Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-05-06
The village Meeting.

The Rutland Courier of last Frida,
contains an article entitled, an "Illega
Village Meeting" in which it purports Il
give the proceedings of the corporation
election on Wednesday evening, the 2Stl
inst. In some of the proceedings and pre-
else order in which they occurred, Mr.
Cain is mistaken, as we understand, and
the order of this proceeding-both in q
legal and parliamentary sense--makcs a
vast difference in this case The fact.
seem to be as follows
The meeting was fchlled to order and
the warning read. J. M. Haven was
elected Moderator, S. w. Rowell, Clerk
The various reports of the village officers
were read. The next article in the warn
ing was the election of Village Trustees.
The Moderator announced that the next
business was the election of Trustees, one
for each ward. At this point there were
several cries for "ballot" John =. Page
moved that each Trustee be elected separ-
ately, which was carried. John B. Page
said there would probably be no neces-
sity for ballot for the Trustee in the
first ward, as perhaps he conld name
candidate who would be satisfactory to
the meeting, and it would save time.
Walter @. Dunton then moved that the
meeting proceed to the election of a
Trustee in the first ward riUa n0ce, which
was agreed to. JohniB.' Page. nominated
for Trustee in the first ward Joel M.
Haven. The clerk put the question, and
Mr.. Haven was declared elected without
a..dissenting vote. No ballot was called
for on the election Of Mr.. Haven.
Mr.. Dunton then moved tina. the meet
ing proceed to the election of Trustee in
the second ward ciCa cOce, which was
agreed to. He then nominated John B.
Page, who was elected, and no ballots
were demanded on the election of Trustee
for the second ward.
The same proceeding was had in the
election of all the remaining Trustees
In each instance the meeting voted to
elect ricd cOce, and no ballot was demand
ed on the election Of any one Of the
Trustees.
1t is objected that the Moderator ruled
that the purport of the village charter
was that the meeting should determine
how the election should be made, and the
meeting by a majority vote did determine
how the election should be made in the |
election of the several Trustees. The old |
board of Trustees in 1868, were elected
in precisely the same manner a. were the
Trustees at the meeting on Wednesday
evening, and after call for the ballot. l
If the Trustees ON Wednesday evening
were illegally elected, so were the Trus
tees of 1868, and they had no more power
to act last year than have those chosen
this year.
We make this statement that the issue
and conflict of authority may be under
stood by our citizens, as the Rutland In
dependent in paragraph entitled THE
Ballot" gives the same impression to the
public as does Mr.. Cain of the Courier on
this subject, and as Mr.. Cain was mista-
ken in relation to the facts in this case
it is not strange that the Independent
his mouth.piece should also be mistaken.
There is all the difference in the world,
gentlemen, in calling for ballot and de-
a ballot, for the meeting of vo-
ted to.elect each trustee separately, and
there was no vaii le..,apd for ballot
after the vote was adopted to elect each
trustee separately.