The Springdale news., 1919-03-14
STATE NEWS ITEMS
By Clio Harper.


 second General Assembly adJeurns sine die at noon Thursday this week.
 In some respects it has been a most remarkable session t has been one of the most active Legislatures n several years. and by some it has been called Good Roads Convention in ac- tjon. More highway improvement districts than anything else have been created by special act. This method of providing for the construction of eaad roads started only few years ago and 1t is reaching the high-va- ter mark at this time. t is saif by those who have kept up with 1t, that more than tao hundred 8f the l2o9 bills introduced have been for this pur- rose And nearly all of them have been passed Only in q te" in- stances have there been any ditfteu=- ties in the way of organizing the dis triets. making it necessary to with draw the bills.
 If half, even half. of the projects % through. the state will see more improved highways constructed dur jnp the next two years than ever be fore in the history of Arkansas. It will have the effect of encouraging the good roads sentiment of the state and making actual good roads con- struction popular.
 Constitution to Be Re-submitted
 Representative J. NJ. Beard of Ben ton County announces that the lnitl- ative and Referendum petitions fol the Bank Guaranty and the repeal of the law creating the Actuarial Blu reau are to be placed in circulation soon. The re-submission of the State Constitution adopted by the Convention of 1918, at the election 1T November, 1920, will give the people the chance to pass upon large body of proposed laws for tht state. Al the time this is written, the submlss ion of the Constitution seems to bs assured, as 1t has already passed the Senate, and has 51 pledged votes II the House.
 It is admitted by all that the doeu ment drafted by the Constitution O 1918 is one of the strongest and bes ever presented to the people, anC statesmen are still at loss to deter mine just why it was rejected. | has been pruned and changed consid erably The prohibition and th' suffrage provisions have been elim mated the l. & R. amendment initiat ed by the Direct Legislation League has been substituted for that drafted later by the Constitution, the pro vision for an increase in the Supreme Court as submitted by the Legisla ture has been substituted for that O the Convention, the bond provision has been restricted to cities of 150Qf population and over, and othel changes have been made that it l. believed will remove the objectionable features
 Another objection offered was tn, proposal to submit the instrument a' a special instead of the general elee tion The general election will cost nothing, but tht special election woult have cost about $25,000. Objection. were at first offered on the floor tc the extra cost, but when this wa, changed, the objections were fer tht most part withdrawn.
 No strong antagonism was shoW1 toward the Constitutional Convention by the Legislature, which appropri. ated money to pay it's deficiences witt out any opposition, considering that it was an honest obligation
 Political Dope
 There has been more politics during the closing days of the session thar in all the preceding weeks
 Stnator J. S Utley, of Saline Coun. ty, who has been one of the strone men of the body, has announced def initely that he will be a candidate fol Attorney-general in the August, 1920 primaries. He will make his forma announcement at the proper time, anC says he proposes to make thorough canvass of the state Senator UtleN IS native of Greenbrier, Faulkner county, where he was born Oct IS 1876 After graduating from Hen drix College with the B. A degree he taught school for several years il the country, was principal of tho schools at Ashdown for two years, ane taught two years in the Clary Train ing School at Fordyce He wa. studying law during this time, anc was admitted to the practice in Sept ember, 1907, being licensed to prac tice in ali of the courts. In 1911 ht entered politics, and was elected Pros ecuting Attorney of the Seventh Dis frio