Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-03-07

about an hours time. The full list Of officers
is given under the proper heading
On the election Of highway surveyors IL
was moved and carried that The village high
way district bo divided into two sections
MILESTONE brook being the dividing line. T.
L. Stockwel was elected surveyor OF the
north district and J.. D. Thayer Of the south
district. II. IL. Lawrence sharply oiticized
tho report for the past year and Mr.. Stock
we'll appeared and explained some Of the
items.
H. D. Holton, A. O. Davenport aud J.. X.
Fuller were reelected public library trustees,
and DR.. j. Draper was elected 10 supply the
place Of Rev. G. T. Martin, removed from
town. The sum Of 500 was appropriated
for the use of the library.
Article No. 3, relating 10 the public burial
grounds was dismissed as was also the nrti-
Gle TO see If the town would adopt the town
system Of schools.
The selectmen were authorized to heat the
town hall building by steam and they we're
authorized and directed" 10 buy a stone
crusher
resolution was introduced fixing the town
tax for the coming year at 60 cents on dol
lar, but the tax was finally fixed at 40 cents
Resolutions we're adopted instruoting the
town clerk to keep a book with a record Of
all Attachments OF taxes for the coming year,
and instructing the highway surveyors in Dis
trict No. . to furnish the auditors an item
lied statement Of their expenditures during
tho year.
AFTER TOWN MEETING.
Asa vindication or declaration Of the belief
OF the people IN S. n. Herricks integrity
the town meeting was certainly a success.
The overwhelming and substantially unnni-
nous vote by which he was reelected chair
man Of the board of selectmen, after his enc
mics had said their worst about him, was an
expression Of confidence such as any man
might be proud Of. Mr.. Herrcks best friends
would be glad il his business methods were
more exact, and many people believe that q
different policy should be pursued in our
town affairs but il ought 10 be tolerably evil
dent by this time that we shall never have a
change so long as charges against Mr. Her
riok's integrity are made the leading issue
That was a rarely consistent % sight when
G. H. Davenport reared up his 1850 pounds
OF pork" and denounced G. T. Thompson for
presenting an 'eI parte" statement which he
''knew 10 be wilfully false" What, in the
name Of the gods, has Mr. Davenport been
doing for year past except 10 present col
umn after column Of en- parte accusation Of
Mr. Herrick. The boy evidently claims mo
nopoly Of that kind OF business and takes ad
vantage Of the baby act when anybody dis.
putes his claim. And by the way, the d.
faner must feel exceedingly proud of its ''iu-
huence" For a year it has thrown column
upon column OF mud and figures at Mr. Her
rick, and on Tuesday it had its wires all laid
to beat him for a sure thing. The result was
his triumphant and uncontested reelection
This is precisely what happened seven years
ago when the Defamer was all ready 10 take
the affairs Of the town into its own hands in
just the same way. Our advice to those who
In future want to beat Mr. Herrick is to hire
Mr.. Davenport TO cordially support him, be-
ginning the Job at least six months before.
hand. In no other way can his defeat be so
surely accomplished
The committee who are to investigate Mr.
Herrick's tax accounts have already held one
meeting and will probably conclude their
work early next week. Whatever the out
come may be. we trust the committee will sift
the whole business thoroughly. If there is
anything wrong let it be brought relentlessiy
TO daylight. II Mr. Herrick's record is clean
let this be established By all means let Us
have clean job made Of this investigation in
order that this old issue may be removed
from our town deliberations Then. next
year, let us take hold of real matters of town
policy and make them uC issue in the March
NEE ting. Keep the highway and street issue
in the foreground. If Mr.. Herrick is tine man
to carry out the policy of the people, elect
him If not, elect somebody else. The town
has good many men who are competent to
manage its affairs.
Mr.. Alexander made an unfortunate slip in
accusing Mr.. Crowell OF Eefshness in want.
ing to see the town debt paid of. Neither
Mr.. Alexander nor any other citizen seriously
believes that personal selfshness enters into
Mr.. Crowells purpose in this matter in the
slightest degree.