The Green Forest tribune., 1915-02-12
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PRoHiBITlONISTS MUST REMAIN ON GUARD, DESPITE PAS
 SAGE OF NEW LAW
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
 Little Rock, February 10. In every section of Arkansas those e who have so long prayed and worked for prohibition, are re- Jolcing 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 it is to remain that way just because the bill becomes a law, but unless they put a covering over t h e r ointment there is extremely liable to be a fly in it. While the prohibitionts are idle the local optionists will tbe constantly working, and on the very day the Newberry bill becomes effective, January 1, 1916, if not before, a petition will be put in circulation to in- itiate 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 sue cessful in repeating either, or both of these measures, for the matter cannot be placed before the people until September 1916. Success at that time largely de- pends upon the election commits sioners appointed t h s year, which will make these appoint ments something to fight for. The ten mile act for Little Rock will hardly get by t h e Senate, for h e submissionists had a majority there until it col lapsed like a balloon in mid-air and came down in a limp heap. This majority contained several prohibitionists who favored sub- mission, but would vote for the NeWberry bill if they could not get their desires. Several more switched to the prohibitionists on the compromise to extend the liquor licenses until January 1, and it was their understanding that there would be no effort to molest t h e saloons until that time. They woke up to the real wording o f the bill about the time it was passed, and several were incensed when they found that the Pine Bluff saloons were left out because license had not been issued prior to the signing of the bill. With this feeling, in the face of the compromise, it is hardly probable that a bill making Little Rock dry so soon after the licenses have been is- sued will get through the Senate. Any kind of a prohibition bill, no matter how radical, will go through the House.
 The Arkansas legislature works on an average of five hours per day in legislative session. Thus the cost of operating the House, not counting clerical assistance, is $120 per hour. The House debated for an hour Saturday in discharging a janitor for intoxi- cation, and after removing his name from the payroll, did like the historic army of Spain, they marched up the hill, and then marched down again, for the discharged janitor was inn mediately re-engaged, and by those who discharged him. If it costs S120 for a legislature to discharge a drunken jani o r, there are many who would like to know what it would cost the State to rid itself of a member who should become intoxicated.
 At II o'clock Sunday morning, on one of the principal corners of Little Rock, with thousands of people passing within 30 feet, P. $. Keebey, manufacturing jewell or with Offinnrc in tho MocOpio