Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-02-18
PROS. CANNOT YET
LET UP The Fight
~
Expected Local Optionists
Willat Once Initiate Act
to Repeal Law.
LAW MAKING COST BIG
X
People Pay $500 Per Hour for Legis.
1ntivn Work ou1 Whom HnuSn NaEoS
LAW MAKING COST BIG
People Pay $500 Per Hour for Legis-
lative Work, and When House Takes
60 Minutes to Fire JanitOr Tax
payers Victims.
CIV A W Parke)

Little Rock, Feb. lin every sec
+ ticn of Arkansas those who have Sc
| long prayed and worked for prohibit
ton, are rejoicing over the action OF
the general assembly in passing the
, statewide. bill last week They are
rejoicing that the state is at last to be
dry, and in their zeal imagine that 1t
is to remain that way just because the
bill becomes a law, but unless they
i put "a covering over their ointment
there is extremely liable to be fly
in it. While the prohibitionists are
idle the local option!sts will. be con-
+ stantly working, and on the very day
the Newberry bill becomes effectiva
JAM 1, 1916, if not before, a petition
will be put In circulation to initiate
an act to repeal the bill, and possibly
one also to repeal the Going act
Arkansas will be dry for a year,
even if the liquor men are successful
! in repeating either or both, of these
measures, for the matter cannot be
placed before the people until Sep
TENDER. 1916. Success at that time
largely depends upon the election COM
missioners appointed this year, which
will make these appointments some
thing to fight for.
No further efforts will be made to
secure relief from the general assem-
bly, so that Pine Bluff may have LID
uor licenses for the balance OF the
year. according to we'll inforced
politician of this city. He states that
the liquor men fear that such action
would result in "a ten mile act for
Little Rock.
Relief will come to the Fort Smith
saloonists, who are caught by the
section of the White-Newberry bill
which prohibits county judge or city
issuing license after the bill has pass
ed, through the repeal Of the city or
dinance which granted licenses only
fer a month at time. An occupation
tax will then be assessed against the
saloons, answering the same purpose
as license tax.
The Arkansas legislature works on
an average of hours per day in legls-
lative session. Thus the cost of OPP
Grating the house, not counting clerl-
cal assistance. is $3.50 per hour. The
house debated for an hour Saturday
in discharsing a janitor for intoXica-
ton, and after removing his name
from the pay roll. did like the historic
army of Spain, they marched up the
hill, and then marched down again,
fer the discharged janitor was imme-
diately re-engaged, and by those who
discharged him. If it costs $3.50 for
a legislature to discharge "a drunken
ianitor. there are many who would
like to know what it would cost the
state to rid itself of member who
should become intoxicated.
Unlike past legislative sessions in
many ways, the presen, has no re-
semblance to those which have gone
before in its pages. 1t is established
in history that in some OF the ses-
sions pages We're absolutely employed
for the purpose of looking up the
other pages and keeping them where
they could be located when wanted.
Now it is necessary for member to
look carefully before he steps or ne
will do bodily harm to one of the lit
tie messengers. The pages of this ses-
sion are the most obliging little fell
lows ever employed by an assembly.
and they are not always alert. but
they actually go about and solicit en-
rands, or work to do. II one OF the