Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-03-04

GERS Col. Hooker was chosen moderator
VIM. S Newton was re-
elected town clerk unanimously. c. c.
Fits nominated +. S. Morse for first Sc
lectman, and voices from the crowd named
VIM. II. Ninton and G.. A. Boyden. Mr..
Boyden withdrew his name. After over
an hour of balloting the result was de-
clared as follows
Whole number of votes cast, G20
Necessary for choice, III
w. ii. NintOn had 43O
T.. :. Morse had Isl
Scattering.
For second selectman Col. II. f. Taylor
nominated Capt f. +. Gleason, a cool,
level-headed business man, who did not
seek the office, but who would serve the
town with great acceptance if elected. The
names of Warren Walker and Cotton
Mather were heard and ballot was or
dered, which finally resulted as follows:
Whole number of votes cast, G37
Necessary for choice, 331
+. +. Gleason had 3i3
Warren Walker had III
Cotton Mather had -
c. +. Thompson nominated Lieut.. +. II.
Putnam for third selectman and Col.
by Capt. II. {. Streeter. The ballot was
as follows:
Whole number Of votes cast, 5j6
Necessary for choice, 2l9
+. ii. Putnam had 334
Thomas Harmon had 2l7
Scattering ,
Col. Hooker showed his ability to hustle
business as presiding officer, and over II
officials were elected by viva voce vote
within seven minutes, as follows: Town
treasurer, w. II. Bracket; oyerseer Of the
poor, j. l.. Stockwell; LIST constable,
Thomas Harmon; "a constable, J. L..
Stockwell; collector OF taxes, K. f. Cor
don; listers, John 5. Cutting, Azor Mar
shall, Ii. b. Chamberlain, 1. j. b. Cud-
worth, A. j. Currier; auditors, ii. B..
Chamberlain, Charles e.. Staples, T. j. b..
Cudworth trustee of public money, VIM.
5. Newton; fence viewers, c. ID. Noyes,
5. T. Davenport, Walter Bartlett; town
grand jurors, W. II. Minor, ii. f. Wealth
erhead; inspector of leather, W. ii. Kin
son; pound keeper, A. w. Roel; surveyor
of wood and inspector of lumber and
shingles, w. A. Ramsdel.
John Calvin was nominated for second
auditor but withdrew in favor of Mr. sta
pleS' MI. hdlNlll Sdll It ud'l uttll bAl NV
board seven years, and had had enough of
the work. The nomination OF {. d.
Moves as chairman OF the board of fence
viewers raised an audible smile, and Col.
Hooker, in putting the name before the
meeting, said he was nominated 'for GER
tain reasons
The law requires that the election of the
road commissioner be by ballot, and Col.
Hooker announced that the polls were
| open and the voting began without nom
nation being made. The vote was as fol-
| lows:
| Total number of votes, 100
| Necessary for choice, 39s
f. +. Stockwell had I3l
| p. ). Eames had 3Gi
| Scattering
The announcement of Mr.. Stockwel',
election was received with lively demon
stration on the part of those who had
worked for his election.
George b. Hit was elected town agent
and j. &. Stafford was elected school di-
rector of the town school district. Town
I Clerk Newton announced that the follow
ing grand and petit jurors had been drawn
Grand jurors, ID. 5. Pratt, j. p. Sargent
j. Henry Pratt, II. f. Weatherhead, Ii
| l..
James h. LeRay, +. A Wood, George II
Ryder, Fred + Gleason, w. ii. Minor, +
l.. Hunt, Warren Fessenden, +. ID. Whit
ney, II. d. Waterman, f. w. Harlow
| Luke Ferrter, Henry k. Brown, Austir
Akley, Fred II. Thomas, Henry Akley
Edw. C. Dunklee, Edward A. Lord, Car
S. Hopkins, A. &. Barnes, 5. b. Emerson
When the subject of raising money t
pay the expenses and liabilities of tn,
town was brought up G. f. Thompson dis
cussed a question which cannot be brought
before the people too often or too emphat
ically-the inequality of taxation and tn,
necessity of raising the grand list. Ii,
spoke of the long series of articles on taxa
ton in the Independent and through al
of them ran like scarlet thread the lde,
of inequality. He quoted from the recen
address of eX-President Harrison wht
said: "The special purpose of my addres
today is to press home this thought upoi
the prosperous, well-to-do people of on
community, and especially of our grea
cities that one of the conditions of tn
security of wealth is a proportionate AM
full contribution to the expenses of tn
state and local governments. 1t is no
only wrong but it is unsafe to make
show in our homes and on the street tina
is not made in the tax returns.
The duty of the state to protect life, liber
ty and property is conditioned upon fai
contribution to the cost of the government
A full and conscientious discharge of tina
duty by the citizens is one of the tests G
good citizenship. To evade that duty is
moral delinquency, an unpatriotic act.
we do not hold by this rule of proportion
which think is an essential part. of tn
definition of taxes, then everything be
comes subject to the within of the legisla
ture."
Mr.. Thompson also said that at NEE
ing of the Hampden Harvest club il
Springfield, Mass, Feb. %, taxation wa
the principal theme discussed, and prom
inent speaker put emphasis upon the grea
wrong and inequality so largely prevalent
saying that equality in taxation will reliey
the poor and do no injustice to the rich
He quoted Oliver Wendell Holmes as a ne
table example of man who always pal
full and honest tax, and referred to ia