The Brinkley argus., 1915-02-26
"00IN'S" IN THE ARK
 ANSAS LEGISLATURE
Bill for a Constitutional Convention Which Pass ed House Being Con-
 sidered by Senate

l Little Rock, Feb, 17-W With the
 legislative session over half gone, no measure has yet been introduced looking toward an in- crease in the annual receipts of the state. and with Gov. Hays opposing an increase of any kind in taxation, it is hardly likely there will be, unless another T--J bill is introduced, and there is every indication that such a measure will be forthcoming be- fore the session is much older. Senator Toler has agreed to draft bill along the lines of the revenue measure which created so much comment a few years ago, and which will eliminate the feature which iwere objectionable.
 Unless a revenue measure along the old T-J hill lines is introduced, a bill providing for a bond issue may be looked for. This will hardly be adopted. however, for sentiment has not yet reached the point where 1t will permit of the states busi- ness being attended to as is that of the individual or the cor poration. The bond issue is coming however, and if not adopted by this Assembly, will be by the next.
 The question of a Constitution al Convention was not consider ed seriously until it was fought out on the floor of the House last week and passed.
 Eighty-five delegates to the convention are provided. one from each county and ten from the state at large. If the bill passed the convention will be held in the fall, so real cam paign would open in Arkansas right after the close of the legislative session.
 Ten days ago it appeared as though the Arkansas legislature would close its fortieth session with considerable of the busi- ness unfinished, necessitating the calling of a special session, but fears for this may now be banished. As soon as the liquor fight was out of the way, the two branches of the legislature settled down to business and the really important measures, ex- cepting the appropriations, are already a long way toward adoption or rejection.
 The really most important of the bills so far considered is the election bill prepared by the committee named by the State Democratic Convention. This bill has passed through the Senate with only one change, that being to place the primary back to the old date in March, it being preferable then to the May day picked by the the com mittee. The bill will not have easy sledding in the House how ever, for it was only showed through the Senate by the dis play of fight shown in its favor by Senators J. M. Futrell and J. H. Moore. Repeated efforts were made to out the vitals from the bill, but these two East Arkansas Senators stood pat and declined to accept anything that would lessen the effective ness of the measure. The terse statements of Senator Futrell:
 If you are for honest elec- tions you are for this bill. v
 There is nothing in this bil that will effect man who hon. estly wins his election. 7
 Under present conditions it is possible to steal elections and steal men. I warn you now that some day, somewhere, they will meet retribution which has been long coming to them. 7
 did more to pass the bill than did the fact that it was prepared by a committee from the State Democratic Convention, for the politicians on the floor declared be convention, has never passed