St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-02-26
Town Meeting.

Announcement of the Time OF Closing OF
the POllS.-A Plea for Selectman
from the East Village.-An Appeal 10
Voters.
The annual March meeting comes IN
the Town Hall next Tuesday and every
voter III this town ought to feel that IT is
his duty to be there and vote. Ihe
polls open at 9 in the morning and close
at 2 in the afternoon, the ballot box on
the license question remaining open until
8. The warning is published on page Z.
Our attention has been called to an
error in last weeks article on the tnan-
ces of the town which we are glad to.
rectify, adding that we took our report
from the copy furnished the printers.
The item given last week of $496.3O as
paid in the highway department in excess
of the appropriation was misleading as
it should have been Orders drawn by
selectmen for road commissioner bills,
rolling, etc" The present road com
missioner has not exceeded the usual APP
preparation as one might infer from
figures given in last weeks paper
The following endorsement OF +. A.
! Hovev has been received from we'll
known resident Of the East Village:
One of the most natural things for people
| to remark when a person rushes into
print in behalf of any good cause or
otherwise, is that the writer has some
ak to grind or some grievance to relate.
But beg to assure all such that that is
not the case in this instance.
The matter of election OF officers is at
| this time before the voters of the town OF
St. Johnsbury, and it might be well for
| us TO think a little before we cast our
4 votes The men who now hold the
| towns business in hand so far as know
| are Just and honorable in their dealings
! with town affairs. | should dislike very
| much to think, as some have asserted IN
times past that they do not do our bust
ness ION the square" and furthermore
! the men who are the present incumbents
/ of town Offices are among my friends,
/ not only these but Others who in past
/ years have held these positions. Upon
none Of these do lay any charges, tor as
! | say do not know of any to be brought
| forward. Such being the condition of
| things, it is therefore only in defense of
Justice to the people of the east part of
the town that allow myself to write
! this for the press.
The question is asked why should the
Offices of road commissioner and one
seectman be held at st. Iohnsbury Cen
! ter, one selectman at St. Johnsbury and
one below st. Johnsbury village, where,
\ if am correctly informed, it is scarcely
more than a mile to the Waterford line;
while from the Portland street bridge to
! the Lyndon line is about eight and one
half miles and has population of two
! thousand or more persons and is
not represented and has not been
tor term of years in the capacity
of which | mention? In justice
to these people, l say, these things
are not just nor equal. These Offices are
not heirlooms, but positions conferred
upon persons that they may serve for the
best interests of the public. If there was
no one in this part of the town capable
| of looking after our interests, then il
would be different, but as a matter of
| fact the woods are full of them. The man
who has been selected is one among
| those whom we feel is capable and
! worthy to represent our interests on the
/ board of selectmen. and we from the east
/ part of the town respectfully request the
voters of ST. Iohnsbury to take account
of these things, and at the polls March 3
cast vote for F. A. Hovey for select
man.