Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-06
LIQUOR FORCES
 ARE DISCOURAGED Begins to Look as If Arkan- sas Will Go Dry For a
 Year at Least.
CUT APPROPRIATIONS
House Committee Wiold Hatchct EX. tensiyely-Lundy Bill is Kill
 ed in the Senate.

Little Rock, March 5-The manag- CTS of the fight for the repeal of the mine-run coal bill hare about given up the fight, though they are still on the ground and Will rema:n until the close of the session. They believe they will yet get their bill, which has passed the house up in the senate for consideration on it's merits, and some of those who opposed the bill agreed to such an arrangement several days ago, but have since withdrawn their consent The friends of the miners were of the opinion that they could defeat the bill if it had been gone in- to fully, but after second considera- ton they evidently decided to take no risks.
 Liquor Forces Discouraged.
 The liquor forces are about as near discouraged as it is possible for them to be. over the repeated assaults of the
 
 and it now begins to look as if Arkan- sas will be dry for year at least, and the liquor men will no doubt fol- low out their intention of making the state really dry in order to swing the pendulum back in their favor It has been intimated that the ant-liquor agitation was started by politicians who did not receive the support of he liquor interests, and this content ion has been borne out by the repeat ed activity from certain sources.
 The results accomplished for prohi- 5ition in this session of the legisla- 5ure are quite different to former ses- ;ions, and the comparison does not heap renown upon the head of the re former. In past sessions the p:ohibi- ton lobbyists have been thick, and nothing was accomplished This ses- sion there have been no lobbyists for prohibition, and the legislature has voted the state dry.
 Appropriations Cut Down.
 The House in committee of the whole spent the greater part of the time Wednesday afternoon in whit tling down the appropriation for the running of the state government. When the committee arose, the de- creases amounted to $22,000, and the increases to $S,O00, making the net re- duction $14,000. The hatchet brigade was led by MT. Jackson of Randolph, but the committee itself, Speaker Hardage, and Mir. Newton contributed to the reduction. Among the items cut out are Watchman at the old statehouse, three clerks in the land office and two clerks out of the Rail- road Commission. MT. Jackson went so far as to offer amendments to strike out all appropriations for the railroad commission and the garicul- tural department for two years, but these were voted down.
 Lundy Bill Slaughtered.
 The senate Wednesday afternoon slaughtered the Lundy bill which pro- vided that no graduate of the Univer- siyt of Arkansas Law Department would be granted license to practice law by the Supreme Court without eX- animation. The Ferguson bill creat- ing a board to govern the barber trade of Arkansas was passed, as was .he Calvert bill permitting cities to place a heavy license on the merch- ants who come in to hold fire and water sales of bankrupt stocks and move on The senate also passed bill by Senator Ashley requiring rail ,oads to maintain interlocking block signals at tunnels, and a bill by Sen ator Miles changing the date of cleo tions to August. This bill will con- 5olidate all primaries.