The log cabin Democrat., 1914-01-29
LEAGUE WILL NOT
 PUT OUT A TICKET CONSTITUTION AMENDED
PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION EXPLAINED IN STATEMENT
 BY PROF. GREENE.
From Fridays Daily.

effected and it's purpose more clearly set forth at last nights meeting of the Conway Civic League, which was attended by large number of repre- sentative citizens of the city. Under the constitution tentatively adopted at the first meeting last week, it was planned to nominate, through a com mittee of 10 to be appointed by the pastors of the five white churches of the city, a ticket of municipal offices to be voted upon at the primary cleo tion. This provision of the constitu- ton was last night amended and in stead of the nominating committee and advisory committee of six, two from each ward, is provided for, this committee being empowered to select from among the candidates who an- nounce or seek to get other men to enter races where deemed necessary. It is also provided that the recom- mendations of the advisory committee are not to be considered binding upon the members of the league unless adopted by a four-ffths vote of the organization.
 The advisory committee appointed under the amended constitution is composed of the following: Pres. J.. J. Doyne and Jo Frauenthal of the First ward; w. M. Harrell and w. D.. Cole, IT,, of the Second ward, and Prof. w. o. Wilson and J. A. Pence of the Third ward. The league will meet again next Friday night to hear the report of the advisory committee.
 Secretary J. c. Dawson stated that two of the five membership lists hand ed in last night contained the names of about 60 new members. All of the lists are expected to be turned in and then new members received Friday night.
 In order to set forth clearly to the people the purpose of the organiza- tion, Prof. c. J. Greene was appointed to prepare a statement for the local press, which is published in full be- low:
 'It is but fair to the league itself and to those interested in it's purposes to say that it has never been any part of the plan or desire of the league in any degree to coerce any one to SUD- port man or a measure. The bind ing clause in the constitution as pub lished last week was intended merely as voluntary expression of readiness to yield individual opinion to combin- ed judgment in working together for the good of the town. The 'nominat- ing committed provided for was never intended to supplant the Democratic primary election. Its purpose was never to nominate in the technical or political sense; it was to nominate, or name, or call out, or publicly request to run the best available men for city offices. Furthermore, it was never ln- tended to confuse church and state,' or embarras ministers by dragging them into politics. when they were asked to take a minor part in the work of the league. The league re- gards the movement for clean, unit ed and progressive city administra- ton as being held at heart moral movement. Enlisting the ministers was thought of as a basis of union and morality.
 But no member of the league was insistent that any one of these three features in the partially adopted con- stitution was necessary to the success of the league; and so, an amendment being offered affecting these three fea- lures of the constitution, the league adopted the amendment. The part of the constitution displaced by the amendment is here given, and after it the amendment as adopted:
 |" There shall be nominating committee composed of 10 representa- tive members, two to be appointed by the pastor of each of the five white churches in Conway and whose duty it shall be to nominate for the mu- nicipal offices in Conway the best men available, and it shall be the duty of all members of the organization to give their full strength and support to the nominees. There shall be a campaign committee of five represen- tative men from and elected by the organization, the duty of which com mittee it shall be to conduct an ag- gressive campaign in behalf of and Tn conjunction with the nominees.
 "The above was amended to read