The Harrison times., 1912-05-25

tached full and correct copy of the
measure on which the referendum is
ordered" " SO, if the Enabling Act
is valid in all respects, the 7, !, bill
has not been properly submitted,
although no one has raised that
question,
Upon the advice of the Attorney
general, the Secretary of State will
not certify out the Banking bill, and
Representative Warnock announces
that he will take no legal steps to
force him to do so. Instead he will
go before the next Legislature, and
seek to secure the enactment of a
state banking law similar to that
proposed by him, The people have
sworn that they want it, and Off.
cals Of the Arkansas Bankers AS
sociotion, who opposed the dcpos-
itors guaranty feature Of the War
mock bill, say they will support it if
that provision is eliminated,
Judge Fulk, indirectly, declared
that the statewide Prohibition bill
is unconstitutional, 1t will be ccrti.
fed out however, unless the Sccrc.
tary be enjoincd, but the question
Of its legality may arise later, If
the Enabling Act is constitutional,
then, said Judge Fulk, the Prohi-
bitionists defeated their own pur.
pose by having inserted in it a pro.
vision that no law may be initiated
to revoke or set aside any three
mile petition order ''' or local
option liquor laws And if it is
not constitutional, then the liquor
men have unlimited authority to in
itiatc liquor laws in any community
Of a "dry" county AS voting pre-.
cincts are not always co.cXtcnsiyc
with city limits, it will not always
be possible to determine just what
the vote for Governor is in any Civ,
en- community as q basis for the
eight per cent required for an initia.
tive petition, but that is a matter
Of detail that pales into insignih.
canoe before the weighticr enigmas
OF these ncw.tangled laws,
The amendment authorizing cities
and towns to vote bond issues for
internal improvements is only men.
aced, and its friends may insist that
it be taken into courts for dc.
cision upon it before the election in
order that its validity may not be
questioned alterward, Again, At.
torney.general Norwood figures in
the proposition, He holds that un.
der the constitution no more than
three amendments may be submit.
ted at any one time, and that
Amendment No 10 did not repeal
this provision, nor the further pro-
vision, as interpreted by the Su.
prcme Court, that a Constitutional
Amendment requires for adoption q
majority Of all the votes east Nt the
election, rather than q majority
only of the votes east on that sub.
icct
The Legislature submitted two
amendments, thegrand,INther clause,
and the cotton factory tax eSemp.
ton, aud Gen Norwood filed early
in April petition with over $4,000
signatures for the sixty sessions
These are Amendments Nos, II, -
and 3 respectively The last week
before the expiration of the time
LIMIT the cities Of the state filed the
bond issue amendment and the Fed.
Grafton of Labor filed the recall II
only then can be submitted at any
one time the two latter are invalid,
And if the Legislature should sub.
NIT three amendments that rcscry.
ed right of the people would become
a nullity, Gen, Norwood holds that
the courts must interpret all see.
tons of the Constitution in har.
mony, and that no part of the old
Constitution can be repealed by
Amendment No, 10 by implication
OF inference,
The most regretable tOnglc is due
60 the questions that arise, affecting
the validity OF the bond amendment,
for the cities and towus of the whole
state have been working hard for It
aud their people are without doubt
in favor OF il The issuance Of bonds
is admitted by all progressive cit,
izcns 60 bc the only way IN which
our cities aud towns may secure
sufficient money tu carry on their
necessary pubic improvements It
was defeated four years ago by the
country people through misapprc.
hcnsion and there is every reason
now TO believe that it will be adopt.
ed II the voters are given an unfe'
strletcd expression upon It
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