Show f COMMENT ON THE RESULT i I I l Mayor Thompson said he was gratl flqd at the result It was no surprise to him however as ho felt confident the good sense of the people could lead them to no other conclusion than that the issue of bonds at this time for the purposes set oqt In the address Issued to the people by the commIttee was a I good sound business proposition He was somewhat disappointed at the lightness of the vote The people he said may rest assured that the money realized from the sale of the bonds will be applied for the purpose of Improving the water system and nolhlng else o Councilman J J Thomas one of the Council committee lhat Issued the address I ad-dress to the taxpayers was highly It pleased with the result which he Interpreted I In-terpreted as being a strong1 Indorsement by the voters of the position taken by the Council committee and the com mitte of citizens In advocating the issuing Is-suing of bonds 1 Councilman Robertson said The j lackof interest in such an Important J matter as shown by the vote today Is I a great surprise to me But I must I say that I am greatly pleased ot I learn that the majority of the people who do lake an interest In the citys I I i welfare arc In favor of progression j j i rather than retrogression as rcpt 1 sented by the cheap clique of Democratic f Demo-cratic politicians who have opposed this bond issue I n A City Engineer Kelscy was much I pleased at tho result which he said I was only what he had expected as i the necessity for raising the funds was j l most urgent and fully realized by the people 1 S S S I postmaster Thomas said last evening I when informed that the vote had been favorable to the bonding proposition J that he was very glad It haul been carried car-ried I favored bonds in preference to a direct tax he said because I believe lhat It Avlll be much better for the poorer class of people who are now paying about as much as they should be asked to do I believe the people have again demonstrated that they can be trusted when exigencies arise 4 A number of prominent businessmen I business-men when asked for an expression on the result of Ihe vote said that It met with their hearty approval Some of J them thought the amount should have been Inrcr but most of them agreed I that it was a step In the right dlrec lion and favored the bonding propo sllion as against a direct tax In explanation I ex-planation of the light vole many qualified voters said Ihcy had not voted because they felt assured the I bonding proposition was ccrlaln to carry In any case I |