The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-16
'D|SPENSARY VOTE
ON OCTOBER FIVE
Ordered for Raleigh by the
Boord of Aldermen.
ANTI-DlSPENSARY PLANS
An End:ayor Made TO Have as Poll Holders in
Some Wards Only Men Who are Against
the Movement for Dis
PLANS
p2nSary.


tober.
This was ordered by the Board of AL
dermen in an adjourned meeting las
night, after some squabling as to regis
trars and poll holders.
The requirements for pollholders stated
by City Attorney Watson, is that they be
if possible, of different political parties
1t was also urged before the Board by
friends of the dispensary movement that
common fairness made it necessary that
the poll-holders represent the different
sides of the question.
The sharpest contest along this line was
in the first division of the first ward anG
in the second division of the third ward
In the first ward Alderman VIM. Boylar
wanted to have Messrs C. ID. Arthur and
j. Rowan Rogers appointed poll-holders
Aldermen Hicks and Johnson argued that
this was not just to the anti-dispensary
forces and finally Messrs. j. j. Lewis and
w. II. Rogers were selected as giving both
sides a fair representation.
Another contest that required vote to
settle was when poll holders were to be
selected for the second division of the
| third ward. Alderman James Upchurcl
a
room, presented the names of Messrs
George Harden and NJ. Bowes. The dis
pensary advocates urged that the poll
holders be l.. f. Afford and NJ. Bowes, and
these won by a majority of one, Aldermen
Bland, Redford, Wilder, Johnson, Hicks,
Habel and Rogers voting for these.
A BACK PAY PROPOSITION.
The meeting began with the readiny OF
the minutes of the last meeting, Alder
man Separk saying that he desired to
make a correction. This was in the mat
ter of the increase of salary to $4,000 u
month voted to Keeper of the Market j.
n. McRary. Alderman Separk said his
motion had been to adopt report made
which would cause the increase Of $40 a
month to be effective from the first of
June The records of the clerk showed
! the increase to be from August first and
| this report was endorsed when Mayor
! Powell broke a tie vote of six against
six by voting to let the date stand at the
| first of August Voting for back pay were
Aldermen Boylan, Croker, Griffis, Rogers,
| Separk and Upchurch. while against it
we're the votes of Aldermen Andrews,
Bland, Habel, Hicks, Johnson, Wilder and
Mayor Powell, the latter saying that he
did not hesitate to vote against the propo-
stion for back pay.
The resolution passed, making the pay
of the drivers of the fire wagons $45.00 a
month was changed so as to make this
SLIPS a week or $500 for month of
four weeks, this being an increase from
$1,000 a week and being the intention OF
the resolution adopted at the last meet
ing.
Alderman Andrews stated that as Raj
eigh was a great centre for excursion part
les that there shuld be arrangements made
for places of public comfort and for gen
eral places where drinking water could be
had. A motion was adopted appointing
committee to report on the matter of
public toilet rooms, this committee con-
sisting of Aldermen Andrews, Smith and
Bland.
THE DISPENSARY ELECTION.
Then came the report of the special COM
mittee appointed to examine the petition
for a dispensary election, this committee
being Aldermen Johnson, Griffis and BoX-
Ian. The committee reported that it had
carefully examined and compared the Pc
titiOn with the registration in the last
municipal election and had found it to
contain 4S0 names, fifty-six in excess Of
the one-third necessary to call the election.
In the May election the registration had
been 1,271 and one third of this is 424.
City Attorney Watson read the draft
of an ordinance which would provide for
the election under the provision of the
Watts law and the Aldermen then pro-
ceeded to fill up the blanks as to dates,
registrars and poll-holders, after having
first voted unanimously to suspend the
rules requiring an ordinance to lie over
for one month. Alderman Johnson moved
to hold the election on Tuesday, October
sixth, but this was changed to Monday
October fifth, on motion of Alderman
Griffis.
Then Alderman Hicks proposed to pres,
ent list of registrars and poll holders.
but Alderman Croker said he objected to
their election in bunch and wanted this
done by divisions and the Board agreed
with him. The names of Richard Koonce
for registrar; j. j! Lewis, C. d. Arthur
and j. Rowan Rogers as pollholders were
presented for the first ward, first division
At this iuncture Chairman w. N. Jones.
of the AntiSaloon League, was heard. He
urged that in all fairness that there should
be representation for both sides of the
question in the poll-holders, that he want
ed a fair election; that he did not want
to cheat or to be cheated Alderman
Boylan stated that as to the first ward
first division, that Richard Koonce was for
dspensary; that j. j. Lewis was for it
also; that he did not know how ]. Rowan
Rogers stood, and by implication said that
c. D. Arthur was against the dispensary.
Alderman Johnson urged that each side
have representation and City Attorney
Watson stated that there must be div
sion of poll-holders between opposing po-
ltical parties.
Finally list of registrars was adopted,
and then the poll-holders, these being as
follows:
First Ward, First Division-Registrar
Richard Koonce; Poll-holders, j. j. Lewis
and w. H. Rogers.
First Ward, Second INSTRUMENTATION
w. NJ Utley; Poll holders, w. j. Sanders,
II. M. Farnsworth
Second Ward, First Division-Registra",
M r. Haynes; Poll-holders, Charles W.
Beavers, C. B. RAY
Second Ward, Second Division-Regis-
trar w. n Fl. Smith; Poll-holders, NJ. 7.
Ray, E. j. Best.