The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-10

A goodly number of colored free
holders Of the city assembled at High
street Baptist Church last night to re-
ceive the report of the committee ap
pointed by the mass-meeting on the I'd
instant tc wait upon tho City Council
and ascertain what show the colorcd
of the money it was proposed to ap-
propriate. Rev. r. r. Jones, tho chair
man, was unable to attend on account
I of sickness in his family, and Ferdinand
Hannibas was selected to preside. Rev.
w. w. Brown invoked tho divine bless
ing.
A. j. Oliver, secretary of tho meeting,
and chairman of the committee, sub
mitted the following report:
Gas to the first item in our petition con-
corning the appropriations they tho
CounciD promised us an equal distribu'
ton of all of S&7d money in making inn
provements.
"Apd as to the matter of water and
street lights, the Council ordered the
Same to be arranged at once and re-
QuoSted your committee to furnish such
guarantee for water as the water COM
4 pany shall require, and to namo the
] streets and avenues along which we de-
sire it run, and Council agreed to fur
nish the guarantee for gas lights, and
4 requested the con2gsny to lay down it's
pipes at once"
The report was signed a. J. Oliver,
p. w. Oliver, Thomas Penn, Asap Coles,
4 Ed. Harvey and Rev. Il. Il. Jones. The
4 verbal explanation Of the chairman was
q very clear and impartial and was &C
4 pulsed in by the members of the COM
4 mittee present.
Remarks were made by p. w. Oliver,
j Ed. Harry, w. NJ. Decner, Thomas &.
4 Penn, Wash. Sherman, Rev. w. w.
q Brown and others, after which the re-
a p ,rt was received and the committee
= discharged with thanks.
A Rev. w. w. Brown offered the fol-
q lowing resolution:
"a "Resolvcd, That it is tho sense Of
II tho colored freeholders, in mass meet
4 ing assembled that we vote against the
a proposed appropriations.
Il In support of the resolution Rev.
a Brown made a calm and dignified, but
81 very forcible speech. He was not dis
IA posed to antagonize the white freehol-
n ders of the city, but to follow a consider
q able number of them who were opposed
"a to voting money for the present Council
q to expcnd. That body had demonstrated
i'll its incapacity for meeting the demands
81 of its white constituents, and it was
# hardly to be expected that petitions or
|81 demands from the colorcd people would
81 be complied With. The only fair way to
Nudge the future Of the Council was by
p8its past actions and not by its promises
"a The colored property holders would, in
'&a his opinion, promote their best interests
#by voting solidlY against tho apprOpria-
&3tions.
"a p w. Oliver said the City Council
81 was full of promises, but those, like pie
s%crust, were easily b,oken. The colorcd
q people had relied upon promises since
J5in 1882. Council, in order to provide
.&8f6water for suffering eolorcd citizens OK
2aactcd guarantee it should give. The
93people created councilmen and they
sHcould unmake them. The bond election
ION the 18th inst would give the colorcd
improperly holders all opportunity to fol-
Ia low in the lead of influential and
~ wealthy white men who were opposed
5 TO providing any more money for the
##cOuncil to waste in opening streets when
43they wore not needed, and in making
8patch-work improvements, The best
$fpolicy for the colored people was to vote
;Aa against the appropriations.
2ad Wash. Sherman said: We vote, paw
t534DnACo tllu III VIlcSc are nOU
Sslighted, but when we want street I'M
improvements, water and lights, we are
s3'lightcd am not in favor of voting
sshese appropriations, because so many
property owners do not think it
B5wise to do SO. Councilmen said the
|S3noney could not be made available I'M
ss I'll new Council was elected but re-
abused to allow the new Council to pro-
|S;3gide for making the appropriations.
EA One or two speakers favored the APP
|sRoropria tions, but another ringing talk
E13y Rev. Brown and p. w. Oliver. seem
Es3ngly converted them, for when the
&7 otc was taken on the resolution, it was
@a soopted unanimously, every man in the
E house rising to his feet
3;HIEF HARDWICKE STILL ON TOP.
lie Captures Henry ellison the Accomplish
@ of Cump, Whom lac Killed.
ID CHARLESTON, w. Va, March 0.-GSpe-
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