Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-02-07
DRASTIC "PROHI"
 MEASURE PASSED Bill Demanding Majority of White Residents Goes
 Through Senate.
2 1-2 CENT RATE BILL
Is Also Adopted Takes Place Before Adjournment Over Le.
 vee District RiIl.

22 to 10 the Senate today passed one
 of the most ring nt prohibition laWs ever offered in the General Assembly, and did it wi h little argument, tout-
 .ng the "liberal clement in several
 ure, and passing it with many votes
 to spare.
 This bill is known as S. B. No. HIS and was introduced by nine cen 3nem- bers of the Senate only about a week ago. The bill prohibits the ssuance
 of liquor license in any ely or town
 unless majority of the White citi- zens of the d strict fiji st petition the
 county judge for the issuance of he license. The county must first vote for license before the petitions can
 be circulated. The petitions must be adver,is for ten days befole the hearing the county court, with the
 list of signers. Drastic p. ovisions
 are made for puns'-ing t1e officer who fails to enforce the act. With only one Senator absen. from the legislat ve chamber, few minutt > before the usual hour of adjournment 3:3O, Senator Rainey called for the third reading of the bill. Senator Jacobson immediately moved an indef- mite postponement. This lost on a roll call by 23 to g. s The prev.ous question brought
 forth another roll cali and resulted in victory for the friends of the bill, 20 to 9.
 The bill was then on it's passage
 and not Sena or offer3d to make an
 argument, the Secretary being in- structed to proceed with the roll call.
 Senators Harris and Phill ps did not
 vote, and Senators Chlis ian and
 Deaton were paired, the former
 against the bill, and the latter for it.
 The Senators voted as follows: Ayes-Ashley, CarlLee, Deaton,
 Ferguson, Friedell, Fu;rell, Going,
 Greenhouse Holt, Lundy, Mccall Over
 man, Owens, Rainey, Rodgers, of Howard; Rodgers, of Benton; Toler, Wagner, Wassen, Wh te, Woods, MT. President.-22.
 Nay-Calvert, Christian, Clerget, Covington, Hughes, Jacobson, Martin, Miles, Melee, Smith 10.
 } 1.2 Cent Passenger Rate. The Senate stated the afternoon by passing the Wasson 1-2 cent passen-
 ger rate bill, 2S to 0. This bill was
 reported back to the committee on
 Public Service Corporations without
 recommendation. The author spoke
 briefly ill its behalf, and the attitude
 the state would be in with a 1-2
 cent rate bill, should the Supreme
 Court of the Un ted States declare the
 Arkansas, ? cent bill valid, was dis
 cussed, but no one believed the state
 would win this suit, and the bill was
 voted on and passed.
 Immediately afterwards the Coving-
 ton bill, prov ding for a third switch
 man in switching crews in cities of
 the first and second class, was passed by similar vote.
 Two other bills were passed To,er. creat ng road improvement district
 No. 2 in Saline county, and H. B. 226, Wallace, giving the owners Of
 the river banks in Desha county right
 to operate ferries, were passed by
 votes of 26 to 0. The Rodgers, of
 Benton, bill to rtquire assessors to
 make rounds of the county for assess ing the property, wing ten days mo-
 tice, and permitting him to force al
 property owners in cities to visit his
 off ce, which mght be made one
 ward, was also passed.
 Quite little argument took place
 on the Rice, House bill annexing ter
 ritory to school district 4S in Saline
 county. Senator Toler asked that
 thie go back on second read ng for reference to a committee, 10 which
 Senators Miles and Covington object ed, stating the bauxite works at Bauxite was behind the movement. but they were outwitted, bill being fcoNTINuED ON PAGE FIyE