Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-24
THREE SEPARATE TICKETS
WILL APPEAR ON THE BALLOT
AT TOWN MEETING.
Majority of the Officers are the Same
on All but the Candidates for Select
men are Different--James F. Hooker
Heads Two Of the Tickets.

Heads Two Of the Tickets.
The citizens of the town of Brattle-
boro will have three combinations of
selectmen from which to make selec-
tion at the coming town meeting. Nom
| nations have been filed with the town
clerk for three sets of officers al
though the candidates are practically
the same with the exception of select
men. on the Peoples" ticket the
candidates are James +. Hooker, Ed
win II. Putnam and Warren L. Walk
| er; on the Independents" ticket the
candidates are James F. Hooker, War
rem l.. Walker and Charles A. Boyden;
and on the Citizens" tickets the candi-
dates are Lucius II. Richardson, Hi
ram F. Weatherhead and Charles A.
Boyden. The signers on the nomina-
| tion papers for the first named ticket
are c. o. Robbins. d. Cowles, A. F.
Schwenk, ]. b. RandoN, p. F. Crown,
F. B. Putnam, H. F. Brooks, G. NJ.
Clay L. D. Taylor C. F. Thompson,
f. D. E. Stowe, A. V. May C. B. Crow
ell, C. A. McRae, A. f. Wood, e. j.
Fenton, NJ j. Moran, C. |. Knapp, L.
w Adams, j. L. Roess. Those on the
second are ]. L. Stewart, W. Fl. Cors
er, c. D. Whitaker o. J. Dion, w. c.
Whitaker, j. G. Gregg, C. S. Daniels,
j. A. Long S. n. McQuaid, F. C. Field,
w. T. Haigh, ]. A. Metcalf, and L. H.
Slater. Those on the third are j. G.
Stafford, C. L. Piper, A. W. Bartlett,
H. L. Waterman, w. D. Smith, ]. F.
Bigelow. C. E. Guild, C. A. Brown, H.
j. Clark, Warren Fessenden, NJ. A.
Bailey, A. ]. Horton, Roscoe Fisher,
S. B. Emerson, f. w. Kuech, G. II.
Clapp, A. w. Rockwell, C. NJ. Smith.
ha ialy hao o,,1 bn
names of Messrs Hooker, Putnam and
Walker as candidates for selectmen,
was filed with the the town clerk Sat
urday while the other two We're filed
Monday evening. 1t will be seen that
the names of Messrs. Hooker, Walker
and Boyden appear on two of the tick
cts, Mr.. Hooker's being as candidate
for first selectman in both places, Mr..
Walkers as third selectman on one
and second on the other, and Mr..
Boyden's as third on both. The name
of E. II. Putnam appears Is candidate
for second on the Peoples ticket but
is left off the other two, while those
of L. H. Richardson and H. F. Wealth
ernead appear only on the "Citizens"
ticket
In spite of the fact that there is
chance for varied choice in the matter
of selectmen comparatively little in
terest is being shown. The reasons
for filing three separate tickets are
several. There are those who object
to Mr. Hooker's serving as chairman
of the board on the grounds that he
is too young and inexperienced Gas If
man of Mr.. Hooker's age and train
ing were not capable of administering
the affairs of town the size of Brat
tleboro in conjunction with the otner
officers) while there are others who
think that Mr. Putnam has held tne
job long enough and ought to get out
with the rest of the old board. On the
other hand there is a strong feeling
that Mr.. Putnam's long experience as
clerk of the board would be material
help to the new incumbents and that
he ought to be retained for that reason
alone In West Brattleboro there Is
some opposition against Mr.. Walker,
which accounts for the appearance OF
Mr.. Weathernead's name on the "Citi--
zens" ticket Many people in the
western part of the town had hoped
that c. L. Barney would be nominated
but it seems to be the general opinion
that Mr.. Barney can be of more use
on the board of listers where he has
had considerable experience and prov
en- himself valuable man.
The new law relative to the dis
franchisement of delinquent taxpayers
may make some difference in the
number of votes cast at the town
meeting. but not so much as has been
stated Last week Tax Collector r. q.
Gordon reported to the town clerk
something over 200 people who had
failed to pay their taxes. Under the
provisions of the law these names are
to be dropped from the check list but
any of them can be replaced as soon
as the person in question pays up.
large number of delinquents have
produced the necessary wherewithal
during the past few days, and by town
meeting time it is likely that the check
list will have resumed its normal size.
The license question is receiving con-
siderable discussion but the outcome
of the vote is entirely a matter of con-
lecture. Considerable no-license talk
is being heard but the no-license ele-
ment always makes the more noise so
this cannot be taken as any criterion,