The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-04
Republicans Win in Westerly,
Hopkinton and No. NngstoWn.
TANGLE OCCURS IN EXETER.
Result In South KIngsiown Was Return
Of Democratic Council and Other
Local Officials.

The Republicans OF Westerly won out
easily by tremendous pluralities. The
freemen were asked 10 cast their ballots
on the question. WIN the town OF West
erIy change It's present district system to
that OF the town system for the govern
ment OF public schools?"
The vote on the school question stood
424 in favor OF the town system to liz
against the town system.
The vote resulted a. follows; Modera-
tor, J. Alonzo Baboock: town clrk. VII
liam Hoxsey; first councilman. James
McColl; second councilman. Sidney A.
Chapman: third councilman. Everett
Barns; fourth councilman. b. Court
Bentley; ffth councilman. John J. Car
ney; sixth councilman. Fred N. Burdick;
seventh councilman. James Hogg; town
treasurer, James M. Pendleton; assessor
OF taxes. Gordon n. Hisoox; overseer OF
the poor. John B. Browns member Of
school committee. Russell b. Smith
NORTH KNGsTowN.
The annual town meeting held yester-
day In North Kingstown resulted In tho
Republicans winning all along the line
with both hands down. the Democrats
turning out In even less numbers than
usual The total vote was tS6 out OF
possible 1000.
Moderator, William A Reynolds; town
clerk Thomas j. Puree; town council
James II. Briggs. Edward g. Hall, Albert
h. Ellsworth. Joseph @. Smith. William
W. Congdon: town treasurer, Charles
Stafford; town sergeant, Peter 3. Byrnes
BY viva-voce vote James N. Carson
and George Ellery Gar@iner were elected
members OF the school committee.
SOUTH KINGsTowN.
The result Of the town meeting IN
South Kingstown was the return of tho
Democratic council ticket with a fair
average vote. But the most satisfactory
outcome Of the meeting was the change
OF the antiquated school district system
to that OF the town system by q vote OF
304 In favor OF to 207 against the propo-
sition.
The following Democratic nominees.
with the exception OF the Republican can
didates for town clerk. town sergeant and
highway commissioners were chosen:
Moderator. Sumner Mowry; town clerk.
Howard b. Perry; town treasurer. John
A. Allen: councilmen. William G. Gould.
Carder II. Tucker, George A. Klotner.
Jr., Louis f. Bell and Oliver Watson.
Assessor OF taxes. Sumner Mowry:
town sergeant, John r. Wilcox; highway
commissioner. Frank W. Robinson; school
committee. Edmund Walker.
HoPKINToN.
The Republicans won out easily. Ed
win II. Allen was chosen town clerk and
Silas r. Richmond town treasurer.
The members OF the new town council
will be John 9. Cole, Ernest L. Crandall.
George III. Nichols. George b. Lang
worthy. Elmer e. Kenyon. Lafayette Ed
wards.
Assessors OF taxes. George r. Hoxsio,
Oscar 1. Wells, Elisha p. Clarke. Alex
ander G. Kenyon and William Woodman-
see town sergeant, George ii. Barber;
member OF school committee, Clara A
Oney; overseer OF the poor. George B.
Carpenter; superintendent OF poor farm,
John 8. Cole.
EXETER
The polls In voting district No. were
closed before a ballot was cast with the
permission OF the moderator, Il. q.
Brown. upon the ground that the notice
for the meeting put up by Town Sergeant
A. Il. Whitford was for the second voting
district: and. second. because the return
OF the warrant was defective In Its word
ing, as was found when compared with
previous warrants.
The rirst voting district, OF which p.
r. Money Is moderator, however, held
its meeting In harmonious manner,
with the following result: Moderator. q.
t. Money; town clerk. Walter A. Hoxie:
town treasurer. c. II. Money; town coun-
ell, Caleb Sherman, E. L. Barber, Joseph
A. Hathaway, George Il. Reynolds, Geo.
f. Money; school committed, G. III. Sher-
man; assessor Of taxes. ezra T. Lewis.