The Green Forest tribune., 1915-02-05
Ite Aid to High
 Schools Dead Issue
EN PROHIBITION QUESTIONS LEGISLATION WILL
 COME WITH RUSH

h Ih,''SSs west he fourth week of the legis- 1i d1iiyidjave session found the prohi- or fulys 5hs on question still unsettled, r1 laaStsrl Sfs a barrier to the passage of nee Hch Important legislation, it ne half 4
 ] line ns r9ng a case of the drys and h il4S vest s9 vets devoting their time to @est gesF oS1iting on one another, and fear i,If aTfef Gi5 that every measure was go- 'oHadF, Wast, to bring the situation to a shlP; t5e tsis. Thus far the only align srisT ssnt in the general assembly dind iaid |; been on this one question, : on and tb t vs. dry. No new leaders rtsE tsr. 've developed, and the legisla- ohs the 'e has not eXerted it's strength, T@, 2s, Vt this will come as soon ring the liquor question is settled. ,itia ,. Car en legislation will come with 'etite.ush.
 Many of the bills so far intro u n ced, which affect the railroads,
 merely for the purpose of
 rrassment, and to keep the e Es,gislature from devoting atten- a a psfl to bigger things. Most of the Eese measures are prepared by kans'oor unions, copied from laws no other states, and so far the k Ofly retaliatory measure is that : aSs 1e.sr ' Senator Cabiness of Howard, tho has introduced a bill to pro- 'bft 'birtv bit drinking on the part of h nainmen. They are prohibited, erye e, ..lder this bill, to drink while la) hl4or off duty, and the company 'ees ts 'nploying them is liable to a he fit does not instantly dis nn.slarge them. This measure has nth le support of a majority of the and will no doubt become rest
 sta law.
 rth Other measures yet to come eserlong this line are one which will s0leduce Pullman fare to any point uth h Arkansas, for a lower berth, 'ur'o $1, and one which will reduce ix he cost of ten word telegrams wenvithin the State to fifteen cents. % q. The rapid introduction of bills
 belas ceased, and will remain in es es ,uch a condition until final act d 'on has been taken on many of .ssUpJlhe measures now before the tier Assembly,. In the future the sv consideration of the appropria- | s.ion bills will consume the time ne,f the bodies, but the last two ndweeks will see some bills offered, ,v making radical changes in affairs ssof state, the authors counting, Upon the rush of legislation to ontide them through, majority ' at that time being able to block u.all other matters unless it is iacatered to.
 hr State aid to high schools is a nildead issue, or will be within a apfew days, for the Senate, like
 the House, appears to be for the ,n repeal of this act. The rural ed districts seem to feel that com 7, mon school funds have been di- t' verted to the schools of the towns il or cities, without apparent inn
 provement sufficient to reward
 them for the change. So far in
 the Senate debate on this subject
 Senator Slaughter is the only one from a rural community who J has stood up for state aid. He ' resides in Palestines, St. Francis county, and declares that the
 present plan has resulted in the
 erection of many high schools in
 the rural communities, and that
 if it comes to the question of
 giving up the least important,
 itwould be better to part with
 the higher institutions of learn
 ing. Senator Slaughter is in the
 hopeless minority.
 The publicity act was under
 fire last week a number of times,
 but the opposition was more per
 sonal than againt the merits of
 fhn hill Tho fiUht bac bnap ra