The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30

the center b. q hsIaIRht line. % ole SIDE
Of y Inch La made d marx Tor eaeA Due
saying yen ard On the other side mark
Tor each one saying b.. These weTe
kep' ready Tor etsy reckoning By Ntst
making -four short marks aud ar lhe
NTH one answered a cfoss mar "as
made through lie four already made.
here were made up agaiu III four rowe
80 that acrobs the top If the sheet once,
represented twenty YOtes for EITHER yes
Or no, according - which SIDE the liLt
the count war made. TIE vote was an
n00uced l04 yes and 10 no the
motion Is lost.' fnends Of the motion
Immediately claimed that the count waH
not correct and tie motion was not
lost, saying that they had been keeping
account Of those voting % each side and
claiming that the town clerks figures
were from II 10 Is votes IN error Al
the same time thote opposed 10 the
motion were not remaining entirety
pacld but were having their say Ii The
matter In AZ vigorous a manner a. their
lungs would permit aud for a few min
utes the meeting looked IKE tie Wal
street exchange duuug big stump ia
ht9cks Tie moderator called for order
! but order was not 70 be bad, and the
remaining articles Of the warrant were
taken up and disposed OF by pass ~
them, all tie business being transacted
by those near The moderator's desk and
a motion - adjourn carried. Il was
claimed by those doubling the sote as
viii be Seen IL the issue Of tie 1914.
| that an ass tult vas made BY the moder
ator upon one OF the members Of tAa.
party after be had called upon the OF
ticers IN vain to put them under arrest.
BY those of the other side this is not
given credit, they ray that if the parry
was touched at all il was not in any Wy
Of an assault, but as one would elbow
| by another on his way out Of the hall.
| Evidently the things occurring at the
last end of the meeting were of misty
order and considerable excitement pre-
vailed 80 that doubtless points about Tue
ending will always remain obscure
/ Upon the advice of one Of the clergy
men who was present, all dispersed.
! Talk was Immediately made that a
special meeting would be called and
that the three last articles should have
their just and impartial due from the
/ town IN It's calmer mood ~igners 10
! the number of hundred OF more was
obtained 10 request the seleCtmen to
{ Na'l a oItNldi utttluEt " al ! auh5 NClt
/ posted and the meeting was held on
Monday afternoon of this week at one
/ O'clock lie roads were IL a horrible
condition and The sidewalks were
not of the best, but the Interest ia
he meeting was 80 great that the al
tendance " as larger than al the earlier
meeting hose that were in favor Of
raising the sum of a thousand dollars
! . IA q
| plan had formed themselves INTO dis
unct parties, each of which had a can.
didate for the position of moderator in
the field. At one o'clock sharp. town
clerk O F Hall read the warrant and
return and called Tor votes for moder
ator. Usually the choosing of this Of
fcer does not call out many votes. many
| times not over dozen being cast for
this officer, but IN this case there was a
steady stream of voters marching by the
ballot box for some time and when the
clerk announced the polls closed, 23s
votes had been cast of these l.. K Fol
som, who was the moderator of the
former meeting, had lab and B F Ian
caster had % Mr. Folsom was sworn
and the main question Was soon reach
ed. Mr.. F. l. Ames made special
I
dollars this year toward buying the toll
! bridge and the motion WAS seconded by
some one on the floor. Mr. {. II Hus-
sey secured attention aud gave some
very interesting figures taken from the
! books Of the brGge company aud tx
planned why. IN his uplnI8u, the town
should not raise the money AT thls time
and advised waiting few years until
ln To- in iaglF uf,h mt
aid could be secured from the state OF
county OF both, Mr.. +. l.. Ames pre-
sented the other side Of the case follow
! ed by Is. F. Lancaster also IN favor of
buying, OF raising the money toward
buying at the present time, with that
gifted oratory for which the DOCTOR Is
noted. Mr.. 4 (. Barker made some
telling remarks against buying in the
manner as presented and the question
was called for The 20 WAS taken by
printed ballot and in the manner used
by the officers at the state elections,
each man being required to announce
his name and he was then checked by
both the moderator ana the selectmeu
on separate check lists. A committee
to receive, sort and count votes consist
ing of Mr. &. II. hussey, Mr. +. L.
|
chosen by the moderator and after the
polls were closed found tina, there haC
been 276 votes cast, 90 votes reading
yes and 1873 reading mo" the motion
was declared lost by the moderator
| The other articles Of the warrant were
rapidly passed over and at the end OF
meeting, town affairs stood in the same
condition that they did in the beginning
of il, only more 80, # We may be allow
ed To use the expression
An analysis Of the vote would seem to
indicate that the town 1leIk'S figures III
the rst meeting was probably correct
at least it is morally certain now, after
considerable "stTenuOus' talk for the
past two or three weeks by which the
question has been aired from every
point OF view, that the town does not
want to assume the bridge ~ present
with either state or county aid. and
that they are willing Ia wait and lind
out Just how much the state and county
viii be wiling to contribute before
starting IN Ia raise money for the Tur-
pose of bnyng We truss tlat within a
few years these questions vi also b,
settled and then everybody vii com,
around aud pull together In rals.Hz the
amount which will then be found ueces.
sary To fiji III the gap for .hr balance
The meeting for Monday sas yrtY hA
munaus.
Austin Francis O'Malley of utuu
Mass and Dr. HuuEhtuu ba1lr} ul
Baltimore we're arrested TUESDAY. Hu
charge If conspiriug to do an Illegal aei