Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-07-29
AN ADDRESS TO THE VOTERS

Little Rock. July 23.-The eXeeu-
hive committee appointed at the cGn.
,e:,tlon of mayU:.s at Hot Springs
r'uesday met yesterday in the ,Itico
o, ty At, ."r,.y Ashley Cockrili. i'll
this city. and formulated plans for
waging a campaign of education
among the voters of the state to Sc
cure the adoption of the amendment
to the constitution giving cities Of
the first and second class the power
! to issue bonds to secure money for
! public improvements.
ough organization of the state by the
| appointment of an auxiliary commit
tee consisting OF one member from
each county. and made arrangements
for distributing large quantities OF
literature explaining the provisions OF
the amendment. The mayor of every
city in the state will be asked to
cooperate in the movement and dis
tribute the literature. which will be
sent him within the next few days.
The committee prepared letter
to the voters of the state. explaining
the proposed amendment, setting forth
the advantages to be obtained by the
citizens from its adoption and asking
for the support of the voters in the
election. The letter is as follows:
ITO the Voters of Arkansas: AS
a result of the mayors convention.
held at Hot Springs. July 26. the ex-
ecurive committee of said convention
has taken steps for placing before the
people of Arkansas the importance
OF amendment No. 9, to enable cities
to issue interest-bearing certificates
OF Indebtedness to pay for public inn
provements The proposed amendment
as whole, is simply the recognition
OF progressive Democracy, and. as
such, is one of the fundamental prin.
clples OF the Democratic party. The
executive committee has organized
for a campaign of education, and
Is arranging for a thorough COOP
GRAFTON on the part of the county Off
cials throughout the state, and the
voters generally. The newspapers are,
as rule. already in line and they
will lend their active support.
Amendment No. 3, while it will
give to the cities public improvements.
does so without increasing taxes. 1t
Is also safeguarding in perfect man
ner. as no additional tax levies can
be made under any circumstances.
and. as fact. Indebtedness certiti-
Gates cannot be created unless ordered
oy the city councils, and not then
until the voters at the polls give
these orders the stamp OF their ap-
proval.
Under this amendment every city
IN the state will be permitted to de-
Velop to its utmost capacity, and In
consequence thereof country property
Will also rapidly increase in value,
and labor employed by cities will re-
relye full pay for services without
the possibility OF being impelled at
any time to accept warrants that
must be cashed at less than par.
Every property owner. whether in
country or city, will be benefited by
this amendment and no taxpayer
will be called on to pay increased
taxes under the provisions of the
amendment.
Respectfully,
Executive Committee o. Mayors Con
vention,
BY Geo. r. Belding, Chairman.
Mayor of Hot Springs.
n. c. Strong, Mayor OF Brinkley.
w. E. Lemon, Mayor of Little Rock.
d. q. Beauchamp.
Mayor of Paragould.
Thomas A. Brewer,
Mayor of Texarkana.
Henry Kuper, Jr., /
mayor of Fort Smith.
"a, -R T Hnllenberg. Little Rock.