Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-05-20
A Statement from Hon. John y.
Page I'm Reference 70 tho Election
Of Village Trustees.

A Statement from Hon. Jehn =
Page I'm Reference TO the ELECTION
Of Village Trustees.
Mr.. Editor Il have been requested by
the Board of Trustees and the counsel Tor
the Village of Rutland to state the pro
eeedings of the late village meeting, In
reference to the election of Trustees. Hav.
ing been necessarily ,.absent from home
during most of the past week, l have
heretofore been unable to comply with
this request. / was present when the
meeting was called to order, and in posi-.
ton to understand distinctly what passed
and believe the truth to be that the
meeting was called to order by Mr.
Haven, the moderator of last year, the
warning was read by the clerk, the meet
ing proceeded to re-elect Mr.. Haven mod
orator, and Mr.. Rowell clerk gtoa UOce. Nc
| objections being made to this mode OF
election, or any one demanding ballot
the business of the meeting was proceeded
with in order as set forth in the warning
when the seventh article to elect Board o.
| Trustees one for each ward was reached
the moderator read the article and asked
how the Trustees should be elected, the
response by quite number was ballot,
and the moderator said it seemed to be
| the sense of the meeting, and directed
| Il & 1a
upon | raised the question whether the
| Board was to be elected on one ticket OF
singly, one for each ward, and to deter
mine the matter, moved that We proceed
to elect Trustee in ward one" The
question was put to the meeting by the
moderator and carried without much, il
any, opposition. Then | remarked that
| feeling AN interest as to who was Trustee
in ward one, would take the liberty to
/ nominate a candidate whom | believe
would be so generally satisfactory that
we could obviate the necessity for bal-
lot, and then presented the name of Joel
| NJ. Haven for Trustee in ward one. After
| this | believe IA very few said ballot, and
| set down expecting we Were to ballot
| At this point Judge Duuton moved that
the election for Trustee in ward one
be made by cica roee vote" as nc
one was nominated in opposition
to Mr.. Haven, and that the
| clause in the charter on this point had
| been heretofore construed to mean that
| the election could be made as tie meeting
directed Mr.. Simon-, concurred with
Judge Dunton, and | stated what WAS
the practice at the last two annual meet
| ng-, as NJ one insisted upon the call for
a ballot, the moderator put Judge Dun
tons motion. and it WAS carried by large
majority. The clerk then put the ques.
ton upon the election of Mr. Haven as
Trustee in Ward one by cira eoce vote,
and he was declared elected, and the vote
was nearly, il not quite unanimous.
II was then moved to proceed to elect
Trustee in Ward TIRE by rica tOcs vote,
| and the question being stated by the mod
orator, it was 50 voted, and the Trustee
for Ward two, elected with but one voice
against him. Then followed the same
motion for ward three and, so on until all
the board was elected, and no call for a
ballot was made in my hearing, other
than above stated. Upon this statement,
the new board are willing to submit
the question with the remark that they
are not rerB auXiou. to serve the village,
but would al willingly retire if they
could do 81 consistently with their duty
as citizens.
As one Albert Lsnd"n has rushed into
print on this subject, perhaps l may be
pardoned in correcting him on one point
and what to him seems To be the
" most aggravated circumstance CON
..~o,~L Nth this mserauie business.
This aggravated circumstance" was a
meeting and the action Of those who
tended-held in the afternon OF the day
OF the village meeting to consider whom
they would support as village officers,
Can any one question the right of citizens
to confer "a this subject, and in their own
I ~ -. a.. d.. > 4.
-. ,.o+in,. ,,,.,ro vas ,,ras.,, 7 an,
r.,. .,,tad a. swim" Notu,ith.t,,,d;,g
the - that il would never do to allow
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co,r;.a L,. ,,r.t,.rv aud r,t hv bLlots s.
In this there Is not one word Of
trutb NJ su.h remark WA. made bv
me. a., ,,,,joUg in nav HEARING but on the
contrary il Was expected that the Trus-
tees would he elected by ballot. and the
tickets were printed ana ai,...t..,..l at
the village meeting, and nearly all the
calls far "A ballot. ~ stated aboyc, came
from those individuals who were present
n th,. afternoon mr,.tiuu. and il wouId be
aunt. natural that they should waive their
n ft.i1.. ~, 49,, l;l, So.