The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-21
THE ANT|-BONDMEN
WANT INFORMATION
They Will Ask the Aldermen
Some Questions.
A LACK OF CONFIDENCE
A Special Meeting Of the Board Will
be Called.
A BIG Campaign FUND BEING RAISED
Two important Working Committees We're Ap
pointed Last Night and Reports on the
Progress Of the Campaign in the
Various Wards Received.
Various Wards Received.

The citizens anti-bond committee held
a meeting last night in the mayors office
and stuck their coulter deep into the anti
bond campaign.
Not only the committee, but number
of other taxpayers were present, and the
meeting was an enthusiastic one.
Reports from the various wards in re-
gard to the growth of anti-bond sentiment
were received with applause, and there
was an air of confidence pervading all the
proceedings of the meeting. In fact many
of the speakers declared that if the senti-
ment in their neighborhood was any cri-
terion the bonds were already defeated.
One man from the Fourth ward knew
of only four that would certainly vote for
bonds, and under no circumstances did he
think the vote there could be less than
two against bonds to one for them. A
Third ward man told of much the same
condition of affairs in his section.
All the members of the committee were
asked to constitute themselves a commit
tee on registration, and see to it that
every anti bond voter got his name on the
books.
Two committees were then appointed:
One a committee of inquiry to obtain GER
tain information from the board of alder
men and report back to the full citizens
committee, and the other to raise a fund
with which to fight the bond issue. The
appointment of these committees was
authorized and their duties defined by the
following resolution, offered by Mr. W. ~.
Jones, and adopted by the meeting:
Resolved, that two committees Of five
each be appointed by the chairman of the
meeting the duties of one of which shall
be to ask a conference with the board
of aldermen as to the amount of the
bond issue which they propose to ask the
citizens of the town TO vote, and whether
this issue is all the board proposes to
ask for, and how this money is to be
expended; and also what amount is to be
expended from the regular taxes for street
improvements, while the bond money is
being expended Tho a'tv of the other
committee shall be to raise the necessary
funds to defray the expenses of the con-
test against the proposed bond issue.
"These committees are to report to
called meeting of the committee to be
called by the chairman"
Before the meeting adjourned the chair
man designated the time of meeting as
next Tuesday night at $50.
The committees appointed under the
above resolution are as follows:
Committee of Inquiry: Chas. Root, Sr.,
w. ~ Jones, ALI. A. Thompson, G.. B. Ed
wards. J. p. Hill and G. M. Allen.
Committee to Raise Funds: Anderson
Belts, George Norwood, Jas. w. Barber,
William Blake and Job p. Wyatt.
The Committee on Campaign Funds held
q meeting last night and formulated
plans for its work The committee to go
before the board of aldermen will meet
this morning at II o'clock in the office
of Mr.. w. N Jones.
The sentiment of meeting last night if
one may Judge by the speeches made is
a lack of confidence in the present city
government-an unwllingness to entrust
to them the expenditure of another $780,
C0c And this is shown in the resolution
appointing a committee of inquiry to find
out how and where the money is to be
spent.