Morning journal and courier., 1880-09-28
tFor other Local News see Second page.l
Second Ward Polling Place.

Shall It Be the Democratic Wfgwam or
 a Respectable Store-The Matter Con-
 sidered By the seIectmer's Committee.
 The committee of the Board of Selectmen to select voting places held meeting yes terday afternoon in the Town Agents office to listen to what parties in the Second ward had to say in favor of the remonstrance pre- sented to the Board of Selectmen at it's last meeting by thirty-two taxpayers of both shades of politics, asking that some other place beside the Democratic wigwam be se- lected. The meeting was called to order at 3;30 o'clock, Messrs Andrew, Reynolds and Feldman, of the committee being present. The remonstrance, which was printed in the COURIER report of the Selectmen's proceed ings on last Wednesday morning, was read.
 R. s. Pickett for the remonstrants, advo- cated obtaining C. F. Bennetts store, 57 Syl- van avenue, or Pierponts factory, corner of Park and Crown streets. He thought MT. Bennett's store could be obtained for a series of years, and thought any place that could be obtained where there was a prospect that the polling place could be continued, and where liquor was not sold, would be preferable. While he had no objection to voting in the wigwam himself, yet there were many that would object. He continued at length urg ing Bennett's store as the most desirable place in the ward. He said he did not know what Mir. Bennett's politics were and he did not care. He believed that MT. Pierpont was Republican.
 John Brennan, registrar of the Second ward said that while MT. Bennett did not sell liquor he might sell out to some one who would and then MT. Pickett's objections to voting in place where liquor is sold would not be overcome He said the idea urged against voting in Democratic headquarters was evidently because it was such. For years Dickerman's shop had been known as Repub- lican headquarters, yet it had been used as 8 voting place. He thought there was no diff ference between the two. He thought it was foolish also to object to polling place be- cause liquor was sold there. He said when Dickerman's shop was first selected 1t was near the center of the ward, as it was located there before the ward was divided, and oc- cupied the same relative position that the wigwam now occupies in the ward. He thought the idea of Pierponts shop was ab- surd.
 Timothy J. Fox next addressed the Board. He said it was admitted that the wigwam was central. MT. Fox continued by saying that the wigwam would be warm, whereas the Dickerman shop was always cold in the fall. l Again there was not @ liquor store within 8 block and half of the wigwam, and he l thought 1t was very foolish to object on the | ground that it was Democratic headquarters He thought there might be as much perma, l nency in the wigwam as in Bennett's store He hoped the feeling of sentimentality would l not be considered by the Board. They were l all on an equal footing, and while, if the poll /! ing took place at the wigwam, the Repubi ! cans would be surrounded by friends and l could easily get committee rooms the Demo
 CTS ts might be bothered to do so. Ht thought that the objection to the painted sign on the wigwam regarding its being Dem ocratic headquarters could be easily over 1 come by mailing some canvas over the sign
 MT. F1aherty, chairman of the Democratic
 Second ward committee, advocated the wig
 wam the place for voting, using argumentl
 similar to those made previously.
 Henry w. Clark said that he thought tht
 wigwam was near the geographical center O
 the ward, but it was not near the center O.
 the population. He also objected to it o1
 the ground that it was Democratic headquar
 ters. He said if there should be cold storn
 or 8 cold day it would be a very disagreeabl
 place to meet.
 Mr. Brennan said that stoves could b.
 put in and the place could be made comfor
 table
 MT. Pickett in closing said he did not be leve that during the past twenty-five year
 the Board of Selectmen had been petitione
 to change voting place by twenty-five o the heaviest taxpayers in the ward. Had tn Board been 50 petitioned they would hay tried to make change He thought if MI
 Bennett's place was hired it would harmoniz | all difficulties
 After few more remarks by MT. Fox an . others the hearing was closed, and after a
 this talk 1t is likely that the wigwam will |
 retained as polling place, to the infinite di
 gust of hundreds of voters in the Secon
 I ward