New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-29
SNALL, But NOT HARMONIOUS.
PECULIARIT1Es OF THE PELHAM VILLAGE
ELECTION BROUGHT TO LIGHT AT
THE FIRST MEETING or THE
NEW OFFICERS

NEW OFFICERS.
THE smallest village in the world IS not perfect
" harmonious II seems The residents. however.
have d laudable way OF keeping their differences
within their own borders far as possible, re-
porters are seldom invited TO their trustee meet
lgs. and the public never hears Of Pelham except
on the day after the election each year. when the
returns are given briefly. Those of last week were
not such as to cause comment until they were COM
pared with those OF previous years. IL was the
fourth election and the recorded votes, were re-
spectvely L. g. &c and 45an increase OF voters IN
the last year not warranted by the growth or VS.
ibe population. The election officers It is said, re-
ceivod under oath many votes from persons whom
they had never seen or heard Of but who somehow
GAINED to legal voters having lived in the VII
lage for thirty or thrty-One days They were sure
Of tho thirty or thirty-one but rather hay about
any longer period.
The result Of the election was the settlement for
a year at least of the chief point Of controversy
that had ever arisen III the little community
whether the village should be controlled BY the
residents whole or by pracucai pollucld5Il,
who caused the enactment of the special law under
which the village organized. and for TINS rea,
son cxacted-and had never received hquestloieu
obedience The fact that he is also the attorney OF
agent of a large real estate company oWnlnS prop
cry in the village strengthened ms cIth 10 naS
port OF the result published in a local paper, re-
puted TO be his personal organ speaks OF IL ss a
Farchd victory and there are those VINO say ny 1e
dictated the report in the election Dooth l"hieuI-
af,lV after the count of the votes.
The new President had been a member OF tle nfhI
and second Boards Of Trustees, ana was seIuoh Co-
WINGED IL is said Of the wisdom OF any acIoh
taken bv the perfectly united majority. -,
Xii this was kept carefully hushed up LOT slA
pnnized on Monday night and things were saIu
which brought Il all out. The only neinDei OF w
old board who romaius-Ralph II. HubbaId-hoHl-
mated the old clerk for reappointneht, WheIe
H. nresidtnt-Arthur Fletcher-oDjected' Iest nc
shouiJ not work tremendously with me bodro.
mis- was the first intimaton OF want OF hdInlUn!
aud tho storm broke The meeting-plaee was Hlcu
lin friends of the old Boards. indeeo tle Viase
80 sInnosed 10 be until the election returns
VA from which The Tribune reporter gieaheo
some interesting points. -. a., .,o,,at,or
Mr Hubbard was about 20 oher MS reslella! L.
~, The ground that he had serious douDts Us 10 a.
larpo r,art Of the constituency OF MS coeabVes "
10 urged bv his friends present not 70 allo" wv
49, F~o,o The old to the new to be 100 aoIui,t
"a bo saw, indica lions that he woud De a. WIZ,
a., - snared as the clerk an 'lnhaI lhoiIouS
In33ent, 60 the contemplated resignation was WIN
held-perhaps permanently. - tr me oxrressions
IT, renorter was told that. 50 far as eNpItssIOS
n nnni6n and intention could be depehussu upotiy
-, seven resident taxpayers voted IN iaHoI III
cllN sspSIy ticket and among them were Ben l.
Isoirchild whose chances as absolute ruie5 Wei "a
80 his brother John two OF the canuldaIvs a'II
- hrother of one Really, a great pIoPoi uoi' Va
~ Known residents own their nomeS -, lou,
'r,ho BOARD chose rs clerk Miss bloh9eii ldm
ar Who recently with her sister pulIt I'M
yeiI Nenerne a resident She holds the only FlI!ase
an 60 vvhich q woman may be CHOSEN. lHo NJ
oor 70 whom il was thought the clerkshP Wou'u
Be s,i,,en now takes the train AZ Mount Nei"O'''