The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1912-09-05
AMENDMENT NO.
10 WINS FAVOR
Voters Will Give Cities Right
10 issue Bonds, II Is
Believed.
WILL BE SUBMITTED SEPT. 9
Meacure Is Of Vial importance %
Cities and Towns Ct State,
IL Is Declared.

or all the measures that are to D..
submitted to a vote Of tie people a.
/ Arkansas at the coming general elec-
4 ton. none is roaardad Of as much i'm
portance 10 the material development,
! Of tae state as The bropose4 const.ta.
tional amendment No. Is. which. =
adopted WIZ give The cities Of the
state and all incorporated towns q
more than Hooo population the rieH
to raise money for public improve.
ments by issuing bonds
Il is believed that The prejudice
| against the issuing of bonds. which
grew oat Of conditions which existed
nearly half century aso. is practical
! ~ dead and that the people Of The
state are now willing to remove the
| restrictions which have retarded in
many ways the advancement Of the
cities and towns Of the state. An
amendment Of a similar nature bur
without the restrictions and sale
guards Of the present amendment. was
defea ca by a small margin four years
ago only because of the discovery O.
features which we're said bv some to
render the measure unsafe Very lit
tie, if any criticism has been made Of
Amendment Ne u, which viii be sab-
mitted at the election September q.
For that reason it IS no. believed thar
there VIII he any serious opposition
10 this measure. All that is needed TO
insure its passage, it is believed is
10 make it's provisions known to the
voters who will be asked Q pass iudg
Hent upon il on September Q.
Realizing that Arkansas is the only
state in the entire Union that prohib-
its its cities and towns from issuing
bonds under proper restrictions, and
believing that as long as this condi-
tion exists Arkansas cannot hope to
l-eep pace with the other states Of the
Union in any phase of development
many officials and representative citi-
zens of Tie cities and towns Of the
state have Joined hands in an effort
to east off the bonds that have held
them in check so long. Responding to
calls from all parts of the state. Mayor
Chas E. TAYLOR of Little Rock issued
q call for meeting of mayors. city
attorneys and other officials and citi-
zens of the cities and towns of Arkan-
sas, and at this meeting the amend
ment which is TO be submitted in Sep
,emter was drafted. The amendment
reached its final form only after
lengthy discussion Of all the proposed
features and, as it was finally approx
ed, it is believed by those who are
standing sponsor for it to be surround
ed by all the safeguards that could
be resired by the tax payers.
The work of securing the submis-
sion of the amendment and of making
the campaign in its behalf has been
IN the hands of an executive committee
composed OF Mayor Chas E. Taylor
Of Little Rock, Mayor Pagan Bour-
land Of Fort smith, Mayor A c. Tor-
dan of Pine Bluff, Mayor w W. Wat
ers Of Hot springs Mayor J. p Eau
cette of ArEenta and Mayor Thomas
Rurress of Jonesboro. This commit
tee has the assistance OF the eXecu-
tives Ct all cities and towns in the
state and the members believe that
yhe only campaign required is one Of
publicity, i'm order that the voters may
lee fully informed upon all the features
Of the proposed amendment. They
have sought 10 turn the light on To
every phase Of the measure SO thar