Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-07
wINsLow SAYS NAY.
Continued from page l.,

sons ana papers before them. or any
other organized body, and use ali means
or measures they deem best To succe.s-
Iuily accomplish this purpose. that the
selectmen are hereby authorized to fur
hiSn All necessary funds for this uurpose
and We pledge ourselves as q nnit nf raa !
estate owners and citizens of WinsIow to
supply and reimburse such funds when
ever called upon.
Under this resolution the following
gentlemen were appointed to the com
mittee: Town Agent, c. f. Warren: Sc
lectmen Alden Bassett. T.. f. Smith.
Fessenden Drummond. c. e. Warren.
John MARI, L. r. Getchell, S. X. Fuller,
u. w. Paterson, G.. s. Paine. Thomas
Sampson, J. w. Bassett.
MI. BasSett then moved that tho
mouse be polled, but how to do this was
a problem. The hall was so crowded
that II was impossible to get all those
opposed to the petition on one side
without moving the partition. To be
sure, those in favor did not require
much room, but it was a tough lob
to make room for any man anywhere
N the nall. One man suggested that
those in favor of the plan should go
Jul tooiS Jul no one went.
FINALLY small corner was cleared
ana everyone craned their necNS to see
who would be brave enough to walk
into that corner. 1t was Stunned as if
there was a case of smallpox there,
and not a man put his feet into it
while it was under the ban. This caus-
ed no end of amusement and everyone
hugely enjoyed the situation
At length the chairman announced
that he would have to declare the vote
unanimous and this was received with
enthusiastic cheering. If there had
been a single man or a dozen who dar-
ed to place foot in that corner they
would probably not have heard the
last of it to their dying day. No one
did
BY this time the committee on res
olutions was ready to make it's report.
There was an attempt to tone down
some of the language of the pream-
BILE but the amendment failed and the
report went as originally presented.
This was the only ripple of opposition
during the whole meeting. There were
a few who thought that Waterville
ought not to be poked in the ribs, as it
was not known that the petition rep
resented the sentiment of a majority of
her citizens. The majority. however,
was satisfied by the work of the COM
mittee. and wished to have the resolu-
lions so just as they were drawn up.
The amendment was therefore lost
and the resolutions adopted as fol-
lows:
RESOLUTIONS.
Concerning the purported attempt to
annex 4 portion of our fair and honored
town TO the city of Waterville:
Resolved. That We. the citizens and real
estate owners of the town of WinSioW. as
4 unit condemn and denCunce such a
measure as base and unjust beyond COM
prehension and is fittingly promoted by
designing city politicians, whose unneceS-
sary eXtraVaEance with a fair young
nity's credit was halted only by the hand
of the supreme court. Smarting under
acqtlir" about $l.5oo,vio Of Winslow's
real estate which is practically free from
debt or bonded obligation.
Resolved. That we dSplore the time. if
ii ever comes that the financial manage
meHt or dcbt-cOntractinE power be taken
from the inhabitants of or fair town. or
any part Of it. and placed in the hands of
these men. our liberal and wise financial
policy of the past colnmeuds itself to Our
citizens of today. and we can coRSratu-
late ourselves that the Greater City
promoters can uISF no Guy dtN dHlSSt vi
improvements 10 any part 81 our town
that cannot he enjoyed in WinSluw at i
much lower rate Of taxation.
Resolved, We sincerely regret the at
tempt of such an unjust measure because
Of the ill-fCciing% between the two muni-
cipalticS which have much in common
with each other and whose relations
should always be of the friendlieSt ma
ture We highly commend ana cherish
the honor of the many business men and
citizens of Watervi.le VIII" den"unce ana
refuse. 10 endorse this measure because Of
its in justice and source Of promotion.
Resolved. That the publication in ScN-
eral papers, charging TINS town win sec
tional feeling or n refusal OF measures Ter
village Improvement in the past, Is err -
npoiS in tn" extreme and bears plainly
the ear-marks of the promoters; that II
is the sense of this meeting that perfect
harmony in these matters has existed II!
no other town to a greater extent than
in WnslOW.
Resolved That it is the plain duty of
every citizen ana real estate owner ~
this town to discourage and oppose such
an unjust scheme. using our best cnor $
in branding those designing promoters is
enemies 10 the best interests of the town
of WINSTON and the city of WatcrVliie.
After several futile attempts to ger
exact figures as to the attendance. the
meeting adjourned. 1t will go down
in the history of the town as the lar%-
est and most enthusiastic ever he'd
up to Jan ). 1901. In order that the SEN
timent of the citizens might be scat
tered as widely as possible, 1t was
voted to have a full report of the pro
ceedings published in the kennebec
Journal. the Wateville Mail. and the
Bangor Commercial, both dailies ana
| weekles.
The meeting then adjourned.
MUSIC IN THE AIR.