Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-13
MAYOR BELLS
 MESSAGE.
 -- AN EXHAUSTIVE DOCUMENT. THAT PLAINLY OUTLINES THE MAYOR ELECTS POLICY. His Ideas of Needed Reforms and Municipal Improvements in Consonance With the City's
 Needs.
AN EXHAUSTIVE DOCUMENT

Needs.
 Gentlemen of the Council:
 For the second time, I am afforded the privilege by the prerogatives of the people, of greeting you in an address, a message, which, following the example of my predecessors, l am expected to deliver at this time; first for the purpose, as l conceive, ], of giving thanks to my fellow-citi- zens for the high compliment they have again paid me, and thence for the purpose of inviting your atten- tion as briefly as possible to some of the questions and policies of munic- ipal government which shall ask your cooperation and assistance in carrying out during the next two years.
 It has been well understood fact that owing to engagement in other business which required my full time and attention, l was not an as- pirant for further political honors at your hands But an urgent call from large number of leading citi- zens of your city, which has been well seconded by the voice of the people at the ballot box since, was such as to cause me to forego private interest for public duty.
 For this manifestation of high re gard and public confidence, I feel deep sense Of gratitude and my earnest and best efforts will be put forth to uphold the situation in such manner as will give satisfaction, l hope, to those who have supported me and no cause for complaint on the part of those who opposed my election.
 Reciprocity of sentiment, such as is inculcated by the Golden Rule, is but the outcome of love, and very in- humas is he that finds not in hls heart a well spring of that divine attribute
 Hate is neither natural nor spon- taneous; it is the creation of dis eased mind, perverted imaginations and fevered workings of disordered brains; 1t exists in an infinitesimal ly small proportion, and then in blindness and error and by the mis- unders tanding of the acts and mo- tives. Twas Bobhy Burns who said, Mans inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn. We should pity such as are given to treachery and deceit and long to pour in upon ignorance the light of truth, to correct their prejudices, to avert the consequences of their errors, and to secure them against the con tingences of fife.
 With great pride do l come to you as did the watchman of the nigh" upon the tower, looking to every confne where harmony and good government reign, crying out, "Alfs We'll" with a fervor so earnest, that the sound must be heard ard caught up by each of you, and echoed again and again out from here, to individual citizens of whatever race or color, to cheer and encourage him and keep alive his interest in the struggle for peace and order, and tho bringing about of credit and ap- probation upon our beloved munich pality. Without his cooperation your hands and mine in a measure will be tied; with it, much can be accomplished toward bringing unto ourselves the thanks and plaudits of an anxious public. Do not i'm agine for Q moment that in our ef- forts to build up, we will be free from the jealous critic, or that there will not be enemies to abuse and impede our progress. So, as Nehemiah said to those engaged in building the wall around Jerusalem, with one hand upon the implement of burden, and the other upon the weapon of protection, "The work is great and large, and we are sepa- rated upon the wall ore from an other. In what place therefore you hear the sound of the trumpet, re sort ye thither. So ] say fo you: