The Newtown bee., 1900-05-25
TOWN TOPICs.
The Special Town Meeting

OF SATURDAY LARGELY ATTENDED IN
 THE DowNPoUR oFRAIN.-CoMMIrTEE
 BRINGS IN A WARM REPORT, WHICH IS ! ORDERED TO BE RECORDED.-THE RES ! OLUTIONS ADOPTED.
 I The adjourned special town meeting, l last Saturday, was not as largely attend ed as expected, owing no doubt. to the heavy downpour Of rain, but despite that fact about 100 turned out. The meeting opened with Charles H. Peck in the chair, when on call from the meeting Attorney W. J. Reecher, acting as secretar y for the committee, read the report. This report showed much preparation and was far ] more complete than it was expected to be owing to the refusal of Selectman Glover to show his accounts and of others to come before the committee and testify. As will be seen by 8 perusal, we are apt to have heavy deficit st the end of the fiscal year. After the reading the report was accepted and ordered recorded by the meeting. MT Glover stated that he hoped the meeting would make Eome ap- propriatiOn as it was necessary to pay some bills. MT Beecber thought that the laboring men should not have to wait for thetr money and moved that comm ittee of three be appointed to bring in series of resolutions. Frank Wright was nom- mated and his election being doubted a division of the house was called for, dis closing vote of 39 to 28 in his favor, and also showed who was for and against the present method of conducting the affairs of the town. The other two members of the committee were quickly appointed-| D. c. Beers and Herbert W. Wright who brought in the following resolution
 Resolved, That we hereby authorize the selectmen to borrow for the town the sum of $4000, and that the town treaaur. ! or pay selectmen's orders drawn from this date only when the object for which ] the money Is to be used is expressed on l the order and the same signed by two selectmen.
 Selectman Glover moved that the reso- l lution be amended to read simply to 1 borrow $4000, and bra zenly stated to the l meeting that if they passed the commit ! tees resolution he would not obey it. 1 The people were there to act and Mir Giover's bluff did not work. T. J. Cor bett wanted to know on what authority l the committee had made two selectmen ! sign orders whereupon Mir Beers replied l that the statutes stated that "tSle seIects : men" should sign all orders. Mr Beers l remarks seemed to please the meeting | hugely. The amendment was voted ! down and the original resolution called l for and carried. There was strong un. dercurrent among representative men at l the meeting in favor of taking drastic ! measures with MT Clever and 1t ig hinted l that our first selectman may come off l from his high horse ere many moons.
 Treasurer Nortbrop stated to the com- mittee that If such 8 resolution were passed he would refuse to cash any or- ders that did not comply with the resolu- ! ti0n and he has since the meeting 80 in. ! formed MT Glover, we understand. It is l hard to see how MT Glover is going to have any orders cashed unless MT Brad ! ley also signs them. The meeting went as far as 1t could under the call, but there may be such popular revulsion of feeling against Selectman Glover's defi- ance both of the meeting and it's commit mittee that another one with call fitting the case may be necessary. The report of the committee is of such vital interest to every taxpayer in town, and there is 50 much food for thought in it that we give it in full in this weeks BEE:
 We, the undersigned, committee ap- pointed at special town meeting held May 5, 1900, to ascertain the financial condition of the town and report to the meeting May 19, 1900, beg to submit the following: Pursuant to said vote, your committee met at the town clerks office in the Brick building on the sth of May, and organized by electing William H. Hubbell chairman, and William J. Beecher secretary; and then called on First Selectman Glover, and requested him to furnish the committee with the books of account of the town with vouchers for orders drawn since Septem- Der Is, 1899, which he refused to do, stating that he would have nothing to do with us, and further stating as follows: |: there is in Bridgeport,-that is, Dan Davenport, and he told me to tell you to go to he'll" In justice to MT Davenport, however, he denies having advised MT Glover, at all on the subject.
 MT Glover further stated that he did not know where the books and vouchers were. That they had & fire there Satur- day night, May 5. and they were all
 burned up; later he said he could produce
 them, if he decided to. @
 He further stated when que stioned by
 MT Rubbell about the finances of the
 town ss follows: ssThere ain't none;'
 and when further questioned about the
 books he said, Damned if know where ithey are; have not seen them since
 Sunday morning"
 Later when interviewed by MT Hubbell
 Mir Glover again refused to produce the
 books and vouchers.
 This explains in itself why your com imittee Is unable to furnish you the infer
 nation they might have obtained from
 the books and vouchers in the possession
 of Nr Glover.
 Your committee next called on M
 Northrop, town treasurer, to produce tht
 books and papers belonging to the towI
 which he had in his possession, for ex animation, which he promptly furnished
 us; and upon examining them and find
 ing certain suspicious entries such & dra winO nn fha ansna dav txvn orf7ara fo-