The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-03-02
CONTINUED FROM FIRST PACE

fixed upon, and balloting was suspended.
Article 3, to receive reports of seectmen,
was then taken up. Hiram Atkins brought |
up the question OF the Kellogg will case
and Intercepted the selectmen as to what
expense the town was mourning in the con-
duct of the suit. Morton Marvin, for the
selectmen, replied that he had paid S. G.
Shurtleff's bill, referred to on page sixteen
of the town report, Of S10i 20, and that June
II, 1890 he had given Mr.. Parsons, the New
York lawyer. $500 as a retaining fee. He
had asked Mr.. Parsons for his bill several
times but had not yet received it. Mr.. At
kins thought the town ought to get its law
yer's bill every year j. w. Brock said
there was no retaining fee. The $500 had
been paid to the New York lawyer on &C
count. Fhe selectmen's report was then
accepted adopted and ordered to be re-
corded; ditto the reports of other town Off
GERS Article twenty-four, to elect petit ju-
rors, was passed over until afternoon. Ar
ticle twenty eight, to exempt the militia
from poll taxes, was voted in the affirmative.
j. G.. Brown moved that balloting be re-
sumed and kept along with the town bust
ness, and Moderator Huse soon had his
hands FULL receiving ballots and putting
motions
A highway tax of fifteen cents was voted,
to be paid on or before July 1. Then
came the annual bone of contention-the
penses of the town. including the interest
on the bonds, and any appropriations
which may be made. Mr.. Atkins started
the simeon of oratory by moving a
tax OF fifty cents. Alland G. Fay went Mr.,
Atkins twenty cents better. George X.
Holden was about to suggest making it
jackpot, when G.. j. Gleason rose and spoke
at length against a seventy-cent tax Mod
orator Huse improved the tieetiug moments
by rushing through few =" blocks of tive."
When Mr.. Gleason had finished his speech,
A. j. Sibley urged that the seventy-cent
tax be voted, as fifty cents would leave the
town in debt. Mr. Senter arose to correct
Mr.. Gleason, who had said that the aggre-
gate Of taxation in the town, for the past
year, was $2,05 on a dollar of the grand
| list. Mr.. Senter gave the details OF taxa
ton, which foots up at 81 10, and dropped
few remarks about demagogsm, and the
hypocritical wall of the capitalists about
low tax being a boon to the workingman.
Atkins then arose." in the language of
the Brattleboro Reformer, and in deep,
Ciceronian voice, broken by emotion, dis.
claimed the imputation of demagogism.
| He was laborer. He earned his bread by
the Precipitation of his cdput, and perspired
from twelve to seventeen hours day. He
did not sit in luxurious lawyers chair,
| and exc out a luxurious existence by
professional fees. Nay, nay. Mr.. Senter
denied the allegation, and deied the croc
odile
Then the expected happened. George
! Holden arose and laid down the law. No
town or village meeting would be complete
without Mr.. HOlden's speech. The orator
called down several of his predecessors
and demanded an altitudinous tax. Then
T r.. Gordon corrected Mr.. Siblev, and Mr.
Sibley corrected Mr.. Gordon. When they
had reached an amicable understanding,
George w. Wing took the floor, and made
the best speech of the day. In his calm, al
most languid way he related how for twenty
years the local capitalists have told us that
the workingmen are oppressed. All this
solicitude for the poor workingman comes
from the men who have money to pay large
taxes. They are the people who have en-
joyed monopoly of the grumhlings-the
workingmen have not complained. ZAP
plause). One more effort by Mr.. Gleason
and the question went to a vote. The mo-
ton for a seventy-cent tax was lost, SO to
| IS. Mr.. Senter then proposed sixty cents
as a compromise. The meeting paused long
enough to sit on Mr.. Holdens proposition
(sixty-fve cents) and then voted the sixty
! cent tax.
Fifty dollars was voted for Memorial day,
and $500 for the support of the public
library. The treasurer was authorized to
borrow a sum not exceeding $50, 900; the
first and second constabes were voted the
jurisdiction of the state; and the commits
sioners of Green Mount Cemetery were re-
Quested to place a telephone in the cemetery
A few loiterers disputed possession of the
hall with the clouds of stale tobacco smoke
during the hours from dinner until the an
nouncement about five o'clock, of the re-
suit Of the battle. The work of counting
the ballots was performed expeditiously
and after the final figures had been toted
Moderator Huse read the following story
For moderator, Hiram A. Huse clerk, 7.
r. Merrill, ST.; commissioners of Green
Mount Cemetery A. j. Sibley, to succeed
himself, and G. III. Heaton to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of General P. p
Pitkin: selectmen, j. W. Brock, Morton
Marvin, Henry S. Town. For town treas
urer, Fred L. Eaton received 4l9 votes,
against 204 for A. w. Ferrin, and was
elected; overseer of poor, K. M. Irish first
constable, f. M. Irish; second constable
Bancroft received ass votes, w. c. Walker
400, Orrin Daley 342, and j. o. Livingston
32l. AS only three listers were to be
elected, Mr.. Livingston was left" For
town superintendent of schools, j: A. De
Boer received IS votes, Rev J. Edward
Wright, 10, James e. Curran, s, John III
Senter, I, Mrs. Fred Blanchard, I, George
4. Holden, 7, j. V. Brooks, 3, j. III. Lucia
3, l.. Bart Cross ., 7. J. Boynton, 1, S. G
Shurtleff, l, and A. j. Sibey, /. AS there
superintendent was left with the selectmen
The rest of the ticket elected was: Audi
tors, NJ. E. Smile, II. n. Taplin, j. II
Lucia trustees of public money, Alber
Johonnott, Fred E. Smith; fence viewers
C. F. Lowe, II. NJ. Cutler, j. G.. Brown
7. j Boynton; inspector of leather, w. n
Peck; pound keeper, F. A. Adams III
spector of wood, lumbHr and shingles, Den
ison Taft; town agent, s. @. Shurtleif; street
commissioners, the selectmen.
The jurors chosen are Grand jurors-Mor
ton Marvin l. B. Brooks Daniel A. Nelson
A. D. Farwell, George E. Tapin, George o
Brown petit jurors-George IL. Guernsey
James NJ Rowland, Charles W. Guernsey
e. ID. Hyde, A. p. Johonnott, Fred Blanch
ard, j. w. f. Washburn, J. Q, Adams
G. II. Heaton, T. h. Merrill, Jr., A. T
Keith A. o. Cummns, Myron f. Chase
Clarence S. Whittier, A. @. Holmes, Il. n
Wright, George K. Alexander, ID. F. Long
G. w Skinner, j. A. Lucas, E. M. Irish
George ID. Brainerd, Charles A. Smith, LIST
Charles f. Lowe, M. NJ, Cutler
REPORTS OF OFFICERS.
The selectmen have drawn orders to tn,
amount of 9.1s1.59. The larger items il
this total are for Calkins bridge, 1868 10
liquor account, 50 459 81 salaries of officers
$954 As; listers, $685. school fund, $3,707.
OIL state tax, So, LAT 50; state school tax, tv,
per cent, 81 ,647 SO; account of state schoo
tax, 81 ,30657. The treasurer's account show
a balance on hand of Sc, 5000; net indebt