Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-03-04
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS
License Defeated by a Majority
Of SO on Tuesday

Town Voted $4,000 for Connecticut River
Bridge in Case Walpoe Contributes
$4,000.
The principal topics of conversation
upon the streets during the week have
been the license and the bridge questions
and the action of the town in regard to
them at the town meeting Tuesday. The
supporters of license and of no-ucense
discussed the matter upon every oppor-
tunity and each We're in many cases freo
TO admit they thought they should lose
while some few felt sure they should win
seldom is any action any more yelled in
obscuritY than was this result clear IN
to the time OF the declaring of the vote
License supporters were far more ac-
tive and their work much more in owl
dence the day OF the meeting, as well
as for 4 week before. than was the effort
Of the no-license people Beyond the
holding of a union temperance meeting q
week ago last Sunday evening by the
churches which was addressed by num-
her of pastors and laymen, no public eff
fort was put forth by them. except the
urging of the voters by men as they met
I'M connection with their business or So
CiallN. No one made a business of can
,lssing that side. The license men, how
ever had a man for some days at work in
the village and in the farming districts
doing all that could be done to bring out
their vote ana on the day Of the meeting
they had number OF teams running All
day aud men who made it their business
tn get their voters to the polls. no eff
fort of this kind was seen by the other
side. and Yet the majority of 22i for H.
Gems" last year was changed to 63 against
Do this year; 934 votes were cast last wear
a-aiust N25 this year. The number of
voters on the list is about 1900. TWENTY
names were added to the list last sat
urd7v, the majority Of whom were evil
IDENTITY brought in 10y license workers It
f.. probable the license men polled nearer
their fun vote than tho no-liceuse did. as
au examination of the check list used
shows that of those not voting a much
larger number are those who are known
to bee no-liccnse advocates than of the
other side.
Few. even license men, have had the
l7rdihood to stand up and deny that
drunkenness had not increased in the
past year, the principal excuse being,
"ncV thiuc some to excess, but will be-
much better next year" In this the
majority of voters evidently did not coin
eide Another influence which many of
last years strongest advocates of Ii
oer-e give for changing to no-liceuse is
% great dissatisfaction of leaders at the
aproiutmeut of the hoard of COM
rissioners. by the selectmen, and the &C.
ton on certain points OF the commissions
,rS fhcmselNo s. The selcctmcn appoint
,j board Of the most able citizens who
l.'d the confidence of the people to the
.taatest degree, ana ignored the workers
in.Uo license cause. although each mem
her of the board was supposed to Ice q
license man. The workers. who had
"bo,no the hrunt Of the BATTLE were NOT
represented. The board acted indepeud-
entity in making their appointments of
licensees. in some instances not heed
ing the advice of those who thought they
had a right to dictate. These two thing,
had their influence upon the result. but
they aid not, probably, change enough
votes to prevent the result being as il is
The true reason without doubt is the
entire failure of license to show its ben
Gifts in any improvement, and the fee
ing that two ways had been tried ant
now we will try the third the coming
year and see what that will do for tn,
village ard good citizenship.
The other important question, the Con
nectcut river bridge between this vii
lage and North Walpoe, excited con
siderable discussion, and about 400 voter!
were present when the articles GOVERNS
Il We're taken Up. The town voted. 90
TO 179. to appropriate $4,000 to he use,
i'm connection with the town of Walpol,
I'm freeing the toll bridge and building
'HN nun piluSc liSel g NV N'l'i =. -
the two villages, conditioned upon wal
pole paying two-thirds of the estimated
$4,000 total cost. 1t now looks as II TN
toll bridge might remain In its present 10
cation as a free bridge and seCon
bridge he erected. The opponents to tn
measure We're largely the voters outsld
Of Bellows Falls. The business men O.
The village, almost TO man. Favored IN
project tuesday as toieshadoWed 10y
unanimous vote of the board of trade
few weeks ago approving it. II NaIpol
takes the expected favorable action mex
Tuesday the bridge Will be built at once
Tuesdays annual town meeuh% N"le
In buy road roller which mad hcen J.
use tn past year. at an expense OF Eoo'
To put the question of the town proVidin
place suitable for the care OF IN" SIC
with contagious diseases III the h'""S q
committee OF three 10 pe appoli'eu -
1aoa of Te1lo,rs Falls to appropriate. No
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