The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-11-18
Aldermen Who Scented Pie
} as They Voted.
THE DISPENSARY PLAN
The C.mm 'ssioners Baked and no Meeting
Was Held Last Night 10 Elect the
Dispensafy Managers and
Assistants.

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meet and would elect the managers of
the dispensary.
But they did not, and there is still
some days before the plan determined on
will go into effect.
For unless the improbable comes to pass
three of the aldermen who named the
dispensary commissioners are TO share in
the rake off.
For loot" seems the motto of the Big
Nine and it has come to be an open
secret that Job were in sight when the
Big Nine" once defeated by popular
contempt, re-organiZed and defeated the
will of the people of Raleigh by the
promise of pie
I'VE will not meet tonight said Com
missioner Jones yesterday and his re-
marks were repeated by Commissioner
King. They said that they wished to do
things regular and that they prefer to
prevent rules and regulations to the Board
of Aldermen before taking hold of affairs.
THE talk about Sanitary Commissioner
| r. p. Sale the purchasing agent for Raj
eigh, making the purchases for the dis
pensary, is all touring rot said Com
missioner Jones' THE law provides how
| the purchases will be made and the Board
| of Aldermen are to regulate this. The
city purchasing agent has nothing to do
| with it. AS to the reported arrangement
! by which the purchasers of which from the
dispensary will not be required to sign
| their names hat is another thing stated
without knowing the law. 1t may be that
each man will not be required to write
his own name, but it will be recorded as
| the sale is made.
| Another thing that was learned yester-
day from Commissioners Jones and King
was that there were to be two dispense
| ries Both of these favor two and from
Commissioner King it was understood
that Commissioner w. H. Cole also favor
ed two dispensaries. This being so, it
may be writ down that two dspensaries
one is to be the low. and this is the
face OF the fact that the people of Raj
eigh, as every report of their meetings
show, want but one dispensary in place
of the twenty-four bar rooms.
Commissioner King was quoted in an in
terview published yesterday afternoon.
Last night he said he had been misquoted,
and in place OF having said that Alder
man Separll, Griffis and Novel; were fav-
people, he said:
In reply to the question as TO whether
/ would vote for Messrs. Separ1, Novel;
and Critic. 1 said l could not say, and that
/ did not say that thought that the pub
lie was for them. When asked if l would
vote for the applicants the people wanted
l said 1 would. When asked if thought
the people wanted Separk, Novel; and
r. 4
people wanted When asked if Sepak,
NOVEL; had made application for places, !
said: NO" but that others had named
them to me for positions, and that one of
the best and largest business men in Raj
eigh had come to me and had said that Mr..
NOVEL; was a good man and alright"
1t is understood that if elected as dispan-
sary men Aldermen Separk, NOVEL; and
Griffis will resign from the Board of Alder
men. In fact Messrs. Separk and Griffs
have said so. If they do this it is said
that in order to hold majority on the
board each resignation will be accepted
separately, and the successor of the re-
signing aldermen elected in order that the
"Big Nine" may retain control of the dis
Ipensary situation AS one "Dispensary Job
Alderman resigns his successor, pledged
beforehand to vote with the big Nine"
will be elected and thus the farce VII
go on.
1t is a disgraceful and lamentable state
of affairs that Raleigh has fallen upon.
1t is the graft and loot that is walkin.
rampant in it's Aldermanic Board that is
bringing odum upon the conduct of
municipal affairs.
Here in brief is the situation. The new
commissioners will not hold meeting to
divide the loot till the rules they are
to suggest are adopted. Then they wi
elect managers and assistants in the dis
pensary, of whom three are slated to
be the aldermen who gave them their
positions.
It is a spectacle upon which the peo-
pie of Raleigh gaze with contempt, for
it looks as if it is tickle me and l will
will tickle YOU"
I was talking with a gentleman last
night about the suggestion that two dis
pensaries be established and he said;
Eyes. / have heard about it and it is
story that all Raleigh ought to know.
There i slittle room to doubt that Henry
Cole, a dispensary commissioner. is
pledged to put Alderman Separl1 in as
manager of the dispensary; Commission
er Jones openly says he will vote for
alderman NOVEL; as an employee. in The
dispensary because Alderman NOVEL; So
cured for him the place as dispensary
commissioner; and 1T IS generally be-
liyede that Commissioner King is resolved
to secure the election of Alderman P. B.
Griffs "a saloon keeper who fought the
disnensary with all his rlgnt).
so you have it: the three commits
sioners will elect three aldermen to run
the dispensary. Isn't tnat nauseat-
mo scandal Unless public sentiment
drives them from it. the commissioners
will elect the aldermen who selected them
to manage the dispensary. Wouldn't
that be a pretty dish to set before the
people of Raleigh? But that Is the. dish
that is now preparing.
Feeling the condemnation OF the pub
lie, a few days ago one Of the Big Nire
&c -, .la.~r,ar, and two OF tho dispenser,