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^ VOLUME II. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1903 NUMBER 297
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not cost more than a poor one,
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LOCAL OPTION LAW
AMENDED BY HOUSE.
Keel Bill Exempting Newport From
Provisions Of Three-Mile Local
Option Law Enacted By House
After Speech By Author—
Vote Was 42 to 23.
House bill No. 472 (Keel), having
been made a special order for Thurs
day, came up for final reading before
the House upon that date and after a
lengthy argument in support of its
passage by the author, Hon. Jno. H.
Keel, the measure was passed by a
vote of 42 to 23.
Following is the reported address of
the representative from Jackson
county:
“In asking the passage of this meas
ure, I request no more than has been
asked hundreds of times by members
on the floor of this house. I want
you, gentlemen, to give me the cour
tesy that I have always extended to
you—the right to represent the peo
ple of my county. I live in a cosmo
politan little city of more than 4,000
people, surrounded by as rich a coun
try as the eye of man ever beheld; a
city of schools and churches; of noble
women and brave men; I live with a
people who have three times honored
me with a seat in this legislature; a
people whom I love and with whom I
expect to live and die. I want you,
gentlemen, to believe our citizens of n
situation that is now confronting us.
“Two years ago, Mr. Speaker, whis
ky was petitioned out of our town by
very questionable methods. Many
good people were in the movement,
yet it was not accomplished by the
names of a majority of the property
owners, but chiefly by the names of
negroes, floaters, and the riff-raff
element. Hundreds of citizens state
that their names were secured on the
‘prohi' petition through misrepresen
tation. A large petition containing
oAimHn 1 Ln n /-l nerl immna r\f nitmana irr I' n
had previously signed the prohibition
petition was filed with the court; said
petition asking that the names of
these citizens be removed from the
prohibition petition. The court, ow
ing to some irregularities, decided
that these names should not be re
moved from the ‘prohi’ petition, un
less sach person asking the removal
of his signature would come before
his honor and give a sufficient reason,
in the judgment of the court, why
said name should be removed. As a
result of this, many of our citizens
were thought to be imposed upon, and
to the great surprise of nearly every
property owner in the city the court
declared whisky petitioned out. It is
unnecessary to state here that this
judge was defeated for a second term,
and you, gentlemen all know the re
sult of a law that is forced upon a
community. Such was this law. It
was like a mill dam made of sand.
Blind tigers went wild. We had all
the evils attendant with the sale of
whisky and we lost the revenue. But
you ask: “Why didn’t your officers
enforce the law?” We answer by
saying that three-fourths of the sub
stantial people felt that they were
outraged by the court’s decision.
They had nothing to do with putting
license out, therefore these men fur
nished little or no support to the of
ficers in their efforts to stop the blind
tigers.
“Our prosecuting attorney is not to
blame. He is a good officer and has
done everything in his power to stop
this illicit traffic. He secured forty
one convictions agaijist one man at
one term of our court, and to show
how our public sentiment is, the very
next grand jury unanimously joined
hundreds of other citizens in signing a
petition to have the governor pardon
this man. Again, gentlemen, I ask
you to pass the bill aqd forever make
it impossible for our recent experi
ences to be repeated.
“On last Thursday night our honor
able temperance committee considered
this bill and voted to recommend that
it do pass. On Friday night the chair
man of this committee called the com
mittee together and listened to the
evidence of three prohibition laviyerF,
who admitted that they were being
paid fees for their work, and who tes
tified that I, as representative, do not
voice the sentiment of the voters and
taxpayers of the city of Newport.
