Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-11
WHO FOR MAYOR q?
LOCALPOLITICIANSMA
ING STATES.
A Large Number Of Aldermen Can.
didates.

On Tuesday. March 7th the legal
voters of this city will bs called upon
to elect Mayor, Aldermen in their
wards, clerk and treasurer, con>tables,
collector, assessor and library directors.
As the date for holding the city and
ward raucuses is so near. the TELE
GRAM has rndeavored to ascertain III
core CT information as possible regard
ing the situation rs i. appears at present
In the publishing of this article we
do not wish to be understood rs favorinn
any candidate or of urging the voter,
to elect any one nlan in preference IL
another.
Barre has long been famous for il
long tickels at it's annual March meet.
rng. Before the Australian ballot sy>.
fem of voting came into use, and prior
to the old town heing divided The vol.
erS never escaped an opportunity for a
ant ti.ht at the polls on every Office
from moderator TO pound keeper. I
the days wh.n the late Allen Bates wa.
the "Yatcher of the treasury" Barr
elA the record for exciting town meet
ings. With thrrity charter and the sep.
ara ion of The old town much of the fun
on election day has disappeared from
our midst and tn. ante caucus Fl sht, as
a rule, settles the election result, for
seldom does IA caucus candidate fail IL
win. This is well illustrated in tn.
case of Mayor Gordon who has been
Y,,yrn cilizrns caucus nomination every
YEAR since th;' :!!.t', government was es-
ia ahlishet, and only once las he tailed
of victory and then only by seven v''lps
aud those on Independent tickets hav'
been defeated except in the case OF ex'
Mayor Z. L.. Smith. With these form
.r contests in mind, TIE friends Of Wv
r,ous "miyht be" candidates will ar
ranye 10 win The caucus victory.
So far it can be stated that if there l.
any man in Barre who wants to be MAY
.,r h. has not ann mounced the fact. F"l
the next year the Mayor of Barre vii
not have any ''s"ft snap." Many hour
oi work will require his attention. Pub
lie matters of great Importance are IL
h.. under consideration and while nj
embalmrd beef or army contracts VII
disturb the -lumhers of our chief CIT.
official still troubled dreams OF tn
uricr of the Barre water plant. elec'r'
railroa rates, new school houses. IN
completion OF the city building. the re-
,lurtion Of taxes, and Il countless nu"
er + 9th questions Will he a"ar''r
to the next Mayor of Barre. VIII" shal
he I've ?
TN, TELEGRAM declines to act a
prophet or political seer. We give IN
ates: gossip from the various polite
circles of the city and let each man Il
his own gursSing. No "nirkle in tn
slot" machine has yet started 10 st.
pictures of our next Mayor for n" pol
,irian can tell who he will be, but look
,u v.r;ons names mentioned and the
d, little Il guessing.
Mayor Gordon still has " g"ooiy nun
her of supp r'ers who are "hderS'"
+, n. for Gordon first last and All u
time. These men advance the arg
mr,,t that with the various legal rn'"
elements aud O her questions 1t wou
n, upwi,e to change officials VIII
ossinv the stream, Unless May
Gordon positively refuses to become
candidate for another term he Is sure
eiv. some votes in the caucus at
II @ friends assert that h- will be NOM
ated.
Sill man ID. All n, in spite o1 Inc
,,r,.d s,atrmrn, that he is in n" way
seeker for tn. cffire is being "rse'
TRY once more and it is ann "n'eo v,
large number of voters that ne Ca" y"
if he makes up his mimi to enter !
contest. .,
Harvey Hersev has not been 'o's' 'as,
Ten by his firm friends ana a., "s'. 'a ~'I' y
ci,izen of Barre says ""e nave &" "
enough of pay as you go" and f"a' "
- ltr.~y is sure to be" victor tins yea year
,r,.r ,ha, his bonding lo'cy may
:, given trial, e.,, (;
Il CITY Attorney George l. o""s'. ',a
,ossiil. cauru. nominee ali" s""s !" 1t,
tn. leading opponents of Mayor o'ro ~
J. sr. advocating Mr.. Swafey 1"r '"o r
,,nr, One claim advance d ov VI"
yr. swasey should be named Is =
like Mayor Gordon be is I'VE. VT II ,%a po''ar ";,,
-. ,.,,,.,l matters in Whlc" 'no