Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-10
Board of Selectnen.

Licenses ApProved-A Newspapers Charge
 Against Town Agent Reynolds Consid-
 cred at LenGth-BflIs Approved.
 The Board of Selectmen held meeting last evening. Present, SeIectmen Andrew (presidingl Reynolds, Hugo. Cooper, Feld- man, Hart and Foote.
 Licenses were approved as follows: J. Linde, 139 Congress avenue; Patrick Kenne- dy, corner Poplar and Pine; H. J. Sperry, corner Chapel and Olive; John D. Kane, 216 Hamilton (beer9; Richard McCauley, 169 Wallace Cbeer) E. H. Gaylord, East and Chapel Cbeer)s P. R. Reynolds. 225 West (beer); Thomas McGlynn, 246 Wallace (beer).
 Voted, That the bill of $96 for forty-six counters in the item of election expenses be stricken from the bill, and as corrected the bill was approved.
 The Board approved of the deed of the proprietors' committee to the New Haven and Northampton railroad company of cer- tain flats in rear of the fire department sup ply house on Water street.
 Town Agent Reynolds called attention to an editorial brief published in the PalLGdtana of yesterday mornings issue, in which it wasstated that MT. Reynolds ''had assumed to himself the power to make any expenditure that he saw fit, regardless of the wishes of
 
 | they knew what he was doing affords no ex- | tenuation of his extravaganza" After reading the editorial MT. Reynolds said: q call your attention, gentlemen, to | the paragraph relating to my making ex- penditures contrary to the wishes of this | Board. ask you to say, as my associates. \ whether this is true or false. It is written after political excitement is supposed to be passed, and I appeal to you to say whether \ this statement is true, and whether you will ! allow it to go uncontradicted before town of 5000 inhabitants. I have nothing to say about what was said before election, but ! now that the election is over, and there is g \ repetition of islander, ask you to vindi' ' cate me-"
 \ Mir. Andrew said that when he read the \ statement he thought it entirely untrue and | very much out of place. He believed that \ all expenditures of any importance had been brought before the Board. Of course expen. ditures for distress MT. Reynolds was obliged ' to consider without consulting the Board, and \ this had always been done.
 Mir. Feldman said he did not think it besi ' to take much notice of newspaper articles He had not seen the PGllGdtIna yesterday and \ sometimes did not see it in month. MT. Cooper said that MT. Andrew had ex \ pressed his mind better than he could do il himself. He thought the Board should con tradict the statement over their own sigma \ ture.
 Mr. Hart said that he did not believe 1T \ taking notice of newspaper reports. Ht
 thought MT. Reynolds had acted honestly S yet while he had unlimited power in the ex penses of the almshouse and outside power
 he thought there might be retrenchment anC reform in these two cases.
 MT. Reynolds said he did not object to be ing criticised as 8 public servant, but only
 asked that the Board express their opinion
 on the paragraph that he had called attention to.
 Mir. Hugo said he had never known O
 MT. Reynolds doing anything without tn sanction of the Board.
 ! MT. Foote thought that portion of thi
 had come out from things that had bee1
 said by MT. Reynolds that he was Tow
 Agent by a vote of the people. He believed
 however, that all the money expended b
 MT. Reynolds as agent of the town had beel
 expended honestly. He hardly thought
 however, that it was best to take any notic \ of newspaper reports.
 ! MT. Andrew asked MT Foote if he though \ that the statement was true that Mir. Rey
 holds had assumed expenses as he saw fiji l regardless of the wishes of his associates MT. Foote said he could not say more tha
 he had said on this subject. He was not pre- \ pared fully to answer this question. MT. Feldman said that as every bill ha \ been approved by the finance committee , saw no reason for complaint. MT. Andrew suggested that the commute
 be appointed to wait on the editor of the Pa
 EG6ztlena and inform him that he was mistake , in his statement and ask him to contradict il . !. Mir. Cooper moved that committee 0
 two be appointed for this purpose. The me | tion was not seconded.
 MT. Hart and Mir. Feldman thought 1t bel ! ter to let the matter drop where it is.
 MT. Foote said that MT. Reynolds had bee | reelected by an overwhelming majority, an would soon enter upon his third term a | Town Agent, and he doubted the wisdom c , ! taking very much action.
 , Mir. Reynolds said that all he asked wa
 that the Board should say whether he had i any way interfered with the rights of tn 3 Board. He said he appreciated the good fee
 ingof the Board as expressed, but, said he \ you hesitate to do me justice by vote exor erating me from what you know is untrue and now I propose to take care of myself. P vote was then passed, without dissen , ing voice, that in the opinion of the Boar l the statement made in the PGILGdiuna was LII ! true.
 Bills were approved as follows: Electio 3 ! expenses, $696.SO; outside poor, $535. .95 general account. $284.68; roads and bridge | $249. .22; construction, $37.75. Adjourned