Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-06-30
MARS WRITES
UPON NORRIS
USE OF PARK

DIR. Frank Norris Of Fort worth 10
speak there Monday evening Mayor
Mars says permission for Dr Norris
% use the park was granted. and he
here explains the matter In detail
That all citizens who have any de
tirc 70 know the truth relative to re-.
quest made by J. Frank Norris 10 make
an address at the City Park Monday
night June IS. and that you may be
truthfully and correctly Informed at the
entire matter as II occurred. ! give YOU
zach telegram from him and the an.
twcrs 20 each In fun. and viii not con.
zeal the truth. as was done la the open.
Ing address that night at the time Mir.
Norris was introduced Ia the audience
Telegram No !
For Forth. Texas Mayor Lon d
Marrs. Amarillo. Texas. Can / sroprs
CITY Park Tor an address Monday night
Answer collect J. Frank Morris"
Telegram No 2:
y. FunK Norris Fort Worth. Texas.
] avn nO, authorized by any law To
deny the use of the CITY Park H. law.
abiding citizens for lawful PURPOSES
No, beinE informed of the subject. oh.
sect and nature ~ the address you pro.
pose 10 deliver, | cannot al this titno
grant your request Lon -. Marrs.
Mayor"
Telegram No. B.
Mayor Lon - Mars Amarillo.
Texas subject Of my address il enforce
ment u Prohibition law The speaker
~ law-abiding. can the park be- Sc.
erred answer. ] have other places there
10 speak, but prefer the park j. Frank
Norris"
Telegram No. , was received by me
Monday morning June %. 1922. aud
after receiving this telegram and being
informed Of the subject Of the address.
] Immediately called session ~ tho
ciiy commission for the purpose 81
granting the request Of Mr. Norris to
speak nj the park. After notifying the
commissioners. Mr.. j. * Trollnger
AMI Mr.. \ - Armstrong. 10 meet Ina
session at 10 o'clock received telc.
phone call from Airs. NJ a. Duncan.
who resides az 1903 Madison. sister
Of J. Frank Norris stating 20 me- TINT
she had caused publication 10 be- made
IN Sundays Daily Ncws that Mr. Nor.
ne would speak AZ the CITY Park be.
fore she knew that 10 was proper 10
make the arrangements through the
city commission, and ! stated ~ Mrs.
Duncan that 10 was all right. and there
was no oifensc in doing what she had
done about making the publication.
stated to Mrs Duncan that I had re.
teived two kilograms from NJ Norris.
sud that ! brad jailed q meeting Of the
city commission 10 convene Immediately
a. giant Tho request that Nj Norris
had made 20 SPEAK at the PARK and /
felt assured iu stating o. her that the
lcunlssion would hc granted. aud that
] would phone ucr and inform hcr Just
a. soon as the cts commission con.
,,ned
About 10 O'Clock the cts commission
convened under my call and MI. nor
iis' request to speak at the civ Park
was unanimously granted. after ] had
recommended 20 the ciiv commission
that the request BE- granted as o., cit,
commission asked mc what I would rec.
ommend In the matter Before the city
commission adjourned called Mrs
Duncan over the phone and told her
tho city commission had granted the
request for Mr. Norris 90 speak AZ tho
park. and asked her u a Telegram would
reach him an Fort Worth. aud she told
INC no. that he vas on his way 90 ANA
iilio. and would reach Amarillo on tho
noon train. and that she would adNisr
him o. his request bcing granted. and
repeated o. her the second time 10
pleas" inform Nj Norris cn his arrival
that The city commission had granted
his reqp,s, fuT him 10 speak at the City
Park
farther stated o. her that the people
had given The superintendent ~ the
PARK lois u trouble by walking and
driving ovef she flowers and shrubbery
- ih@ CITY PARK ~ public meetings
There AZ nlght. and We had endeavored
10 protect the park IN this respect at
Hsfh unss a. near a. we possibly
could d. s1 and that I thought that
ny. Nfgfls would secure u larger cruwc
ana niHe i~o'ile tn hear him " he rouid
fpesk ~ sofna p1Ini Boa the city. and
It'd hsr thought tha courthouse
square would furnish y fnuch more aP
i,ropriaie placr for tine speaking. as a
crowd could gather - much nor cash
D.. and n did not nisunderstand Mrs.
Duncan Over the phone she asfeed with
me and repeated o. her again az the
conclusion o. tel NJ Narris that the
csgy coBlmissiou had aTauiad him tie
pri,liegs "a spcak 81 ID. lark u w..
pfcferred 10 do ~ after h. reached
Amarillo.
then notified the chit OF police.
..anaes keeion. that J. Frank Norris
l..a paa.ie request O. maze speech