The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-03-06
NO LICENSE
GAINS 6 TOWNS
Only q Places in state
Vote Yes
BURLINGTON CHANGED
Queen City in Yes Column As''H
Baue and St, Adams Pound IN No
tiesnse Ranks This YeaF-The List
a, Wet Towns County Vote

81, weather prevailing throughout
- tai, tuesday, the city ana '"NH
elections brought ou' q strong ~. .,,,rr.
ssn,,lal interest IN all SECTIONS go
iuy on the license vote, lh'i' va :.
ms S ma contest IN the ri'y ri,e''. .ps
hslJ in Ave of the six cities oil th'
NM. The prc.ent republican mayer, =.
~, =. elected ia ~. Adams and ''l
90. the preseHt Citizens parry
$50. b,ing r. elected In Barre and
Man,n.ller and the republicans frialh
ms control In Rutland by rlr'''ug W." w..
candidate Burlington had an on -
In tLe mnyoralty election, hai Nas
.,,onyly republican In selection % Nc"
m,mbefs Of the aldrrmanie boatd.
The no license party may b. said 20
have secured a victory IN the .ii''s %
I'M, state. for while one city burning
80, swung from no license 10 license
two others, Barre aud 81 A ,.''
changed from license TO no hee eli,e'
Rutland sustained her license postum '',n
NJ n wear ago by somewhat stronger
v,te and Vergenncs aud Moniprli'I
continue 10 be reckonej among the no
license towns. "a.
Returns from nearly all the 2'o
towns of the state show that - towns
y,ted for license this year, against 81
last wear. These are; iancoch ah"
Sborchnm, in Addison county, Behhihg'
tam and Pownal in Bennington county;
darlington, Colchester, Richmond ana
Sh.lbntne in Chittcnden county; va
nam and East Haven in Essex county,
Bakersfield. llighgaie-and s"nnton ~
Franklin county; Isle La Motto IN
Grand Isle county; Stowe In Lamoille
county; Braintree in Orange county ;
brandon. Castleion, Dandy, fonltheH,
Rutland city. Wells and West Rutland
In Rutland county; MiddleseX N WASH
ington county; Somerset and vernon
in Windham county; and Chester m
Windsor county. No towns IN tale-
donia and Orleans counties voted for
licenses. &c.,.
The following Il turned from license
TO no license: Arlington, Brighton
Barre city, Fair Haven, Jay, Middle
hurry. Pittsford. Rutland town, Rich'
ford. Rockingham, 81. Adams city, ST.
Albans town, ST. George, Starksboro,
sunderland. Victory and Woodford.
The IL additions TO the license places
this year are: Bakersfield, Brandon,
Braintree. Burlington, Colchester, Dan
by, Poultney, Pownal, Richmond
Stowe. Swanton.
Other results of the elections in some
Of the cities and large towns of the
state are given herewith:
Rutland elected Henry O. Carpenter
(rep.) as mayor over George c. Under,
hill mo license) and DR.. c. W. Strobell
independent eitizcn) by pa majority.
Two republican, one independent, one
labor, and one peoples aldermen were
elected Bennington elected the repub'
lean ticket. In Burlington there was
no election for mayor this year. Four
republican and two democratic alder.
men were elected. There were no par.
tisan contests in Montpelier or Barre.
Montpelier voted to postpone until af-
ter the next session of the legislature
any attempt TO float bonds for n new
city hall. and not to break ground for
the building until after that time
which practically postponed action for
a year. The city appropriated $4,000
for the support of Heaton hospital, 81,
500 for open air concerts by the Mont
pelier Military band. The new granite
plants of Brault & Sargent, H. J. Der
toll and the ]. Poulin Granite com.
pany were exempted from taxation for
period of five years. Randolph vot-
ed that the town should not exempt
from taxation for a period of five years
the Boston White Cross Milk company.