Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-27

CHOSE Disseminated against" Ask
That Law be Generally Enforced
and That Everybody be Compelled
70 Pay the Income Tax-what Hap.
pened at Meeting.

Following Is communication
which throws light upon reports
which have been III circulation during
the past week concerning a meeting of
Z citixonB at which the recent tax list
Investigation by the grand jury was
discussed. The letter is signed Those
Disseminated Against" It's authors
being number of we'll known cltl-
zens who were before the Jury during
the ginvestlgatIon:
Nocember, oath 1906.
To the Editor Newport News Daily
Press.
Dear Sir Bs
In your Issue OF the 23rl inst,
! You have an editorial entitled Con
the Wrong Track" which taken by
Itself, Is all right, and the statements
made therein are 30 obviously true,
that they do not even call for any
answer. Taken In conjunction, how
ever, with the news item which mp
peared In the "Times-Herald" OF
Thursday under scare head type, md
which seemed to bear some relation
to tho subject matter OF your edi.
torlal. the two articles taken togeth-
or seem to the undersigned to call
4 for u plain statement of facts which
Z arc or concern to all citizens of New
port News generally. and, just at
this time, to ourselves especially
TO begin with, on November 18th,
+ n melting was held In this city. by
some Of the citizens who were cali
ed before tho grand Jury lately in
tho income tax matter. these citl-
2ens feeling Justly aggrieved as is
n duly SGT forth in the set OF resolu.
lions which were adopted at this
meeting, which resolutions are
quoted below. SO you see
Editor, the fat that there was
I slah q meeting held Is not denied.
krsBht SO fur as any action being taken
nt this meeting to boycott any mer.
chant or business man OF this city
on account Of the grand jury's treat
ment OF us Ia concerned; we desire
to state most emphatlcally that no
ala this 1pert Or the rumof Is en-.
I 4 t,.saly falra. The only definite nc.
aion seakeh was to draw MP set OF
resolutions as follows:
( Whereas at the last term or the
grand jurp held in this city, several
gentlemen, all good citizens of New
port News were called before the said
grand jury, and were there made to
s ans werl certain questions propounded
20 the mas to their liability under
y A.SN.. tNAi''Sihe toS INV OIL THIS State;
and,
Whereas the said grand jury did
Immediately after the examination
OF the gentlemen referred to. bro.
coed to adjourn without calling upon
any other citizens, with a very few
y ans Isolated EXCEPTIONS; therefore,
we the citizens present at aboce
mentioned meeting do hereby OK.
press our entire dissatisfaction with
the proceedings OF the said grand
Jury.
3 lit has come to our knowledge that
the vast majority OF the citizens who
are situated about the same fnan.
oially socially, commercially and In,
dnstrially as ourselves, were not
called before the grand jury, al
though the. understanding WINS, and
U.s. that said grand jury was called
y for the purpose of doing exact and
equal Justice, and to administer the
law to all alike
Il I'VE wish to protest emphatically
against the singing out or few.
men who happen to be employed at
y q 4 . 4