The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1913-12-12
The Voice From the Civic League.

selves. We regret the necessity of so
doing, for the reason that, from our
organization, 1t has been our purpose
and intention to call to our body as
little attention as possible, until we
should have succeeded to an appreci-
able degree in accomplishing our am
bition. What that ambition is we
have stated through this sheet more
than once; the reason for our not
| shouting TO the four winds the great
things we were going to bring about,
we have likewise published. Both of
these statements we shall reiterate
| below
lthascome to our attention that our
motives are daily impugned; our pur-
poses mistated to the point of distor-
ton; our sincerity doubted and ques.
toned. From the information we re-
ceive we understand that we are rum
ored, even positively asserted to be of
any and every nature and character
| except our true one-and, of course,
none of these assertions is tiattering.
We have heretofore declared that
we propose, and hope to be in Forrest
City body that will have for its sole
aim and object the bringing about of
better conditions locally; that will
have for its business the fostering
and showing along Of any and every
project ana movement that promises
benefit to this town and county
and nothing else. So much for the
why" of The Civic League. Like
wise we have heretofore declared that
we blew no trumpets and held no
fanfare over our birth for the reason
that boast Of what we were going
to do might, in the event of our not
realizing success. rebound to our ridi-
Guile and discontinue; and, along the
same line of reasoning, public conf
dence is awarded to the man. or to the
organization, who has already deliver
ed the goods, and does not seek credit
prematurely. And surely these are
| SOOd NCI cdSOIldDIG IcdNOIJS
These two statements are in answer
to questions that we have heard more
than once-and have answered more
than once; First, "who is this Civic
League thing? and what is it? and
whe ~ and Second, ''why didn't they
tell somebody about it? There is an
other question, why is the thing
limited to so few members" We
haven't thought to say anything about
that, heretofore, but it is easy enough:
Ten men, or twenty, can talk about
one piece Of business, and come TO one
determination, and work with one
purpose. A very much greater num-
Der Of men is unwieldy, bulky, slow,
/ given to thousand notions; accord
and consistency cannot be had among
them. We are convinced that this is
another very reasonable reason.
The gossip that occasions us the
greatest distress and trepidation is
that The Civic League is political:
out with big stick for every thing
on the ticket, in definite terms, that
it is responsible for the candidacy OF
DR.. IL. Il. Clark for mayor, and that
it is responsible for the calling of a
certain mass meeting that was held
on the Goth day of November, and the
proceedings had at that meeting
The primary object Of this pubica
tion is strong and unequivocal repu
diation and denial of the two specific
charges enumerated, and OF any other
of like nature, and of any and all DO
litical motives, connections, intrigues-
our constitution is as we have above
set out. We realize fully that for the
success of our venture the confidence
Of the citizens Of our town is an alb
solute essential. So strong is our con
viction in this regard that unless We
are accorded the confidence of the
public we shall feel that any attempt
to go forward with what we have be
gun will be a waste OF time and care
We have proclaimed our complete
non partisanship; we hereby deny ant
disclaim any desire or attempt on tht
part of this body to intermeddle will
political matters or TO nominate an,
political candidate, or to run any per
son for otlice-and maybe that is moi
enough; we'll state that we are Meth
er interested in running any person
out of office.
1t seems to US that this covers th'
whole thing: II you can believe us
we'll appreciate it; and your help, |
you will, in whatever we undertake
If you can't believe as, then at leas
let US alone.
Very Respectfully,
THE CIVIC LEAGUE OF FORREST CRY
e. J. Schlosser, Chairman.
G. W. Norton, Secretary,
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