Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-12-19

that are laid in this year will have
10 supply the thirsty ones until after
the fight is over.
II IS reported that the liquor men
nave rea:ned al agreement all over
the state that if the opinion of the
Aietie Rock attorneys is accepted as
the guide fer the action to be taken,
mat the liquor men will see that the
hd is kept on tight for that period
and that all possibilities for its
getting on crossways or fitting a lit
Tie will be avoided. In other words,
mat they have decided to force a
realization Of the historic comment
OF the governor Of South Carolina to
the governor of North Carolina. They
nave been claiming that the shoe
would pinch, and that they expect to
snow during the period involved in
the fight the places where the shoe
will chafe.
1T is stated that the Fort Smith
liquor men are inclined to give the
opinion OF their attorneys a trial. If
the publication in advance of Deem
Der 81 is held to be illegal thew will
re-publish the petitions, and the
money they expended in the prema-
ture fight will be total loss to them
On the other hand if the conditions
that are required as conditions prec-
edent can take place before the new
year, then they will have gained a
great deal more than they stand to
lose by the starting too soon. Ten
days license and business will so far
outweigh the cost of the publica-
ton and the other expenses of get
ting the matter into court, that it is
good gamble to make the trial.
Majority Is Claimed.
We have 65 to 70 per cent of the
adult white population signed to our
petitions. said one of the managers
OF the saloon campaign yesterday.
l can state that with confidence, for
1 know what the adult population of
this city is. How we will come out
depends OH the rulings of the court
on the Withdrawals. I do not know
how many of those slips the anti
saloon people have, but I do know
that we have 25 or 80 to tell us that
they had signed the withdrawal slips,
but that they wanted to sign again,
and wanted to stay on the petition.
The ruling on the withdrawals is
regarded as the most important in
the local fight. Some attorneys con-
tend that TO names can be withdrawn
from the petition except for the
causes specified in the act, while
others claim that any one can with
draw simply because he has changed
his mind. If the courts hold that
a persons name must remain on the
petition, unless that signature was
secured oy froud, then a large part
of the ammunition of the opponents
of the license will be rendered use
less.
1t is reported here that the petit
tons have already been published in
some of the cities of the state, from
which it appears that the Little Hock
have a great many who do
not agree with them on the course
to be followed.
Several conferences between the
saloon men and their attorneys and
the attorneys of this city and the
attorneys who are in charge Of the
LIQUOR interests in Little Rock are ex
pected to take place this week. and
at the latter conference it is quite
probable that all the attorneys en-
gagged by the liquor men in the
various cities of the state where an
attempt will be made to secure IL
cense will be present at the latter
and that uniform line of action will
be agreed on.