Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-08-08
PARTY IS PLEDGED
DEMOCRATIC STATE coNVEh-
rs
TloN DECLARED IN FAVOR
OF THE AMENDMENT
centra, Committee Issues an Acar .ss
to Voters In Behalf Of tire
Amendment
AN ADDRESS BY THE MAYORS

The platform of the Arkansas Dem.
ocracy declares in favor OF the pro-
posed constitutional amendment al
lowing cities, after sanctioned by 4
majority of the voters on the
proposition. of the first and
second class to issue bonds for muric-
ipal improvements. and the Demo
cratic central commitatee has begun
an active campaign in behalf of the
amendment, The following is an ad.
dress issued by the committee:
Little Rock, Ark, Aug. 3, 1904-
To the Democrats of the state of A"
kansas. Especial attention is called
to the fact that the Democratic plal
form OF the state of Arkansas. adopt
ed by the convention which assem-
bed IN Hot Springs, endorsed a1fd
made a part of its platform a demand
for the adoption of amendment No y.
which is to be submitted to lhe sat
To the Democrats Of the state OF Ar
kansas at the ensuing September
election.
To this extent amendment No. 9.
comes a part of the Democratic plat
form, and one of the things the Dem.
ocratc party of the state of Arkansas
stands for in the present election, anl
We urge all Democrats casting their
votes to vote upon it in such d way
as they feel is consistent with the
declaration Of party principles
1t is unnecessary for the committee
to submit any argument N nehatf
was submitted to the platforms com
mittee in the Democratic convention
and unanimously reported 20 the con-
vention for favorable consideration
and that it received the hearty en-
dorsement of the convention in the
adoption of the PLATFORM Yours very
truly, O. b. Gordon,
Chairman State Democratic Central
Committee.
John H. Page, Secretary
The following is the address to the
voters by the Executive committee
OF the mayors convention in favor Of
the amendment:
To the voters of Arkansas: The
people who reside outside of cities
nave for ages, as matter OF TACT.
been the beneficiaries of the 5ettor
and higher life, in that they always
have been close to the great
heart of Nature. have haa
wealth of pure air, and have
been sufferer from that
great health Observation-Disclosures
sewers. Everybody is familiar with
the popular aphorsm, "Man made
the cities, but God mai the coun-
try. How true it is--and were it
not for those who live in the country
there could be no cities. 1t is truer
today in Arkansas than ever before,
Tor through the efforts of those broad
caused citizens of the ri:rai districts,
whose keen eyes enabled them to
see the load of injustice be,rg car
fled by the denizens of the cities or
the frst and second class, there was
such legal enactments at the last ses-
sion of the legislature. as will per
INIT the people of the entire state TO
assist the cities to higher and bet
ter plane of life, and at the same time
without increasing the burden of the
ci'ies, and also at the same time in
creasins the wealth of the country.
we refer to the proposed amendment
~ the state constitution to enable
o'ties as designated abovA to issue
interest bearing certificates of indebt-
euhess to pay for public improves
Auehts. 1t Is a source of no little
sratlhcation to the long-suffering pop
o'dtion OF the municipalities that the
so'erelgns in the country have come
70 their relief. and that the future is
now roseate with promises of joint
prosperity. There are so many rea.
eoas why this proposed amendment