National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-05-10
NATIONAL OPINION HRADFORD VERMONT, FRIDAY MAY TO- 1872
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any remarks,
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correspondent "'' "'',N In speaking of TINS
Mr. George must have ignored all knowledge
of See. TO- Chap 10 oftho Reyis Il statutes
To this charge Mr.. George says he pleads
guilty for various reasons ono IT which ana
The only one necessary 10 mention, Is thal
Chap t. of the Revised Statutes has only >
Sections in it, aud OF course he ignores all
knowledge Of the 10th See. But Mr.. George
Says he has some recollection of Section lOll
and II of Chap, 10 of the Gen. Statutes and
having those Sections IN his mind IT, acting a.
Moderator OF u town meeting when question
arises. involving the town in II debt amounting
to eight times TIA Grand List and speakers
are brought FROM other parts Of VT, or from
other States or from Europe, Asia, south
America, or Africa aud u motion II made to
invite said speakers (not residents of the town.
to come forward aud address the voters, AMI u
respectable number OF said voters Object to
the motion. he would in all cases refer such
motion to the legal voters 10 be decided ny
majority of them Ike any other proper motion
before thr meeting.
During the day the Moderator received
some very Important information Tor which he
ought to be very thankful to the Railroad en-
! giuccrs.
Onecase was while voting on the acceptance
| of one Of Mr. Collins resolutions. Several
| voters that were not III when the voting com
| mtuced OF from some other cause dld not I'M
| dcrstand the purport OF the vote then beng
| taken, inquired of the Mod. if that was the
! final vote the Mot tod them that they were
sinlply acting ON the acceptance OF n resolution
| and the vote was oi no further importance
| than to gel the resolution before the meeting.
Col. HutleIiicld remarked that lie would
! hllc to have the H0d. again state the object oi
! the vote to the meeting, as many seemed To bc
I,I. dan la. ia :
the final vote and were dopositins their oal
| lots and leaving for home.
| The .Hod called the attention of the House
aud again stated distinctly What the motion
| was they were acting OIL, aud that from the
very nature of the sase, it could not be final
vote. Upon this one of the ohiri engineers
very promptly notified The UOd that hi had
no night to make Spcochcs oga'Hst bondihg the
/ town. At another time when ON some side Is
! sue, large MA lOiitN voted against wanting 10
| go through with a ballot several OF the kail-
road employees demanded ballot, but tho
! Mod. informed them that u large majority OF
! the town had JUS voted not to try that qucs
/ ton b, ballot, the f0d was Informed that in
/ at cuScs il seven men demanded Il Not" 10y bal
lot, the vote must he SO taken The Nod told
/ tlcui that he did not 50 understand the Law
except in certain specified cases.
\ prominent county OtilCer stepped forward
and informed the Mod, that that was the law
and Il certain Distinguish lawyer then present
II hc had the Statutes " ould show 1t To HIM III
minutes
! The Nod. decided that for the purpose of
| obtaining SO much information the town could
| afford to whit minutes, the Larger promptly
! stepped forward and took the Statute which
! he examined until the patience OF ne meeting
J was well nigh exhausted " hen lie laid down
! his book and said to the MOd. that he could
not readily find the page, but that was the
law.
Many other similar items Of information
were gIeatiully rcceiy ed from the same source
that day.
! In brief, the tricks, turns and lodges to
| staVe oil a final vote were worthy of the ERIE
| RING, but the en- ineers were at length corncr
ed and compelled to come to Il square vote OF
the question and the result was 90 maj"ilty
against bonding.
Tie engineers and conductors have ever
since made the wclhin ring with their howl
of rage and the voters of the town are haIl,
notified that they must and shall bond Will,
AS yet the majority OF the voters impudentl,
reply they wont VOTER.