The weekly soliphone., 1915-02-05
VETS AND DRyS HAVE
 BIG BATTLE IN SENATE
Titanic Struggle Over Statewide Bill Shows Strength Evenly
 Divided.

l tlonlStS hltched up another notch in
 their statewide belt Wednesday aft
 ernoon, though progress was not
 made without the concession of seven
 months to the saloon men. Fighting
 every inch like the allies and Ger
 mans, the senate chamber reeked not with the gore of the combatants, but with the clustering oratory of the i leaders of the factions. Seven times 1 the roll call was resorted to before | the prohibitionists were finally able
 to shake off the amendment offered by Senator Going to submit the New ! berry bill. Three times they endeav-
 ored to have the bill made special
 order for Thursday afternoon, and three times they lost, IT to IT.
 Every member was on the floor ex- cept Senator Calvert, who has al ways been prohibitions strongest op-
 ponent on the floor He was always the most ardent champion for submis- sion. All afternoon the antis had messengers scurrying over the city trying to locate the absent senator,
 but he was not to be found The antis debated every question in an effort to delay the final roll call until Senator Calvert could be located, but the prohibitionists were willing to sit through the night rather than yield a single point to their antagonists.
 It was we'll along in the afternoon when the Newberry bill was called up. Senator Garrett n1Uved that further consideration of it be postponed un- til Thursday afternoon at 2:3O. Sen ator Going was on the floor at the time with amendments he desired to offer to the bill. President Lundy declared that postponement to time certain would preclude amend ments. The previous question was called for which would have given Senator Garrett 30 minutes to argue
 his motion. Senator Going stated that he was merely asking for fair play and asked that the motion be voted down. It lost on a roll call, IT to IT. The Garrett motion was
 then voted down, IS to 16. The Go ing amendment to postpone the time the bill becomes effective from June
 to Jan. 1, 1916, was read and adopt ed, there being no opposition, and
 Senator Futrell stated the prohibi- tionists had offered this compromise
 to the antis several days ago.
 Here Senator Jones of Pulaski en- deavored to have the White senate
 prohibition bill brought up, saying | that if a prohibition bill was passed it was courtesy that belong to a senator, but Senator Greenhouse op-
 posed on the ground that the fight
 would have to be all gone over again. Senator Futrell again moved that the
 bill be postponed until Thursday at
 3:90. Senator Going was on the floor at the time waiving a second amend ment, and when denied the right to introduce it, sought to appeal from the decision of the chair. The chair ruled that he was too late in appeal ing and the Futrell motion was lost,
 IT to IT.
 The second amendment, making the act effective when it had been approved by the electors, brought forth brilliant debate participated in by Senators Going, in favor, and Senator Greenhouse opposing. The previous question was called for and
 carried, IT to Is, Senator Bush
 changing his vote from nay to aye. This limited the closing argument to 30 minutes, and Senator Going waiv- ed his right to Senator Ashley, who
 spoke 16 minutes and rendered the balance bbat to Senator Btr sess, but the the chair held this was out of order and