Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-04-03
.rowl eeting.

We had an opeu town lneetias on MOI
dlv. and he Democrats tleetcd their beaHd
of Stlcclmen. His result was not ulry-
pec,r,, There have been various ca;i-e-
81 work for sometime past To briag about
such Il result. Bit the most potent OF II.
these causes. was question OF local taxa
tioa. and an assertion circulated fnast
iadu>tri9uSly. that the old beard of off
Ger, had bapn dtrtlict in tlntf and had
failed t., act ia accordance with Ia, ir
oath Of III e. His of course. was all
for eiiJc.. hit tl,a story Clil is work ef'.t
utlly. Cunning men, not the ciiiccrs
elected inlustliuii@ly circulated the story
that Il certain nam who is repu'cd worth
halt u million Was taxed oalJ S3J9, Naen
the facts are that the property ot the gen
ile.nan i in real estate ia Boston, and the
tax. OF course, ispaid there. Such 4 story
might be APPLY ch ractcrized "a Senator
Benton characterized Mr.. Douglas Kan
sas. Nebraska. bill as having a 3" lie in t.
mouth, and stump speech in its belly"
Another disturbing cadse. WAS the tenn
pcranee question. and tie Good Tcmplai
organization. Thi> organ zaton mad. an
independent nomination. and played it,
part 50 as to assist the ID -mocrats. The
result of all this will be that we shall have
free rum through the season. Mahan
need no longer stand in fear OF com
plants and w lrrants" against him for
rams cling; and he is not to be blamed
men. over the result.
We would not Intimate that the men
elected are not temperance mea. nor that
they Will not make good OIL :et>; and al
Ii!tt the facts will bear Us ont in saying.
i. that one oftllc questions voted upon WAS
temperance. and that iC WIS vptcl down.
and by meu who preach temperance in
conjunction with the nel who sell Illegal
" Intoxicating lqlors. We d. not CON-
lA.til at tao tIiiIi:.; neither neal ole be
aSloIi,Ial a, hi, exhibition Of con >.stea-
ey.
We state for the benefit of those copper
head journals that deal in ROSTERS, thai
the issues of Our election were lo:al and
temporary. SO national issues were III
VOWED III ii at al. y Juror was gotten up
against the old board OF Sclectmen. re-
nominated by the Repuhli, ans. on >lc is
sues. which will pass away on cool re-
lection.
The Result For Moderator Nathan
Walker. Deinocra l.: n, minee.
Town Clcrk-Jolin Brimnler, Repub.
oeicctmen Walker, Hamilton
joy. Isaac Y. Mureh, Democratic nonina-
,ions.
Treasurer-Wm.O o. Mcdonald, Repuh-
lean.
experimenting School Committee. j.
II. lIiggings. Democratic nominee.
The hall where the meeting was called.
it wa. supposed woald not be safe for so
large Il crowd. and the meeting adjourned
TO franklin Street. in the mud. while the
voters were admitted into the Carriage
Shop, near by, one by one to vote. it TAX
ing IL hours to vote for lst selectman.
The vote for moderator was for Walker
Alb. Jesse Dutton 30l. This is about a
sample of the vote of the day. The Re
publican nominees were Jesse Dutton, Asa
NJ. Glidden, c. p. jordan. We have been
absent most of the time since Monday,
and have not been able to get the dongs
of the meeting. Win give full account
next week,
II we had rooster that was little
"boozy" we should ornament our columns
with him.