Show AMERICANS CAUCUS ON RALEIGH REPORT Three Councilmen for and Three Against Jake on Graft Charges Three American members of the city council are arc insisting that Jake T. T Raleigh Raleigh Ra Ra- Ra- Ra leigh street supervisor or should not be bo exonerated of the charges es of or graft preferred pre pre- furred against a. him b by Councilman Wood The In Investigation which ended ende In a n. fearful farce farco not lon long a ago o brought out no proof of direct graft gruft but Councilmen Councilmen Coun Coun- cilmon Wood Black mack and behove belIef be- be lIe hove Raleigh h is guilty and should not bo be a whitewashed as tho they call It IL Following the investigation of or the council as a a. committee of the whole a motion was el to tho the effect thAt thit the char charges cs were not proven and that that be tho report to the council body The efforts of Raleigh anti-Raleigh councilmen council council- men have held the report away from the action of or the tue council at two meetings meet meet- in lags ings and unless enough h votes can be he to defeat the exoneration of 01 Raleigh another attempt at delay will willbe be made next Monday Monda night Six members of the tho American side sille of or orthe r the council held lucid a caucus in the tho office of Mayor Bronsford Wednesday afternoon afternoon after after- noon and the Raleigh matter was the tho bone of contention Councilmen Wood Hi bouhl and Black voted for the disapproval disapproval dis dis- approval of or the report of oC tho the committee commit commitS tee of or the whole which amounts to th the I same as finding Raleigh h guilty guilt as a I charged Councilmen ODonnell O'Donnell Martin L and one other voted for the adoption of or orthe the rc report orL Raleigh was grilled b by Black and andWood andWood I Wood while the other councilmen with witt I Ithe the exception of pictured I him as a disciple of purity as as' as free freo ret I from Crom graft as hl his office Is from rom poll poi I tax hooks books |