The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-04-15
"HAYSEEDERS" ON TOP.
Cape Elizabeth Fires Up Tremen-
dousIy on Water.
Farmers Capture the Town Meet
Ing and Run II.
Adjournment Sine Die Without
Voting on Water.

And this notice posted up on the door Of
the town house of Cape Elizabeth. Lad m the
circus OF yesterday afternoon:
NOTICEi
To Thomas .. Haskell Of the ToUn of Cana
Elizabeth, the Coltntvof Cumberland,
9Agreeable to the petition Of William +. studiev
and ten other legal voters OF the town OF Cape
Elizabeth, In the name Of the State OF Malne you
are required to notify and warn the Inhabitants
of said town, qualified by law to vote IN town az.
fairs to assemble at the town hail. Id said town on
Monday the 14th day OF April A. d., 1890, ,at23o
o'clock In the afternoon, then and there to acton
Article Ito choose moderator, to preside at
said meeting.
Article II|To see If the town will authorize
and direct Michael j. Peabbles, James II. Har-
ford, and George Q: Mountfort, the seleetmen Of
contract in behalf Of said town oi Cape Eliza
beth with the Cape Elizabeth Water Company,for
supply Of water from seoago Lake for municipal
oI nres and other purposes In accordance with the
proposition pIsJ Of Hon George Z, Weseott. made to
GlYen under our hands this Sd day Of April. A.
d., 1890.
MICHAEL J. PEABBLEs, Selectmenof OF
JAMES I'll. HARTFORD, Cape
GEORGE @. MoUNTFORT.) Elizabeth.
The people assembled, but they considered
anything and everything except the PROPOSE
tion made by Hon. George p. Wescott. That
proposition was set forth In printed letter,
and several hundred copies .were in a side
room, but were not distributed. Leaving out
the detailed list Of streets TO be plped, the
proposition was as follows:
In accordance with my letter OF Feb. 15. 1890,
addressed TO the committee Of the Board Of Trade
OF Cape Elizabeth, make the following PROPOSE
tom i agree 10 form cOfDOratlOQ 10 he called
the Cape EhZ tbeth Water Company, which will
Introduce complete system Of wafer works, as
hereinafter described, and win Introduce into the
town, Sebag0 water, conditioned, that the town
shall enter Into contract with the Cape Eliza
beth Water Company for supply Of water, said
water to be obtained from pipes Of the Portland
Water Company for fire purposes for not less than
zoo @ Sna 70 pay theteior % % te sum Oh 1
1st, 1891 the works to be commenced as early
as material can be obtained and completed as
free use OF water until Jan. 1st, 1891; the first
payment for water TO made July 1st, 1891, for
the preceding six months.
N. B. knight, town clerk Of Cape Eliza
beth, called the meeting to order. and for the
first and last time there was something that
was when contrasted with what followed, a
| semblance of order.
He had no sooner got through with the
reading of the call than Capt. Boyd was on
| his feet. He read the following:
PROTEST.
| TO Noah b. Knight, Acttng Iowa CLERK Of the
Iotcn of Cape Elizabeth
the town Of Cape Elizabeth. now at a meeting Of
the inhabitants Of SAID town; called by supposed
yames H. HsIora Ss and George MOntfoTt aRVfs %hc
sign as Seleetmen of said town, to meet at the
on 9e 6d9 say q a al
article relative to the making OF contract for Sc
bago water as proposed by Geo. p Wescott, do
authority of law, that said supposed selectmen
were not elected at meeting OF the inhabitants
gally warned aed notified, and that said supposed
selectmen have no authority to call this meeting
(Signed) ALBERT ID. BOYD,
A. Il. HANNAFORD,
JOHN b. CHASE,
w. w. HANNAFORD,
A. 4. POLAND,
f. G. ROBINSON,
j. s. PICKETT,
w. @. ROBINSON,
| GEORGE L. GOULD,
W. ID. MURRAY.
Mr.. Boyd passed his paper over TO Mr..
| knight, remarking: 81 submit this protest
and ask that 1t be placed on record"
That's a serious matter" said man, "a
great deal more so than this water busi-
ness"
The paper was received.
Gentlemen" said the clerk, "please
bring in your ballots for moderator"
And they were brought In. The very first
moment showed that the crowd was in dead
earnest. The old farmers had come out and
were determined not to be beat.
The pushing was anything but conducive
to the comfort Of Constable Place who in
vain tried to keep order. A dozen John l..
| Sullivans couldn't have done that.
Jabez Mariner was the candidate Of the
mo" side and Thos. B. Haskell of the 'yes''
men, and for once Mr.. Haskell was doomed
to defeat For 20 years they had been voting
for him, but at last his fellow citizens de-
clined to give him their support.
There was a constant succession OF sug-
| gestions made to the clerk. One man yelled
over and over again. mo voting oyer enc
| rails" which seemed rather hard, especial
| ly as the man wbo tried so get between the
| rail and the Uoderator's desk stood good
| show of beins crowded to death.
"Let everybody go around" shouted a
man who stood by the side Of Capt. Boyd,
but doctors seldom take their own medicine,
and preachers keep from going to
heaven as long as they can, and
/ so that man wasn't so very Inconsistent
/ after all when he wanted to vote, and in
stead oil |R0lng aTOunu odlu w MI huASub
"sllde her over Noah" The box was sent
| over by the clerk. BE was willing to ae-
commodate neighbor.
1t took over an hour to get in the vote for
moderator, aud just fifteen minutes for Mr.
| Knight and Mr.. Mountfort to count the
same. The vote was announced as follows:
Whole number Of votes. ...S36
i Necessary to choice ee..................410
i JabeZ Mariner rhad................449
Thomas b. Haskell. ...3o6
illegal" shouted one,
Toms in the SOUP" said another.
''Call Jabez now Noah" was the sugges-
tion of an impatient voter.
| VIII Mr.. Mariner please step forward ?"
said Mr.. Knight.
Now 1t is fact that two bodies cannot oe-
eupy the same space at the same time, and
every inch of the space betweed the desk
and the door was fully occupied Just at that
moment.
"Jabez your wanted" said the impatient
voter.
Is Mr.. Mariner in the hall?" asked Mr..
Knight after pause.
"He is was the reply from the door, "but
can't get through"
"Let the constable clear the way for the
moderator" said a citizen.
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