Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-21
CAUGHT MAPPING.
Names of Three Members OF
Board of Bailiffs

WIN Not Appear on the Omcial Ballot
for the village Meeiing--' Change In
the Law Had Been Noticed by OPPOSE
ton, but Not by Friends OF Present
Board.
The friends Of the present board OF bal
lifts were caught mapping this week, and
as a result the names of three members OF
the board will not appear on the official
ballot of the village meeting.
At the last session of the legislature the
statute requiring that all nominations for
town or village officers should be filed with
the town or village clerks not less than IL
days before the date of the annual election
was amended so as to require the nomina-
tions to be filed at least - days prior to
the election in order to have them printed
on the official ballots. Under that amend
ment the latest hour at which nominations
for village officers could be filed and be
printed was II o'clock last Monday night.
1t has been the custom to make these
nominations by caucus, but this year the
supporters of the present board of bailitfs,
as well as those favoring partially new
board, decided to file their nominations
without holding caucus, each side hoping
that the time limit would pass without be-
ing noticed by the other side. Hence
there was an ominous silence all through
last week in regard to holding caucus.
But the supporters Of the present board
we're "lame' in one all-important particu-
lar: They had failed to note the change in
the statute in regard to the filing of NOM
nations, and they had planned not to file
their nominations until last night just be-
fore the expiration of the usual 12-days'
limit.
In accordance with well-laid plans the
leaders of the opposition to the present
board assembled behind locked doors in
the office of Haskins 81 Schwenk about 10
o'clock Monday night to have the certifi-
cate of nomination drawn up in legal form.
Lawyer Schwenk drew up the certificate
and the requisite number of voters affixed
their signatures to it. The certificate and
the nominations were then filed with the
village clerk, and those who had the mat
ter in hand stole quietly away to their
homes, with a justifiably comfortable con-
seriousness under their shirt bosoms of hav-
ing 'got there"
The nominations were as follows For
clerk, W. d. Perry; bailiffs, W. H. VintoD,
Z. S. Morse, II. II. Burnett, Timothy
Aher and F. D. Weld; for treasurer, w.
D. Perry; collector, r. K. Gordon; chief
engineer, G. G. Turner; auditor, G. A.
Harris. 1t will be seen that the only
change in the present list of officers is in
the board of bailiffs and that two of the
present bailiffs, Messrs. Morse and Burnett,
are renominated. In order to elect the
other members of the present board their
names will have TO be written in the blank
spaces on the ballots. There are q variety
of reasons why there is opposition TO Mr..
Emerson, Mr.. Estey and Mr.. Fleming as
bailiffs, the principal of which are that
they refuse to make contract for street
lighting for long term, the report that
they are in favor of change in the man
agement of the fire department and the re-
port that they favor substituting a large
number Of incandescent lights for the pres
ent arc lights used In lighting the streets.
This opposition is based upon report mere
ly as these members of the board have
made no definite public statement in re-
gard to those matters.
1t is understood that the new nominees
for 6ailiffs favor the reappointment of E.
S. Hall as chief of police.
The certificate of nomination bears the
following signatures: G. w. Hooker, C,
+. Thompson, Carl Henkel, Chas. A.
Boyden, F. R. Vaughan, F. r. Durgin,
ID. A. Young, Z. B. Barrows and c. l.
Knapp.
No objection can be raised to the Def
sonnet of either ticket. II is said on be-
half of the present bailiffs that they have
made an exhaustive study of the question
OF street lighting, and they believe the
present system can be so arranged as to
make an important yearly saving, For
this reason they do not favor making a
long contract for street lighting, but pre-
fer to wait for developments which NAV
come within the year from the establish
ment of the street railroad companys pro-
posed new power plant at Centreville.
There is said to be some doubt about
two of the new nominees allowing their
names to stand. W. H. Vinton, who is
first selectman, intimated yesterday that
he would not remain upon the bailiff tick
ct, and F, d. Weld has said that he thought
he should decline.