The Huttig news., 1916-10-21
ACTS AND AMFNDMENI.
Two Acts and Three Amendment 10 he
 Voted on Next Month


 state convention of the Democrat io party which met in 1914. ap- pointed committee to prepare q bill for primary elections in Arkan- sas. This committee was com posed of some of the abIest men in Arkansas, such as Congressman Brundidge, Thos. c. MeRae, Judge Joseph Slayton and others. They prepared the bill and presented t to the legislature of 1915. It was defeated, and now, chiefly through the efforts of MT Brua3idge. 1t fs submitted to the people to vote on.
 Act No. 2 proposes to repeal all liquor laws of our state. It is gen efally believed that the Brewers association is back of the bill. and the saloon men of. the state are having nothing to dc with 1t except pay the money that the Brewers association assessed to them This bill proposes torepeal every liquor law of our state and make the sale Of whi 5key lawful in the state. They call 1t local option bliI. but it has very littl= of the elements ef# local option about it. It a ows anyone to make wine or brandy and sell it without license. No vote on the question. It allows anyone to manufacture whiskey ia the state without license. No vote on the question. It deries the right of petition on the question. don't al- low women any voice in the mat ter. It destroys every special act. allows saloon to be put anywhere. by church, school or near your home or business house. and you can have no say. Is this local op- tion? They say 1t is a local self government law. It provides that if a county seeks to vote whiskey out and the county goes wet, if there should be any township. town or city, that voted dry. this would not exempt them from saloons. Is that local self government? It pro- vides that bootleggets or any viola tor of the whiskey law be given a small fine, while if the county judge or county cl }rk don't do as the whiskey men say. he is sent to tie senitentiary. and if county seek ing to outlaw whi, key votes dry, they pull off another election at once, and keep It up indefinitely, but if it votes wet, no e e eetion can be held in two years. Is this local self government2 No it is local whiskey government. Many people in the state think this bill only seeks to repeal our state wide pro- hibition law, and put us just where we were before it was passed. This is a mistake. It repeals all laws we ever had, and declares the sale, manufacture and giving away of liauor in the state lawful under certain regulations which give the whiskey seler every a vantage and gives the other side practically nothing.
 Amendment No. 12 proposes a law by which we cln faise more money for public schools, and is backed by the State Teachers as sociation. It permits any school district to vote upon itself any number of mills from to l2. It does not increase your taxes un- less you say SO Some districts may not want higher rate. than the law now provides, but there are other districts that would ike to have the privilege of increasing their revenue.
 Amendment Is proposes to en- large the powers of the initiative and referendum law of the state It proposes to do away with the per cent rule of the present. law, and requires a petition of only 10000 to initiate bill by the people. and a petition of only z,ooo to refer a bill to the people which has been passed by the legislature, and can