The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-08
Mr.. JOHN S. JONES
MAY NOT ACCEPT

He Did Not Vote in Dispensary Elec-
tion--.Two Members Favor DispeR-
sary on Fayetteville st., and All Say
That They Wish the Advice of the
Dispensary MISUNDERSTANDING Of
Aldermen Separk, NOVEL; and Grifis.
Many of the people of Raleigh, learning
Friday night and yesterday Of the man
ner in which the majority big Nine" of
the Aldermanic Board OF this city had
treated the election of Dispensary Com
missioners became indignant.
And as the day grew this just indigna-
ton grew, and people asked each other
what has caused nine of the aldermen Of
Raleigh to absolutely disregard the wishes
of the people and to turn down with in
difference the recommendation of the exc
cutive committee of the Anti-Saloon
League.
as it loot that these people are after?"
was the question on many lips, and when
it was understood that three of the alder
men voting against the parties recon-
mended by the friends of the dispensary
were seeking "jobs' under the commits
sioners the talk was that it was a grab
game on the part of the men making up
the votes necessary for a majority.
The best people of this city do not hest
tate to speak out in bitter denunciation
of the action of the majority on the
Board, and their words but emphasize the
Kisses from outraged citizens who were
present and viewed the exhibition of Fri
day night, when the wishes of an over
whelming majority were rejected and
despised.
The Raleigh Times of yesterday after
noon printed interviews with O number
of leading citizens of Raleigh, and these
denounce the action of the Board in un-
measured terms. Here are what some
OF the citizens of Raleigh say:
Rev. Or. /. NICK. Pittenger: ut is m
outrageous piece OF business, and a di-
rect insult as well as defiance directed
to the moral sense of this community.
1t should be visited with vengeance upon
the heads of those who perpetrated that
high-handed piece of business
Rev DR.. w. C. Tyree: II was very
much disa ppointed 1 feel that a great
deal depends upon the way the thing be-
gins. l think the recommendations of the
Anti-Saloon League was eminently prop
er. l feel very strongly about it, but
really do not know enough about the sit
uation in Raleigh to express myself more
fully than that
Rev. NJ. w Butler: ''It is an outrage
on common decency."
Rev. G. T. Adams: ''It is blessing
in disguise We will kill them the deader
when we hit them again.
Hon. r. H. Battle: st is an outrage
on the wishes Of the people of the city,
W. n. Jones: "No meaner thing has
been perpetrated on the people of Raleigh
by public men, s.
Sheriff NJ. W. Page: II only know
what l have read in the papers. l think
it was terrible the biggest kind of a mis-
take"
Mr.. P. c. Enniss "We played the
game fairly and squarely and won, but
now the aldermen have run off with the
stakes"
These are but few of the interviews
published. but they clearly express the
views Of hundreds of people in Raleigh
who were asked concerning the matter
yesterday. AN outrage and shame" is
the way the action of the majority nine
is spoken of by many, many people.
The Raleigh Times editorially speaks
the views of many, and in its editorial
says that the responsibility for all this
business will be properly placed. In par:
i'll the editorial it says
THE rumors of yesterday are the facts
OF today. The Board of Aldermen fulfilled
the worst prediction made of them by the
most uncharitable of their opponents
This paper said yesterday that these were
sensible men, men who could correctly
measure the consequences of their actious,
and who would have regard for what was
right, to what was just and reputable
II their action last night failed to sup
port this prediction, which we made in
good faith on our part. they must know,
and the public certainly knows, where the
responsibility rests.
But when you come to deal with men
who act in bad faith, who say they will
do one thing and then do another, who
hold their positions as the expressions OF
Democratic votes, and yet who defantly
violate one of the plainest and most
sacred principles Of Democracy, namely,
the failure to carry out the expressed will
of the people, then the contest is one that
good people turn away from in disgust.
regarding it as they would soiled rag.
fit only to be thrown upon an ash-piie
TO rot.
1T is not the policy of this paper to
say harsh things about people in any
station, and we never expect to depart
from this principle. And in reference to
the action of the Board of Aldermen last
night it excites our pity rather than cen
sure to see lot of weak minded gentle
men march into an open grave. 1t takes
neither bravery. intelligence nor heroism
to be unfaithful to trust"
THE COMMISSIONERS SPEAK.
But all this is no news to the people oe
Raleigh. The failure of the majority nine
to do as the people wished and petitioned
is recorded. and the people have in no I'm
certain terms expressed their disapprovaL
What is Of interest is the position in
managing the dispensary, which will be
taken by the Dispensary Commissioners.
Messrs. o. G. King, W. Henry Cole and
John S. Jones. Interviews were had with