The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-05-01

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/ baliils were elected.
q I'd Another objection which to III
[ minds of many is the strongest Is tina
q while the present board of balliilS hat
, the handling and expenditure of ncarl
8 $50. 900 Of the village money their r.
; ports shows that the village mt the en-
of the wear has increased its liabilitic
: to the extent Of S2lOO, Til, j. no
, clearly shown in the rcport.AS tn. bail
in. have made it in Il way to conve
the most fa, orablc impression. but
, reference to the village report Of $50
shows that the temporary loan ut TIL
end Of that year was $500, aud by re
fcrring TO this years report we find tn
temporary loan is $500, making $1,000
increase. Decrease this by the scwel
assessments uncollccted and we flint
that .thc present boarl of bailiil'
have expended about S2100 in excess oil
appropriations, Il large part of which
went into changes at the Engine house
which no business board of bailifl'
would have made without being autho
rized to do so by vote of the village.
18th. Another objection is that dur
Ing the administration of this board OF
bailis they have been manifcstly weak
upon the question of the enforcement OF
the law. particularly that portion re-
lating to temperance and the weak, IT.
resolutc position which they have
taken il shown by the fact that more
trouble has existed from this soursc
during the past year, and Brattlcboro
has gained more unenviabc reputation
outside than ever before.
These are among the objections and
{ iss
and their nomination defeated. Imme-
diately thereafter the friends OF the old
board commenced an active canvass in
their behalf posing the old board as a
tcmperanceboard,an and misrcprcscntingt to
people that the cause for which they
were to be turned out was enforcing the
prohibitory law. aud many fair minded
people have been influenced in this way
to array themselves with the supper
tiers of the old board under the mistaken
belief that in thus doing they are taking
Il stand for temperance.
have only to call attention to the
work of the old board to convince any
thinking person that this is a fcigncd,
and not real issue. Vide the remark
of an cX-saoon keeper overheard one
day this week, II find no fault with the
months without any disturbance and we
did a good business. and when they final
ly got around to prosecute they let Us
off easy This remark tells the whole
tale. It is well known to every one who
has had experience with such laws that
the only way they are kept in proper
observance is by steady, rigorous en-
forccment and not by Spasnodic action.
i h., MI II
lowed to flourish and get into active
business until it became a well known
fact that there were at least seven
saloons where intoxicating beverages
were sold. The police were unable To
handle the matter because of the contra
dictory orders given to them by this
board of bailiiis of various and opposite !
ideas. 4 time came when public opin-
ion demanded that something be done I
for the suppression of the sale of beer I
and then we find a majority of the old .
board taking the position that no prose-
eutions should be made against these
places unless the hptels were also raided.
When these hotels were finally prose
cutcd we find that the bailffS denied
having any part in their prosecution.
Since this first spasmodic action on the
part OF the bailitfs, which public opin-
ion obliged them to take. will their
friends kindly point to any great work
.hev have done in this line, and can il be
said that they have been active, Jealous
workers. or may it not more truthfully
1e said that the forum where their cases
nave been tried has been the local news
papers, and not courts of Justice, the
fleet of which has been to give Brattle-
n.t, al la . in,, a
md not TO enforce n more careful OBJ
eryancc of the law;
One item for which the old board claim
much credit seen in Il fair light seems
lardlv creditablc and that is their action
ale OF beer which has always when :
he matter was brought into court been
cid to be notwithstanding upon the eyl- :,
cncc given. We find IN the repor: that !
he bailiffs expended the sum of S205.j5 ..
Of witness fees and expenses of chemi- !
al analysis in this case. and yet they u
ad ms much right to take that sum out /
t the village treasury and pay il out for :
ny other unauthorized purpose. The {
hole prosecution against Eddy Il Co "
as upon complaint signed by Chas. i. Il
stabrook of Guilford. a man who never
-
it'll the cause of temperance. 1t was ,
'osecutcd by the states attorney who b
paid by salary. and it would be diff Ct
lit to explain why the money of our "
xpayer should he used TO aid in Il pros II
ution where the village was in no sense sc
party. II
The only argument needed to rcfute IN
is feigned issue and the misreprescn- ju
tons of over interested friends OF the To
/ board is To point to the personcl of 1T
e two boards. Is there any man on m
ut ticket that has not always stood Ct
r temperance and morality: Is there oh
c that does not believe in the law: iii
n rs much bee said OF the old board: in
it not true that two of the members of tn
are confesscd!y against the present
law:
It is urged by the friends of the old
ard that Mr.. Adams has Il suit with 4,
, village aud that his election would
improper. There is Il suit now in ,
Irt with counsel employed to prose th,
e for the village. Is there Il voter in ia
5 village who believes that Mr.. Adams oh
uld in any way iniurc the good repu- ,t
ion he has always borne in this town ~,
the slh" of II hundred dollar law N,
[: No one believes il and yet it is ~.
.ed ~ one of the strongest reasons iii
inst hi, election. H.
finally. the real issues are ~ | have l',n
en- thcN. The tcigned issues only bri
sl because created by. and in the M, ~,
ldS Of the friends of the old board. ~ 90
it is now question whether YOU as Of Ch
or. desire TO elect an able. efficient ~
" of business men rs bailiflS. who m ri
g bcea nominated IN open caucus. or a.,
IL In, 90, nrnIr IN - rI,a ION 1-o,r-,I,... tllt