Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-04-14
THERE MAY BE A CONTEST
AT THE VILLAGE MEETING ON
DAY POLICE QUESTION.
Old Board Of BailHs, Except Mr..
Calvin, in Favor of Employing Off
GER for Day Duty - Their Names
Appear on Citizens Ticket.

Unless the much discussed oppo
sition to the present board of bailiif
vanshes before Monday night, whei
the time for filing nomination eN
pires, ii is probable that the annua
village meeting, Tuesday, May
will witness hot contest. Evel
since the baliffs decided TO employ
day police in addition to the night
watchman there has been no little
talk about change In the village
authorities, and il was stated the
first of this week that ticket COM
posed of John Calvin, A. +. Schwenk
r. T. Gordon, II. r. Brown and G.
T.. Gilman, would be filed TO run
against such members of the old
board as are candidates for re-elec-
| tion and whoever else they should
choose to fill the vacancies caused by
r. c. Bacon's removal from the vii
lage and Mr.. Galvin's step into the
opposition ranks. Up to last night
this ticket had not been filed al
though it is probable that ii will be
deposited with the village clerk be-
tween now and Monday night at IL
o'clock.
On Tuesday ticket of village ofii-
GERS to be known as the Citizens
ticket was filed with the nomina-
tions as follows: Bailiffs, Il. w.
Blodgett. Charles r. Crosby, George
T.. Foster, d. p. Dewitt and George
f. Fox; clerk, w. Dorr Perry; treas
urer, w. Dorr Perry: chief engineer,
Harvey w Saunders; collector of
taxes, r. +. Gordon; auditor, Charles
A. Harris. The nomination paper
bore the following signatures: w. II,
Bracket, c. l.. Stickney, c. w.
Dunham, G. L. Durham, c. II. Pratt.
II 4, 4 II I
ton, j. II. Estey, Il. II. Crane, c. f.
Bingham, II. r. Webster, c. S. Pratt
l.. d. Taylor, G. NJ Clay, II. p. Well
man, c, Q. Robbins, d. Cowles, A. b.
Clapp, o. T. Randall, H. r. Randall,
W. S. Newton, f. Holbrook, F. l..
Burnett, Nj. C. Houghton, A. p. ST.
monds, L. r. Perry S. w. Edwards,
A. II. Hunt, G. Il. Greene. w. f. Root,
]. T.. Mellen, c. +. Graffam, L. +,
Adams, Il. b. Barrows, A. f. Miller,
C. w. Richardson, C. r. Aldrich, A.
f. Wood c. A. McRae j. II. Burke,
o. l.. French. f. 3. Putnam, j. b.
w. II. Proctor, c. ID. Whitaker, F. H. |
Howard and c. II. Thompson.
1t will be seen from this list of |
names that the majority of merchants I
,n Main street are in favor of retain |
ng the old board of bailiffs, and are, I
therefore. in sympathy with the I
,oard's belief that day police is a [
good thing for the village and well |
worth the trifling addition In taxa
ion As much as eight years ago a
petition signed by voters representing i
/ majority Of the taxable property in /
he village and asking for the en- 4
1loyment of a day police was filed
With the bailiffs but nothing ever
anne of it at that time.
Since a day police has been en-
,loyed by the present board many |,
people who were at first opposed to |;
he idea have come to the conclusion
hat the plan is an excellent one, Il
md believe that an officer should be /;
etained for day duty under a no IL .
ense regime the same as If the town I
lad voted yes. That the opposition
o the plan is due wholly to the belief {
hat the expense is unwarranted Is
oubted in many quarters, many peo-
lie being convinced that personal i
enters largely into the !,
natter. However this may be there Is '
o doubt that the presence of a uni- \
ormed officer on the streets during
he daytime creates an atmos- /
here" which is conducive to law and /
rder. and prevents numerous scenes I
holly out of place in a community /
of the high moral tone of t
t
Another strong reason for the reten- t
on of Messrs. Crosby. Blodgett and s
oster on the board, wholly aside
'om the police question, is the ex- f
client work they have done since n
eing in office and the familiarity [
18th the duties, which their expert
nee has given them.