The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-11

be established in said city or town
| And any such election may be ordered
/ to determine any one or two or all OF
said questions, as the petitions may
designate in their petition: Provided
| that such election shall not be held
oftener that once in two years.
Section. 8. Whenever such cleo
ton shall be held, the same shall lie
conducted and held under the same
rules and regulations provided by the
laws of Nofth Carolina regulating
municipal elections"
Beware of Mistakes.
1t was said last night that several
parties had signed under the suppo.
sitions that by doing SO they would
have a chance of voting for prohi-
hibitiOn, dispensary or saloons. OF
coure such an election could be or
dc red, but the petition in circulation
is for license and the law says the
election shall be ordered 'as the petit
TONERS MAJ designate in their petit
ton Therefore the an who signs
that petitions is singing to have bar
rooms restored in Raleigh.
As to High License.
When the saloons were voted out
of Raleigh, the city license was only
$500. Time after time attempts mad
been made to secure an increase, but
each time it failed. the saloon interests
being influential in the board. After
they suffered defeat and the dlSpen-
Sary was put in operation ana the
big nine no longer cOntdolled the new
city charter put the license at Sl,OO0,
if Raleigh should again vote to license
saloons If the dispensary had not
been established, who believes the new
charter would contain a license tax OF
$1,000 instead of the old $500 tax.
Two years ago when there was q
fight to drive out the saloons, the
LIQUOR folks told us that the business
men were earnestly fighting for the
saloon. Investigation discloGed the
fact that nearly ali the business men"
who were actively engaged in the fight
were business men" who were dealing
in liquor, who owned stores they rent
ed to saloon men, or had some pecun-
larry interest i'm selling to the saloon
Though Mr.. Denton. who as the lead
ing liquor dealer, was a leader in the
fight two years ag assures us that it
is not the eX-saloon keepers who are
back of the fight, he fails to give the
names of those business men" OF
whom we hear SO much.
Here is the truth! the liquor dealers
of the whole country are ready to so
into the fight to defeat the Raleigh
dispensary and to secure n return OF
the saloons, and to put up the money
to wage a campaign for that purpose.
They i'll not 'come out in the open
but if they can get few business
men, to take the lead, the money
will be ample to conduct campaign
to restore the saloons to Raleigh. The
wholesale liquor dealers have lost d
large part of their trade by reason OF
the closing up of the saloons in Raj.
eigh, and they would pay good round
sum to get them opened again. Be
sides they would like to defeat the
dispensary in Raleigh SO as to use as
an argument elsewhere that Raleigh
has returned to the saloon after two
years trial of the diSpensary. Ihat
would injure the anti-Saloon fight and
they would be willing to put up IN
great shape to secure that result
n. Il. BrOughtOn Against.
Mr.. n B. Broughton, widely known
throughout the State an an advocate
of temperance, being asked his posi-
ton concerning the agitation began
for saloons in place of the diSpensary
declared against the movement, say
ing:
I'm my judgment there should be
no change in present conditions, eX-
cept such as may relate to the strict
enforcement of the Watts act and the
conduct of the diSpensary, for the
reason that we are engaged in expert
ments i'm this State as to what is best
for the control and regulation of the
liquor business, dispensary or prohi-
bition, and one or the other Will be
i,,I 1I1Pi Or
the next two years and North Carolina
will be practically under the control
of that one of these two which shall
be found to be for the best interests
of the whole people.
81 do not believe that our people
will ever return to the open saloon
system"
Mr.. w. n. Jones Against.
A visit was made to the law office
of Mr.. w. n. Jones, the president of
Raleigh Anti-Saloon League. He was
asked concerning his views of the mat
ter of an election for bar-roomS as
against the dspensary. He said:
Il have seen the statement that
such is to be tried, and l have known
for some time that the saloon men
were trying to create a sentiment here
in favor of high license as against
the dispensary. Their emissaries have
been talking this for some time. The
saloon men have had their stalking
horses at work and they will try to
hide behind what they will denomi-
nate "a business movement as L UNI
derStand, but you may be sure 1T is
the old bar-rOom element. They are
behind it, and l am told that
are paying the men who have the
petition in hand. They will fool no.
body but the gullible. l know there
are some gullible folks, especially
among the temperance people, but L
hope none of them will be taken in
by this movement.
1.-The saloon element will work every
dodge to get men on their petition.
While the temperance folks are some
times gullible saloon people are as
wise as serpents, and just as harmless
tool l hope all temperance people
will keep this in mind. l think it
will be interesting to see a list of
those who sign a petition for the re-