Pocahontas star herald., 1916-11-03

stAts-,s,ds Lac "a. usurpisg aathor
iIy that The ,sgislstuss vas not ss-
titled to, and that il SAsa a mistake
10 pass lhi. las, Ne will make a
much greater mistake ~ FePealing
the s,Ats-wils laS, because II this
i. done ss are tearing down whai
the temperance people ot the state
have been forty years 10 building
ap. MSny Of the best attorneys OF
our vat have rtHisFsiin opinion
ltbA, II Act Nc. } is adopted that
Ee Eill have no laW At al govern
ing the sale Of Iiqaor, and ss kuOS
tha, the people Of Randolph souaty
are no, 10 favor Of yielding TO such
/, : 'ehfus
wlati.thls Act No - l,isa
MEASURE rtrcb waF prepared BY a.
organization o. bs'f doSsu
eiuE,ns 10 Lntle Rock several
month. sgu. arlsr ;hr 5irsguua 0f
one Ben L. GlGiu. The slaliEs
uau syI,8 r..slfsTls Loyl self
lG1ysrulst Lsasss, bAviag Tor 9
pBryoss The upbo'ding OF the "a
cred principles Of democratic gov
ernmsat. sounds sus, does .t nos
But let q. call your attention TO the
fact that this Act does not sustain
local ssii-goysrumeni, bot absolute
4 Is KILLS q, for according TO the
opinion Of some Of our best lawyers,
IIi the state votes vet, every vote
in Randolph county may be cast
against the saloon, yet IN the ace
Of al this, 4 saloon e0ald be es,ab
lisbed al every school house IN the
county sud the people would be
poSerle.s 70 prevent It. Therefore
.Ii sou want local seli-governmsnt
better vote against Act No. 2. This
Act was not initiated because the
people Of The state demanded IL,
By combing the state - with tine.
to1thei comb eight per cent Of the
voting population was secured on
the petition. Whether they we're
legal voter. or not j. 10. known.
1, j. fact that in Randolph coauiy
they slcgr,3 100 names, aud Of
TIN. number 43 c0uld not be found
upon the tax books Of tins county.
The fact Of the matter is Act No .
va initiated because some men
want 70 open saloons in Arkansas.
Il Wa initiated bsuluse the brewers
aud di.iillers "a other states vA0t =
market for their products IN Arkau
sss.
The advocates Of this Act point
with pride 10 the eharastsr Of the
Of the men Who compose this league,
proclaiming tha, they are not saloon
men, nor interested IN any way m
the sale Of liquor, etc. OF course
not. They we're wise enough TO
know that m order TO stand any
shoE Whaiever Of getting this Act
through they would have 10 get the
very best men possible in the or
ganizltion Of this league. However,
II the men who compose the Organi.
zsiion were obtained in the manner
in which the vice precedent from
this county was, and If the others
are ignoring the organization as the
vice president Of Randolph Is, then
the league is receiving very little
support from its officers. The vice
president in this county was named
without his knowledge or consent
and has positively refused to serve
IN this capacity or to assist The
league in any way.
The rot about this liquor bill be
ing initiated for the rpholding Of
the "sscred principles Of democratic
government" Is high sounding bat
means nothing. Il is not a politi..
cal Issue. 1t is not a democratic
measure in any sense Of the term.
II was not initiated by democrats,
it Is not endorsed by the state DEM
oorstic committee or any other dem.
ocratic organization. The claim
that President Wilson endorsed a