Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-11-11
TUESDAY IN BRATTLEsoRo.
A Good Vote PolIed in Spite Of APP
parent Apathy.

poFcVt NPotHys
: Election day In Brattleboro was n
calm and peaceful ms n well regulat
, ed Sunday morning although o
i, pie on the streets. Interest In tn
outcome of the election was not ap
parent during the day. but through
the evening many people congregate,
In the different places where returns
We're received. In spite OF the apath,
which has existed since September
Brattleboro polled a good sized vote
1884 citizens exercising their right o
franchise. or these 996 were republi-
can. 2l6 democratic, 10 prohibitionlsl
and 45 socialist; there were IL spoiled
ballots The total vote In September
was 1861 Of which Bell had 96S and
Porter 341.
Only few people. aside from the
usual corps of checking clerks, in
structors and officials, were In the
hall when the meeting was called to
order at . o'clock by Constable II. II.
Thayer. The voting during the
morning was light and without Incl
dent, except that S. II. Emerson re-
fused to go into booth to mark his
ballot and In consequence was chal-
lenged at the box by Azor Marshall
In reply to the latter's questions Mr..
Emerson admitted that he had not
complied with the law In that respect
and allowed that he had no intention
of doing so. Mr.. Marshall asked
Constable Thayer to refuse TO receive
the vote, but according to Mr.. Thay-
er this could not very well be done
and so the ballot was deposited
among its booth marked companions.
Later in the day a petition asking that
the vote In Bratteboro be declared
void on account of the Illegal vote
was circulated by r. S. Chlds and
signed by 90 voters. This petition
was presented to Constable Thayer,
but no action has yet been taken
upon it,
The bulk of Brattleboro's vote was
polled during the noon hour although
people came and went all the after
noon until the closing of the boxes at
. O'Clock. 1t took about 80 minutes
to compute the result which was an
In stentorian tones by Officer /
Thayer to a handful of men and a |
large group of small boys. The an |
nouncement was taken as a matter of |
course
The air OF somnolence which per-
Faded the town during the day gave 4
way to one of more interest when the
irst returns began to arrive soon
utter supper. A crowd of several II
hundred people gathered in the lobby Il
4 the town hall building and waited
until the doors of Festival D
all We're opened at o'clock The
all was soon filed and remained so
ntil nearly IL clock Returns were
eceived from the Western union and
he special wire of Leightons stock
xchange. the bulletins being read by
ames +. Hooker, f. w. Gibson and
ohm L. Roess. There was also
irge crowd In Leighton & Co.'s Of
towe's office in Crosby block where
ne telephone company gave out its
ulletins, at the Grange banquet hall
70 Vermont Wheel club rooms and
ed Mems hall.
The very first of the bulletins
bowed conclusively how the election
ad gone, and interest thereafter CEN
red largely on the results in New
ork and Massachusetts,. II was a
cer for the democrats when the bull
tins announced the size of Roose-
slt's majority in the Empire state
Id they were no less fiabergasted by
iggins's win over Herrick In the
,vernorship fight. Massachusetts,
J the other hand developed the I'M
oked-for by the republicans. es-
'cially one who has made a bet of
to that Bates would carry the
ate. The bulletin service was I'M
uaHy good and by IL o'clock enough
the returns had been received to
tisfy nearly everyone.