The Little River news., 1916-09-27
|. It repeals the following exist

Act, and declares the sale of all al- coholic. vinous, malt, spirituous or fermented liquors, or any compound CT preparation thereof, commonly called tonics, bitters or medicated liq- uors, LAWFUL, subject only to it's provisions.
 3. iRepeals by implication all other laws limiting the liquor traffic in co,." tl;at with any of it's numerous pro- visions, which probably includes among others:
 1) Ihe law forbiddng the sale or intoXicants at or near the State Uni- versity, and other schools and acad- emies.
 (2) The Three Mile Petition Law.
 (3) Statutes authorizing mun.c.- palities to prohibit or limit sales (4) Thel law authorizing a vote at i every general election.
 (5) The law forbidding license in any dry municipality in license /, county.
 co The law forbidding license in any dry ward in wet municipality.
 CD The law that gives the county judge discretion as to whether he is sues license.
 1 (S) The law that gives the county judge discretion as to location of sa- looms.
 (9) The law making blind tigers and bootleggers felons, and provides a small fine or a short Imprisonment in the county jail.
 10) All laws granting women q voice in determining whether license shall be issued.
 II. It contains these further most objectionable features:
 CD It authorizes an election iii any county on the petition of only :: per cent of it's qualified voters for every forty-fve days, and until the county votes for license, when no el- ection can be held for two years there after.
 CD It punishes the county judge with one year in the penitentiary fo> attempting to exercise the discretion the law now grants him.
 (3) The only requirement for a license holder are: CD Twenty-onc years old, CD a citizen of the State, (3) of good moral character.
 (4) The only limitation on the number of saloons is one saloon for each 1000 inhabitants. or fraction thereof, in a municipality. (5) It permits the issuance of a license in any month of the year for twelve months from date of issue, which cannot be revoked for cony.c- tion of a violation of the proposed law, CT an election voting against license.
 (6) It does not permit petition against saloons, except to call an eia- ction to be held at least two years off a1n
 CD It authorizes the manufacture and sale of wines and brandies a. lawful acts without license by the growers of fruits in this State.
 (S) It authorizes the manufacture of all forms of intoXicants as lawful act without license, in every county voting for license to sell intoxicants.
 (9) It does not forbid women from being employed in and frequent ing saloons the same 9s r'cn.
 10) 1t requires q. convict CT fer 2 sccCnd oifense aga ns tEe proposec act Of license before his license can be revoked.
 (1D It does not provide that lie ense can be revoked for violating any other law of the State, or fer other cause
 12) It expressly makes the man. ufacture and sale of all forms of in- toXicants lawful when the same Is now unlawful. and thereby shifts the burden of determining the issue of license upon those opposed to it's is- sue.
 Q3) It provides large fees to the county officers for their services in connection with licenses, wherby their favor and assistance is sought and may be procured.
 Q4 It provides for license cleo tions to be held by the regular cleo tion officers whereby political mach inery is undermined and elections col rupted
 Q5) It provides no safeguards for holding said elections, no punish ment for frauds perpetrated.
 06) It provides no method of con- test of said elections, nor appeal to the courts for protection from the results of fraudulent voting or count ing.
 CID It VII allow the issue of a license next door to any church. school house CT residence in any ward of any municipality of 800 in habitants in any license county, re- gardless of te majority, or even un- animous vote Of such ward or entire municipality,
 (18) It destroys all discretion oi county judge as to whether he will issue license after an election voting for license.
 Q9) It authorizes the sale of liq- uor on all holidays.
 (20 It limits the taxes, fees ant license revenues that any municipal ity may charge.
 (2D In case more apply for licen- Sc than allowed, the county judge , shall decide to whom he will grant license.
 J. H. WADE, For Arkansas Anti Saloon League.