The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-03-23
Hundred Supporters Of Mayor
Barclay Had Notification
WHICH WAS A FINE ONE
Speeches, Many of Them of a Spicy Ma
ture, Brought Out Much Enthusi-
asm - Mayor Barclay
Spoke.

One hundred men who supported May
or William Barclay in the election the
first OF the month met in the granite
manufacturers rooms ia the Prindle &
Averill block last night and had con-
gratulatory occasion. Ii was more than
that. Municipal politics ran thicker
than molasses and much swifter. Chief
Of Police Browns reputation got back
ing-up which would have done that Off
cial good if he had been there. He
wasn't There was considerable sharp
skirmishing on the yes and mo- ques-
ton And finally there was a lot Of
good natured bantering between the ma
tions1 which set the crowd in. good hui
NOR. And it was a very cosmopolitan
gathering.
Still. Allen was the chairman of the
evening and Mayor Barclay occupied a
position on the platform. In introdue-
ing the Mayor the chairman said that
Barre doesn't follow the 0sler theory
that men are no good after they are
forty, for if they did, Barre wouldn't
have Barclay at the head of the adj
lninistration. "Courted his wife in
Bloom Hill, consumed oat meal in Skill
/ ling, and yet we are proud to claim him
as an American citizen" was the way
Mayor Barclay was introduced. He
spoke of the comparatively smooth sail
ing during his last administration in
! spite Of predictions Of breakers ahead.
| He was glad of the confidence Of the
voters and pleased over their satisfac-
tion with his policy, and promised to
do what he can this year. He took the
Office not for the honor but for the bene-
/ fits he might give the citizens. He
preferred to let his work speak for it-
/ self at the end Of the year. Of his
opponent, John Robins, he has nothing
but the highest esteem.
we have more on our hand this
year; it's got to be dry in Barre /
have just Instructed Chief Brown and
the police and shall see that the law is
/ enforced declared the Mayor, which
remark brought out a storm Of applause.
The man who was brought up on
Jersey milk in North Montpelier and
who still preferred milk to anything
stronger, was the introduction Of Prin.
/ O. X. Hollister, who congratulated the
Mayor on his stand in relation to the
liquor law. He said that If Barre can
vote mo" for several years, while Mont
pelier votes ''yes7 lie wouldn't worry
much about Barre's moral reputation.
The insinuations Of graft against Chief
Of Police Brown the speaker believed
to be unfounded. His remarks we're oc-
casioned by the talk Of man who told
him yesterday that Mayor Barclay by
his police appointments, had fixed it
SO that after July 1 there viii be fifty
places Of Illegal sale of liquor in dry
Barre. MIR. Hollister said that the re-
port OF graft against the police chief
arose from the fact that a man who
entered the Office without much property
had, within few years, been able to
buy a business block The speaker ta-
booed the talk and said that the money
to buy the block was from friend
in the West. Others during the evening
took the same position and defended
Chief Brown
Principal HOLSTER thought the news
papers had done harm in printing com
mmications which the writer's were not
manly enough to sign with their own
names, referring to the Aoat meal let
ter commenting on Mayor Barclays
committee appointments.
A sea going man, whose last trip was
up the Onion, with a cargo of oat meal
and Force, the chairman said Of Alexan-
der Matllieson. He told of his respect
for Chief Brown, told of the bump
which Yankees and Scotchmen both pos
sess, advocated a public monument in
the city, either for soldiers or a. Lin
coin, the formation of law and order
league in the city and the establishment
of public park
Frank j. Martin put in a word Of
, consolation for the defeated, with the
thought that all can't win. He express
ed the satisfaction of the people with
Mayor Barclays last administration.
Gene Sullivan brought down the
house with this clip at the start
! You've been talking about the Scotch ];
! | want to tell yer the Scotch don't cut
: no great whip in Barre politics" 1t
! ! was some time before Gene could pro-
ceed, because of the uproar. He fol-
lowed up the first sally with the ad.
! monition:
They'll have to 60 slow
Or they'll be laid low.
! He considered that Chief Brown
1 doesn't need eulogizing. He whacked
4 the Mayor BY telling Of the man who
q said he would be - before he would
/. vote for Barclay again, because Barclay
!, was too much like the elephant which
! was continually feeling It's way along
the bridge.
Then the phonograph hit up 4The
u Wearin' O' the Green
( Dr g. f, Camp gave tip to the May
t or that what he wanted was to see the
/, children kept off the streets after nine
4 o'clock at night. Few Of you know, de-
s clared the doctor, Of the pure "cussed
ness" Of them, mild at first, but growing
' stronger. Also, too there ought to b
+ a play ground provided for them.
ExMayor E i. Smith, the man "whe
first broke the ice for Barclay" saiC
he hated TO vote against John Robins