The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-10
"LITILE RLECK"
CRACKS HIS WHIP
Majority Of Board of Aldermen Who as
The Big Nine" Have Attained No
toriety, Ride Rough shod Over EX-
pressed Wishes Of a Majority of the
People of Raleigh.
The Big Nine is on top agan.

The Big Nine is on top agan.
And Raleigh bows its head in shame, ior
the Big Nine W their power TO the
vote of saloon keepers, o~ficc-holders who
are not eligible to serve Gu the board,
and aldermen who have Lot paid then
polI-taX.
One month AGO, when the people OF
Raleigh went into the campaign 10 drive
out the saloons, they fount arraEed
against them every city officer except
one, every policemen except two tone
OF whom has since ~resigne2). and most
OF the Big Nine. al the power Of the
city government was thrown with the ba..
rooms in that fight. The PEOPLE won, IL
spite of bar-keepers and politicians VIC
cater to the bar-room vote.
TIL day after the election opponents
OF the dispenSary on the board OF al
derrnen declared that. having been &c
ls.,,- d, 1Ae polls, they would cooper
ate with the .1enls OF tie 6ispcnsary 10
conduct it as desired by its friends. In
deed some ct t'c 1acn.bcrs Ut he beard
o. sldermen approached leaders D TIE
ClsDcDsary forces AMI HCiu lt2rIlY pledged
themselves to vote Tor such men as Iii.
Jones, Mr. B~roughton, Mr.. Thompson ana
other leaders OF the d~ispersary w0ula
suggest. They urged them to name tHe
men they preferred. AS IN evidence or
TINS, We publish the following rom the
Raleigh Times. published yesterday after
noon:
The Times has not been IL the least
disturbed about the appointment OF .
committee TO manage the dlsrCnsary
-, Tp0I,;1', C-roA n n ". y ro GTA1lInT nF
the matter with 4. B. Andrews, Jr, one
OF the aldermen, he said: I was not ia
vorably inclined to the 6ispensary, hut
since the people have voted it, "a lar -
! am concerned, 1 VIII gladly &C operate
with the friends Of the dispCnsaTy TO
make it a success This VIC accepted O.
Tot only expressing the good judgment o.
Mr.. Andrews. but supposed he uninten-
tionaliv spoke for other members OF the
board. We have no thought but The men
thus appointed will correctly represent the
wishes Of the friends of the movement
and give it . fair and faithful trial on
its merits"
And yet last night this same Little
Aleck," leader Of the Big Nine, not only
Joined hands with the har-keepers to dc
feat the men selected by the friends Of
the dispensary, bat made q motion to
go into executive session and drive or:
the scores of people who had gathered
at the mayors office to witness the eiec
ton. How do the people OF Raleigh like
tier City Boss? How do lifelong Demo
Gratis like to have the city government
ruled by this little boss who bolted the
party ticket only three years ago?
Up to yesterday morning, no hint had
been made that certain officials Of thv
c;t,r - - wont p0IIptv ncHtjci1nE CHG
b&r-keeDers We're determined to defeat the
election Of the men favored BY the friends
Of the dispensary. Here is the report that
vas generally circulated yesterday NOM
ing, to quote a gentleman who first com
municated it to a News and Observer
man:
THE anti-dispensary aldermen and
other opponents OF the d~isDensary
have determined to name the board
OF commissioners. They viii elect three
men who Will agree to appoint Alder
man Charles =. Separk, manage OF
the dispensary, and Alderman
Griffis .(who runs a ~saloon) and Alder
man Novel; (Wh0 couldn't vote III the
election. because he hadn't paid his
p0ll-taX) assiStants.'
That report spread rapidly over the city
1t was discredited by Mr.. W. \. Jones
chairman Of the Dispensa1y Committee
and Others who had been assured by a ia
jo1 ity OF sh2 board OF aldermen t"at they
wished the friends 81 the dispense V t.
control it. = cannot believe there Is ANY
foundation for the rumor." sait
Mr. Jones. Time and again mem
bers of the board opposed to th(
dispensary have assured US that thel
wished the men who advocated the dis
pensary to be in charge of the dispen
oary." Other leaders doubted the ruInor
but certain -manipulations and running tt
and fro by liquor forces caused others t.
believe the rumor. Before night 1T was
generally believed, though not one Of The
Big Nine would admit that they had con
spired to defeat Messrs. Harris, Maynard
and Smelling.
The result of the report was a large at
tendance upon the meeting Of tn,
board of aldermen last night. They SCOT
saw by the whispered consultations o
Deputy Sheriff Il. II. Croker and \. IS
andrews, Jr., the whips Of the Big Nine
that something was UP. When Little Alec
rose aud moved to go into d caucus the,
were then assured that the Big Min,
had determined to control the di5pensary
Nearly every member OF the Big Mn
voted against the dispensary. Therefor
the dlspensary managers are dictated b.
its opponents over the earnest, yigorou
and telling protest uttered by Chairman
Jones.
VIII the three commissioners thus select
ed by the enemies OF the dispensary selec
az its managers Alderman Separk. Alder
man Griffis and Alderman Novel;? d
they go into their positions to do the bio