The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-03-15
Amendments Carry at
Ratio Of More Than
Four to One

That was a sweeping victory fo
.be progressives of High Point yes
,srdav when the amendments wer'
carried by a majority of 433. onl,
1o8 votes being cast against them
and an emphatic rebuketo the 1915
legislature that fostered a partisan
election and other things upon Hiel
Point which the people did moi
want and which they were denied :
vote on until Tuesday, when the
Dalton act knocked higher than .
cooked hat the BrOckett act.
There were only IS votes cas-
AGAINST the measure in Wards one
two and three. but in the fourth
ward. where the hog pen question
was used as an issue to defeat the
amendments, there was 1O3 votes
against, s more votes than in the
other three wards combined. The
second was the banner ward only IS
being cast against.
The election was the quietest in
wears, but the people were deter
mined and went about it in busi-
ness like way.
The amendments simply provide
for doing away with the present city
officials and making the elections
here non partisan and gives the
voters a chance to say what and
who shall govern the city. See any
hoe-pen issue in that? Could any
thing be fairer than this to people
who believe in the right to vote as
free American citizens?
The Review tOds concerned about
the result ; n\ did make big differ
ence to the editor whether the
amendments carried or not. We
are not like a few who expressed
Indifference, because we thought
the amendments the best thing for
all concerned, and it is the duty of
any newspaper to teke stand for
what it thinks right, at all times.
The result shows that High Point
doesn't want partisan politics and
that the people are tired of squah-
bles, and hencefoFth a breeder of
animosity, as regards our city
affairs, should be set down onS &C
once, the "'insurFection," as it were,
to be killed before birth. This is the
United States, not Mexico, and
please God, we want to live peace
fully and without repr0ach from
outsiders.
We dare say there is not party
in High Point which could elect its
entire lineup in city affairs again
and it would be suicide to make
the attempt. Mark the prediction!
What HighPoint wants and needs is
the best people to govern the city's
affairs, regardless of politics and
that's what she intends to accom-
plish, without something unforeseen
happens.
With this said,- and the election
now thing of the past, lets move
forward like intelligent, ,home-lovlng.
patriotic citizens. and plan and
build for the best interests OF the
place we call home.
The vote by wards follows:
First ward, 100 for, 81 against,
majority 1873.
Second ward, 115 for, 15 against,
majority 1O2.
Third ward, 121 for, As against.
majority 76.
Fourth ward, 235 for, 1O3 against,
majority 1872. oo
Total for bonds 631, against 1913.
Amajority in the four wards OF
433. There we're 829 votes cast. out
of a qualified registration OF about
100.
Take the vote of the four wards
829 and divide by four andlt shows
that the amendments carried at the
rate of over four TO one.
There was no effort made to get
the voters out, especially by the
amendment supporters, leaving the
voters to decide the matter in their
own, way. Had the hog pen ques,-,
ton not been run in as an issue
by the Ants and the rea+ purpose
of the amendments. "clouded" it IS
believed there wouldn't have been
so votes cast against them: lhe
result showed only 1873 votes against
the amendments. .-...-
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