Sharp County record., 1916-10-27
N EXPL LANAT|0N OF
ACT NUMBER Two
,rosecuting Attorney Tells
lOf Vicious Purposes Of
Proposed Measure.


Main be called upon to vote lor VI
aeainst certain amendments and
ATS which are of more Importance
Man are usually submitted 10 the
neople, and if any given act receives
! majority of the votes cast in the
Hate, it will be the law that Will
doyern you just as if it had been
Dessed by your general assembly.
Hence every voter should at least
live some thought and study to the
M lestions submitted before he can
Bic with that degree of intelligence
bich should be carried to the bal
7|ot box by every man who desires
4 cast his vote for the good OF his
country.
am not writing this article to
Influence the vote of any man, un-
n less the facts | submit appeal to
you after candid investigation OF
The issues discussed, and am sub
hitting them from a legal stand
point and the moral effect that will
necessarily follow. Without the
consideration of its moral effect no
public question can be rightly solv-
ID.
# The matter that | desire to dis
ouss in this article is what is gener-
lI6lly known as Act No. 2, which the
nquor interests of this state are try
IIng to il te under the euise Of
Regulating le sale of liquor. The
1ct itself S tes in its heading that
is an act to regulate the sale Of
&hiskey and increase the revenue
/ the state. This within itself is
b bold a misstatement of a known
4 ruth as was ever submitted to the
lectorate of any country, and is an
bsult upon their manhood and in
Negligence.
"A The entire act from its first word
o the last one is deceptive and
Dnscrupulous document, drawn by
cunning hand for the express
n purpose Of fastening upon the peo.
!, PIE a law that will ruin any country
and require quarter of a century
10 remove its baleful influence from
This state.
W They are trying to enact a law
n that will absolutely repeal all laws
on the liquor question, and then
make it impossible for the people
% remove the saloons within less
lhan two years. Under this act
'you will notice that it provides that
fhe party applying for license will
pave to file bond to secure the
post OF the election, but nowhere
Hoes the act provide that the petit
tioner shall pay the cost of the el-
ection, and after the election you
have bond in the hands of the
eheriil with no law to say that It
shall be applied to the payment of
the cost of the election. The tax.
payers will be left to pay the cost
Of the elections, which can be called
Nby the liquor interests at least ev.
ery sixty days until they are sue.
ceSSful In placing saloons at every
''oes roaus III Arkansas.
t Under the old law 1t was unlaw-
iul to sell liquor without first pro.
curing a license authorizing said
sal'' but under the proposed act 1t
is Just made lawful to SELL and no
one could be convicted of selling
liquor, for the reason that all Grim.
mai statutes are strictly construed
and you would have no law that
prohibits the sale of liquor state
10 you as lawyer that II Act No, 2
receives a majority of the votes In
this state that any man or woman
can sell all the liquor they desire
without license and there would be
no law that would punish them for
IT. and none could be initiated with.
IN Two years by which sou could