Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1870-03-25
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ANONYMOUS newspaper correspondents OF
100 nttio consequence ior any one TO take
'ne 'i'"c UT troupIe 10 answer put the COM
huhication from MANY Voters in your
paper Oh March u.s. 1871, contains so many
PRESENTATIONS anu SHOWS so inuch ig-
',o''".o, 'i"' VIII ehueaVor 10 ulsaDnse
NV Pu"i'o III 9o'io measure, II you VIII al
~" INC 10 90 So through the columns oil
your paper Many voters IN reply to
communication puDHshed last autumn,
S,ys' Inc Town ulu not SAND pledged to
anu '"e r"liro"u penny, now let us eN-
"p',uo 'uo ''c's' III Mhrch, loo0' inc voters
Vi NeWio"e were hotlhed 10 meet at the
-, -''o"so nan III r"yetteVl'Ie' 10 see IL
'ncy "ou'u No'e 10 ana III .hc construction
VI ''o "est rlNer r"hroau, Ihot'oh was
80 ''' s'''u ''''.''"8 .''u' '''e low" "io sa'u
'o"u' 'uv was "o' ''''i'u, '"c No,e was TAX
~ Wv ',''"s 'nu 'iee.'i's '"u 40 conn
"' Wv 'i'o'u9 Vi 'ne roou 'haV tnere
''''"I' '"'' l"es' was i'h-
-, " '''' o''e''ii'o"' uuIy
'"o'i W c'i' u"othcr
oo"S' 10y VI" S'' out Two oi tLcIh pe-
"7 oil'oae" ~ '''o roau uc"'yeu Gazing II
at ""i'''lSNi''e' thinking they
-, " "0''.i t'""Vc 10 ouV VOC the
l',I"', VI 'no ro"u therc 'hah at fayette-
''io' put at tHis meeting the vote was taxi
t" by ballot, and roll of the names of all
persons voting made by tho town clerk, and
upon counting there was Il majority in favor
o' aiu' commissioners were elected, and
so certain were the friends Of the road that
they should succeed, that it was previously
arranged VINO should be elected commits
sioncrs, and books were prepared and tho
vote they intended to carry copied into the
books, and as soon as the commissioners
were sworn they opcned the books far tho
taxpayers to sign, asserting TO said v,to
and about 20 signatures were obtained no.
fore leaving tho house. and before the meet
ing came Off at which If is cloin,ad
that the doinrs of Tho nrcvious moo,
ing were rcconsidcred. INV u lorgo m,io,;-
tv0 a majority of tho toy-navers bo1 yi,,,,o1
giving their assent to tho vnto ,uI ,t,o
sigrers represented n very l,rra n,iori,,.
of the grand i,t. The hooks worc du,,
certified to and recorded i'm tbo town clorl.;s
office, as the act requires and n dnIv cer,i-
| fed copy deposited i'm the ot,ico or tho Soo-
rotary of State. and il any one will tol<c tba
trouble to examine the net or tho C:o,orol
Assembly approved Nov. G. 1865. thew viii
find that when the above me ntioned condi-
tons are complied with the vote becomes
| binding upon the town.
In relation to the large majority spoken
of ut the third meeting, where it is claimed
that all previous votes were reconsidered,
| IL would nave cen more proper to have said
VIZ W"' unanimous, as inc friends OF
w, o''N Wv '''' "'''"" '''e "iee'inS ut nll,
/ "''NS .oP'i'iN' anu theS u'''
''9' S'''V' '''"' 'ne ''''c cree
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n ,,',,,. ,i,o i'''''o'u 'io",
", p,.y' VI p'' ''s'''' anu "ouiu
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a,,,1 49, ','V,' P'''y ""O
- II. "P anu ISL WIN any
=, nv 100 " /" io''''oi,
/ oo,1fd,,a Co.. ,aiaa,.. ~
- m, '.''' u'' no. soe Vi
"t" -, any '''S', WING, HePort loIu Us
WHAT '"eS "e'' uo'ns' anu II was deterhln-
e' " '"'o '''e'i "o"", anu II was dohe'
mus '''o II o"Ns Vi ''io r"''roau party
last september whlch was spoken OF, do
not know OF nut one instance OF illegal vot-
| ing,-one anti-railroad man did succeed in
voting twice Mt one ballot; but | think it
was decided that he was not responsible.
1t was thought that in his ardent spirit TO
oppose railroads he did vote twice without
/ knowing il. and I think ..Monv Voters',
ought not TO throw out any insinuatiops