Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-03-22
TOTAL LICENSE VOTE
Thirty-Three Towns Voted Yes,
But No Majority Was 1898
Eioht Towns and cities Have Always
Voted Yes, and t4s Towns Have Been
Regularly In No Column.

Voted Yes, and t4s Towns Have Been
Regularly in No Column.
The st Adams Messenger, with char
acteristic enterprise, has revised the M
nor license vote of every town and city IN
the state. with the exception Of Reading
and windsor, where the town meetings
were postponed on account OF failure 10
comply with the law in posting warnings
The figures show that SO towns voted
YES" a gain of four for license over last
wear. and that the majority of the state
for no license was 1898. For second
time every county in the state shows
majority for no license. The vote or Mid
dlesex which gave a small majority Tor
license. is being contested on the charge
Of fraud.
Three counties are dry this year, Cal
edonia. Lamoile and orange, compared
with four last year, which were Caledonia
Orange Orleans, and Windsor This
year Grand Isle, orleans, and Windsor
counties contain one license town each
On the east side of the state there are
II license towns. Brighton, Canaan, East
Haven. and Victory, in Essex county;
Jay. in Orleans county; Barre city and
MiddescN. in Washington county; Rock
ingham, Somerset, and Vernon, in Wind
ham county; and Norwich, in Windsor
county compared with five last year.
The license towns on the west side of
the state are: Hancock, Middlebury,
Shoreham and StarNsboro, i'm Addison
county; Arlington, Bennington. Sunder-
land and Woodford. in Bennington
county; Shelburnc and St George in
Chittenden county; lIighgate, Richford
St Adams city, and st. Adams town, in
Franklin county Isle La Motto in Grand
Isle county; Castleton, Fair Haven, Pitts
ford. Rutland city, Rutland town. Wells
West Rutland, in Rutland county Seven
teen towns and cities Barre city, Brighton.
East Haven, Highgatc, jay, MddleseX,
Norwich. Rutland town, st. Adams town.
St George, Somerset, Starksboro. sun
derland, Vernon. Victory, West Rutland.
and Woodford change from no to
yes"
Fourteen towns and cities. Barre
town, Brandon, Burlington, Colchester,
Guilford. Hyde Park, Ira, Milton. Nor
ristown, Norton. Pownal Richmond,
Salisbury and Swanton change from
yes" to no"
This year East Haven. jay. Norwich
time, and Brandon Burlington, Col
chester Guilford. Hyde Park, Morris
town, Pownal and Nergcnnes voted no"
for the first time.
The total yes vote this year is
lS,2O4 and the total no" vote 27l37, a
majority of $3.50 for no license
The referendum vote Of February 8.
1903, which, in effect, adopted the local
option license law. was yes" 29,7l1;
mo- 50. a majority Of 729. In 1908
Scense vote was 80 36S. and the
.cense vote 25,O53, giving a Ii
rity of 5,Sl5. In 1908 90 towns
voted yes and $50 mo-.
total license vote was 2l.7S5.
total no license vote 2S662
10 license majority of 6.927.
towns and cities voted yes, -
no. and one town, Bruins
not vote at all. In 1905 the
e vote was 20,S29 and the
-nse vote 26949, giving a no
ority of 5000. In 1905 "a
and cities voted yes" and 212
voted no"
In 1906 the total license vote was IS,
S96, and the total no license vote 81
904, giving no license majority of S,96S
In 1906 20 towns and cities voted yes
and. PIG voted mo- one town, Leicester
failing to vote on the question.
Eight towns and cities, Arlington
Remington, Canaan, Castleton Fair
Haven, Hancock st. Adams city and
Shoreham have always voted yes"
There are las towns which have al
ways voted mo" and Caledonia county
has been solidly against license each
year. Several of the small towns which
voted yes" this year will not grant
licenses.