Pocahontas star herald., 1916-04-21

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ties, which give the choice of the
people for tho legislative session of
loII disclose some interesting
facts, The irst Of these is the com.
.parauyely few members of the
House to be returned. There are
only - members OF the 1915 scs.
sion that will serve next year, but
as 10 members of former session
succeeded in convincing the voters
they would be material assistance
in country salvation, there will
still be quite nucleus from which
a speaker may be chosen. Thcncw
members are not so modest as those
of former sessions ia tins respect,
for already a number Of those who
have not had previous legislative
experience, are letting IL be known
thcY will accept the gcakcr,hip It.
10 is thrust upon them.
Tic inlcrcs, 10 tDcscua,c OF Iw7.
was apparently not 30 keen over the
state, Tor three of the newly elected
members had no opposition. Nncor
the recently elected senators have
had previous experience in law
making M the House. Twenty-Five
members OF the senate are lawyers,
one is O. physician, and one is a
preacher.
The House shows in I,s list, sey.
cral pew members who have praw.
ou.ly served in ihc senate.
1t has been miimatcd that the
attitude Of members in 1915 on the.
Sawyer racing Dill, had considerable
to do with the failure of many to
return. This Is hardly possible,
though Of the 10 who come back,
only three voted in favor Of the
brll. IlIs also claimed that the
ballot Of others on the statewide
prohibition bll also caused many to
be among the missing in 1917.
Those who circulate the report al.
lege that the people resent the pas
sage Of the bill but most Of those
who came back voted for The bill,
as well as against the racing meas.
ure.
1t has always been that The House
was friendly to the Governor. The
| las, session came nearer TO seeing q
break between the executive cham.
bcr and the House, than at any pre-
vlous session, and this was due
largely TO in,rresJin the racing bill.
/ The senate is often cross.ways with
the governor, but check OF the
.IUI7 members shows GOV. {. H..
Brough will hay, good majority
who will eudcayor to carry out his
policies.
Unless delegates from other states
start something before they get IN
action, Democrats from Arkansas
will come INTO the hmchght at the
big national convention in 81. Louis
with fight on the present method
Of selecting delegates to the pow
WOW Of party leaders.
Heretofore the delegates have
been selected by the State Demo-
cratic convention, and the district
convention. This year those who
desired to be recognized on the
door of the Democratic Ma
,ional Convention were forced TO
make fight for the honor, and
conduct regular political campaign
to secure il. This is dIstasteiul to
the men who usually represent Ark.
ansas IN such affairs, aud as a result
neither of the United States Sena
tors will wear delegate badges at
the convention.
A return to the old system is all
they ask-the election of Nation.
al Committeeman and other dele.
gates by the state convention. The
convention Is usually controlled by
the successful Democratic candidate
for governor, and his henchmen
have always, heretofore, been seat
ed among the mighty at the con-
ventlon which names presidents.
Signs of Danger