Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-05-06
THE VILLAGE MEETING.
Law and Order" Triumphant.

The Old Board of BaIIITs Reelected
Almost ? TO I---DetalIs OF the ResuIt---
Tax Oted---Improvements In Fire
Equipment.
The result of the annual village meeting
on Tuesday was the election of the Law
and Order" ticket by very large major
ity. What is the meaning of this result it
is scarcely necessary to say, The major
ity for the old board Of officers was so
large as to be a surprise even TO the
strongest supporters of the ticket. 1t is
the best days work that has been done in
Brattleboro since piece of work of eX
actly the same kind was done just two
years ago. 1t ought to be evident by this
time that the people of Brattleboro believe
in the enforcement of the la VS., and that
they sustain their officers most of all when
they take a decided and aggressive stand
in behalf of law and order. The board of
officers elected Tuesday know exactly
what is expected of them in their report
for the year to come.
from The Evening Phoenix Of Wednesday
The details of the annual village meet
ing, the results of which were announced
in The Evening Phoenix Tuesday, will be
of interest. The meeting was presided
over by Mayor Emerson. The balloting,
which was under the Australian system,
began at Q o'clock and concluded at
Ia har
half filled when the box was turned.
The first business was to accept and
adopt the reports of the village officers for
the past year. The report of the commit
tee appointed at the last village meeting to
secure a reduction in fire insurance rates
was read by H. b. Chamberlain, the mem
bers of the committee being unable to be
present. The report was simply review
of the work of the committee, which has
already been reported in The Phoenix.
c. c. Fits, speaking for J. l.. Martin,
one of the committee, called attention to
the fact that policies already in force were
not affected by the reduction and he said
that, in the opinion of the committee those
policies should be extended pro rata. lie
said the committee favored the appoint
ment of a new committee to negotiate for
further reduction,
1t was moved that the present commit
tee be reappointed. A. c. Davenport
wished to instruct the committee to seek
for 2 reduction on all classes of property,
including the schoolhouses, churches, free
library, etc, but Mr.. Fits stated that they
already had that authority.
y. T. Ryan told of the hard labor Of Mr.
Calvin in collecting data, etc, and asked
that he be released l. F. Adams believed
that was the best argument that could he
made in favor of his retention and it was
finally voted to reappoint the old commit
tee.
Article 8, in regard to raising money to
defray the expenses of the coming year,
was laid on the table to be acted upon
after article had been disposed of. Art
Gle was in regard to putting new boiler
into fire steamer No. and to making
other needed repairs. A. c. Davenport;
asked what sum was needed TO make the
repairs and was told by Chief Engineer
Turner that it could not be done for less
than $500 or $1,000. L. F. Adams brought
out the fact that after the repairs were
made the engine would be as good as new.
W. H. Vinton thought it would be
economy for the village to sell the steamer
and buy two-tank chemical engine,
which would save water damage and
tend to reduce insurance rates.
Mr.. Turner moved that the bailffs be
instructed to repair the engine. c. II.
Thompson moved an amendment to Mr..
| Turner's motion bysubstituting the sugges-
ton OF Mr.. Vinton. Mr., Turner accepted
the amendment and the amendment was
voted upon and carried.
Then arose the question as TO whether
Mr.. Turner's original motion should he
voted upon and there followed a display,
on the part of half dozen or more men
of ignorance of parliamentary rules.
Mr.. Turner finally Strengthened the mat
ter out by Withdrawing his motion.
1t was then voted to raise money for
village expenses by a tax of 10 cents on a
dollar of the grand list. 1t was voted to
make the tax payable July l.
c. +. Thompson inquired if there was
any way in which the Australian ballot
system could be done away with and he
was told that the only way was TO insert
an article to that effect in the warrant for
the annual meeting.
By this time the tellers were ready to
announce the result of the ballot for viii
lage officers, given in The Evening Pho
nix yesterday. For bailiffs, S. B. Emer-
son 425, P. Fleming $50, j. j. Estey 46G,
II. H. Burnett FOL, f. S. Morse 473. The
ballot for the caucus nominees was as fol-
lows: John Calvin 27S, f. W. Blodgett
237, Z. E. Stockwel 256, II. G. Clark 233,
scattering D.
w. D. Perry was reelected treasurer, R.
f. Gorden collector, c. C, Turner chief
engineer, c. A. Harris auditor.