The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-02
LDERM n BIZ lR u
TO LEI D 4 HE FIG H'T''
ITS Strongly Opposed 10 the Pro- t,;';,
posed 1 Lines of & An 3s'
8'n;eIxsation.

4 Alderman SA. Belrne Blair who Is known
as a. bitter opponent to the scheneS OF an
4nexation on broad lines, $volunt arily ma do;
IA statement Last nigh II Nv llich u he pre-
I dicted Il that U annexation would 30 over
whelrningly def ated al the gct Council ,s
4 ana evenswent 30 lar as to give the vote n
4 BY which the scheme would fail Of pas
snge. Mr. Blair rave II q 5I,l nesS of mem
$bers sof both branch s ot the Council Yl1os3
ne SAID would NOT sainsttss ,thef
Sanllexat ion measure, but would saseIst I'll
him In the fight. I'D
Messrs Can scfss tfieS Common codn-S:
Scl, and Dabney. Of the Board. adcocate 0fSs
Sannexa tion when! qu est oned q regarding
the statement. did not agre q W thu Mr.
Blair. and inS fact, sta ted tina t. they frln-
Sly elieved that the annexation measure
would pass both branches
6Is Mr. Blair declared q that u til GLOWING
JCouncilnlen would fight annexation #inss
the lover bra CHI
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Il n There were fifteen II 9th ers III he said.
whose names hef could not ton. The
$vot tie would be 20 to Is against expansion
n the upper branch Mr.. 3 mir said he u
gwoul d fight the meaSure, rs assisted VII yss
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4ss He stated thatshe had tai ked wit Iii all &
stwenty-one 4 members OF the vi Board OF \;
Aldermen, and that fifteen out Of the
$twenty-one had pledged TIL emselves to-
vote against annexation. III The vote. he l
said. would be 10 to 6. u. XXI IS5s m vs.
5 In conclusion, Mr. Blair aid that the u
scheme was dead, and that he moro Il Il
was discussed and urged upon the Coun-
ell, the more Overwhelmingly no and his 4
associates would crush 4. 81 III
Mr.. Came Views.
Mr.. Cannon. n l,.etiiber OF the lower
branch, said tina he did NOT. aEree vi TIL Il
Mr.. Blair. He thought Mr.. Blair had
been carried vi away Il by his well known
.antagonism to tho annexation movements.
W. Mr.. Cannon said 8 S sS "
II have heard some ruInors to the ct
feet that there are twenty members of Y
the Common Council opposed to- annexa-
5tIon. do not believe this Il or an instant.
Indeed, SO Tar as ! AM able to Learn
there are at least tWanty-one nlamberss
q favorable to the general sc heme "a con-
tanned in. the report OF the Ordinance
Committee. and In all probability when
the vote Is cast, more thar stwo-thirdslS
Y Of the members In the lower branch VII Il;
Z be ranged upon the side Of Greater r chs
smond, lsyS NV * S38s
II have talked with several of the oppo-
gsltion, and no two OF them seem to agree
as to their reasons why t 40 corporate
limits should not be extended &,
n AS to the oppnsltio IN the Board y
Y A I ar 7 & otI1tN n
anything one way or tina other. except
that i know OF two aldermen who have
been almost as al ltl-annexnt ionists, whose
votes will be cast the other way, can z
only say II Ia my firm belief that. when q
the members OF the Two branches hear
the argument on both sides and arc given a
the information In the possession OF a ne \
Ordinance Committee, the re port o.. that
committee will be adopted by safe MIA
jorities and annexation will become an \
assured fact. X ss {t 5s
Takes High Ground. II
Alderman WI II, pabney. IN, discussing
the statement made by MI. lslair, s s.l
that ha had too grea ~ reEard 1oV tHe
members al the Council 70 beiseve& mar
they had plsdged themselves tosysss iofs
or against a report from a 2c s,i
He had always found them WlllsnG ana u
anxious to OBTAIN all Informal lion on 4
matters before them aud he i felt sute II
that they would not make up shetrS Illlh tl
until they had heard all that could 70 \
said for and against annexation, MI n
Dabney further said: IL a3 SIS. 4.
Replying TO your inquiry6as 70 the pIon-
able result Of the Ordinance Comtptt tes'a
report on annexation An the Council and
board, would say u have M des no ra,;s
iyass of the situation, bilt believe ha ~
Sshen all The facts are presented ~ DOM
branches as they doubtless VII pas the
result Nill ratify the favorable report frn.fsS
the committees Without tho facts on y
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