Against the evidence of these attor
neys and Mr. Wilmans and his son, we
had the evidence of Messrs. Grubbs,
mayor of the city; Johnson, cashier of
the Bank of Newport; Meyer, mer
chant; Stayton, ex-prosecuting attor
ney and large property owner; Wish
on, city alderman and large property
owner; Minor, real estate dealer;
S-Jbott, merchant; Jones, city attor
ney, and Robinson, planter—everyone
of whom testified that this measure
does meet the app.O' ’of a major ty
of the people in Newport. And then
and there a proposition was made by
j Mr. Jones that if the committee were
in doubt about the sentiment, and
would allow him forty-eight hours
time he would have a petition here
containing two-thirds of the property
owners and taxpayers of the city of
Newport, certified by the clerk, ask
ing for the passage of this bill. To
this proposition the committee was
silent. He then twice made the pro
posal to the prohibition lawyers, but
they flatly refused to accept it, and
begged the committee to do all in its
power for the defeat of the bill in-or
der that they might win a restraining
euit now pending, by the use of pe
titioners living e x miles from our
town. Then what did the committee
do? Why, gentlemen, having evi
dence that a majority of the people
want this bill, in order to secure its
defeat they have adopted the most
unfair method known tj our parlia
mentary laws, giving as their reasons
that the thirty days’ notice that is re
quired by the constitution was not
served prior to the intrcdiction of
this bill.
“I know, Mr. Speaker, that the con
stitution says that thirty days’ notice
is required before the introduction of
a local oill, btit the supreme court has
decided in the 48 Ark., p. 371, Davies
vs. Gaines, that if the general assem
bly choose to disregard the require
ment and to enact a local or special
law without notice, no issue upon the
subject of notice can be raised in the
court. The object of that provision
was to put the interested community
on notice. I beg to inform you that
the interested community of Newport
,s very much on notice at the present
time. To relieve your minds of any
doubt, I hold here a petition contain
ing an overwhelming majority of the
property owners of Newport, asking
the passage of this law. To enlighten
you further on this subject, I shall
here read to you the returns aB given
by the election commissioners at the
last general election, showing that
every township, except one, in the
county voted for whisky. What fur
ther proof is necessary? And why
under these circumstances should
thirty days’ notice be required.
“We are told that this act would
take away the right of women and
children to petition whisky from their
homes. The blind tigers are more al
luring and more dangerous to boy#
j than saloons can possibly be. An£
we are asking you to save us from the
effects of the blind tiger. If public
sentiment should ever change it would
; be an easy matter to have this law
repealed.
“I have proven to you beyond a
doubt that the majority of the people
of Newport want the passage of this
bill. We are all Democrats and be
lieve in majority rule. Let us prac
! tiee what we preach. During my ca
| reer in this general assembly I have
! never failed to vote for a local pro
i hibitory law where a representative
: claimed that a majority of his people
wanted it. Now'll I ask of you, gen
tlemen, is to ahoV'«K^aj^mecour-^.
tesy that I have alway3*^^'!!oJff'"‘{^^
Be as fair and as honest with 'ttu,
you expect me to be with you. This
bill affects only the city of Newport,
and I am willing to assume all respon
sibility, feeling conscious of my recti
tude in voicing the will of a majority
of an upright and honest people. I
thank you.”
The Daughters of the Confederacy
will give an entertainment at the
opera house during the third week of
April for the benefit of their cause,
the principal feature of which will be t
a Tom Thumb wedding. \
The case of the state against 8. A. j
Davis for malicious trespassing in cut- \
ting down a clothes line at the Me- l
Collum home was heard before Justicf )
Lucian Harris Friday afternoon. The *• -
defend int is a drayman, who claims
to be a Baptist preacher. vVvg
The directorate of the Tuckerman
Ginning Company, composed of G.
W. Yelverton, R. L. Conditt, F. R.
Dowell, R. F. Dunn, J. W. Scally, Ike
Goldman and T. 1). Lawrence, held a
meeting here Friday morning to draw
up articles of incorporation. Ike
Goldman, F. R. Dowell and George
Yelverton w-fro appointed a commit
tee to pur nase machinery for plant.
J. 8. Chastain, who is a recent grad
uate of the medical department of
the University of Nashville, came in
Thursday on a visit to his relatives
here, hut left Friday for his home at
WolfT-Bayou, in Cleburne county.
He informs the Independent that
Hiram Campbell, who was a member
of his class, won the medal forj the
highest average scholarship and will
prob.mly accept the position that has !
been tendered him ot a year’s /train
g'v g m tne noh~
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