The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-03-05
License Makes Small Gains
and Prohibition a
Heavy Loss.
CITY ELECTIONS.
riayor Hawley Reelected in Bur
lington by Majority of 3. Fight
in Rutland. Caledonia the Ban.
ner No License County. The
Election in Barre Shows Big
Socialist Vote.

Vermont was stronger for license
at Tuesdays elections than it was at
the referendum in February and
prohibition was surprisingly weak
er. The figures are given by the
Associ ated press as follows:
The total vote in 221 towns and
cities out of 246 was yes 81, 1873, no 49,
57S. The missing twenty five towns
last month stood, yes 1862, no 1926.
On this basis license gain, 435 and no
license loses All.
The only county in the State to
stand solid aginst license is Caledonia,
the solid front for no license which
Lamoille, Orange and Orleans coun-
ties presented at the referendum be-
ing broken by license majorities in
Hyde Park, Morristown, Stowe, Brad
ford and Troy.
So far as reported eighty three
towns and cities in the State voted
for license. The result of the election
and license votes in the cities was as
follows:
Burlihgton-Mayor, d. @. Hawley.
Aldermen: Ward /, Thomas Reeves,
Rep. Ward 2, f. Fl. Parker, Rep.
Ward 3, j. j. Shea, Dem. {; Ward 4,
E. E. Morgan, Rep; Ward ., G. w.
Richardson, fusion. License vote
Yes 1862, no 692. Mayor Hawley s
reelection is by the narrow majority
of three votes over j. E. Burke, DEM
ocratic and local op tion candidate. A
| large number of defective ballots were
cast and Mr.. Burke claims that a cor
rect count would give him majority
| of eleven. The vote was, Haw ley
1865, Burke 1869.
st. Albans-Mayor, William E.
Powers. Aldermen-Ward /, E. M.
Blake, Rep. ward 2 F. McCarty Dem. !;
ward l.. L. Clancy Dem. ward 4
Henry Bryant, union; ward 8 Jed
Sturtevant Rep. ward 6, Thomas
Roche, Dem. Licensevote-Ye by
a large majority.
Rutland--For mayor D. w. Temple
was elected by vote of 1850 to 401
for John Dervin. All the old alder.
men were reelected except in ward
nine where Charles E. Paige succeeds
Carl 3. Kinsman. Majority for Ii
cense ,195. In ward eX-Mayor
John d. Spellman accompanied by
Candidate Dervin attempted to dis
tribute some literature rejecting on
Mayor Temple personal character by
charging him with being briber and
tool of the rum machine. Spellman
was stopped by James Reynolds and
struggle ensued which resulted in
the eX-mayor' undignified exit from
the polling place. with Reynolds
armed with an axe in close purusit.
Spellman yelled Justify for the police
and at the same time gave an exhibit
tion of sprinting that soon placed him
out of danger.
Vergennes- Mayor. DR.. Frank G..
Phelps. Aldermen, @. Il. Stebbins,
r. w. McCuen, j. W. Ryan, DR.. J..
@. Hindes. Jubie Daniels, Patrick
Ryan. License vote, yes 213, no OIL.
Barre-Dr. j. Henry Jackson was
elected mayor over Philip J. Halvosa
by majority of 617. the latter S vote
being $40. The other officers elected
are as follows: City clerk and treas
urer, James Mackay; first constable
James r. Coutts; second constable,
Andrew Laviolette; assessor, one year
Fred l.. Page; two years, Earl r.
Davis; three years, Charles A. Smith ;
auditors, o. j. l.. Matthews, James
w. Hall and James f. Higgins; trus-
tees Of the French Barre library, r.
r. S. Currier, j. w. Gordon and
f. G. Rowland; Alderman Robinson
was reelected in ward one; B. W.
Hooker, reelected school commission
er in ward two; Frank II. Burke,
elected alderman in ward three; Alex
Smith reelected school commits ,ioner
in ward four; b. Albisetti was elected
alderman in ward five over two COM
petitors. License vote-yes 97S.
The license results in some OF the
larger towns is as follows: st. Johns
bury, 140 majority for no license ;
Rockingham Bellows Falls) yes $40,
no 800; Brattleboro, yes 750, no. 577 !;
Middlebury, yes 359, no 207; Swan
ton, yes 317, no 80; Newport, yes 1888,
no 311; Barton, Yes rs, no 1888; Ran
dolph, yes 218, no 3l9; Morristown,
majority for license 1879: Hyde Park,
majority for license 54; Stowe, major
ity for license 80; Brandon, yes All, no
1853; Colchester, yes $50, no 70; Ben
niugton. yes 1,136, no l54; Hartford
white River Junction). yes $40, no
1888.