ! a petition OF
nearly 10000 names
Of the initiated biH, sufficient sig
natures have alrcaN been hIcd TO
insure q vote ON tv5 Of them One
is by Attorney GcfraI Norwood, to
limit the lcgisIatit session to sixty
DAYS, and it is fcdlclcd that TINS
will be adopted , an overwhelming
majority Thcbthcr IS the state
wide Proh,biBn bill, for which
more than l4Opnameshaye already
been filed. Tt state has been di'
yidcd into 6V districts, with a Su.
ncrintcndcpt | charge Of each, and
on effort is hog made to reach an
| aggregate oHo,ooo names oy 'nr
final day, Ny D.
There arCscycral proposed laws
that oppca almost certain Of lnit-
otiou Ov Of these is the state
banking Il biIl drawn by L $.
Warnocbbf Magnolia, who already
has oycGOOO names and is conf.
dent tbhumbcr will be more than
doublcd
Auotr important measure is the
bond Acndmcnt authorizing cities
and TINS to issue bonds for inter.
nal ;proyements, This has the
supJt Of the mayors and city Off.
cialJi the cities and towns that
woN be most concerned, and the
pc6onS are coming in rapidly at
tbothce Of Mayor {, L, Taylor
W has general charge Of the work
The Political Equality League, of
| ttle Rock, has started n move.
Vent TO inauguratc Arkansas first
kal equal suffrage struggle through
'hc initiation Of the following pro-
,oscd amendment to the constitu.
ion
Article XXIV. Female persons
,hall have the same rights to vote
Is male persons now have or shall
hereafter have under the cousttu.
ion aud laws Of this state
The Republicans are working on Il
,ctition making changes in the clcc-
ion law amending nine sections, are
providing for a more equitable dis
ribution Of election officials than
hey claim obtains under existing
statutes, The Socialists are also cir.
an election law petition
giving third parties representation
N election committees and at the
,olls
The Federation Of Labor is back
,lN proposed bill providing for the
'ccnll Of elective officials, another for
he creation Of q state text book
commission for the printing and dis.
.ributOn of school books at the &C.
.ual cost orproduction, and Il third
or the appropriation of $4,000
or the establishment Of a State
plant
Work had been started on a bill
or a state game law, but this
was finally abandoned in
ayor Of another effort to be made
before the next legislature, The gov.
'rnmcnl game officials are taking an
interest in Arkansas, end it is en-
)cctcd will be able to force some
needed legislation Arkansas now
icing the only state in the Union
without game protection laws.
The discovery ola "iokcr' IN the
act by which the lcgs.
otwc sought to yilali2c and put
nto effect the !, 4 X. amendment
the supreme court has de-
1ared the act to be sclIsopefatIyc=
will stop a flood Of local legislation
otherwise threatened under the law
or direct law.moking Gen Nor.
wood has decided that no city or
other political subdivision Of the
state can initiate an act that will be
Inconsistent with the state laws on
that subject This decision will balk
The plans Of Little Rock and Argcnta
nns to secure Sunday baseball