The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-12-26

To Town Officials and Republican
Uo+.re of Orauna County


Voters of Orange County.
Gentlemen: The recently enacted
High License Local Option Law calls
for a special town meeting to be
held Tuesday. February Sd to regis
ter your approval or disapproval of
the law by voting yes or no. This
special town meeting is to be called
and governed under the rules and
regulations governing a Freeman
Meeting, this means that selectmen
must post a check list at least 80
days before such meeting, that the
Board of Civil Authority must re-
wise and correct same, ballot clerks
must be appointed-an the Austria
liam Ballot System be used. Con-
stables must warn the meetings
have warning recorded; and preside
At such meetings In short observe
all the detail of Freeman Meet
;ra Have warning state when bal
LOT box will be turned. Ballots are
70 he furnished by the several Coun-
ty Clerks
Safeguard this meeting so that
NOT single voter in Orange County
shall he barred from approving OF
disappearing the new High License
law.
A vigorous attempt was made dur
;no the recent session, to amend the
,reeert Prohibitory law by elim1nat-
inr some of it's Objectionable fea-
lures. the attempt was followed by
failures, An attempt was made to
en,ct a State Dispensary system
with liberal local option and restrict
| ed license features. this system met
= -. dafeat. An attempt was also
made TO substitute straight Refer-
endrn1. another failure. In all
these measures the democrats and
! Clement high license members were
found voting almost solidly for
this High License measure ana
AGAIN as the Ross Amendments to
) the Prohibitory law and the straight
Referendum.
In our recent election Orange
County cast 1850 votes, Clement hao
, 1131, Meg ettrick had 538, total 1907
=, these were presumably nearly all
> in favor of High License. McCul-
1ouph had 1915 votes, Sherburne hao
276 votes, total 2191, presumably
nearly all opposed to High License
= Surprising the above estimate is ap'
proximate1y correct then orange
> County on the basis of the last sep
? tember vote had majority OF aOou'
). 500 opposed to High License.
:. In the recent Legislative contes
y over liquor measures, all the repuD
lican senators and members iron
l. Orange County, save one, supported
. the State Dispensary system (Batte'
= Bil1) as against the High Llcens
measure, believing that both tn
:, measure and it's straight Referendum
d fulfilled the pledge of the republican
rs party. And answering only 70
myself, the more l study the Stat
II Dispensary SYSTEM the betfsr
like ii, and tgSs1lo, A a1'4 NY iSS, nv
that it is best Suited soF Vernon
: conditions. Should afnajorty of til
n voters vote No on Tuesday February
|. Sd, then we have the Prohibition
law unchanged, in which event
k hope the legislature of 1904 will en-
act, to take effect from it's passage, ;
L clean straight State Control Liquor
law, which will have no provision
in it for an "Open Saloon" l.
you favor a law which permits sever
> classes of license-ranging from
$1,000 for a druggist, to $4,000 fol
: a wide open saloon, if you think the
I interests of Vermont are better
= served by such law vote Yes, 9TH
e erwise vote No.
. Voters of Orange County be either
: bird or fish and go to the polls on
: Tuesday. February Sd and show
your colors. Good citizenship re
quires this much of you.
Respectfully,
Horace w. Bailey,
Orange County Member of State
) Republican Committee.
Newbury, VT. Dec. D. 1902.