The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-07-11

eve Don't Want Woman's Crusade"
Yelled One Man, but He Was Voted
Down-The Old Lot Will Probably Be
Turned Into a Park-Minors and Aliens
Cast Out Before the Final Vote, Which
Was LOG to 90.
Saturday afternoon, in accordance with
the call of the selectmen, the voters of
the town of Cape Elizabeth assembled at
the town hall and at 2.30 were called to
order by the town clerk, Mr.. n B. Knight.
After the reading of the call, Capt. A.
D. Boyd stated that the meeting was in
formal and Illegal, by a clerical error"
like all the rest of the towns meetings.
However, the meeting proceeded with
the nomination of moderator and as there
was only one candidate, the polls were
closed after the casting of % votes, all for
Mr.. Thos. B. Haskell, who then took the
chair.
Proceedings were next taken in regard
to Article 2 of the call, and MI. Geo. G.
Mountford, chairman of the selectmen,
stated that the clerical error referred
to was the occurrence of the word "east-
erly'' in the selectmen's report, which
had been accepted in a previous meeting,
where westerly" should have been used.
The vote was rescinded and Article 8
was presented, and it was voted to accept
the selectmen's report, which favored the
granting of the petition of Albert S.
Spaulding and others for town way
from Sumner street to the bank of the
creek.
Article was then reached and the Sc
lectmen's report, IN favor of granting the
petition of Edward Fletcher and others
for town way from the Saco road one
and one-fifth miles to the Scarboro line,
was read.
MI. Moses Cash moved to have a COM
mittee of five appointed to investigate the
cost of said road. but the motion was not
passed.
Mr.. j. T. Hoyt moved to dismiss the
artie-o and the motion was carried by
vote of ~ to 49,
Article was next read and the fun be-
gan.
Mr.. j. S. Pickett said that, instead of
selling the town lot, they ought to buy
the adjoining lot and lay out a park. He
then unrolled petition which he said
contained the names of 800 ladies who
petitioned that the lot be not sold. Mr..
Pickett then moved to rescind the vote
passed at previous special meeting,
whereby it was agreed to sell said lot.
Mr.. J. B. Chase called for the reading
of the action taken at the special meet
ing and at the regular meeting when the
town voted not to sell said lot. Then
the auditor started to, read the petition
of the three hundred ladies but Mr..
Howard E. Dyer objected, saying that
the petition was got up under false pre-
fences and that the women had been told
that he was going to put up a stable,
blacksmith shop and general nuisance on
the lot.
Capt. A. D. Boyd spoke in favor of
having the petition read.
Mr.. M. Cash moved to have the petit
ton laid on the table, but the motion
was not carried.
Mr.. Charles Jordan moved not to read
the petition, saying that most of the pc
titioners were young girls who did not
know what they were signing. ''We are
not in the Black Hills and we don't
want
Women's Crusade
Mr.. Jordan was loudly applauded.
The meeting was then called back to
MI. Dyer's objection and Mr.. J. F. Bar
rett took the floor and said that for the
first time ladies were interested in town
matters and since they were respectable
women they ought to be heard.
Mr.. FL. E. Dyer then arose and said
that it was an outrage to him the way
the petition was gotten up.
Mr.. harrington then said that at least
the meeting ought to know what the pc
titioners said and judge for itself.
A vote was taken and Mr.. Dyer's obiec-
ton was not sustained.
The petition was accordingly read:
We the undersigned ladies of Cape Elizabeth
hereby and