The log cabin Democrat., 1914-01-21
LEAGUE Will NOT
PUT OUT A TICKET
CONSTITUTION AMENDED
PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION
EXPLAINED IN STATEMENT
BY PROF. GREENE.


erected and it's purpose more clear, Y
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 tlrst meeting last week, it was
planned to nominate, through COM
mlttee OF 10 TO be appointed by the
pastors OF the five white churches of
the city, ticket of municipal offices
to be voted upon at the primary eiec-
tlon. 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.
1T is also provided that the recon-
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. Doyne and 10 Frauenthal of the
First ward; W. NJ Harrell and w. d.
Cole, Jr., 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 ]. 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-
ton, Prof. c. J. Greene was appointed
to prepare statement for the local
press, which is published in full be-
low:
1T is but fair to the league itself
and 20 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 sup
port man or 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 committee provided for was never
intended to supplant the Democratic
primary election. It's 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 in
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-
CARDS the movement for clean, unit
ed and progressive city administra-
ton as being held at heart a moral
movement. Enlisting the ministers
was thought of as 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
is here given, and after it
the amendment as adopted:
There shall be a nominating
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
committee of five represen-
tative men from and elected by the
the duty of which COM