Atlanta Georgian., 1914-03-01
CITIZENS LEAGUE URGES
SANITY IN CIVIC FAIRS
Body VIII Oppose "The Parading Of Social Vice
and Stands for Conservatism Against Fan
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build the city. II will very earnest
~ oppose all movements represent
Ing constant agitation. OF obscene
paradiug Of social vice ana ira
tional and irrespons bic sensation
allsm in nj! RESPECTS II stands for
sanity and conservatism as opposed
10 fanaticism and hysteria.
The matter is important We In
vite an inspection OF the personnel
OF the officers and executive com
mittee.
We request you 10 become n
member and give us your mfalliny
support. Yours truly,
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Platform Of the League.
The platform or the league follows
!. This association shall be known
is the Citizens League cf Atlanta.
2 The object and purpose OF TINS
association is to enlist the co-opera-
,ion OF all the citizens Of Atlanta
and of Fulton County in the ad-
VanCcment OF the material and
moral interests Of this city and
county, and TO cooperate nth 9th
er organizations having similar
purpose.
9. The membership Of this asso-
citation believe in the sane and rea-
Sonable enforcement OF our laws. lu
protecting our citizens, lu the en-
1oyment Of life liberty and proper
~. in inviting to tho city the invest
ment Of all legitimate capital. and
! they further believe in encouraging
manufacturing. in developing At
lanta into n hive Of industry, In
encouraging good enterprises OF
every kind and description which
tend 10 the bettcrment Of the com
munity. and they believe I'm pro-
scrlbing no class OF people who are
striving toward the upbuilding and
uplift OF our community A part Of
the platform of this association ia
liberality. sanity temperance and
= breadth in the administration and
execution OF laws. and this organ
ization is opposed to fanaticlsm. in
tolerance, hysteria ana sensational
ism
T. This association believes that
the public servants OF our city and
county should he men of breadth
tolerance, courage, ability, ana
should keep con family IN mind that
they represent all of the people and
not some portion Of the people.
Political aid Promised.
8, This association proposes to
lend its support and influence to
tnose persons in public Office and
who offer for public Office who are
fair. broad. just temperate mod
crate and sane; and It proposes 10
oppose those people who stand for
constant agitation. for sensational
ism and FOR the constant parading
OF the vices and inhrmities alleged
to exist in the people OF this com
munity
g. This association asks the CO.
operation OF all good citizens and
Of the public press in maintaining
the good name Of Atlanta. and In
promoting it's moral and material
welfare; and this association de-
plores the present agitation con
stantly being kept up in this city
and shall eudeaVor by all legitimate
and fair means to check the same
and to prove that it is unwarranted
and uncalied for.
z. This association believes that
Atlanta-so far as concerns the
subjects Of vice. morals and the
control OF the liquor trafiic-is one
of the best governed cities Of its
size in the United States, and one
of the purposes of this association
shall be to assist in the continu-
ance Of such conditions.
s. This association believes that
If the present unCalled for aglta-
tion IS Kept up that ii will result
in a reaction, which win produce
conditions infinitely worse than the
city has ever suffered and put them
beyond the control of the well-bal-