The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-18
Young Mems Associas8o, ri iirio-
ning;Dn.


The annual election Of officers for the
Young Mems association in Bennington
was held on Monday, the 10th inst.
The contest was one of the most spirited
and exciting which has ever been seen in
this village. Five tickets were prepared,
but the good sense OF the community. COM
bincd with the retirement Of some of the
nominees, reduced the number Of tickets
to tvo-rcgular and independent. Polls
were opened in Free Library hail. at ono
o'clock p. IN. The voting WAS spirited
from the first all available means were
used to bring electors to the place Of
voting, and yet everything was conducted
in perfectly gcnllcmanly manner and the
contest throughout was of The most friend
~ nature
Most of the opposing candidates were
personal friends Of each other, and one,
Prof Frank Bradford was on both tick
cts. Alter lively time the polls were
closed promptly At = o'clock, p. IL The
vote was not announced until p. m. 1t
was found that the following votes had
been pollcd
For president, L } Tiffany received 2i7
votes elected by II majority on the indie
pendent ticket. For vicc-prcsident, L D
Bennett o.i votes, maj. 4 corresponding
secretary L Bradford, Con both lickcts),
4S3; recording secretary, IL s Bingham.
28S, majority OF . votes only treasurer,
A Z Childs, 242 majority Of 6.
Five managers only were chosen on the
first ballot, viz Messrs. Wattlcs, Kelso,
Hall, Pierce and Bradford. For the sixth
place there was tie between Mcssis.
| Shurleff, Lyman and Norton, each recciv-
ing 236 votes. On a second ballot Mr.. Ly-
man was elected.
The tickets were well prepared. and the
result was, az seen from the above, not
only close but Mixed the regulars having
elected The vice-presden,, treasurer and
corresponding secretary, together with four
managers. The Independents have elected
the president. recording secretary and two
managers.
After the vote was declared, the retiring
president, Mr.. j. u. Shurteif, read his re-
port, from which we gather that the asso-
citation is S401 in debt, largely owing 10 the
repairs, printing, and Improvements con-
tractcd for by the committee Of 1872. but
not executed until 1873.
The lecture course resulted in loss OF
1924.
The president suggested that it might be
necessary to make chang. with regard 10
the lectures, and pcsh0p, omit them alto
gether, as they had cniailel loss upon the
association in nine years Of more than ono
thousand dollars,
The tone of The whole report was not
very hopeful.
Great complaint was made Of the refusal
OF the community to buy library tickets
and to pationize the lectures, and the gen
eral impression left upon transient visitor
to Bennington was, that the community il
that town were not worthy OF tho generous
gift entrusted to them.
The president stated that the trustees hat
a right to resume the properly ana library
at any time when they choose.
If this is so, We could suggest a village
where the gift would be appreciated ant
pa,ronzcd to Il greater extent than it is il
Bennington.
The Bennington public has borne higl
reputation for cultivation, but recent events
have led outsiders to question whether TIN
people of this historic town are keeping NJ
with the times or not.
While we think tie library would b.
better appreciated in many other places
we should be sorry to have ii removed, o
; to have the trustees SO change the terms o
its possession by the town as to make it
: subscription, and not a free library. Yc
this latter must he done unless the citizen
rally to its support
THE RESULT