The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-10-14
rHE NEW BALLoT LAW.


are well pleased with its operation-or
as one member expressed TIT worked
well in my case"
Here are the expressions of some of
the members on the subject:
Senator Clark of Addison: ''It's
nuisance"
Senator Abel of Addison: 81 think
that, with some notifications, it will be
all right"
Senator Sanford of Bennington: "With
proper notifications it will be salts
factory to the people"
Senator Lincoln of Caledonia: mot
adapted to a rural population"
Senator Foster of Chittenden: "When
properly amended it will prove very
satisfactory"
Senator Brownell of Chittenden: at
will soon grow in favor"
Senator Turner of Essex: "As soon as
the voters become familiar with it, it
will be a success"
Senator Hall of franklin: SIT works
we'll"
Senator Beeman of Fairfax: 81 am
well pleased with it."
Senator Hathaway of Grand Isle: eff
it can be amended so that people can
understand it, it will be just the thing"
Senator Brunell of Lamoille: mot
favorable to small town."
Senator Watson Orange: Principle
correct but law crude and needs amend
ments to simplify it and bring it within
the capacity of the ordinary voter"
Senator Dawson of Orleans: "Should
be repealed or essentially modified"
Senator Mead of Rutland: II think
well of it as whole, but should advise
one or two minor changes"
Senator Pitken of Rutland: "Think
it good"
Senator Proctor of Rutland: SIT should
be amended, and perhaps repealed, as
far as smaller towns are concerned"
Senator Boyce of Washington: "Many
voters have such dislike for it that it
should be extensively remodelled or re-
pealed."
Senator Ball of Windham: "Person-
ally, l think well of it but am aware that
there is a strong feeling against it,"
Senator Vail of Windsor: sit should
be amended and given furthur trial"
Representative Walker of Bridport:
SIT has come to stay"
Young of Bristol: "Think favorably
of it in the main"
Baird of Goshen: Don't think it any
improvement"
Dodge of Lincoln sit is great i'm
provement, but no one should be allowed
to vote who cannot read and write"
Dewey of Middlebury: ''All right"
Meader of Monkton: Like it we'll"
Peck of New Haven: GAN right
Kent of Panton: at kept many away
from the polls"
McQuirey of Ripton: 1T better be re-
pealed."
Whitney of Salisbury: "In favor of
it,
Booth of yergennes: Good, with
few changes"
Fiske of Weybridge: Don't like it,"
Ford of Barnet: This year the Re-
publicans lost votes by it, but think
well of the law"
Lane of Burke: 81 like it"
Montgomery of Hardwick: Gam
much in favor of it,"
Graves of Kirby: principle correct,
but there is some difficulty in its work
ing; will be better liked when better
understood"
Folsom of Lyndon: Good"
Partridge of Peacham: Every good,
if somewhat simplified."
Davis of Sheffield: 'It is just and
honest, and with slight changes, it ought
to stand"
Stafford of st. Johnsbury: Absolutely
right in principle, substantially right in
form"
Curtis of Sutton: 81 favor it."
Eddy of walden: "Well liked"
Moulton of WaterfOrd: "a secret
ballot should be adopted in every State"
Weeks of WheelOck: ut should be
amended or repealed"
Colburn of Manchester; mot favor
ably impressed"
Roberts of Dorset: I'm in favor"
Perkins of Bloomfield: I'm favor with
amendments"
Dale of Brighton: principle right,
with proper provisions to carry it out"
Reed of Concord: Like it well, but
think it should be amended"
Howard of East Haven: Every good"
Balch of Lunenburg: "Think it good,
but needs little change"
Conway of Norton: "Just what we
wanted"
Madison of Glas enbury: "Not need
ed in small towns"
Roberts of Searsburgb: st is sue
cess
Dunlap of SALISBURY: "Fair, but
needs some changes.
Barnard of Winhall: Good but like
other new things voters wait for some
one else to try first"
Stevens of Bolton: ~ think it just
what is needed"
Henderson of Burlington: "a perfect
success, especially in the larger towns"
Chaplin of Jericho: 1T works WE'LL"
Henley of Riehmond: at is the only
honest way to vote"
Terrill of Underhill: strongly in
favor of it"
Huntley of Westford: 'It works to
charm"
Wild of Berkshire: 'It will be all
right when the people get educated to
it."
Tevyan of Montgomery: at is well
enough for educated people,"
Hunt of st. Adams: sit is very much
superior to the old law
Holcomb of Isle La Motto: Every
good"
Joslyn of South Hero: "Good law"
Camp of Gilmore: 'Favorably i'm
pressed"
Harrington of Hyde Park: "If all the
voters could read it would be good
law"
Newton of johnson: SIT worked
nicely in my case. No 'chattel mortgage
staring the poor man in the face.'
Cheney of Morristown: st has come
to stay. In my town it resulted in the
quietest, best-conducted election we ever
had"
Fife of Wolcott: "Think it worked
we'll"
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