The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-02-22
PLENTY OF
CANDIDATES
Four Tickets for Town Of
ficers Filed.
A NEW ELECTION LAW
Names Of All Candidates for One ONCE
Must Appear in One column-Doubt
as to How the New Statute VIII
Work ON March 5.

as to How the New Statute Will
Work on March s.
With four separate tickets of candi
dates for town officers on file and q
new election law. about whose success
there is considerable doubt, on trial
the annual meeting of the town oil
Brattleboro which win be held Tues
day, March 5, promises to be a highly
interesting gathering. \ petition nam
ing candidates on the Peoples ticket
was filed in the town clerk s office Sat
urday, the candidates being as follows:
Moderator, II. d. Holton; town clerk,
William $. Newton; selectmen, VII,
liam II. yinton, Warren l.. Walker and
Edwin H. Putnam; overscer of the
poor, ]. l.. Stockwell; first constable,
Il. X. Thayer; second constable, Mer'
ton X, Micott; collector of taxes, w.
A. Shumway; town treasurer, Wilford
II. Bracket; listers, IL. B. Chamberlain,
!. l.. Barney, 4. J. Currier, +. w.
Blodgett and c. l.. Piper; auditors, II.
b. Chamberlain, A. 7, Carpenter and
Charles G.. Staples; trustee of public
money, w 5. Newton; grand jurors,
Robert c. Bacon and f. G.. Taylor;
road commissioner, Prescott 5. Eames;
town agent, NJ. J. Moran. This petit
tion bore the following signatures: {.
w. Dunham. c. W Richardson, r. c.
Averill. C. A. Harris, John c. De Witt,
T.. l.. Hildreth. W. B. Smith, G. {.
Averill, G. L. Durham, o. d. Stowell,
II. II. Crosby, c. r. Crosby and a. V.
NAV.
Monday afternoon a ticket called the
Citizens ticket was filed, On 1t
James F. Hooker, w L. Walker and h.
II. Putnam were named as candidates
for selectmen and Arthur p. Carpenter
as town agent, all the other candidates
being the same as on the People s
ticket The signers of the Citizens
ticket we're: G.. A. Eels, f. W. Gibson,
l.. T.. Holden, A. w. Rockwell, +.
Fleming. ]. L. 'Roess. f. J. Waterman,
f. G. Frost, G. f. Gilman, W. H. Cor.
ser. C. D. Whitaker, C. A. Boyden, j.
r. Ryder. F. f. Perry and o. J. Dion.
Later in the day a third ticket called
the Independents ticket was filed with
James +. Hooker. A. W. Roel and w.
H. HAYWOOD as candidates for select
men. C. S. Hopkins, p Fleming, c. l..
Piper, f. L. Parker and o. T. Ware
for listers, and A. p. Car
penter candidate for town agent.
The other candidates on this ticket
were the same as on the two preceding.
The Independent petition was signed
by W. H. Phillips, George Hodgkins, J.
W. Amidon, D. II. Miller, c. f. Graf
fam. S. W. McQuade, A. c. Spencer,
C. l. Knapp, Charles G. Stockwell, >.
NJ. Bourbon, G. II. Danyew, II. 5.
Goodenough, ]. II. Wilson, J. NJ. Dugan
and T. A. Stone. The fourth ticket,
called like the second, the Citizens
ticket, was fled late Monday evening,
it being necessary to get Town Clerk
Newton out of bed in order to get it
properly recorded. This ticket names
W. II. Vinton, H. +. Weatherhead and
+. A. Richardson for selectmen, j. l..
Barney. Carl S. Hopkins, A. j. Currier,
0. T. Ware and f. l.. Parker for list
ers; l.. d. Taylor, C. G. Staples and
H. B. Haus for auditors and j. G.
Stafford for town agent. The signers
of Citizens ticket No. were: c. W.
Puffer, A. l.. Harris, c. w. Sawyer, A.
Wells, William Wells, +. f. Young, F.
W. Kueeh. I. E. Johnson, W. II. Ged-
dis, George Wilson, II. G. Stowell, N.
n. Wilson.
The reason for fling so many tickets
is probably due to the assumption
that some of the candidates, especially
those of selectmen, would gain
by having their names appear
on at least two tickets 1t was dis
covered Tuesday, however, that a new
election law, passed at the last session
of the Legislature, will do away with
any such advantage.
Section II of Act No. 3 of the leg
islature of 1906 provides that, "Upon
all ballots to be used at local elections
under the provisions of No. l of the
Acts Of 1892 the name of candidates
shall be arranged under the designation
of the respective offices in alphabetical
order according to the surname; the
names of candidates for the same office,
but for different terms of service
therein, shall be arranged in groups ac-
cording to the length of their respee-
tive terms. This statute means that
the names of all candidates for select
men will have to be printed in one list
in alphabetical order instead of under
separate tickets and no name will ap-
pear more than once on the official bal
lot. This will make the ballot read
as follows.
For Selectmen-vote for Three. .
William H. Haywood, Independent.
James F.. Hooker, Citizens No. l and
Independent.
Edward H. Putnam, Peoples and Citi-
zens'.
F. A. Richardson, Citizens No. 2.
A. w. Roel, Independent.
w. H. Vinton, Peoples and Citizens
No. 2.
Warren L. Walker, Peoples and Citi-
zens' No. l.
Fl. F. Weatherhead, Citizens No. 2.
The same plan will have to be fol
lowed in the case of the candidates for
listers. their names being given in
order in one column with
the name of the ticket following the
name of each candidate. According to
the provisions of this law there will
be no chance to make cross at the
head of the ticket, every voter being
REQUIRED to vote for the candidates he
chooses by making crosses opposite
their names.
Since the discovery of the new law
discussion has arisen as to whether a
majority or plurality election is requir.
ed. Although Act No. 3 of the laws OF
1906 makes no provision in regard to