The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-08-20
INDIGNATION MEETING,

Yesterday afternoon q mass
meeting Of citizens was held at the
East Side city hall, to take action
in regard to sensational articles
published abroad damaging to the
city, because of their exaggeration
and uutruthfuness said articles
appeared in the Springfield Mis-
souri, Republican Mayor Hardin
of the West Side was chosen as
chairman, and r. w, Onenhauser
of the East Side, secretary
Secretary read the offending ar
ticles, after which the committee
on resolutions, (Messrs. ], N. Cook,
Paul Jones, II, w. Mullins, w. G.
Hardin and W, II, GRIM reported
the preamble and resolutions pi1ut-
ed below, which were adopted With
out a dissenting vote,
A motion was made by Mr., Null
lius, requesting the correspondent
of the paper Mr. Kirk Bramble, to
quit writing such delamatory arti
cles, After discussion, in which
the correspondent spoke a few
words but was stopped because of
Objectionable language and being
out Of ORDER motion was carried
without a dissenting vote,
Motion was carried directing Sec
retary to send a copy of the resou-
tions to the Springfield Republican;
also that local papers be requested
to publish same, While this was
pending Mr., Bramble arose and
moved that papers here be asked
to publish same, but he was not re-
cognlzed by the chair
Meeting was orderly and digniG-
ed, Before dna adjournment a
representative Of the Chicago Tri-
bune was introduced who stated |
that said paper was getting up a
mammoth edition, advertising the
country along the Il, O., =. n G. |
Ryo and said he would be pleased
to have Texarkana represented
cost u per nonparel line about
$500 per column matter was left
open to Board Of Trade
PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS,
II being called to the attention
Of the citizens Of Texarkana that
certain articles OF a sensational
and seurrlous nature have been
sent out from the city by one Kirk
Bramble aud published In the
Springfield Republican, a newspa-
per published at Springfield, Mo-
and 1t being known to the citizens
of this city that said articles are
unjust, aud that many of the
charges made therein are wholly
false, and that the said Kirk Bram-
bic Is an irresponsible person-an
outeast from aoeiety-a common
drunkard and a dlsreputable news
lpaper reporter whose services have
been dispensed with by reputable
newspapers by whom he has been
heretofore employed, except the
one mentioned above, therefore,
be II
Resolved That we condemn In un'
measured terms the said articles as
false and sensational and state TO
the public that the writer Is a yag-
abond-an outeaet from soelety-a
common druukard, who has reoent-
ly served term In jail for drunk-
enness, and u dIegraee TO reepeeta'
bic journalism,
Resolved, That while no more
crimes have been committed here
than In other cities Of equal alse
aud population, glll we doprocate
the erlmea that have been commit
ted, and state that the persons
charged with the recent homleides
have been committed TO jail witha
out bail awaiting the action Of the
grand jury
Resolved, That the statements
that the morals Of this city are
at a low ebb, and that the laws are
not enforced are malicious and
wholly false, aud a base slauder up
on this community
Resolved, That We regret that a
responsible Newspaper will engage
as lta correspondent so dlsfeputable
a person 40 the said Kirk llfamble
Ia known 10 be In lhIa community,
aud we request the Springfield Re-
publican TO refrain tr0m publish
Ing further articles which reflect
upon our city aud its people coma
Ing from the same source without
the truth Of aald article be- cone
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