Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-01-28
IN SENATE AGAINST
 STATEWIDE BILL
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or cause to be sold or given away, clandestinely and without first procur- ing a license now provided by the law, any Whiskey, alcohol, ardent, vinous, spurious or malt liquors, or any com pound or tincture commonly called bitters, or tonics whether the same be sold or given away openly or secretly" MT. ROreX moved to indefinitely post pone, and this was supported by sev- eral on the ground that it is too dras- tic in providing penitentiary sen- tence for giving away liquor. Speaker Sawyer opposed the bill, declaring that prohibition is coming, but that it must be reached by a more reasonable method. Mr. Bray of Independence jocularly suggested that the general assembly be exempted from the provi- sions of the bill. It was the first time the prohibition question had arisen in the house, and the vote was consid- cred to certain degree a test of the sentiment of the body, although many who opposed the bill said they favor statutory prohibition. MT. Walls elo- quently defended the bill, and after an hours debate the motion to postpone was defeated by viva voce vote. Although it took the senate until after 10:30 to read the journal and clear the table of committee, reports special orders and privileged resolu- tions, seventeen bills, ranging from one fourth of a page to 88 printed pages, were read and assisted on their ways to becoming laws. The longest or bn and EutrQlI bill, providing a public utility com mission and broadening the powers of the Arkansas railroad commission for this purpose The commission is, un- der this bill, given control over all utilities in Arkansas. The bill was read twice and referred to the judi ciary committee.
 The senate began the day by pass ing the Miller bill to elect road over seers in White county; and followed t ! by passing the Ashley bill requiring railroads to equip their tunnels with electric bells to warn approachlna trains if there are other trains m the tunnel; and the Ruff bill regulat- ling the salaries of Cleburne county officers.
 | SlAlt AIu tC IJCuVVAos
 l State aid to high schools was agalr
 placed before the senate during the morning session, in a bill by Senator i Toler to repeal the present law and substitute another which provides that
 the money to be paid to these schools come from the general revenue fund instead of the common school fund
 This bill was not permitted to go te
 second reading. and remains on the
 calendar.
 Senator Yam introduced bil
 which will permit the St. Francis levet board to hold it's meetings in Memphis
 as it formerly did, and then ratifs
 their actions ill the office in Wes
 Memphis, Ark, for it repeals the Ia"
 which requires the domicile of the
 board to be maintained at Marion lCrittanden county. The bill was reat twice and made special order fol Thursday morning.
 An old friend to the senate came II the bill by Senator Ashley to require
 shoes in which substitute for leath
 CT is used to be plainly stamped show ing that the shoes were not all leath
 CT. After this bill had been read twice Senator Smith of Union offered ar amendment to require all those dis J nOainx to liYi stock to label the anl