Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-03-04
BRATTLEBORO FOR LICENSE
AND OLD BOARD OF sELEcTMEN
CHOSEN FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
Unusually Large Vote Cast at the An.
nual Town Meeting Tuesday-Oppo.
s'tion Ticket Finishes About 100
Votes Behind-license Majority 16.


e These two important facts were set
e tied at the annual town meeting Tues
n day. Despite the wintry weatha
$ which prevailed most of the day tn.
:, vote was an unusually large one be-
e Ing only ll3 short of that polled las
$ March.
Twelve hundred and fourteen peopl,
expressed themselves on the license
J question besides 10 who handed In
! blank ballots. OF this total els were
in favor of continuing the license re-
! gime while 599 wanted to try prohibi-
tion under the new law. Although
the majority for license was reduced
from 173 to 16, only % more people
voted no license than last year, the
reduction being due principally to the
fact mat the vote from the outlying
districts, the majority of which was
license last year. did not come out.
The contest on selectmen was won
easily by the old board. each member
OF which managed to finish about 100
votes ahead of his opponent w W.
Walker ran the strongest on the oppo-
sition ticket, polling a total of 511. but
he was just 81 votes behind T.. II.
| Putnam who was tail man on the old
/ board.
The meeting was called 10 order by
Dr. II. D. Holton a few minutes after
| , o'clock with perhaps 200 people In
the hall. DR.. Holton stated that the
voting for town officers and for license
or no license would begin at once. The
polls were then opened and for about
an hour the voting was very brisk
Between 10 and II IL fell off somewhat.
but continued to Increase again until
AT noon the marking booths were fun
all OF the time. The heaviest voting
lDna ~ I nd nj
ter the boxes for town officers had
been closed and while the regular |
business was being transacted there /
was small but continuous stream of /
voters who wanted TO express their /
opinion on the license question. Prob /
ably $50 votes were east between 4
and o'clock.
There was a large crowd in the hall
when the license vote closed and IL /
remained until the result was an
nounced. Comparatively little inter
est centered around the seleetmens i
fight, and there were only few voters
present to hear how II came out.
The routine business was transacted
with the regularity of clockwork. I'm
after the meeting had been
called TO order at 2 o'clock by Moder-
itor II. d. Holton. James +. Hooker,
n behalf of his mother and himself {
presented the town with handsomely :
ramed portrait of the late George W. y
Hooker. In a brief speech Mr.. Hook J
IT said that his father had considered I
he office of moderator the most hon 9
'rable Of any thft he had ever held !
'he presentation was greeted with .
prolonged applause. and DR.. Holton
'racefully accepted the gift in behalf =
4 the town. He then appointed j. 4
!. Martin, G. w. Pierce and Rev L. Z
J. keneston a committee to draw y
nitable resolutions appreciative of q
ne thoughtfulness of Mrs, Hooker and u
er son. v
On motion Of II. r. Lawrence the p
uditor's report was accepted, thereby
isposing of article /. Upon the read "
lg of article George w. Pierce u
oved that the town vote to raise the o.
mount recommended by the select y
en- by tax of 80 cents payable July q
This was carried without opposi- ll'
on. Relative TO article c.. b. Kir- "
an made the motion that $1,000 be -
ised for the support and mainten- ~ ~
ice of the free library. This motion "a
as amended to read $1,000 by H. r. as
and was carried after ~ y
r Kirwan had withdrawn his orig III
al motion. allowing that of Mr..
to prevail Article was
oper observance of Memorial day, n,
d article Z, relative to an appropria-
IN for the care of the commons and
rial grounds. was taken care of by Oh
vote of $500. ~
J. G. Stafford moved that the town nj
icers be paid the same amount as A.
It year, l. e., selectmen, s125; over mr.,
ar of poor, 500; and treasurer, 500. IN;
e motion was carried and article S Sh
s history. The polls of the mem ma,
IS of Western engine company. No. he
were then made exempt from taxa out
n gla
Article TO- on the question OF keep an.
the Australian system of voting gri
,asloneu some controversy, but II bre
S finally decided to retain the sys- ma
n. j. G, Stafford at first moved dra
t the article be dismissed but he dis
s voted down. G.. r. Thompson mo
n moved that the Australian sys- anC
! be discontinued but the noes foil
de the more noise and Dr. Holton we
ided in their favor Relative to ar the
e II it was decided to allow Com All
ly l the same privileges as last
+ subject to the regulations of the ,
,ctmen.
business" G. w. Pierce offered the mlf
owing resolution: THAT a special con
of five cents he levied on the Feb
nd list of 1904 for the purpose of he
uilding and making permanent mad
rovements on the towns highways, ~ !,
money to be used under the SUI nad
vision of the selectmen and road the
missioner. tax payable July 1, proI
l." ]. L. Martin spoke briefly in up
ocacy, of this resolution, and Ri nine
10 Hescock asked that the road In
mis- eli iuh ha I'd
question. Mr. Eames told how was
cult it was to secure material for
firing roads and said that the
n ought to own gravel beds. j. G. T.;
iosa oefaot tba+ tsn aioot',so utnoii 10 ~, - ed
cted to purchase one or more nj.
el beds. This. and the resolution &c ,,ai, q.
i've to the extra tax were carried 80
.Ln ;,,,,ss;e,;n ~ a,,s.'hiu class
81 80, s"e - n..u;ns ance
,,''1' $50. I, 'n ~. "as ''iso "a, deale
jurors: Grand jurors w. II. Vim ;ns,,,
J. p. Sargent, II. f. Weatherhead, rasta
a Geddis. NJ. ]. Moran and II. b. asso1
nperIain, pstt jurors Z. L. huh,' ed b
|, E. H. Putnam, C. r. Prentiss, loss
Joy, G. III. Thomas. J. C. New The
I. >. hophns' ". 4. human, ~ chim
argent, L. w. Hawley. f. ]. Fen oides
J. T. Kaine, C. s. Clark. l. L. Dick
!, F. L. Reed.
e ballot boxes for town officers Ro,
closed at ? o'clock. previous to livery
of the regular busi- ribly
while those for license and no from
e remained open one hour long was !
Shortly before o'clock DIR. Hol stall
the result of the IL chin
vote which was hailed with sat- end O
ion The result of the vote for part
school director was as follows: teeth
vote cast. 122; ballots spoiled. split :